Patents by Inventor Guillaume Aufranc

Guillaume Aufranc 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: 11674420
    Abstract: A heating member for a vehicle exhaust gas purification device includes an electrically conductive outer peripheral frame that has a geometric center and is symmetrical about an axis. An electrically conductive central support is centered on the geometric center, and a perforated heating grid is centered on the geometric center. The heating grid extends between the electrically conductive central support and the electrically conductive outer peripheral frame. The heating grid is formed of a plurality of strands connected by nodes, with the plurality of strands delimiting openings therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Guillaume Aufranc, Christophe Tournier, Xavier Bartolo
  • Publication number: 20230129348
    Abstract: A heating element for an exhaust line includes a substantially tubular housing, which merges with an exhaust pipe of the exhaust line, and a heating disk that is arranged across a passage cross-section of the tubular housing. The heating element also includes at least one pad and at least one restoring member, where the at least one pad is fastened to a distal end of the at least one restoring member. The at least one restoring member is able to hold the at least one pad in abutment against the heating disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Guillaume AUFRANC, Vincent LEBOURGEOIS
  • Publication number: 20230056503
    Abstract: A heating device for an exhaust line comprises a substantially flat, perforated, metallic heating element, limited by a shape substantially identical to a section through which the exhaust line passes. The heating element is arranged across the section, The heating device also includes at least one substantially flat, perforated, rigid disk, limited by a shape substantially identical to the section and shaped to support the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandre WESTERMANN, Marion GONZALEZ, Guillaume AUFRANC, Sylvain DHONDT, Jaroslaw JAWORSKI
  • Publication number: 20220154616
    Abstract: A heating member for a vehicle exhaust gas purification device includes an electrically conductive outer peripheral frame that has a geometric center and is symmetrical about an axis. An electrically conductive central support is centered on the geometric center, and a perforated heating grid is centered on the geometric center. The heating grid extends between the electrically conductive central support and the electrically conductive outer peripheral frame. The heating grid is formed of a plurality of strands connected by nodes, with the plurality of strands delimiting openings there between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Guillaume AUFRANC, Christophe TOURNIER, Xavier BARTOLO
  • Patent number: 11225892
    Abstract: A heating device comprises a grid and a power supply device connected to the grid to pass an electric current in the grid. The grid is formed by strands delimiting openings between the strands. The strands of the grid do not overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: Guillaume Aufranc, Xavier Bartolo, Maxime Goncalves, Christophe Tournier
  • Patent number: 11168596
    Abstract: A heating device includes conductive elements, positive and negative electrical terminals, first and second connecting parts each including a first part that is a substantially planar longitudinal part extending in a longitudinal direction, a second connecting part connected to the first part while extending transversely to this first part, the second part being connected to a respective one of the terminals, and at least one third part, connected to the first part while extending transverse to this first part. Each conductive element has one end connected to the second or third part of one of the first and second connecting pieces, and another end connected to the second or third part of the other first and second connecting piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Guillaume Aufranc, Xavier Bartolo, Maxime Goncalves, Antonin Mathey, Christophe Tournier
  • Publication number: 20200406190
    Abstract: An electrical connector is secured to an elongated conductive element, and extends in a longitudinal direction between a first connection end and a second end from which the elongated conductive element extends. The electrical connector comprises a longitudinal passage in which the longitudinal conductive element partially extends up to the first connection end. The elongated conductive element is secured to the electrical connector at this first connection end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Guillaume AUFRANC, Jean-Paul BRUNEL
  • Patent number: 10815851
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device for a vehicle comprises a coil configured to generate an electromagnetic field, a magnetic flux concentrator, surrounding the coil and configured to conduct the electromagnetic field generated by the coil, and an exhaust gas purification substrate. The exhaust gas purification substrate comprises an upstream segment having an upstream section, and a downstream segment having a downstream section. The exhaust gas purification substrate further comprises at least one intermediate segment between the upstream segment and the downstream segment, the intermediate segment having a central section smaller than the upstream section and/or the downstream section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: FAURECIA SYSTEMES D'ECHAPPEMENT
    Inventors: Jean Paul Brunel, Guillaume Aufranc
  • Publication number: 20200109652
    Abstract: A heating device comprises a grid and a power supply device connected to the grid to pass an electric current in the grid. The grid is formed by strands delimiting openings between the strands. The strands of the grid do not overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Guillaume Aufranc, Xavier Bartolo, Maxime Goncalves, Christophe Tournier
  • Publication number: 20200072107
    Abstract: A heating device includes conductive elements, positive and negative electrical terminals, first and second connecting parts each including a first part that is a substantially planar longitudinal part extending in a longitudinal direction, a second connecting part connected to the first part while extending transversely to this first part, the second part being connected to a respective one of the terminals, and at least one third part, connected to the first part while extending transverse to this first part. Each conductive element has one end connected to the second or third part of one of the first and second connecting pieces, and another end connected to the second or third part of the other first and second connecting piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Guillaume Aufranc, Xavier Bartolo, Maxime Goncalves, Antonin Mathey, Christophe Tournier