Patents by Inventor Didier LIAUD

Didier LIAUD 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).

  • Method for manufacturing a heating mat for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11560040
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heating mat for a motor vehicle. The method includes the following steps: providing a heating ply having a deformable structure and two heating elements inserted into the structure, said two heating elements being separated by a deformation area of the structure; stacking the heating ply between an upper layer and a lower layer, wherein at least one of the heating ply and the upper and lower layers includes a thermoformable material; assembling the stack by at least one fastening rod; and thermoforming the stack thus assembled, so as to secure the heating ply and the upper and lower layers into a single piece; and stretching the deformation area in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Anne-Sophie Debruyne, Franck Jeunehomme, Didier Liaud, Valérie Marcel
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HEATING MAT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200307356
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heating mat for a motor vehicle. The method includes the following steps: providing a heating ply having a deformable structure and two heating elements inserted into the structure, said two heating elements being separated by a deformation area of the structure; stacking the heating ply between an upper layer and a lower layer, wherein at least one of the heating ply and the upper and lower layers includes a thermoformable material; assembling the stack by at least one fastening rod; and thermoforming the stack thus assembled, so as to secure the heating ply and the upper and lower layers into a single piece; and stretching the deformation area in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Anne-Sophie DEBRUYNE, Franck JEUNEHOMME, Didier LIAUD, Valérie MARCEL