Patents by Inventor Lionel Simon
Lionel Simon 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).
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Patent number: 12294161Abstract: An arrangement for communication satellites including a payload bay. The arrangement includes an assembly of waveguides, waveguide fixation interfaces for fixing the waveguides to electronic equipment and/or components and a mechanical structure including a plurality of links interconnecting at least some of the waveguides to ensure the stability of the waveguide assembly. The arrangement further includes at least one heat pipe that is arranged to heat or cool one or more of the waveguides. The arrangement is formed in a single piece by 3D printing.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SWISSto12 SAInventors: Emile de Rijk, Mathieu Billod, Esteban Menargues Gomez, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Tomislav Debogovic, Alexandre Dimitriades, Lionel Simon, Arnaud Boland
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Patent number: 12078099Abstract: A hydrogen intake assembly for a hydrogen internal combustion engine characterized in that the hydrogen intake assembly includes at least one air intake manifold comprising an air intake pipe comprising at least one air inlet and air outlets, air intake runners comprising air inlets and air outlets, a spacer having a wall defining an inner chamber receiving a mixture of air, water and hydrogen and comprising air inlets and mixture outlets delivering said mixture, a water rail comprising at least one water inlet and water outlets, said water outlets being embedded in the wall of the spacer and a hydrogen rail comprising at least a hydrogen inlet and hydrogen outlets.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Lionel Simon, Jean-marc Neveu
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Publication number: 20240204417Abstract: Antenna array including: a plurality of juxtaposed elementary antennas, each elementary antenna including a waveguide one face of which is provided with an array of slots in order to radiate outside the waveguide at least part of the electromagnetic energy in the waveguide; a coupling waveguide for individually feeding each antenna element from a face opposite the face provided with radiating slots, wherein the antenna is a component resulting from additive manufacturing, a section of the slots is either non-rectangular or rectangular with sides not parallel to a longitudinal direction of the waveguides, and the coupling waveguide has irises and/or steps on its inner side so as to control the phase and/or amplitude of the signals in the different coupling slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Esteban Menargues Gomez, Lionel Simon, Antoine Calleau
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Patent number: 11955683Abstract: Radio frequency device including at least: a tube through which a channel passes, a front face and/or a rear face forming a bearing surface through which the channel passes, the bearing surface forming an annular frame around one end of the tube and being integral with the tube. The bearing surface includes axial fixing apertures passing through the bearing surface and opening outside the channel in order to allow fixation of the device, and the width of the frame being greater at and in the immediate vicinity of the axial fixing apertures than at a distance from these axial fixing apertures.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SWISSto12 SAInventors: Mathieu Billod, Arnaud Boland, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk, Tomislav Debogovic, Alexandre Dimitriades, Esteban Menargues Gomez, Lionel Simon
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Patent number: 11923591Abstract: Waveguide device for guiding a radio frequency signal at a given frequency f, the device including: a core manufactured by additive manufacturing and including side walls with inner and outer surfaces, the inner surfaces delimiting a waveguide channel, wherein a cross-section of the channel has two straight sides joined together by two half-portions, at least one of the two half-portions being rounded or formed of at least two straight segments, the cross-section having a maximum length (a) and a maximum width (b), the ratio between the maximum length (a)/maximum width (b) being between 2.05 and 3.5, preferably between 2.05 and 2.4.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SWISSTO12 SAInventors: Alexandre Dimitriades, Mathieu Billod, Lionel Simon, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk
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Patent number: 11923592Abstract: Waveguide device (1) for guiding a radio frequency signal at a given frequency f, the device (1) including: a core (3) manufactured by additive manufacturing and including side walls with inner and outer surfaces (7, 8), the inner surfaces (7) delimiting a waveguide channel (2), wherein a cross-section of the channel (2) has two straight sides joined together by two half-portions, at least one of the two half-portions being rounded or formed of at least two straight segments the cross-section having a maximum length (a) and a maximum width (b), the ratio between the maximum length (a)/maximum width (b) being between 2.05 and 3.5, preferably between 2.05 and 2.4.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SWISSTO12 SAInventors: Alexandre Dimitriades, Mathieu Billod, Lionel Simon, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk
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Publication number: 20240018898Abstract: A hydrogen intake assembly for a hydrogen internal combustion engine characterized in that the hydrogen intake assembly includes at least one air intake manifold comprising an air intake pipe comprising at least one air inlet and air outlets, air intake runners comprising air inlets and air outlets, a spacer having a wall defining an inner chamber receiving a mixture of air, water and hydrogen and comprising air inlets and mixture outlets delivering said mixture, a water rail comprising at least one water inlet and water outlets, said water outlets being embedded in the wall of the spacer and a hydrogen rail comprising at least a hydrogen inlet and hydrogen outlets.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Lionel SIMON, Jean-Marc Neveu
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Patent number: 11732642Abstract: A hydrogen intake assembly for a hydrogen internal combustion engine characterized in that the hydrogen intake assembly includes at least one air intake manifold comprising an air intake pipe comprising at least one air inlet and air outlets, air intake runners comprising air inlets and air outlets, a spacer having a wall defining an inner chamber receiving a mixture of air, water and hydrogen and comprising air inlets and mixture outlets delivering said mixture, a water rail comprising at least one water inlet and water outlets, said water outlets being embedded in the wall of the spacer and a hydrogen rail comprising at least a hydrogen inlet and hydrogen outlets.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Lionel Simon, Jean-Marc Neveu
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Publication number: 20230238676Abstract: Waveguide device (1) for guiding a radio frequency signal at a given frequency f, the device (1) including: a core (3) manufactured by additive manufacturing and including side walls with inner and outer surfaces (7, 8), the inner surfaces (7) delimiting a waveguide channel (2), wherein a cross-section of the channel (2) has two straight sides joined together by two half-portions, at least one of the two half-portions being rounded or formed of at least two straight segments the cross-section having a maximum length (a) and a maximum width (b), the ratio between the maximum length (a)/maximum width (b) being between 2.05 and 3.5, preferably between 2.05 and 2.4.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Alexandre Dimitriades, Mathieu Billod, Lionel Simon, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk
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Patent number: 11591953Abstract: A method for controlling hydrogen combustion in a hydrogen internal combustion engine system includes a combustion chamber linked to an intake port via an intake valve, the hydrogen internal combustion engine system comprising a piston slidably moving between a top dead center position and a bottom dead center position, characterized by the steps of: injecting water in liquid phase in the intake port when the piston is between 0 and 40 crank angle degrees before opening of the intake valve, injecting hydrogen after opening of the intake valve and when the piston is between 0 and 60 crank angle degrees after the top dead center position, stopping hydrogen injection when the piston is between 0 and 100 crank angle degrees before the bottom dead center position.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Jean-Marc Neveu, Lionel Simon
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Publication number: 20230011966Abstract: Dual-polarized antenna, including several antenna elements arranged in cell units. Each cell unit includes four antenna elements and two 1-to-4 junctions, a first of the two junctions being associated with a first polarization and a second of the two junctions being associated with a second polarization. The antenna also includes an array of dividers/combiners. The four antenna elements of each cell unit are superposed and several cell units are juxtaposed. Each cell unit includes two antenna elements and two other antenna elements which are offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Esteban Menargues Gomez, Lionel Simon, Santiago Capdevila Cascante
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Publication number: 20230012227Abstract: A hydrogen intake assembly for a hydrogen internal combustion engine characterized in that the hydrogen intake assembly includes at least one air intake manifold comprising an air intake pipe comprising at least one air inlet and air outlets, air intake runners comprising air inlets and air outlets, a spacer having a wall defining an inner chamber receiving a mixture of air, water and hydrogen and comprising air inlets and mixture outlets delivering said mixture, a water rail comprising at least one water inlet and water outlets, said water outlets being embedded in the wall of the spacer and a hydrogen rail comprising at least a hydrogen inlet and hydrogen outlets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Lionel SIMON, Jean-Marc Neveu
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Publication number: 20230009443Abstract: A method for controlling hydrogen combustion in a hydrogen internal combustion engine system includes a combustion chamber linked to an intake port via an intake valve, the hydrogen internal combustion engine system comprising a piston slidably moving between a top dead center position and a bottom dead center position, characterized by the steps of: injecting water in liquid phase in the intake port when the piston is between 0 and 40 crank angle degrees before opening of the intake valve, injecting hydrogen after opening of the intake valve and when the piston is between 0 and 60 crank angle degrees after the top dead center position, stopping hydrogen injection when the piston is between 0 and 100 crank angle degrees before the bottom dead center position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Jean-Marc NEVEU, Lionel SIMON
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Publication number: 20230010136Abstract: A hydrogen internal combustion engine system includes a combustion chamber connected to a hydrogen intake system, an air intake system and a water intake system for controlling hydrogen combustion, characterized in that the water injection system comprises an exhaust gas collector connected to an exhaust water condenser configured to condense at least a part of water contained in the exhaust gases.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Jean-Marc NEVEU, Lionel SIMON
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Patent number: 11536227Abstract: A first intake manifold is connected to a first group of cylinders, a second distinct intake manifold is connected to a second group of cylinders and a first, respectively a second, exhaust manifold for receiving the exhaust gas emitted from the first, respectively the second, group of cylinders. An EGR line is connected to the first and second exhaust manifolds. A mixing unit includes a four-way valve having a first inlet connected to an air line, a second inlet connected to the EGR line, a first outlet connected to the first intake manifold and a second outlet connected to the second intake manifold. The first inlet is connected to the air line, the second inlet is connected to the EGR line. The first outlet and said second outlet form a substantially X-shape. The first inlet and said second inlet are coaxial. The first outlet and second outlet are coaxial such that the first inlet is diagonally facing the second inlet and the first outlet is diagonally facing the second outlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Laurent Bauvir, Lionel Simon
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Publication number: 20220341380Abstract: A first intake manifold is connected to a first group of cylinders, a second distinct intake manifold is connected to a second group of cylinders and a first, respectively a second, exhaust manifold for receiving the exhaust gas emitted from the first, respectively the second, group of cylinders. An EGR line is connected to the first and second exhaust manifolds. A mixing unit includes a four-way valve having a first inlet connected to an air line, a second inlet connected to the EGR line, a first outlet connected to the first intake manifold and a second outlet connected to the second intake manifold. The first inlet is connected to the air line, the second inlet is connected to the EGR line. The first outlet and said second outlet form a substantially X-shape. The first inlet and said second inlet are coaxial. The first outlet and second outlet are coaxial such that the first inlet is diagonally facing the second inlet and the first outlet is diagonally facing the second outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Laurent BAUVIR, Lionel SIMON
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Publication number: 20220216579Abstract: Radio frequency device including at least: a tube through which a channel passes, a front face and/or a rear face forming a bearing surface through which the channel passes, the bearing surface forming an annular frame around one end of the tube and being integral with the tube. The bearing surface includes axial fixing apertures passing through the bearing surface and opening outside the channel in order to allow fixation of the device, and the width of the frame being greater at and in the immediate vicinity of the axial fixing apertures than at a distance from these axial fixing apertures.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Mathieu Billod, Arnaud Boland, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk, Tomislav Debogovic, Alexandre Dimitriades, Esteban Menargues Gomez, Lionel Simon
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Publication number: 20220181778Abstract: An arrangement for communication satellites including a payload bay. The arrangement includes an assembly of waveguides, waveguide fixation interfaces for fixing the waveguides to electronic equipment and/or components and a mechanical structure including a plurality of links interconnecting at least some of the waveguides to ensure the stability of the waveguide assembly. The arrangement further includes at least one heat pipe that is arranged to heat or cool one or more of the waveguides. The arrangement is formed in a single piece by 3D printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Emile de Rijk, Mathieu Billod, Esteban Menargues Gomez, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Tomislav Debogovic, Alexandre Dimitriades, Lionel Simon, Arnaud Boland
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Publication number: 20220142632Abstract: A spreader tool for separating soft tissues in an outward direction during surgical operations, including a linkage system designed to be arranged in a main surface, and at least two valves having an elongate front part with an exterior side for pressing against the tissues, which is designed to be arranged substantially perpendicular to the main surface, and having a rear face designed to be arranged in the main surface for attaching the linkage system, said linkage system comprising at least one elongate linkage element including a plurality of connecting points designed for connecting the at least two valves to one another or for connecting at least one valve to at least one other elongate linkage means; said tool being notable in that each valve comprises, on its rear face, two pegs designed to fit into holes in the linkage elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: ALLYONInventor: Lionel SIMON
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Publication number: 20220149502Abstract: Waveguide device for guiding a radio frequency signal at a given frequency f, the device including: a core manufactured by additive manufacturing and including side walls with inner and outer surfaces, the inner surfaces delimiting a waveguide channel, wherein a cross-section of the channel has two straight sides joined together by two half-portions, at least one of the two half-portions being rounded or formed of at least two straight segments, the cross-section having a maximum length (a) and a maximum width (b), the ratio between the maximum length (a)/maximum width (b) being between 2.05 and 3.5, preferably between 2.05 and 2.4.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Alexandre Dimitriades, Mathieu Billod, Lionel Simon, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk