Patents by Inventor Marc Durbize

Marc Durbize 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).

  • Motor vehicle functional front end, without radiator
    Patent number: 6619419
    Abstract: A motor vehicle front end includes at least one upper crossmember (1) capable of supporting the hinges or the catch for the vehicle bonnet, a support piece (2, 3) at each end of the crossmember capable of supporting at least one lighting unit (6) of the vehicle, a lower crossmember (4) extending from one support piece to the other and belonging to a vehicle energy-absorption system, and a cavity located between the two crossmembers and the two support pieces, leaving space for a radiator (12) supported by structure external to the functional front end. The upper crossmember is a hybrid crossmember consisting of a metal alloy section piece reinforced with plastic ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Renault s.a.s.
    Inventors: Hugues Cheron, Laurent Decker, Bruno Ghiringhelli, Alain Liadouze, Marc Durbize
  • Attachment of front quadrant to crossmember
    Patent number: 6517146
    Abstract: Motor vehicle functional front end comprising at least one upper crossmember (2) and, at each end of the upper crossmember, a support piece (3) capable of supporting at least one lighting unit of the vehicle, characterized in that the connection between the upper crossmember and each support piece is provided by one nesting into the other, combined with a possibility of adjustment in a roughly horizontal direction perpendicular to the axis of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignees: Compagnie Plastic Omnium, Renault SA
    Inventors: Hugues Cheron, Laurent Decker, Bruno Ghiringhelli, Alain Liadouze, Marc Durbize
  • Motor vehicle functional front end referenced to the wing of a vehicle
    Patent number: 6375252
    Abstract: Motor vehicle functional front end particularly comprising an upper crossmember (1). The said crossmember comprises, near to one of the ends of the said crossmember, a point of reference allowing it to be positioned on the vehicle, longitudinally and laterally, with respect to a reference point provided on a front wing of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignees: Compagnie Plastic Omnium, Renault SA
    Inventors: Hugues Cheron, Laurent Decker, Bruno Ghiringhelli, Alain Liadouze, Marc Durbize