Patents by Inventor Edouard Gambier

Edouard Gambier 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).

  • Patent number: 11939932
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining a static flow rate of a piezo-electric injector of an injection system. The piezo-electric injector includes a needle and a piezo-electric actuator designed to control a valve of the injector. The injection system includes an electric generator designed to send electric current pulses to the piezo-electric actuator of the injector, and a voltage sensor designed to measure voltage values at the terminals of the piezo-electric actuator. The method includes the following steps: sending during a phase of closure of the needle of an electric current pulse such that the piezo-electric actuator is positioned in contact with the valve, without giving rise to the opening thereof; measurement of a plurality of voltage values of the piezo-electric actuator; and determining a static flow rate of the piezo-electric injector on the basis of a plurality of voltage values measured of the piezo-electric actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Quentin Dussardier, Morgan Drouyer, Edouard Gambier
  • Publication number: 20230279821
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining a static flow rate of a piezo-electric injector of an injection system. The piezo-electric injector includes a needle and a piezo-electric actuator designed to control a valve of the injector. The injection system includes an electric generator designed to send electric current pulses to the piezo-electric actuator of the injector, and a voltage sensor designed to measure voltage values at the terminals of the piezo-electric actuator. The method includes the following steps: sending during a phase of closure of the needle of an electric current pulse such that the piezo-electric actuator is positioned in contact with the valve, without giving rise to the opening thereof; measurement of a plurality of voltage values of the piezo-electric actuator; and determining a static flow rate of the piezo-electric injector on the basis of a plurality of voltage values measured of the piezo-electric actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Quentin DUSSARDIER, Morgan DROUYER, Edouard GAMBIER
  • Patent number: 11530666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an injector in a common rail system, comprising the following steps: detecting (E2) an increase between an observed static flow rate and a reference static flow rate and determining (E3) a corrected rail-pressure setpoint (Pcor) guaranteeing the same quantity of fluid injected with the observed static flow rate as that injected with a reference pressure (Pref) and the reference static flow rate. The invention thus advantageously makes it possible to maintain the same duration of injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Edouard Gambier, Johann Ratinaud, Quentin Dussardier
  • Publication number: 20220018304
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an injector in a common rail system, comprising the following steps: detecting (E2) an increase between an observed static flow rate and a reference static flow rate and determining (E3) a corrected rail-pressure setpoint (Pcor) guaranteeing the same quantity of fluid injected with the observed static flow rate as that injected with a reference pressure (Pref) and the reference static flow rate. The invention thus advantageously makes it possible to maintain the same duration of injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Edouard GAMBIER, Johann RATINAUD, Quentin DUSSARDIER
  • Patent number: 10989127
    Abstract: A control method dedicated to the management of an injector of an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine being coupled to a device for the post-treatment of the exhaust gases, when an additional injection for treating the gases or an additional injection for calibrating the injection is demanded by the controller, the method including a step of combining the gas-treatment additional injection and the additional injection for calibrating the injection into one, the combining-into-one being performed when additional-injection parameters are compatible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventors: Johann Ratinaud, Valériane Steiner, Edouard Gambier
  • Publication number: 20200025120
    Abstract: A control method dedicated to the management of an injector of an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine being coupled to a device for the post-treatment of the exhaust gases, when an additional injection for treating the gases or an additional injection for calibrating the injection is demanded by the controller, the method including a step of combining the gas-treatment additional injection and the additional injection for calibrating the injection into one, the combining-into-one being performed when additional-injection parameters are compatible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Johann Ratinaud, Valériane Steiner, Edouard Gambier