Patents by Inventor Jacques Augustin Laeuffer

Jacques Augustin Laeuffer 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: 7533745
    Abstract: A system is provided for powering a motor vehicle using a heat engine and an electric machine. The vehicle includes a supercapacitor which stores unused energy from the heat engine. When the vehicle speed stabilizes, energy is stored in the supercapacitor. The heat engine is shut down and the energy from the supercapacitor is then used to power the electric machine which supplies power to the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA
    Inventor: Jacques Augustin Laeuffer
  • Patent number: 7298104
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system for electrically regulating a power transmission device between the heat engine and a pair of electrical machines and the drive wheels of a motor vehicle, the heat engine being connected to the two electrical machines via a mechanical assembly, while an electrical connection device located between the two electrical machines provides a direct passage for power from one machine to the other, the connection transferring electric power between the two electrical machines being carried out via two static converters connected to a bus whereof the two lines are connected to a bus whereof the two lines are connected by a capacitor. The invention is connected by a capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA
    Inventors: Sébastien Alain Joël Besnard, Jacques Augustin Laeuffer