Patents by Inventor Loic Grall

Loic Grall 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).

  • Vehicle chassis frame side rail of improved cross section
    Patent number: 8857894
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle, notably a motor vehicle, chassis frame side rail made up of two section pieces of U-shaped cross section, welded together by longitudinal connecting tabs juxtaposed contiguously and more or less perpendicularly extending the ends of the branches of the U, in which each section piece has, between each of the tabs and the branches of the U that it extends, a joining area that forms two separate longitudinal plastic hinges that deform if the side rail is deformed by longitudinal compression so as to keep the welded joint between the tabs intact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA
    Inventor: Loic Grall
  • VEHICLE CHASSIS FRAME SIDE RAIL OF IMPROVED CROSS SECTION
    Publication number: 20130241220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle, notably a motor vehicle, chassis frame side rail made up of two section pieces of U-shaped cross section, welded together by longitudinal connecting tabs juxtaposed contiguously and more or less perpendicularly extending the ends of the branches of the U, in which each section piece has, between each of the tabs and the branches of the U that it extends, a joining area that forms two separate longitudinal plastic hinges that deform if the side rail is deformed by longitudinal compression so as to keep the welded joint between the tabs intact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SA
    Inventor: Loic Grall