Patents by Inventor Raphael MERRIEN

Raphael MERRIEN 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).

  • Publication number: 20230391165
    Abstract: Automotive trim part with an integrated heating device comprising at least an air permeable fibrous layer, a facing layer and a heating element, whereby the heating element is between the facing layer and the air permeable layer and materially connected to the adjacent layers, and further comprising means-for-connecting the heating element to a power supply, characterized in that at least part of the means-for-connecting and at least part of the material of the adjacent layer or layers are engulfed by a resin such that the means-for-connecting are at least partly encapsulated in the thermoplastic resin and materially connected to the adjacent layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: AUTONEUM MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Edward BENDELL, Raphael MERRIEN
  • Publication number: 20200207965
    Abstract: An injection moulded noise attenuating layer for an noise insulating trim part comprising a thermoplastic elastomeric material and an inorganic filler content of at least 50% by weight, preferably between 60 and 85%, based on the final material composition characterised in that the injection moulded noise attenuating layer has a melt volume index (MVI) of between 100 and 500 cm3/10 min, preferably between 150 and 350 cm3/10 min, more preferably between 175 and 225 cm3/10 min measured according to current ISO 1133-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Autoneum Management AG
    Inventors: Yann BERGER, Raphael MERRIEN
  • Patent number: 10427625
    Abstract: An automobile part (11) for acoustic screening makes it possible to insulate a passage of a through unit (10). The automobile part (11) for acoustic screening is a part (11) in a single piece with different areas of density and/or rigidity, such as to constitute lips (12, 13) at the through passage of the mobile unit (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: AUTONEUM MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Philippe Godano, Raphael Merrien
  • Publication number: 20170259757
    Abstract: An automobile part (11) for acoustic screening makes it possible to insulate a passage of a through unit (10). The automobile part (11) for acoustic screening is a part (11) in a single piece with different areas of density and/or rigidity, such as to constitute lips (12, 13) at the through passage of the mobile unit (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: AUTONEUM MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Philippe GODANO, Raphael MERRIEN