Patents by Inventor Hugues Cheron

Hugues Cheron 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: 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
  • Patent number: 9708011
    Abstract: Motor vehicle floor including a lower skin and an upper skin, the lower skin and upper skin being fixed together so as to form, in at least a part of the floor, at least one hollow body between the skins. The hollow body has at least one technical element and/or at least one fastener for fastening the technical element or an internal vehicle fitting. The hollow body is provided with at least one opening that is positioned and dimensioned so as to allow the fastener and/or the technical element to pass through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Frederic Stablo, Hugues Cheron
  • 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: 20160214652
    Abstract: Motor vehicle floor including a lower skin and an upper skin, the lower skin and upper skin being fixed together so as to form, in at least a part of the floor, at least one hollow body between the skins. The hollow body has at least one technical element and/or at least one fastener for fastening the technical element or an internal vehicle fitting. The hollow body is provided with at least one opening that is positioned and dimensioned so as to allow the fastener and/or the technical element to pass through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Frédéric STABLO, Hugues CHERON
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8960741
    Abstract: The assembly is for mounting to a motor vehicle having a bumper skin and it comprises a body part forming at least a portion of a bumper skin. The body part is defined by bottom and top edges. The top edge includes a first portion to be masked by a member of the vehicle that is to be fitted to the body part. The assembly includes at least a first masking element masking at least one portion of the bottom edge and at least a second masking element masking at least one second portion of the top edge of the body part, complementary to the at least one first portion of the top edge of the body part. The first and second masking elements are fixed relative to the body part once the assembly is mounted to the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Fabien Delwal, Hugues Cheron
  • Patent number: 8827358
    Abstract: A vehicle hood lining presenting at least one depression that is preferably elongate along an edge of the lining, the depression presenting, at a distance from its ends, at least one singularity that is not reproduced both identically and continuously all along the length of the depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Laurent Rocheblave, Laurent Martin, Hugues Cheron
  • Publication number: 20120282507
    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: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Laurent Martin, Stephane Ginja, Jerome Grando, Hugues Cheron, Yves Rebuel
  • Publication number: 20120126581
    Abstract: A vehicle hood lining presenting at least one depression that is preferably elongate along an edge of the lining, the depression presenting, at a distance from its ends, at least one singularity that is not reproduced both identically and continuously all along the length of the depression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Laurent Rocheblave, Laurent Martin, Hugues Cheron
  • Patent number: 8118346
    Abstract: The supporting piece is intended to be mounted at the end of a motor vehicle side member, this side member including, in the continuation thereof, a plate for mounting a transverse impact beam. The supporting piece includes a bearing surface for an absorber positioned in front of this bearing surface, the bearing surface being arranged in such a way as to extend under the mounting plate and substantially parallel thereto when the supporting piece is mounted at the end of the side member. The supporting piece is shaped in such a way that it does not deform irreversibly when the vehicle suffers an insurance impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Stéphane Ginja, Sébastien Charnaux, Hugues Cheron
  • Publication number: 20110049930
    Abstract: The assembly is for mounting to a motor vehicle having a bumper skin and it comprises a body part forming at least a portion of a bumper skin. The body part is defined by bottom and top edges. The top edge includes a first portion to be masked by a member of the vehicle that is to be fitted to the body part. The assembly includes at least a first masking element masking at least one portion of the bottom edge and at least a second masking element masking at least one second portion of the top edge of the body part, complementary to the at least one first portion of the top edge of the body part. The first and second masking elements are fixed relative to the body part once the assembly is mounted to the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Fabien Delwal, Hugues Cheron
  • Patent number: 7828366
    Abstract: The rear unit comprises first and second doors for a motor vehicle. The first and second doors respectively comprise first and second tailgates, the second door carrying the first tailgate. The first rear door has hinge means for hinging the first tailgate relative to the body of the motor vehicle, which means are fastened to the first tailgate. The first tailgate is pivotally movable relative to the body about a main pivot axis of the hinge means. The main axis is also suitable for moving in at least one guide slideway for guiding the main pivot axis in translation relative to the body in a direction that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Fabien Delwal, Denis Barral, Jerome Fillon, Hugues Cheron
  • Publication number: 20100102577
    Abstract: The supporting piece is intended to be mounted at the end of a motor vehicle side member, this side member including, in the continuation thereof, a plate for mounting a transverse impact beam. The supporting piece includes a bearing surface for an absorber positioned in front of this bearing surface, the bearing surface being arranged in such a way as to extend under the mounting plate and substantially parallel thereto when the supporting piece is mounted at the end of the side member. The supporting piece is shaped in such a way that it does not deform irreversibly when the vehicle suffers an insurance impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Stéphane Ginja, Sébastien Charnaux, Hugues Cheron
  • Patent number: 7645060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support for a motor vehicle light unit that enables the light unit to be mounted displaceably on an equipment module. The support includes a guide for guiding the light unit along a predetermined path relative to the equipment module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gérald Andre, Laurent Decker, Hugues Cheron, Naoufil Ben Mariem
  • Publication number: 20090102221
    Abstract: The rear unit comprises first and second doors for a motor vehicle. The first and second doors respectively comprise first and second tailgates, the second door carrying the first tailgate. The first rear door has hinge means for hinging the first tailgate relative to the body of the motor vehicle, which means are fastened to the first tailgate. The first tailgate is pivotally movable relative to the body about a main pivot axis of the hinge means. The main axis is also suitable for moving in at least one guide slideway for guiding the main pivot axis in translation relative to the body in a direction that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Fabien Delwal, Denis Barral, Jerome Fillon, Hugues Cheron
  • Patent number: 7506919
    Abstract: A bumper shield is constituted by an outer skin and an inner skin lining. The skin lining is capable on its own of carrying light units, enabling the shield to be mounted in two stages. A method of mounting such a shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Arnold Fayt, Hugues Cheron
  • Patent number: 7325642
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a motor vehicle fender made of plastics material having a skin separating the inside and the outside of the fender, wherein the skin possesses a breakable zone suitable for opening when subjected to thrust from the inside towards the outside of the fender. The inside of the airbag housing is situated in register with the breakable zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Roux, Hugues Cheron, Arnold Fayt
  • Patent number: 7258385
    Abstract: A support for bodywork of a vehicle elements is provided that includes means for receiving and fastening optical elements, fastener members for bodywork elements, docking zones for receiving the edges of bodywork elements and for putting them into position relative to the adjacent edges of bodywork elements and optical elements, and a means for positioning and fixing a hood lock. The equipment front face has generally two portions, a structural portion and a geometrical portion, corresponding to the vehicle front block divided into two modules, a structural module integrating various functional members of the vehicle, and a geometrical module integrating the bodywork elements for the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gérald Andre, Hugues Cheron, Arnold Fayt
  • Publication number: 20070182212
    Abstract: A motor vehicle fender support comprising a lower portion for fixing to at least one rigid part of the structure of a vehicle, and an upper portion that is spaced apart from the lower portion and designed to support a top edge of a fender having an outside face that is visible from outside of the vehicle and an inside face that is opposite from the outside face, the support being shaped in such a manner as to hold the top edge of the fender at a distance from the rigid part of the vehicle structure that is closest to said edge. The support includes support areas each of which matches substantially the shape of the inside face of the fender in the vicinity of its top edge, the support areas being spaced apart from one another but together forming a support sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Roux, Arnold Fayt, Hugues Cheron
  • Patent number: 7204545
    Abstract: The motor vehicle fender support comprises a metal core with a top portion provided with fasteners for fastening to a fender. The top portion is provided with ribs arranged to stiffen it in the event of stress being directed in the transverse direction, and to buckle in the event of downwardly-directed impacts, when the fender support is mounted on the vehicle. The metal core also includes openings seeking to reduce its stiffness so as to satisfy predefined deceleration criteria. The fender support also comprises a rigid bottom portion designed to be fastened to the structure of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Roux, Frédéric Pierrot, Gérald Andre, Hugues Cheron