Patents by Inventor Fabrice Grisi

Fabrice Grisi 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: 9194326
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the start-up of a vehicle comprising an engine start-stop system, wherein the method includes the actuation of the start-up of the vehicle. The invention is characterized in that the method comprises the steps: an autonomous engine state is indicated in response to the simultaneous occurrence of (i) the injection of fuel into the combustion chambers of the engine and (ii) an engine speed above a pre-defined threshold S1 which is equal to an engine speed that cannot be achieved without combustion in the combustion chambers during the start-up of the vehicle; and, in response to the aforementioned autonomous engine state indication, the closing of a clutch is controlled according to a pre-defined engine speed set value in order to control the engine speed to the pre-defined set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: PEUGEOT CITROËN AUTOMOBILES SA
    Inventor: Fabrice Grisi
  • Publication number: 20130211697
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the start-up of a vehicle comprising an engine start-stop System, said method including the actuation (52) of the start-up of the vehicle. The invention is characterised in that the method also comprises the following steps: an autonomous engine state is indicated (62) in response to the simultaneous occurrence of (i) the injection of fuel into the combustion chambers of the heat engine and (ii) a heat engine speed above a pre-defined threshold S1, said threshold SI being equal to an engine speed that cannot be achieved without combustion in the combustion chambers during the start-up of the vehicle; and, in response to the aforementioned autonomous engine state indication, the closing of a clutch is controlled (66) according to a pre-defined motor speed set value in order to slave the motor speed to said pre-defined set value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SA
    Inventor: Fabrice Grisi