Patents by Inventor Frédéric Laudet

Frédéric Laudet 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).

  • Publication number: 20220175151
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a bunk, in particular for a vehicle cabin. The bunk comprises a base plate, an upper layer, a plurality of supporting members vertically compressible and spaced apart from one another substantially over the whole surface of the bunk, a plurality of pressure sensors which are part of the upper layer and in an adaptable area comprising at least one area of the bunk, a moving mechanism configured to move at least some of the supporting members in the adaptable area parallel to the base plate, and a control unit connected to the pressure sensors and the moving mechanism. The control unit is configured to cause the moving mechanism to move the supporting members in the adaptable area as a function of the current pressure data provided by the pressure sensors, to locally change the density of the supporting members to provide a locally variable bunk firmness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Frédéric LAUDET, Philippe LEFORT
  • Patent number: 9482460
    Abstract: A truck includes a refrigerated compartment that is equipped with a dedicated refrigerating system, and a driver cabin. The driver cabin is equipped with a least a first heat exchanger adapted to cool an air flow directed to the cabin. The truck further includes a compartment heat exchanger located in the refrigerated compartment and adapted to cool a heat transfer liquid sent to the first heat exchanger through a heat transfer liquid connecting the first heat exchanger to the compartment heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Frédéric Laudet
  • Patent number: 8905461
    Abstract: A truck has a cabin, the cabin having a roof and an aerodynamic roof deflector panel mounted on the roof and covering at least partly the roof, thereby delimiting a space extending between the roof and the panel. The panel includes at least a member movable between a first position and a second position. In the second position of the movable member, an air passage is created in front of the space. In the first position, the air passage is closed or substantially closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Renault Trucks
    Inventor: Frédéric Laudet
  • Publication number: 20130270856
    Abstract: A truck has a cabin, the cabin having, a roof and air aerodynamic roof deflector panel mounted on the roof and covering at least partly the roof, thereby delimiting a space extending between the roof and the panel. The panel includes at least a member movable between a first position and a second position. In the second position of the movable member, air air passage is created in front of the space. In the first position, the air passage is closed or substantially closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: RENAULT TRUCKS
    Inventor: Frédéric Laudet
  • Publication number: 20130247605
    Abstract: A truck includes a refrigerated compartment that is equipped with a dedicated refrigerating system, and a driver cabin. The driver cabin is equipped with a least a first heat exchanger adapted to cool an air flow directed to the cabin. The truck further includes a compartment heat exchanger located in the refrigerated compartment and adapted to cool a heat transfer liquid sent to the first heat exchanger through a heat transfer liquid connecting the first heat exchanger to the compartment heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: RENAULT TRUCKS
    Inventor: Frédéric Laudet