Patents by Inventor Nicolas SOULAS

Nicolas SOULAS 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: 12146430
    Abstract: A computer for a vehicle, the vehicle including a heat engine, a depollution system configured to depollute the exhaust gases originating from the engine, a first probe placed between the outlet of the heat engine and the inlet of the depollution system and configured to measure a first parameter relating to the oxygen level in the exhaust gases exiting the heat engine, a second probe placed at the outlet of the depollution system and configured to measure a second parameter relating to the oxygen level in the exhaust gases exiting the depollution system. The computer being configured to receive the values measured by the first probe and by the second probe over a predefined measurement time interval and to diagnose clogging of the first probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Nicolas Soulas, Antoine Delbos, Nicolas Oberti
  • Patent number: 12055583
    Abstract: A method for estimating the aging of an electronic component, characterized in that it includes the following steps: —compiling a thermal specification of the electronic component in order to determine a reference lifetime, —determining a reference temperature quantity, —measuring the actual temperature of the electronic component in operation, —determining an actual temperature quantity, —determining an equivalent operating time at the actual temperature, —transposing this equivalent operating time to the reference temperature to obtain a transposed operating time, —summing the transposed operating times to obtain a consumed lifetime comparable to the reference lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Nicolas Soulas, Thierry Bavois
  • Publication number: 20230296042
    Abstract: A computer for a vehicle, the vehicle including a heat engine, a depollution system configured to depollute the exhaust gases originating from the engine, a first probe placed between the outlet of the heat engine and the inlet of the depollution system and configured to measure a first parameter relating to the oxygen level in the exhaust gases exiting the heat engine, a second probe placed at the outlet of the depollution system and configured to measure a second parameter relating to the oxygen level in the exhaust gases exiting the depollution system. The computer being configured to receive the values measured by the first probe and by the second probe over a predefined measurement time interval and to diagnose clogging of the first probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Nicolas Soulas, Antoine Delbos, Nicolas Oberti
  • Publication number: 20220170980
    Abstract: A method for estimating the aging of an electronic component, characterized in that it includes the following steps: —compiling a thermal specification of the electronic component in order to determine a reference lifetime, —determining a reference temperature quantity, —measuring the actual temperature of the electronic component in operation, —determining an actual temperature quantity, —determining an equivalent operating time at the actual temperature, —transposing this equivalent operating time to the reference temperature to obtain a transposed operating time, —summing the transposed operating times to obtain a consumed lifetime comparable to the reference lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Nicolas SOULAS, Thierry BAVOIS