Patents by Inventor Olivier Rioult

Olivier Rioult 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: 10625552
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a bodywork structural element and a running gear, such as a vehicle back end, that includes at least one arm. The at least one arm includes a top attachment end that is received in a sheet metal clevis supported on a bottom surface of a floor of the bodywork structural element. The attachment end includes at least one transverse tubular sleeve that is received with reduced play between two parallel flanks of the clevis, and an attachment screw capable of passing through two coaxial bores of both flanks and the transverse tubular sleeve to enable attachment of the attachment end into the clevis. The clevis guides the attachment end into a position for aligning the bores of the flanks and the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Johann Willemenot, Olivier Rioult
  • Patent number: 10065685
    Abstract: A body structure of a motor vehicle includes two substantially parallel longitudinal reinforcing side members, a body side superstructure connected to the side members, rising above the side members and defining, on either side of the vehicle, two wheel arch housing portions of the vehicle. The two wheel arch housing portions are connected by a floor portion of the vehicle, offset vertically relative to the side members and positioned above the side members. The structure also includes at least one rear shock absorber attachment cup at each wheel arch housing portion. The at least one rear shock absorber attachment cup is assembled to the side superstructure, and assembled to a side member by a raising part connecting the cup and only a portion of the side member, having a width, measured in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, substantially equal to that of the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Olivier Rioult, Jerome Caillard, Thierry Hlubina
  • Publication number: 20180170137
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a bodywork structural element and a running gear, such as a vehicle back end, that includes at least one arm. The at least one arm includes a top attachment end that is received in a sheet metal clevis supported on a bottom surface of a floor of the bodywork structural element. The attachment end includes at least one transverse tubular sleeve that is received with reduced play between two parallel flanks of the clevis, and an attachment screw capable of passing through two coaxial bores of both flanks and the transverse tubular sleeve to enable attachment of the attachment end into the clevis. The clevis guides the attachment end into a position for aligning the bores of the flanks and the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Johann WILLEMENOT, Olivier RIOULT
  • Patent number: 9914334
    Abstract: A motor vehicle rear structure includes an underframe component for supporting a motor vehicle floor, an axle component including a central part and two lateral parts that define, with the central part, a space to accommodate a component of the vehicle, and a pivot member including a first pivot element and a second pivot element which are able to pivot relative to one another. The rear structure is arranged such that the first and second pivot elements pivot relative to one another about an axis that is substantially horizontal and substantially perpendicular to a direction of travel of the vehicle in a frame of reference of the motor vehicle, when the first and second pivot elements are thus fixed to the central part of the axle component and to the underframe component of the motor vehicle, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Thierry Hlubina, Olivier Rioult, Jerome Caillard
  • Patent number: 9855973
    Abstract: A body shell structure of a motor vehicle includes a side superstructure of the body shell defining on either side of the vehicle two recess portions for wheel arch housings of the vehicle connected by a floor of the vehicle. The body shell structure includes, in each of the two recess portions for wheel arch housing, a wheel arch housing part and at least one mount for attaching the rear shock absorber, assembled by edges thereof to each of the wheel arch housing parts. The wheel arch housing part defines at least one substantially oblique surface portion around and beyond the edges of the mount. The superstructure also includes a structural plate rigidly connected to an oblique surface portion of the wheel arch housing part and secured to a substantially vertical surface portion of the superstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Olivier Rioult, Herve Gaumont, Jerome Caillard, Jean-Luc Knop
  • Patent number: 9809252
    Abstract: A motor vehicle rear structure includes an underframe component to support a motor vehicle floor and in which a tunnel is formed, an axle component including a central part and two lateral parts that define a space to accommodate a component of the vehicle, an articulation device including a first articulation element and a second articulation element which are able to pivot relative to one another, and at least one front reinforcing element fixed to the second articulation element and to the tunnel. The rear structure is arranged in such a way that said at least one front reinforcing element allows at least some of a load in the direction of travel of the motor vehicle derived from the axle component to be transmitted to the tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Jerome Caillard, Thierry Hlubina, Olivier Rioult
  • Patent number: 9738147
    Abstract: A motor vehicle chassis comprises two side members that are at least partially hollow and have an approximately rectangular cross-section, and two identical reinforcement parts each capable of engaging with a side member to support a power train in an engine compartment of the motor vehicle. Each reinforcement part comprises a substantially parallelepipedic stamped metal sheet open on one face. Each reinforcement part is disposed entirely inside one of the side members and comprises two orifices in a first face and two orifices in a second face, which is separate from and orthogonal to the first face. The four orifices are tapped so as to define four identical nuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Thierry Hlubina, Olivier Rioult
  • Publication number: 20170088177
    Abstract: A motor vehicle rear structure includes an underframe component to support a motor vehicle floor and in which a tunnel is formed, an axle component including a central part and two lateral parts that define a space to accommodate a component of the vehicle, an articulation device including a first articulation element and a second articulation element which are able to pivot relative to one another, and at least one front reinforcing element fixed to the second articulation element and to the tunnel. The rear structure is arranged in such a way that said at least one front reinforcing element allows at least some of a load in the direction of travel of the motor vehicle derived from the axle component to be transmitted to the tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Jerome CAILLARD, Thierry HLUBINA, Olivier RIOULT
  • Publication number: 20170088190
    Abstract: A motor vehicle rear structure includes an underframe component for supporting a motor vehicle floor, an axle component including a central part and two lateral parts that define, with the central part, a space to accommodate a component of the vehicle, and a pivot member including a first pivot element and a second pivot element which are able to pivot relative to one another. The rear structure is arranged such that the first and second pivot elements pivot relative to one another about an axis that is substantially horizontal and substantially perpendicular to a direction of travel of the vehicle in a frame of reference of the motor vehicle, when the first and second pivot elements are thus fixed to the central part of the axle component and to the underframe component of the motor vehicle, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: RENUALT s.a.s
    Inventors: Thierry HLUBINA, Olivier RIOULT, Jerome CAILLARD
  • Publication number: 20170029037
    Abstract: A body structure of a motor vehicle includes two substantially parallel longitudinal reinforcing side members, a body side superstructure connected to the side members, rising above the side members and defining, on either side of the vehicle, two wheel arch housing portions of the vehicle. The two wheel arch housing portions are connected by a floor portion of the vehicle, offset vertically relative to the side members and positioned above the side members. The structure also includes at least one rear shock absorber attachment cup at each wheel arch housing portion. The at least one rear shock absorber attachment cup is assembled to the side superstructure, and assembled to a side member by a raising part connecting the cup and only a portion of the side member, having a width, measured in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, substantially equal to that of the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Olivier RIOULT, Jerome CAILLARD, Thierry HLUBINA
  • Publication number: 20170001668
    Abstract: A body shell structure of a motor vehicle includes a side superstructure of the body shell defining on either side of the vehicle two recess portions for wheel arch housings of the vehicle connected by a floor of the vehicle. The body shell structure includes, in each of the two recess portions for wheel arch housing, a wheel arch housing part and at least one mount for attaching the rear shock absorber, assembled by edges thereof to each of the wheel arch housing parts. The wheel arch housing part defines at least one substantially oblique surface portion around and beyond the edges of the mount. The superstructure also includes a structural plate rigidly connected to an oblique surface portion of the wheel arch housing part and secured to a substantially vertical surface portion of the superstructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Olivier RIOULT, Herve GAUMONT, Jerome CAILLARD, Jean-Luc KNOP
  • Publication number: 20170001509
    Abstract: A motor vehicle chassis comprises two side members that are at least partially hollow and have an approximately rectangular cross-section, and two identical reinforcement parts each capable of engaging with a side member to support a power train in an engine compartment of the motor vehicle. Each reinforcement part comprises a substantially parallelepipedic stamped metal sheet open on one face. Each reinforcement part is disposed entirely inside one of the side members and comprises two orifices in a first face and two orifices in a second face, which is separate from and orthogonal to the first face. The four orifices are tapped so as to define four identical nuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Thierry HLUBINA, Olivier RIOULT
  • Publication number: 20100090493
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for attaching a seat (1) relative to a structural member of the body of a vehicle, in which at least one locking member (10) is capable of securing said seat (1) and is connected to a holding member (12, 13), said holding member (12, 13) being maintained in position relative to the structural member (2) of the body, characterised in that the holding member (12, 13), the floor (4) of the vehicle and the structural member (2) are connected by a common welding (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventor: Olivier Rioult