Patents by Inventor Michel Vanvolsem
Michel Vanvolsem 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: 9211792Abstract: A vehicle fuel tank arrangement is provided for a fuel that includes at least a first fluid and a second fluid. The tank arrangement includes a tank and a partition wall arranged inside the tank in order to create at least a first compartment for storing the first fluid and a second compartment for storing the second fluid. The position of the partition all inside the tank can be changed to set the volume of the first compartment and the second compartment to predetermined values.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Renault TrucksInventors: Iyad Balloul, Jean-Christophe Palmer, Michel Vanvolsem
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Patent number: 9097161Abstract: In an exhaust gas pipe, a first fluid flows in a flow direction in the pipe, and a second fluid is injected inside the pipe by a nozzle, from an injection inlet arranged in the pipe wall, according to an injection direction. A mixing device fastened inside the pipe upstream from the injection inlet creates turbulence that helps the mixing of the fluids. The mixing device has a first portion located on the injection inlet side of the pipe and a second portion located opposite the injection inlet side of the pipe, the portions being designed so that the fluid velocity is higher downstream from the mixing device second portion than downstream from the mixing device first portion. An aqueous solution of urea can be injected inside an exhaust pipe of a diesel engine.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Volvo Trucks ABInventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Julien Ampere
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Publication number: 20140318497Abstract: A vehicle fuel tank arrangement is provided for a fuel that includes at least a first fluid and a second fluid. The tank arrangement includes a tank and a partition wall arranged inside the tank in order to create at least a first compartment for storing the first fluid and a second compartment for storing the second fluid. The position of the partition all inside the tank can be changed to set the volume of the first compartment and the second compartment to predetermined values.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: RENAULT TRUCKSInventors: Iyad Balloul, Jean-Christophe Palmer, Michel Vanvolsem
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Patent number: 8745978Abstract: In an exhaust gas pipe, a first fluid flows in a flow direction in the pipe, and a second fluid is injected inside the pipe by a nozzle, from an injection inlet arranged in the pipe wall, according to an injection direction. A mixing device fastened inside the pipe upstream from the injection inlet creates turbulence that helps the mixing of the fluids. The mixing device has a first portion located on the injection inlet side of the pipe and a second portion located opposite the injection inlet side of the pipe, the portions being designed so that the fluid velocity is higher downstream from the mixing device second portion than downstream from the mixing device first portion. An aqueous solution of urea can be injected inside an exhaust pipe of a diesel engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Renault TrucksInventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Julien Ampere
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Publication number: 20140069087Abstract: In an exhaust gas pipe, a first fluid flows in a flow direction in the pipe, and a second fluid is injected inside the pipe by a nozzle, from an injection inlet arranged in the pipe wall, according to an injection direction. A mixing device fastened inside the pipe upstream from the injection inlet creates turbulence that helps the mixing of the fluids. The mixing device has a first portion located on the injection inlet side of the pipe and a second portion located opposite the injection inlet side of the pipe, the portions being designed so that the fluid velocity is higher downstream from the mixing device second portion than downstream from the mixing device first portion. An aqueous solution of urea can be injected inside an exhaust pipe of a diesel engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: RENAULT TRUCKSInventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Julien Ampere
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Patent number: 8646258Abstract: The mixing system includes a mixing chamber in which exhaust gases can flow in a flow direction, a nozzle designed to inject a fluid inside the mixing chamber, according to an injection direction, and an evaporating device positioned inside the mixing chamber, downstream from the injection inlet. The nozzle and the evaporating device are movable one with respect to the other, so that a substantial portion of the flow of the fluid injected into the mixing chamber hits the evaporating device regardless of the flow rate of the exhaust gases.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Renault TrucksInventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Iyad Balloul
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Publication number: 20120073272Abstract: The mixing system includes a mixing chamber in which exhaust gases can flow in a flow direction, a nozzle designed to inject a fluid inside the mixing chamber, according to an injection direction, and an evaporating device positioned inside the mixing chamber, downstream from the injection inlet. The nozzle and the evaporating device are movable one with respect to the other, so that a substantial portion of the flow of the fluid injected into the mixing chamber hits the evaporating device regardless of the flow rate of the exhaust gases.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2009Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Iyad Balloul
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Publication number: 20110167809Abstract: An engine arrangement including an internal combustion engine and an energy recovering system includes an exhaust line collecting exhaust gas from the engine, a filter having an active portion inserted between two successive parts of the exhaust line, in order to hold the particles contained in the exhaust gas, and filter rotating means designed to rotate the filter so as to shift the active portion of the filter, a secondary line carrying intake air towards an area of said filter distinct from the active portion, according to a direction opposite from an exhaust gas flowing direction inside the filter, so as to sweep the particles away from the filter and release them downstream, inside the secondary line. The secondary line includes a first arrangement, located downstream from the filter, for burning the particles and thereby heating air flowing in the secondary line, and a second arrangement capable of recovering the heat into work.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2008Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: Renault TrucksInventors: Iyad Balloul, Michel Vanvolsem, Marc Lejeune
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Publication number: 20110162353Abstract: In an exhaust gas pipe, a first fluid flows in a flow direction in the pipe, and a second fluid is injected inside the pipe by a nozzle, from an injection inlet arranged in the pipe wall, according to an injection direction. A mixing device fastened inside the pipe upstream from the injection inlet creates turbulence that helps the mixing of the fluids. The mixing device has a first portion located on the injection inlet side of the pipe and a second portion located opposite the injection inlet side of the pipe, the portions being designed so that the fluid velocity is higher downstream from the mixing device second portion than downstream from the mixing device first portion. An aqueous solution of urea can be injected inside an exhaust pipe of a diesel engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2008Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Renault TrucksInventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Julien Ampere
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Publication number: 20110146250Abstract: A thermal energy thermal energy containing arrangement for an exhaust gas purification device incorporated in an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine is provided. The purification device has an inlet port through which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine can flow in and an outlet port through which the treated exhaust gas can flow out.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: RENAULT TRUCKSInventors: Michel Vanvolsem, RĂ©gis Vonarb