Patents by Inventor Patrick Febvay

Patrick Febvay 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).

  • Window surround for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11597264
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a window surround for a vehicle, a window surround for a vehicle, and a device for manufacturing a window surround. The window surround includes a first component to serve as a circumferential support frame to hold a window glass panel, a second component, composed of a material of less hardness than the material of the first component, onto the first component, to serve as a circumferential sealing element, and a third component that is composed of a high gloss material. The method includes injection molding the first component onto a window glass panel, then injection molding the second component onto the first component, and then injection molding the third component onto the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Magna Engineered Glass Europe S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Patrick Febvay, Kévin Banasiewicz
  • WINDOW SURROUND FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210078393
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a window surround for a vehicle, a window surround for a vehicle, and a device for manufacturing a window surround. The window surround includes a first component to serve as a circumferential support frame to hold a window glass panel, a second component, composed of a material of less hardness than the material of the first component, onto the first component, to serve as a circumferential sealing element, and a third component that is composed of a high gloss material. The method includes injection molding the first component onto a window glass panel, then injection molding the second component onto the first component, and then injection molding the third component onto the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Patrick FEBVAY, Kévin BANASIEWICZ
  • Device for absorbing energy during impact, and motor vehicle door comprising such a device
    Patent number: 6550850
    Abstract: Device for absorbing energy during impact, comprising a plurality of hollow impact-absorbing elements having a first base, a side surface and an end base, each absorbing element having a crushing resistance in the direction of a working axis. According to the invention, the device comprises two base plates which face one another, the side surfaces of a portion of the plurality of hollow impact-absorbing elements rising from each plate in the direction of the working axis, and the side surfaces of the impact-absorbing elements of one base plate rising in a direction opposite that of the side surfaces of the impact-absorbing elements of the other base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Sai Automotive Allibert Industrie
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Laborie, Damien Demulder, Patrick Febvay
  • Device for absorbing energy during impact, and motor vehicle door comprising such a device
    Publication number: 20020113459
    Abstract: Device for absorbing energy during impact, comprising a plurality of hollow impact-absorbing elements having a first base, a side surface and an end base, each absorbing element having a crushing resistance in the direction of a working axis. According to the invention, the device comprises two base plates which face one another, the side surfaces of a portion of the plurality of hollow impact-absorbing elements rising from each plate in the direction of the working axis, and the side surfaces of the impact-absorbing elements of one base plate rising in a direction opposite that of the side surfaces of the impact-absorbing elements of the other base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Laborie, Damien Demulder, Patrick Febvay