Patents by Inventor Jean-Luc KNOP

Jean-Luc KNOP 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).

  • Motor vehicle bodyshell structure with reinforcements for distributing forces related to a rear shock absorber of the vehicle
    Patent number: 9855973
    Abstract: A body shell structure of a motor vehicle includes a side superstructure of the body shell defining on either side of the vehicle two recess portions for wheel arch housings of the vehicle connected by a floor of the vehicle. The body shell structure includes, in each of the two recess portions for wheel arch housing, a wheel arch housing part and at least one mount for attaching the rear shock absorber, assembled by edges thereof to each of the wheel arch housing parts. The wheel arch housing part defines at least one substantially oblique surface portion around and beyond the edges of the mount. The superstructure also includes a structural plate rigidly connected to an oblique surface portion of the wheel arch housing part and secured to a substantially vertical surface portion of the superstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Olivier Rioult, Herve Gaumont, Jerome Caillard, Jean-Luc Knop
  • MOTOR VEHICLE BODYSHELL STRUCTURE WITH REINFORCEMENTS FOR DISTRIBUTING FORCES RELATED TO A REAR SHOCK ABSORBER OF THE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170001668
    Abstract: A body shell structure of a motor vehicle includes a side superstructure of the body shell defining on either side of the vehicle two recess portions for wheel arch housings of the vehicle connected by a floor of the vehicle. The body shell structure includes, in each of the two recess portions for wheel arch housing, a wheel arch housing part and at least one mount for attaching the rear shock absorber, assembled by edges thereof to each of the wheel arch housing parts. The wheel arch housing part defines at least one substantially oblique surface portion around and beyond the edges of the mount. The superstructure also includes a structural plate rigidly connected to an oblique surface portion of the wheel arch housing part and secured to a substantially vertical surface portion of the superstructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Olivier RIOULT, Herve GAUMONT, Jerome CAILLARD, Jean-Luc KNOP