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).

  • Publication number: 20030178235
    Abstract: The invention relates to a front structural part for a motor vehicle, the structural part being shaped in such a manner as to leave a location for a cooling assembly, said location (5) constituting a passage for the air that exchanges heat with the cooling assembly, said structural part being provided with a converging portion (7) having the function of reducing the air flow section around the cooling assembly. The converging portion is made integrally with the structural part. The invention also relates to a front end module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Hugues Cheron, Gerald Andre, Pascal Carrier
  • Patent number: 6619419
    Abstract: A motor vehicle front end includes at least one upper crossmember (1) capable of supporting the hinges or the catch for the vehicle bonnet, a support piece (2, 3) at each end of the crossmember capable of supporting at least one lighting unit (6) of the vehicle, a lower crossmember (4) extending from one support piece to the other and belonging to a vehicle energy-absorption system, and a cavity located between the two crossmembers and the two support pieces, leaving space for a radiator (12) supported by structure external to the functional front end. The upper crossmember is a hybrid crossmember consisting of a metal alloy section piece reinforced with plastic ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Renault s.a.s.
    Inventors: Hugues Cheron, Laurent Decker, Bruno Ghiringhelli, Alain Liadouze, Marc Durbize
  • Patent number: 6547427
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting system for a motor vehicle, said lighting system comprising a frame (20) suitable for supporting at least one lighting lamp (4, 5), a housing containing the frame and its lamp, and a structural piece (3) of the vehicle, which piece is suitable internally for supporting parts of the vehicle, and externally for supporting elements of the bodywork of the vehicle. The housing is an integral part of the structural piece (3), which, for this purpose, is provided with a bowl-shaped recess that can receive the frame and its lamp directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Hugues Cheron, Arnold Fayt, Fabien Delwal
  • Patent number: 6547317
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle structural component, especially a specialized front wall, comprising a functional part made of molded plastic intended to support functional members of the vehicle and a structural part intended to withstand the various mechanical stresses generated by the use of the vehicle, the structural part consisting of the combination of two rigid assemblies, namely, in the first place, an array of stiffening ribs and, in the second place, metal reinforcements. The functional part and one of the rigid assemblies are made as one piece when molding the plastic functional part, while the other rigid assembly is attached to the first rigid assembly to which it is fixed by snap-fastening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium S.A.
    Inventors: Hugues Cheron, Frederic Copier, Johnny Busolin, Yves Alphand, Fredereic Pierrot
  • Patent number: 6517146
    Abstract: Motor vehicle functional front end comprising at least one upper crossmember (2) and, at each end of the upper crossmember, a support piece (3) capable of supporting at least one lighting unit of the vehicle, characterized in that the connection between the upper crossmember and each support piece is provided by one nesting into the other, combined with a possibility of adjustment in a roughly horizontal direction perpendicular to the axis of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignees: Compagnie Plastic Omnium, Renault SA
    Inventors: Hugues Cheron, Laurent Decker, Bruno Ghiringhelli, Alain Liadouze, Marc Durbize
  • Publication number: 20020085389
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination of a piece of bodywork and a light unit for a motor vehicle, the piece of bodywork being to cover a portion of the waistline of the vehicle body and comprising an outside skin formed by a wall of plastics material, the light unit having as component elements both a housing suitable for containing at least one light source and a glass enabling light emitted by said light source to be diffused. The outside skin of the piece of bodywork includes an arrangement forming at least a portion of at least one of the component elements of the light unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Hugues Cheron, Arnold Fayt, Cyrille Rochon
  • Publication number: 20020079151
    Abstract: The invention provides a front-face structure for a motor vehicle, the structure being based on a cooling module (6) having a rigid frame. The front-face structure comprises two end pieces (7) that serve to support at least one functional member of the vehicle, these two end pieces being shaped in such a manner as to extend the cooling module (6) over the entire front face of the vehicle, each occupying a corner of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Laurent Decker, Hugues Cheron
  • Patent number: 6375252
    Abstract: Motor vehicle functional front end particularly comprising an upper crossmember (1). The said crossmember comprises, near to one of the ends of the said crossmember, a point of reference allowing it to be positioned on the vehicle, longitudinally and laterally, with respect to a reference point provided on a front wing of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignees: Compagnie Plastic Omnium, Renault SA
    Inventors: Hugues Cheron, Laurent Decker, Bruno Ghiringhelli, Alain Liadouze, Marc Durbize
  • Patent number: 6237990
    Abstract: A support piece for bodywork elements is fixed to the chassis of a motor vehicle and placed beside a compartment of the motor vehicle and includes, adjacent to the bodywork elements, a reinforced structure whose envelope matching substantially the inside shapes of the bodywork elements for supporting the bodywork elements, and adjacent to the compartment, arrangements for receiving items that are housed inside the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Pascal Barbier, Hugues Cheron, Jean-Luc Felgeirolle