Patents by Inventor Fabrice MEUNIER

Fabrice MEUNIER 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: 10658907
    Abstract: An electric power train for an automotive vehicle includes an electric motor, a power electronics system, a first casing containing the power electronics system, a second distinct casing that contains the motor, and a third distinct casing. The first casing includes a bottom and an opening for access to the power electronics system. The second casing bears on an exterior wall of the first casing bottom. The opening is opposite the second casing. The third casing is assembled on the first casing and contains an electric filtering system. The first casing includes a platform, which juts out relative to at least one portion of the first casing and on a face of which platform an assembly contour for assembling the third casing on the first casing is defined. The assembly contour is substantially parallel to an axial direction of the motor. The platform overhangs the second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Fabrice Meunier, Herve Duval, Philippe E. Dubois, Remi Oudart
  • Patent number: 10358028
    Abstract: An electric powertrain includes a speed reducer and an electric motor housed in contiguous casings, together with an air cooling circuit for the speed reducer and the electric motor. The cooling circuit includes an opening for the inlet of air into the casing of the speed reducer, openings for the passage of air in a casing wall separating the speed reducer from the electric motor, and an air outlet opening in the casing of the electric motor. The cooling circuit also includes a fan placed at a height relative to the speed reducer and the electric motor, an upstream conduit that channels the air from the fan toward the speed reducer, and a downstream conduit for the outlet of the air from the electric motor toward the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Fabrice Meunier, Bruno Chalmette
  • Publication number: 20170264172
    Abstract: An electric power train for an automotive vehicle includes an electric motor, a power electronics system, a first casing containing the power electronics system, a second distinct casing that contains the motor, and a third distinct casing. The first casing includes a bottom and an opening for access to the power electronics system. The second casing bears on an exterior wall of the first casing bottom. The opening is opposite the second casing. The third casing is assembled on the first casing and contains an electric filtering system. The first casing includes a platform, which juts out relative to at least one portion of the first casing and on a face of which platform an assembly contour for assembling the third casing on the first casing is defined. The assembly contour is substantially parallel to an axial direction of the motor. The platform overhangs the second casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Fabrice MEUNIER, Herve DUVAL, Philippe E. DUBOIS, Remi OUDART
  • Publication number: 20170225559
    Abstract: An electric powertrain includes a speed reducer and an electric motor housed in contiguous casings, together with an air cooling circuit for the speed reducer and the electric motor. The cooling circuit includes an opening for the inlet of air into the casing of the speed reducer, openings for the passage of air in a casing wall separating the speed reducer from the electric motor, and an air outlet opening in the casing of the electric motor. The cooling circuit also includes a fan placed at a height relative to the speed reducer and the electric motor, an upstream conduit that channels the air from the fan toward the speed reducer, and a downstream conduit for the outlet of the air from the electric motor toward the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Fabrice MEUNIER, Bruno CHALMETTE