Patents by Inventor Julien Dufee

Julien Dufee 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: 8562042
    Abstract: This bumper assembly is adapted for a motor vehicle having a structure including a pair of upper side members (6) and a pair of lower side members (8). It includes an energy absorbing panel (12) having at least two columns (16) each provided to bear on the ends of an upper side member (6) and a lower side member (8) and a beam (18) extending transversely between the columns (16). According to one embodiment, the bumper assembly includes a plate (36) doubling the beam (18) such that the beam (18) is compressed between a frontal face (36a) of the plate (36) in case of impact. The device is applicable to front or rear bumpers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Faurecia Bloc Avant
    Inventors: Vincent Gonin, Laurent Droz Bartholet, Julien Dufee
  • Patent number: 8251437
    Abstract: The assembly is of the type comprising two pairs of front longitudinal members of a chassis of a motor vehicle and support and fixing mounting plates arranged at the front ends of the longitudinal members and comprising a front bumper shield comprising a one-piece plastics material frame consisting of an upper bumper beam and a lower bumper beam and two vertical members connecting the upper and lower bumper beams, the vertical members of the frame being configured to act as impact absorbers and fixed resting directly against the mounting plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Faurecia Bloc Avant
    Inventors: Vincent Gonin, Julien Dufee, Laurent Droz Bartholet
  • Patent number: 8118351
    Abstract: Such a distribution of the ribs 52 makes it possible to determine the behavior of the bumper under impact. In particular, the behavior of the bumper 4 varies depending on the point of impact on said bumper 4 upon collision. The bumper 4 according to the invention makes it possible to satisfy pedestrian impact standards, which are becoming ever more stringent. In particular, in the case of a pedestrian impact, provision must be made for deceleration of the pedestrian's knee, irrespective of the point of impact of the knee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Faurecia Bloc Avant
    Inventors: Vincent Gonin, Julien Dufee, Laurent Droz-Bartholet