Patents by Inventor Dominique Madoux
Dominique Madoux 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).
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Patent number: 11072235Abstract: A module (49, 149, 249) for use in a vehicle fuel system, said module comprising a housing (7) having a first port (9), a second port (41) and a passage (57) between the first port and the second port; a closure body (11) that is moveably arranged in said housing; wherein said closure body is configured for closing the passage between the first port and the second port in a first position of the closure body and for allowing access to the passage in a second position of the closure body; and a pump (13) that is integrated in said housing (7), wherein said pump (13) communicates with the first port (9) and is configured for pumping fluid into or out of the first port (9) while the closure body (11) is in the first position, characterized in that the module (49, 149) further comprises a motor (15) and a closure body actuator (67) configured for positioning the closure body (11, 111) in at least the first position and the second position, wherein said closure body actuator is driven by said motor (15), and saidType: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Bjorn Criel, David Hill, Dominique Madoux, Antoine Chaussinand
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Patent number: 10632837Abstract: A valve apparatus for use in a liquid tank, includes a casing, an extractor, and a float. The casing defines a main chamber, the main chamber having an inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice. The extractor includes at least one wall member extending substantially across the main chamber and being adapted for extracting droplets present in a vapour stream coming from the liquid tank and entering the main chamber via the inlet orifice. The float includes a closure element capable of closing off the outlet orifice(s), the float being slidably mounted along the at least one wall member.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Dominique Madoux, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen
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Publication number: 20200094672Abstract: A module (49, 149, 249) for use in a vehicle fuel system, said module comprising a housing (7) having a first port (9), a second port (41) and a passage (57) between the first port and the second port; a closure body (11) that is moveably arranged in said housing; wherein said closure body is configured for closing the passage between the first port and the second port in a first position of the closure body and for allowing access to the passage in a second position of the closure body; and a pump (13) that is integrated in said housing (7), wherein said pump (13) communicates with the first port (9) and is configured for pumping fluid into or out of the first port (9) while the closure body (11) is in the first position, characterized in that the module (49, 149) further comprises a motor (15) and a closure body actuator (67) configured for positioning the closure body (11, 111) in at least the first position and the second position, wherein said closure body actuator is driven by said motor (15), and saidType: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Bjorn CRIEL, David HILL, Dominique MADOUX, Antoine CHAUSSINAND
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Patent number: 10337369Abstract: A tank for storing an internal combustion engine exhaust gas liquid additive, the tank including a wall defining an internal volume, an electrical component located in the internal volume, and at least one electric cable configured to connect the electrical component to a voltage source outside the tank, at least one portion of the electric cable being inserted into an intermediate part connected to a base plate mounted over an opening in the wall, the base plate incorporating a casing mounted leaktight around an orifice in the base plate. The intermediate part is fastened by a quick-connect coupling including an electrical connector to which the electric cable is connected leaktight with aid of a seal and that emerges from the orifice in the base plate to outside the tank. The seal is inserted between the intermediate part and the connector and/or into a housing of the intermediate part.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Dominique Madoux, Stephane Leonard, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen
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Patent number: 10183575Abstract: A valve apparatus for use in a liquid tank, the valve apparatus including a casing defining a main chamber, the main chamber having at least one inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice; a float including a closure element, the float being movable inside the main chamber between a first position and a second position in which the at least one outlet orifice is closed off by the closure element; a weight control system configured for controlling the weight of the float by transferring a load in and out from the float, such that the weight of the float in the second position is lower than the weight of the float in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Dominique Madoux, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen
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Publication number: 20180354358Abstract: A valve apparatus for use in a liquid tank, includes a casing, an extractor, and a float. The casing defines a main chamber, the main chamber having an inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice. The extractor includes at least one wall member extending substantially across the main chamber and being adapted for extracting droplets present in a vapour stream coming from the liquid tank and entering the main chamber via the inlet orifice. The float includes a closure element capable of closing off the outlet orifice(s), the float being slidably mounted along the at least one wall member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Dominique MADOUX, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN
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Patent number: 9765667Abstract: A method is provided for loading or reloading a decomposition unit of an SCR system, the SCR system being mounted on board a vehicle and including a filler pipe in communication with the decomposition unit. The method is such that at least one capsule containing at least one protein component adapted to decompose ammonia precursor is introduced through the filler pipe and is then guided through the filler pipe towards the decomposition unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Francois Dougnier, Dominique Madoux, Beatriz Monge-Bonini, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen
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Publication number: 20170174073Abstract: A valve apparatus for use in a liquid tank, the valve apparatus including a casing defining a main chamber, the main chamber having at least one inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice; a float including a closure element, the float being movable inside the main chamber between a first position and a second position in which the at least one outlet orifice is closed off by the closure element; a weight control system configured for controlling the weight of the float by transferring a load in and out from the float, such that the weight of the float in the second position is lower than the weight of the float in the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Dominique MADOUX, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN
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Patent number: 9574479Abstract: A method for loading or reloading a decomposition unit of a vehicular system, the vehicular system including a filler pipe in communication with the decomposition unit. The method includes introducing at least one capsule including at least one protein component adapted to decompose ammonia precursor through the filler pipe and which is then guided through the filler pipe towards the decomposition unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCHInventors: Francois Dougnier, Dominique Madoux, Beatriz Monge-Bonini, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen
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Publication number: 20160319721Abstract: A method is provided for loading or reloading a decomposition unit of an SCR system, the SCR system being mounted on board a vehicle and including a filler pipe in communication with the decomposition unit. The method is such that at least one capsule containing at least one protein component adapted to decompose ammonia precursor is introduced through the filler pipe and is then guided through the filler pipe towards the decomposition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCHInventors: Francois Dougnier, Dominique Madoux, Beatriz Monge-Bonini, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen
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Publication number: 20160305300Abstract: A method for loading or reloading a decomposition unit of a vehicular system, the vehicular system including a filler pipe in communication with the decomposition unit. The method includes introducing at least one capsule including at least one protein component adapted to decompose ammonia precursor through the filler pipe and which is then guided through the filler pipe towards the decomposition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Francois Dougnier, Dominique Madoux, Beatriz Monge-Bonni, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen
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Publication number: 20160290203Abstract: A housing for an ammonia-sensitive component in a selective catalytic reduction pollution-control system. This housing includes a wall and a trap configured to capture gaseous ammonia emanating from the wall or which, if it were not trapped, would emanate from the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Francois DOUGNIER, Dominique MADOUX, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN
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Publication number: 20160222853Abstract: A SCR method for purifying exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, according to which an ammonia precursor is stored in a container mounted on board the vehicle. The method includes: decomposing one part of the ammonia precursor into an aqua ammonia; storing the aqua ammonia in a unit mounted on board the vehicle; metering the stored aqua ammonia into the exhaust gases.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCHInventors: François DOUGNIER, Dominique MADOUX, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN
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Patent number: 9393523Abstract: An SCR method for purifying the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, according to which ammonia gas is exclusively metered in the exhaust gases, the method comprising a step of releasing ammonia gas from at least one solid absorbing matrix where it is stored by sorption and a step of metering the released ammonia gas in the exhaust gases. The method is such that it comprises a step of regenerating the solid absorbing matrix that consists in: generating a refilling ammonia gas by thermally decomposing an ammonia precursor in a heater mounted on board the vehicle; directing the refilling ammonia gas to the solid absorbing matrix where it is stored thereon.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Francois Dougnier, Dominique Madoux, Jules Joseph Van Schaftingen, Paul Wouters
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Publication number: 20160030886Abstract: A tank for selective catalytic reduction purification of exhaust gases of a combustion engine of a vehicle, the tank is mounted on the vehicle and includes: a container configured to contain an ammonia precursor, and a system configured to decompose the ammonia precursor of the container into ammonia gas and storing it, the system being located at least partially inside the container and/or on a wall of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCHInventors: François DOUGNIER, Dominique MADOUX, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN
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Publication number: 20150354755Abstract: A tank for storing a gas, the gas being stored by sorption to a compound. The tank includes a receptacle configured to contain the compound. The receptacle includes a shock-absorbing mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Dominique MADOUX, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN, Francois DOUGNIER
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Publication number: 20150345355Abstract: A method and system for purifying exhaust gases of a combustion engine or an SCR method for purifying exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, according to which ammonia gas is exclusively metered in the exhaust gases. The method includes: releasing ammonia gas from at least one solid absorbing matrix where it is stored by sorption; metering the released ammonia gas in the exhaust gases; regenerating the solid absorbing matrix including: generating a refilling ammonia gas by chemically decomposing an ammonia precursor in a biochemical decomposition unit mounted on board the vehicle and storing at least one protein component adapted to decompose the ammonia precursor; directing the refilling ammonia gas to the solid absorbing matrix where it is stored thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Francois DOUGNIER, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN, Dominique MADOUX, Paul WOUTERS
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Publication number: 20150345429Abstract: A method and system for generating power on board a vehicle. The method includes: generating a gas by chemically decomposing an ammonia precursor in a biochemical decomposition unit mounted on board the vehicle and storing at least one protein component adapted to decompose the ammonia precursor; converting the gas into power in at least one power generator mounted on board the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Francois DOUGNIER, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN, Dominique MADOUX, Paul WOUTERS
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Publication number: 20150185101Abstract: A device for measuring a pressure of a gas in a pollution control or energy storage system, including: a housing including an inlet and an outlet; a compound disposed inside the housing and configured to absorb at least one portion of gas entering the housing through the inlet, the non-absorbed portion of gas exiting the housing via the outlet; at least one sensor configured to measure a temperature of the compound; a processing unit configured to determine the pressure of the gas by using the temperature measurement from the sensor and a predefined pressure/temperature ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Francois Dougnier, Dominique Madoux, Jean-Claude Habumuremyi
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Publication number: 20150160078Abstract: A method for diagnosing a system for storing a gas, the gas being stored by sorption on a compound, the system being mounted onboard a vehicle and including a tank configured to contain the compound and a control device configured to control a heating device to increase a temperature of the compound to release the gas. The control device obtains a set of information including at least one measurement of the temperature of the system, then carries out an estimation of the gas pressure in the system by using a predetermined kinetic model of desorption of the gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Francois Dougnier, Dominique Madoux, Jean-Claude Habumuremyi