Patents by Inventor Frederic Moulinas

Frederic Moulinas 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: 20260002548
    Abstract: A motor support for a motor for driving a fan impeller of a motorized fan unit for a heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle is disclosed herein. The motor support includes a base having an internal structure and defining a cooling channel around the internal structure, in which channel an air flow is intended to circulate. The cooling channel includes at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet. The internal structure has a protrusion which is arranged facing the air inlet, the protrusion extending from the internal structure towards the air inlet so as to divide the air flow which is intended to come from the air inlet and circulate in the cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Elmehdi Bensaih, Frederic Moulinas, Radek Lohonka
  • Patent number: 12135043
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor mount, in particular for a motor-driven fan unit of a fan for a vehicle heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning system, including two coaxial rings of which an inner ring is capable of receiving one or more elements of the motor and an outer ring is capable of being attached to a housing constituting a structural element, and an uncoupling element positioned between the coaxial rings. The uncoupling element forms at least one radial stop capable of limiting a radial relative movement, in a plane normal to the common axis of the two rings, of one of the two rings with respect to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Elmehdi Bensaih, Frederic Moulinas, Guillaume Robelet
  • Publication number: 20230250835
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor mount, in particular for a motor-driven fan unit of a fan for a vehicle heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning system, including two coaxial rings of which an inner ring is capable of receiving one or more elements of the motor and an outer ring is capable of being attached to a housing constituting a structural element, and an uncoupling element positioned between the coaxial rings. The uncoupling element forms at least one radial stop capable of limiting a radial relative movement, in a plane normal to the common axis of the two rings, of one of the two rings with respect to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Elmehdi BENSAIH, Frederic MOULINAS, Guillaume ROBELET
  • Patent number: 10300937
    Abstract: A decorative piece of a vehicle steering wheel decoration arranged to be mounted on a steering wheel of the vehicle includes a decorative core made from a decorative material, such as wood. A protective portion of the decorative core made from a transparent or translucent material covering at least part of a surface of the decorative core is arranged to be visible by a user. A fastening portion is arranged to fasten the decorative part on the steering wheel. The fastening portion is made from the same transparent or translucent material as the protective portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Mickael Peyrot, Frederic Moulinas
  • Patent number: 10202054
    Abstract: A seat-back tilting device including a tilt control handle that can be selected from a first control handle and a second control handle, and with a tilt control shaft on which the control handle is mounted. The control shaft includes: a zone for receiving a first return member associated with the first control handle; a zone for receiving a second return member associated with the second control handle; and a zone for transmitting forces from the first control handle and from the second control handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: RENAULT s.a.s., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: David Delecolle, Gregory Lesueur, Frederic Moulinas
  • Publication number: 20180222516
    Abstract: A decorative piece of a vehicle steering wheel decoration arranged to be mounted on a steering wheel of the vehicle includes a decorative core made from a decorative material, such as wood. A protective portion of the decorative core made from a transparent or translucent material covering at least part of a surface of the decorative core is arranged to be visible by a user. A fastening portion is arranged to fasten the decorative part on the steering wheel. The fastening portion is made from the same transparent or translucent material as the protective portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Mickael PEYROT, Frederic MOULINAS
  • Publication number: 20150191110
    Abstract: A seat-back tilting device including a tilt control handle that can be selected from a first control handle and a second control handle, and with a tilt control shaft on which the control handle is mounted. The control shaft includes: a zone for receiving a first return member associated with the first control handle; a zone for receiving a second return member associated with the second control handle; and a zone for transmitting forces from the first control handle and from the second control handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicants: RENAULT s.a.s., NISSAN MOTOR CO. LTD
    Inventors: David Delecolle, Gregory Lesueur, Frederic Moulinas