Patents by Inventor Laurent Decool

Laurent Decool 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: 20250067467
    Abstract: A heating device includes a heat-transfer liquid that circulates within a heat-transfer liquid circuit. The heating device includes a casing that houses a circulation channel. The channel contains a heating resistor extending between a first and second block secured to the casing. The first block extends along a first axis and the second block extends along a second axis. The heating resistor extends at least partially within a plane that intersects at least one of the first axis or second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventor: Laurent Decool
  • Publication number: 20230040221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical fluid-heating device, in particular intended for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one electrical heating element (4) intended to heat the fluid, a temperature sensor (83) intended to give information about the temperature of the fluid, a switch (87), called inrush current switch, intended to create an inrush current in a power supply circuit (88) of said one or more electrical heating elements, an opening means (89) for opening said circuit in the event of said inrush current occurring, the temperature sensor (83) and the inrush current switch (87) being positioned independently of one another, the heating device being configured so as to transmit a signal from the temperature sensor (83) to the inrush current switch (87).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Laurent Decool, Jonathan Fournier, Nicolas Siffrein-Blanc
  • Publication number: 20230012887
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric fluid-heating device (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing having a first fluid-circulation chamber (21), at least one electric heating element (4) for heating the fluid in said first chamber (21), an electronic board (81) for controlling a current circulating in said electric heating element or elements (4), at least one thermal sensor. Said device is characterised in that the thermal sensor or sensors are positioned on the electronic board (81) and thermally connected to the first chamber (21) via a heat sink (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Jonathan Fournier, Laurent Decool, Arnaud Faivre, Serif Karaaslan
  • Publication number: 20230010073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for electrically heating (1) a liquid, comprising a heating body (11), and a housing (3) defining, at least in part, a chamber (30) for circulating the liquid, the heating body (11) comprising at least one electric heating element (7, 9) extending in the chamber (30) and attached to an inner wall of the device defining, at least in part, the chamber (30) for circulating the liquid, so as to form a first mechanical connection. According to the invention, the electric heating device (1) comprises at least one mechanical connecting element (21) arranged in the chamber (30) and mechanically connecting the at least one electric heating element (7, 9) to an inner surface of the housing (3) extending opposite the heating body (11), so as to form a second mechanical connection separate from the first mechanical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Arnaud Faivre, Laurent Decool, Yann Couapel, Serif Karaaslan, Vincent Lamande
  • Publication number: 20220048365
    Abstract: Heating body (I) for a device (16) for electrically heating liquid, said heating body (I) comprising at least one first helical heating element (4) defined by a diameter (di), a second helical heating element (5) defined by a diameter (d2), and a base (2) carrying the first and the second heating element (4, 5), characterized in that the first diameter (di) is greater than the second diameter (d2), and in that the first heating element is disposed around the second element. The heating body (I) can be configured so as to comprise three heating elements, or more, arranged such that the size in terms of length is limited, and could include a core, disposed so as to be surrounded by all of the different heating elements, reducing the volume of liquid inside the chamber (15) in which the heating body (I) is housed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Arnaud Faivre, Hocine Daou, Laurent Decool