Patents by Inventor Gérald Andre

Gérald Andre 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: 20240066963
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle opening panel, comprising an inner panel, preferably made of plastic material, an outer skin which is at least partially made of plastic material and attached to the inner panel, comprising an inner surface facing an outer surface of the inner panel, and a plate for supporting equipment covered by the outer skin and directly attached in a sealed manner to the inner surface of the outer skin, said plate being disposed within an internal volume delimited, on the one hand, by the outer surface of an inner panel and, on the other hand, by the inner surface of the outer skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
    Inventors: Stéphane GINJA, Gérald ANDRE, Franck LETERRIER
  • Publication number: 20220234531
    Abstract: A motor vehicle comprising an aerodynamic underbody flap (1) rotating about a transverse axis (10) and a lower transverse structure (4) arranged at the rear of the lower part of a front bumper (6). The rear part of the lower transverse structure (4) comprises guide means (41, 42) which, in the event of a frontal impact, guide the backward movement of the lower transverse structure (4) such that the rear face of the lower transverse structure (4) comes into contact with the axis (10) of the aerodynamic underbody flap (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Gérald Andre, Stéphane Ginja
  • Publication number: 20210362787
    Abstract: It is provided a bodywork part made of painted plastic material consisting of a single plastic material, and in one piece, comprising a first zone having a first thickness and a second zone having a second thickness, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness so that the second zone has a higher transmittance than that of the first zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
    Inventors: Gilles MOULIN, Gérald ANDRE
  • Publication number: 20210276633
    Abstract: An aerodynamic blade for a motor vehicle includes a shutter mounted on a support shaft having an axis and connected to a chassis of a vehicle by at least one support, and driven in rotation around said axis between an open position and a closed position by a motor assembly. The motor assembly includes one or more elements configured to accumulate mechanical energy and having an adjustable stored energy level to meet a demand for a sufficient torque to change a position of the shutter in a time of less than one second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Gérald ANDRE, Bertrand MAZUE, Julien JACOMY, Jérôme UTTER
  • Patent number: 10946909
    Abstract: The invention provides a retractable aerodynamic system for a motor vehicle including a structure of the vehicle. The system includes at least one aerodynamic flap, a drive mechanism that can rotate the aerodynamic flap about a rotation axis, and at least one member for locking the aerodynamic flap in at least one indexed position with respect to the structure of the vehicle. The locking member is able to transmit forces experienced by the aerodynamic flap to the structure of the vehicle when the aerodynamic flap is locked in the indexed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventor: Gérald Andre
  • Publication number: 20200156715
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aerodynamic deflector arranged at the front of a motor vehicle with a deformable skin of which an upper strip is rigidly connected to the lower portion of a front bumper, and of which a lower strip is connected to a front edge of a rigid arch that can be moved by a manoeuvring device between a low position in which the deformable skin is deployed so as to divert the flow of air that presents under the vehicle when the vehicle advances, and a high position in which the deformable skin is folded away in a recess arranged behind the bumper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Gérald Andre, Bertrand Mazue
  • Publication number: 20190322323
    Abstract: The invention provides a retractable aerodynamic system for a motor vehicle including a structure of the vehicle. The system includes at least one aerodynamic flap, a drive mechanism that can rotate the aerodynamic flap about a rotation axis, and at least one member for locking the aerodynamic flap in at least one indexed position with respect to the structure of the vehicle. The locking member is able to transmit forces experienced by the aerodynamic flap to the structure of the vehicle when the aerodynamic flap is locked in the indexed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Gérald Andre
  • Patent number: 10414267
    Abstract: Device for admitting cooling air to a motor vehicle interior, formed of one or several mobile flaps, each orientable in rotation about an axis by a control mechanism, each flap includes on its external periphery a pressing surface intended, when the mobile flap is in the closed position, to come into contact with a bearing surface. The pressing surface has a point of first contact and a point of last contact with the said bearing surface, these points being defined in such a way that when the control mechanism actuates closure of the mobile flaps and the point of first contact comes into contact with the said bearing surface, the point of last contact is distant from the said bearing surface by a predefined and non-zero distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventor: Gérald Andre
  • Patent number: 10194568
    Abstract: Semi-finished product made from composite material comprising a thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix and reinforcement fillers. The semi-finished product comprises an electromagnetic shielding film positioned in the thickness of the semi-finished product, the electromagnetic shielding film comprising holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Hugues Cheron
  • Publication number: 20180298953
    Abstract: A disengaging member for releasing a link between a motor and a shaft rotated by the motor, the disengaging member including first and second elements capable of fitting together in a direction substantially parallel to the shaft, one element being capable of being connected to the motor by a link that enables the element to be rotated by the motor, and the other element being capable of being attached to the shaft. The first element includes at least one recess at the fitting interface between the two elements, the second element includes at least one resilient member exerting a radial force on the fitting interface via an insertion member capable of being inserted into the recess, keeping the two elements secured to one another for rotation therewith up until a predefined transmission torque between the insertion member and the first element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gerald ANDRE, Bertrand MAZUE, Francis HOLLEVILLE
  • Publication number: 20180251020
    Abstract: Device for admitting cooling air to a motor vehicle interior, formed of one or several mobile flaps, each orientable in rotation about an axis by a control mechanism, each flap includes on its external periphery a pressing surface intended, when the mobile flap is in the closed position, to come into contact with a bearing surface. The pressing surface has a point of first contact and a point of last contact with the said bearing surface, these points being defined in such a way that when the control mechanism actuates closure of the mobile flaps and the point of first contact comes into contact with the said bearing surface, the point of last contact is distant from the said bearing surface by a predefined and non-zero distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Gérald ANDRE
  • Patent number: 9818994
    Abstract: A housing of a battery pack for a motor vehicle. A module comprising several electric cells is associated with a heat-regulating plate. A wall of the housing comprises an element in relief and exerts a tightening force on the plate. The invention also relates to the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: Compagnie Plastic Omnium, Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Philippe Gilotte, Gilles Elliot, Vincent Feuillard, Frederic Ladrech
  • Publication number: 20160330879
    Abstract: Semi-finished product made from composite material comprising a thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix and reinforcement fillers. The semi-finished product comprises an electromagnetic shielding film positioned in the thickness of the semi-finished product, the electromagnetic shielding film comprising holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gerald ANDRE, Hugues CHERON
  • Publication number: 20160021797
    Abstract: A box section housing motor vehicle drive electric power transmission and/or storage onboard equipment, comprising a conductive base layer extending over the entirety of a surface described by the box section, the box section comprising an additional conducting layer made up of at least one conducting material and at least partially covering the conducting base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventor: Gérald ANDRE
  • Patent number: 9132864
    Abstract: A vehicle structure includes a longitudinal structural element at each of its side edges, at least two shells superposed in such a manner as to form a housing, each shell being connected to the structural elements; at least one battery component comprising an energy storage unit arranged in the housing; and at least one fastener element connecting a shell to a member situated in the housing or to the other shell, the fastener element(s) being arranged in such a manner that the or at least one battery component is in compression in the shell-superposition direction, essentially corresponding to the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Laurent Martin, Stephane Ginja, Jerome Grando, Hugues Cheron, Yves Rebuel
  • Publication number: 20150249238
    Abstract: A housing of a battery pack for a motor vehicle. A module comprising several electric cells is associated with a heat-regulating plate. A wall of the housing comprises an element in relief and exerts a tightening force on the plate. The invention also relates to the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Philippe Gilotte, Gilles Elliot, Vincent Feuillard, Frederic Ladrech
  • Patent number: 8783729
    Abstract: A coupling system including a coupling for fastening to one end of a pipe via a fastening connection is provided. The coupling system includes a safety fastener device in the form of a sleeve surrounding the fastening connection and having a first end for welding to the pipe, and a hook-forming second end for co-operating with the coupling in such a manner that the hook is suitable for providing fastening between the coupling and the pipe in the event of the fastening connection is damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Benoit Michel Bernard Vincent Auzias, Francis Jean Criado, Gerald Andre Charles Senger
  • Publication number: 20130241195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coupling system comprising a coupling for fastening to one end of a pipe via a fastening connection, said coupling system further including safety fastener means in the form of a sleeve surrounding the fastening connection and having a first end for welding to the pipe, and a hook-forming second end for co-operating with the coupling in such a manner that the hook is suitable for providing fastening between the coupling and the pipe in the event of the fastening connection being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Benoit Michel Bernard Vincent AUZIAS, Francis Jean Ceriado, Gerald Andre Charles Senger
  • Patent number: 8459699
    Abstract: A coupling system including a coupling for fastening to one end of a pipe via a fastening connection; and a sleeve surrounding the fastening connection is disclosed. The sleeve includes a first end for welding to the pipe, and a hook-forming second end for co-operating with the coupling in such a manner that the hook is suitable for providing fastening between the coupling and the pipe in the event of the fastening connection being damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Benoit Michel Bernard Vincent Auzias, Francis Jean Criado, Gerald Andre Charles Senger
  • Publication number: 20130134706
    Abstract: A coupling system including a coupling for fastening to one end of a pipe via a fastening connection; and a sleeve surrounding the fastening connection is disclosed. The sleeve includes a first end for welding to the pipe, and a hook-forming second end for co-operating with the coupling in such a manner that the hook is suitable for providing fastening between the coupling and the pipe in the event of the fastening connection being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Benoit Michel Bernard Vincent Auzias, Francis Jean Criado, Gerald Andre Charles Senger