Patents by Inventor Eric STUMPP

Eric STUMPP 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 checking the tightness of a double-walled motor vehicle panel via ultrasound sensing
    Patent number: 12146813
    Abstract: A device and method for checking an integrity of a glue joint that connects one portion of a body box and a body skin are provided. The body box and body skin connected by the glue joint define an inner volume therebetween. The method includes arranging at least one ultrasound sensing device in the inner volume; emitting a pressurized directional air jet opposite a predetermined area of the glue joint; recording a noise level detected by the ultrasound sensing device in the inner volume; and determining an integrity defect in the glue joint according to the recorded noise level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
    Inventors: François Virelizier, Jérôme Brizin, Eric Stumpp, David Tresse, Julien Guyot
  • METHOD FOR CHECKING THE TIGHTNESS OF A DOUBLE-WALLED MOTOR VEHICLE PANEL VIA ULTRASOUND SENSING
    Publication number: 20230114942
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for checking the integrity of a glue joint which is to be checked and which connects one portion of a body box and a body skin, which define an inner volume therebetween. The method includes: arranging at least one ultrasound sensing device in the inner volume; emitting a pressurized directional air jet opposite a predetermined area of the glue joint; recording a noise level detected by the ultrasound sensing device in the inner volume; and determining an integrity defect in the glue joint according to the recorded noise level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
    Inventors: François VIRELIZIER, Jérôme BRIZIN, Eric STUMPP, David TRESSE, Julien GUYOT