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).
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Patent number: 10625552Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Johann Willemenot, Olivier Rioult
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Patent number: 10065685Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Olivier Rioult, Jerome Caillard, Thierry Hlubina
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Publication number: 20180170137Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Johann WILLEMENOT, Olivier RIOULT
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Patent number: 9914334Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Thierry Hlubina, Olivier Rioult, Jerome Caillard
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Patent number: 9855973Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Olivier Rioult, Herve Gaumont, Jerome Caillard, Jean-Luc Knop
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Patent number: 9809252Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Jerome Caillard, Thierry Hlubina, Olivier Rioult
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Patent number: 9738147Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Thierry Hlubina, Olivier Rioult
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Publication number: 20170088177Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Jerome CAILLARD, Thierry HLUBINA, Olivier RIOULT
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Publication number: 20170088190Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: RENUALT s.a.sInventors: Thierry HLUBINA, Olivier RIOULT, Jerome CAILLARD
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Publication number: 20170029037Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Olivier RIOULT, Jerome CAILLARD, Thierry HLUBINA
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Publication number: 20170001668Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Olivier RIOULT, Herve GAUMONT, Jerome CAILLARD, Jean-Luc KNOP
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Publication number: 20170001509Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Thierry HLUBINA, Olivier RIOULT
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Publication number: 20100090493Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.Inventor: Olivier Rioult