Patents by Inventor Gérard Jeuffe
Gérard Jeuffe 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).
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Patent number: 8967495Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dispensing a liquid, including a piston that is movable within a chamber and a nozzle connected to the piston such that the movement of the piston causes the movement of the nozzle, wherein one end of the piston engages the chamber so as to form a non-return valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SAInventors: Brahim Hamza, Jean-Michel Issartel, Akim Driss Bouguerra, Rodolphe Emaille, Christophe Broquet, Gérard Jeuffe
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Patent number: 8925834Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit for dispensing windshield washer fluid for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the dispensing circuit is characterized in that it includes a float (11) housed inside a chamber (12) of a stationary body (13) so as to occupy a top position enabling the flow of the windshield washer fluid toward the nozzles, and a bottom position in which the chamber (12) is inoperative, an in which the float blocks the flow of the windshield washer fluid to the tank (2). The invention can be used in the automotive field.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignees: Peugeot Citroën Automobiles SA, MGI CoutierInventors: Gérard Jeuffe, Jacky Lefevre, Brahim Hamza, Akim Driss Bouguerra, Geoffroy Meyer
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Patent number: 8898849Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper blade of a motor vehicle, comprising an elongate flexible strip, wherein at least one end of the strip is covered by a cap with a built-in conduit provided with a nozzle offset on the side of the flexible strip relative to the longitudinal median plane of said flexible strip.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignees: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA, MGI CoutierInventors: Gerard Jeuffe, Brahim Hamza, Jean-Michel Issartel, Akim-Driss Bouguerra, Rodolphe Emaille
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Patent number: 8596486Abstract: A washing liquid tank for a vehicle, includes a vertically extending wall (1) that divides the tank into a first chamber (2) including at least one liquid filling opening (4) in the lower portion thereof, and a second chamber (3) including at least one pumping opening (5) in the lower portion thereof, the second chamber having a wall that is common with a reheating body (6), the first and second chambers communicating together through a communication opening (7) formed in the lower portion of the wall (1) in order to allow the filling of the second chamber (3). The tank is characterized in that the second chamber has a volume lower than that of the first chamber and in that the first and second chambers (2, 3) further communicate together via an air passage (8) provided at the upper portion of the second chamber (3).Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignees: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA, Tristone Flowtech Solutions (TFS)Inventors: Sylvain Merour, Ghislain Gaudiau, Gerard Jeuffe, Nicolas Magnier
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Publication number: 20130292488Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit for dispensing windshield washer fluid for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the dispensing circuit is characterized in that it includes a float (11) housed inside a chamber (12) of a stationary body (13) so as to occupy a top position enabling the flow of the windshield washer fluid toward the nozzles, and a bottom position in which the chamber (12) is inoperative, an in which the float blocks the flow of the windshield washer fluid to the tank (2). The invention can be used in the automotive field.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicants: MGI COUTIER, PEUGEOT CITROËN AUTOMOBILES S.A.Inventors: Gérard Jeuffe, Jacky Lefevre, Brahim Hamza, Akim Driss Bouguerra, Geoffroy Meyer
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Publication number: 20130240569Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dispensing a liquid, including a piston that is movable within a chamber and a nozzle connected to the piston such that the movement of the piston causes the movement of the nozzle, wherein one end of the piston engages the chamber so as to form a non-return valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicants: MGI COUTIER, PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SAInventors: Brahim Hamza, Jean-Michel Issartel, Akim Driss Bouguerra, Rodolphe Emaille, Christophe Broquet, Gérard Jeuffe
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Publication number: 20120297564Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper blade of a motor vehicle, comprising an elongate flexible strip, wherein at least one end of the strip is covered by a cap with a built-in conduit provided with a nozzle offset on the side of the flexible strip relative to the longitudinal median plane of said flexible strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicants: MGI COUTIER, PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SAInventors: Gerard Jeuffe, Brahim Hamza, Jean-Michel Issartel, Akim-Driss Bouguerra, Rodolphe Emaille
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Publication number: 20120260939Abstract: The invention relates to a windscreen-wiper blade (1) of a motor vehicle which comprises: an elongate flexible strip (6); a conduit outlet (23) arranged such as to be able to spray a jet of liquid in substantially the longitudinal direction of the strip (6); characterised in that the conduit outlet (23) is offset on the side of the flexible strip (6) relative to the longitudinal médian plane of the flexible strip (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicants: MGI COUTIER, PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES S.A.Inventors: Gerard Jeuffe, Brahim Hamza, Jean-Michel Issartel, Akim Driss Bouguerra, Rodolphe Emaille
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Patent number: 8100168Abstract: The invention relates to a device for reheating the water of the windscreen washers of a motor vehicle comprising, in the engine compartment thereof, a degassing box (1) forming part of the engine cooling system, and at least one tank (3) for pressurised washing water, said tank being associated with a circulation pump which pumps water therefrom and supplies said water to nozzles for spraying the same over the windscreens. The inventive device is characterised in that the tank (3) at least partially surrounds the degassing box (1), leaving a separation space of a determined thickness thereinbetween, and a double-walled hollow body (4) is integrated into said space, defining a closed thermal insulating volume.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SAInventor: Gerard Jeuffe
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Publication number: 20100243659Abstract: A washing liquid tank for a vehicle, includes a vertically extending wall (1) that divides the tank into a first chamber (2) including at least one liquid filling opening (4) in the lower portion thereof, and a second chamber (3) including at least one pumping opening (5) in the lower portion thereof, the second chamber having a wall that is common with a reheating body (6), the first and second chambers communicating together through a communication opening (7) formed in the lower portion of the wall (1) in order to allow the filling of the second chamber (3). The tank is characterized in that the second chamber has a volume lower than that of the first chamber and in that the first and second chambers (2, 3) further communicate together via an air passage (8) provided at the upper portion of the second chamber (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicants: TRELLEBORG FLUID & ACOUSTIC SOLUTIONS, PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES S.A.Inventors: Sylvain Merour, Ghislain Gaudiau, Gerard Jeuffe, Nicolas Magnier
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Publication number: 20090242171Abstract: The invention relates to a device for reheating the water of the windscreen washers of a motor vehicle comprising, in the engine compartment thereof, a degassing box (1) forming part of the engine cooling system, and at least one tank (3) for pressurised washing water, said tank being associated with a circulation pump which pumps water therefrom and supplies said water to nozzles for spraying the same over the windscreens. The inventive device is characterised in that the tank (3) at least partially surrounds the degassing box (1), leaving a separation space of a determined thickness thereinbetween, and a double-walled hollow body (4) is integrated into said space, defining a closed thermal insulating volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2005Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SAInventor: Gerard Jeuffe
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Patent number: 7568258Abstract: The inventive wiping strip comprises a heel (3), a wiping lip (5), a flexible joint part (11) joining the lip to the heel, wherein said lip (5) extends on an axial median plane (P), the joint part (11) comprises two flexible symmetrically curved walls (21) and defines a recess (23) between said joint part and heel, and an abutment (31) which is protruded from the heel into the recess, symmetrically shaped and is used for limiting the bending stresses of the joint part (11). The abutment (31) is provided with a flexible core (33) substantially extending on the symmetry plane (9). A wiper blade provided with said windshield wiping strip is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SAInventor: Gerard Jeuffe
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Publication number: 20080196191Abstract: This window wiping device (2) comprises a linearly displaceable window wiper arm (11) which is carried by a carriage (12) which is guided by a guide rail (13) which is connected to a transmission means (15) which is moved by a drive means (14), and is characterised in that the guide rail (13) comprises at least one longitudinal channel for retaining an element of the transmission means (15) and in that the transmission means is flexible and comprises an element which can slide in the longitudinal channel of the guide rail (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2006Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicants: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SA, EURAMAX INDUSTRIES SAInventors: Gerard Jeuffe, Olivier Kugener, Yannick Hervot, Yannick Doucet, Olivier Dequirot
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Publication number: 20080189897Abstract: The inventive wiping strip comprises a heel (3), a wiping lip (5), a flexible joint part (11) joining the lip to the heel, wherein said lip (5) extends on an axial median plane (P), the joint part (11) comprises two flexible symmetrically curved walls (21) and defines a recess (23) between said joint part and heel, and an abutment (31) which is protruded from the heel into the recess, symmetrically shaped and is used for limiting the bending stresses of the joint part (11). The abutment (31) is provided with a flexible core (33) substantially extending on the symmetry plane (9). A wiper blade provided with said windshield wiping strip is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SAInventor: Gerard Jeuffe