Patents by Inventor Nicolas Protin

Nicolas Protin 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).

  • Patent number: 8862316
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for diagnosing the operational state of a fuel supply system of an automobile internal combustion engine, said fuel being stored in a tank of the vehicle and having a variable alcohol content, wherein said method includes a step of diagnosing (S6) the operational state of the fuel supply system, a step of detecting the addition of alcohol into the tank (S2), a step of determining the alcohol content (S2bis) in the fuel, and a checking step (S4) in which the diagnosis step (S6) is triggered if the step of determining the alcohol content (S2bis) in the fuel is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Nicolas Protin, Michel Leporcq
  • Patent number: 8670919
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a condition of a system for supplying fuel to a fuel injected controlled-ignition internal combustion engine, of a type including an electric control device that makes use of an oxygen probe for closed-loop regulation of a value of an air/fuel ratio admitted to the combustion chambers of the engine, and according to which a signal delivered by the oxygen probe is analyzed, the method a) deducing from the signal a change in injection time correction factor ALPHACL_MEAN making it possible to regulate richness of exhaust gases leaving the engine; b) comparing ALPHACL_MEAN against predetermined minimum and maximum threshold values THRESHOLD_MIN and THRESHOLD_MAX; c) diagnosing a defective condition when ALPHACL_MEAN is outside of a window included between THRESHOLD_MIN and THRESHOLD_MAX.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Nicolas Protin, Michel Leporcq
  • Publication number: 20120232748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for diagnosing the operational state of a fuel supply system of an automobile internal combustion engine, said fuel being stored in a tank of the vehicle and having a variable alcohol content, wherein said method includes a step of diagnosing (S6) the operational state of the fuel supply system, a step of detecting the addition of alcohol into the tank (S2), a step of determining the alcohol content (S2bis) in the fuel, and a checking step (S4) in which the diagnosis step (S6) is triggered if the step of determining the alcohol content (S2bis) in the fuel is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: RENAULT SAS
    Inventors: Nicolas Protin, Michel Leporcq
  • Patent number: 8011232
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a condition of a system for supplying fuel to a fuel injected controlled-ignition internal combustion engine, of a type including an electric control device that makes use of an oxygen probe for closed-loop regulation of a value of air/fuel ratio admitted to combustion chambers of the engine, and according to which a signal delivered by an oxygen probe is analyzed, the method a) deducing from the signal, a change in a effective injection time making it possible to regulate richness of exhaust gases leaving the engine; b) calculating CRITERION=?(CRITERION 1+CRITERION2+CRITERION3); c) comparing CRITERION against predetermined minimum and maximum threshold values THRESHOLD_MIN and THRESHOLD_MAX; d) diagnosing a defective condition when CRITERION is outside of a window included between THRESHOLD_MIN and THRESHOLD_MAX.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Nicolas Protin, Michel Leporcq
  • Publication number: 20110030665
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a condition of a system for supplying fuel to a fuel injected controlled-ignition internal combustion engine, of a type including an electric control device that makes use of an oxygen probe for closed-loop regulation of a value of an air/fuel ratio admitted to the combustion chambers of the engine, and according to which a signal delivered by the oxygen probe is analyzed, the method a) deducing from the signal a change in injection time correction factor ALPHACL_MEAN making it possible to regulate richness of exhaust gases leaving the engine; b) comparing ALPHACL_MEAN against predetermined minimum and maximum threshold values THRESHOLD_MIN and THRESHOLD_MAX; c) diagnosing a defective condition when ALPHACL_MEAN is outside of a window included between THRESHOLD_MIN and THRESHOLD_MAX.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Nicolas Protin, Michel Leporcq
  • Publication number: 20100313641
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a condition of a system for supplying fuel to a fuel injected controlled-ignition internal combustion engine, of a type including an electric control device that makes use of an oxygen probe for closed-loop regulation of a value of air/fuel ratio admitted to combustion chambers of the engine, and according to which a signal delivered by an oxygen probe is analyzed, the method a) deducing from the signal, a change in a effective injection time making it possible to regulate richness of exhaust gases leaving the engine; b) calculating CRITERION=?(CRITERION 1+CRITERION2+CRITERION3); c) comparing CRITERION against predetermined minimum and maximum threshold values THRESHOLD_MIN and THRESHOLD_MAX; d) diagnosing a defective condition when CRITERION is outside of a window included between THRESHOLD_MIN and THRESHOLD_MAX.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Nicolas Protin, Michel Leporcq