Patents by Inventor David HERPE

David HERPE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260121554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a polyphase electrical system comprising a battery with a distributed multilevel inverter, the method comprising at least one charging configuration of the battery (BAT) comprising the following simultaneously controlled steps of generating a first DC voltage at the output of a diode module (RD) from one current line (LT1) among the three lines (LT1, LT2, LT3) during which the elementary modules (MCLk) of the line (LT1) are controlled as a function of a first reference setpoint, and charging with AC voltage the cells (CLK) of the elementary modules (MCLk) of the two other current lines (LT2, LT3) among the three lines (LT1, LT2, LT3) during which the elementary modules (MCLk) of the two other lines (LT2, LT3) are controlled as a function of a second reference setpoint synchronized with an AC voltage of an extended power supply network (RES). The invention applies to electrified vehicles and to stationary storage systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: FRANCIS ROY, Dominique OSWALD, Thomas PEUCHANT, David HERPE, ANAS LAHLOU, Claude MARCHAND, Eric LABOURE
  • Publication number: 20260112910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for carrying out pulsed charging of an energy storage element (4) comprising, in a first phase of a charging cycle (E1), controlling a voltage profile (VC) having voltage regulation-driven increments (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) defining a current profile (IC) in a charging cycle of a predetermined duration, and wherein a voltage increment (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) is computed at a voltage amplitude at the time of a calculation step i according to a function depending on an estimate of the no-load voltage and on an estimate of the internal resistance at said time, on a coefficient n determining the charging duration and on the nominal capacity of the storage element. The invention is applicable to the fast-charging protocol, in particular for electromobility applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Francis Roy, Guillaume MERMAZ ROLLET, Thomas PEUCHANT, Rakesh KHATOKAR AMARNATH, Anas LAHLOU, David HERPE, Pierre Xavier THIVEL, Jean Claude LEPRÊTRE, Yann BULTEL
  • Publication number: 20260058229
    Abstract: The electrical energy storage module (M1-In) comprises a plurality of elementary storage cells (C1 to C12). According to the invention, the module comprises at least one cell unit (U1-1,U1-2) including a plurality of elementary storage cells connected in series (C1 to C6; C7 to C12) and integrated power-switching means (P1, S1; P2, S2) dedicated to this cell unit, delivering, between two power output terminals (B1, B2) of the cell unit, a positive DC voltage, a negative DC voltage, a zero voltage or a high impedance state, depending on a command received by the cell unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: Francis Roy, Marc Boulay, Thomas Peuchant, Alexandre Narbonne, David Herpe, Denis Labrousse, Eric Laboure
  • Patent number: 12278571
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device forming a DC voltage bus for a polyphase electrical system (M), comprising voltage legs (A1, A2, A3) each having a plurality of battery cell modules (C1, C2, C3), each module comprising a battery cell or a cluster of battery cells (c1), connected to a DC-to-AC converter (DCAC); said battery cell modules (C1, C2, C3) being connected together in series via the DC-to-AC converter (DCAC); said voltage legs (A1, A2, A3) each being connected to a specific phase leg (B1, B2, B3) for said polyphase electrical system (M), at least one phase leg (B1, B2, B3) having a branch (D1, D2, D3) connected to a rectifier module (R1). The invention also relates to a motor vehicle, a renewable energy generator and a method based on such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: PSA Automobile SA, Centrale Supelec, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, SAFT, Sorbonne Universite, Universite Paris-Saclay
    Inventors: Francis Roy, Thomas Peuchant, David Herpe, Eric Laboure, Franck Castejon
  • Publication number: 20240186914
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device forming a DC voltage bus for a polyphase electrical system (M), comprising voltage legs (A1, A2, A3) each having a plurality of battery cell modules (C1, C2, C3), each module comprising a battery cell or a cluster of battery cells (c1), connected to a DC-to-AC converter (DCAC); said battery cell modules (C1, C2, C3) being connected together in series via the DC-to-AC converter (DCAC); said voltage legs (A1, A2, A3) each being connected to a specific phase leg (B1, B2, B3) for said polyphase electrical system (M), at least one phase leg (B1, B2, B3) having a branch (D1, D2, D3) connected to a rectifier module (R1). The invention also relates to a motor vehicle, a renewable energy generator and a method based on such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Francis ROY, Thomas PEUCHANT, David HERPE, Eric LABOURE, Franck CASTEJON
  • Patent number: 11784505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for charging an electrochemical cell of a rechargeable battery with charging pulse control (PL), the pulses (PL) being driven in voltage control mode in the form of voltage steps (Pt) of variable amplitude. According to the invention, the method consists in calculating the value (Ut+1) of each voltage step (Pt+1) with respect to the value (Ut) of the preceding voltage step (Pt) and according to a progression variable representative of the variation in the internal resistance of the cell (d(R)/dt), for a period ending on the preceding step (Pt), with respect to a predetermined tolerated variation threshold (?), where Var=d(R)/dt??. The method applies to high-voltage electric battery charging protocols for electromobility or stationary applications, or portable device batteries, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: PSA AUTOMOBILES SA, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, SAFT
    Inventors: Gentien Thorner, Francis Roy, Jean Bernard Douet, Thomas Peuchant, David Herpe, Pierre Xavier Thivel, Jean Claude Leprêtre
  • Publication number: 20230208174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for charging an electrochemical cell of a rechargeable battery with charging pulse control (PL), the pulses (PL) being driven in voltage control mode in the form of voltage steps (Pt) of variable amplitude. According to the invention, the method consists in calculating the value (Ut+1) of each voltage step (Pt+1) with respect to the value (Ut) of the preceding voltage step (Pt) and according to a progression variable representative of the variation in the internal resistance of the cell (d(R)/dt), for a period ending on the preceding step (Pt), with respect to a predetermined tolerated variation threshold (?), where Var=d(R)/dt??. The method applies to high-voltage electric battery charging protocols for electromobility or stationary applications, or portable device batteries, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Gentien THORNER, Francis ROY, Jean Bernard DOUET, Thomas PEUCHANT, David HERPE, Pierre Xavier THIVEL, Jean Claude LEPRÊTRE