Patents by Inventor Rany CHOUFANY

Rany CHOUFANY 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).

  • Electric vehicle battery thermal management device
    Patent number: 10471841
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the thermal management of a battery of electric accumulator cells assembled within a rigid casing, said device comprising thermal storage means incorporated into said battery comprising a chamber containing a phase-change material and having a volume for exchange of heat with said accumulator cells which is delimited by at least part of said casing, the melting of the phase-change material being able to store heat, and the solidification of the phase-change material being able to release the heat previously stored. According to the invention, said chamber is equipped at its distal end with an expansion vessel able to absorb the expansions of said phase-change material as it changes phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Rany Choufany, Fahri Keretli, Amin El Bakkali, Igor Jovet
  • ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160264018
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the thermal management of a battery of electric accumulator cells assembled within a rigid casing, said device comprising thermal storage means incorporated into said battery comprising a chamber containing a phase-change material and having a volume for exchange of heat with said accumulator cells which is delimited by at least part of said casing, the melting of the phase-change material being able to store heat, and the solidification of the phase-change material being able to release the heat previously stored. According to the invention, said chamber is equipped at its distal end with an expansion vessel able to absorb the expansions of said phase-change material as it changes phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Rany CHOUFANY, Fahri KERETLI, Amin EL BAKKALI, Igor JOVET