Patents by Inventor Laurent Rocheblave

Laurent Rocheblave 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).

  • Beam with an over-moulded insert
    Publication number: 20060181089
    Abstract: The invention relates to an impact beam comprising a metal crosspiece and reinforcement ribs made of a plastics material and overmolded onto the metal crosspiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Daniel Hegelen, Jean-Pierre Roux, Laurent Rocheblave
  • Use of a fender and a hood in combination with an air bag, fender retaining and support means, a fender, a fender module, and a hood for a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20050140174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use, at the front of a motor vehicle, of a fender and of a hood defining a fender-hood junction leaving predetermined clearance between an edge of the hood and an edge of the fender, in combination with an air bag for deploying to the outside of the vehicle. This use is performed in such a manner that while the air bag is deploying, it deforms the fender and/or the hood in such as a manner as to enlarge the clearance and create a passage between the edge of the hood and the edge of the fender. The invention also relates to retaining means and to a fender support, to a fender, to a fender module, and to a hood for a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Arnold Fayt, Laurent Rocheblave
  • Energy absorber for interposing between a rigid beam and a bumper skin, and an energy-absorbing assembly
    Patent number: 6758506
    Abstract: The energy absorber is provided for interposing between a rigid beam and a bumper skin in order to absorb, by compression, the energy of impacts directed in a crumpling direction. The energy absorber comprises a set of ribs each of which extends parallel to the crumpling direction and each of which possesses a free edge for pressing against the beam. The set of ribs includes at least one rib arranged in the event of an impact so that its free edge remains pressed against the beam, while the rib itself buckles, and at least one other rib arranged in such a manner that in the event of an impact, its free end escapes from the beam, causing the rib to bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Stephane Malteste, Thierry Roussel, Laurent Rocheblave, Thierry Cavillon
  • ENERGY ABSORBER FOR INTERPOSING BETWEEN A RIGID BEAM AND A BUMPER SKIN, AND AN ENERGY-ABSORBING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20040080167
    Abstract: The energy absorber is for interposing between a rigid beam and a bumper skin in order to absorb, by compression, the energy of impacts directed in a crumpling direction. The energy absorber comprises a set of ribs each of which extends parallel to the crumpling direction and each of which possesses a free edge for pressing against the beam. The set of ribs includes at least one rib arranged in the event of an impact so that its free edge remains pressed against the beam, while the rib itself buckles, and at least one other rib arranged in such a manner that in the event of an impact, its free end escapes from the beam, causing said rib to bend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Stephane Malteste, Thierry Roussel, Laurent Rocheblave, Thierry Cavillon