Patents by Inventor Stephane Leonard
Stephane Leonard 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: 10113461Abstract: A liquid delivery module including: a base plate positioned through an opening made in a wall of a liquid tank; a pump assembly configured to pump liquid from the base plate and to deliver the liquid to a supply line, via a hydraulic connector; a cover adapted to be fixed to the base plate. The pump assembly is mounted outside the tank. The hydraulic connector is partially or entirely integrated to the cover.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCHInventors: Aurelien Daragon, Stephane Leonard, David Ribeiro, Charlotte Corlay
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Publication number: 20170341288Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
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Publication number: 20170335845Abstract: The invention relates to a pump (2) intended to pump an additive in an SCR system for a vehicle. The pump is configured to rotate in a first direction of rotation in order to convey additive stored in a tank towards an injector via an injection channel. The pump includes a chamber (23) which houses a gear system (22). The chamber (23) is in fluid communication with the tank and the injection channel via an inlet channel (24) and an outlet channel (25) respectively. The pump is such that the inlet channel and the outlet channel are arranged so that after draining the injection channel, the chamber collects and retains the additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2014Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCHInventor: Stephane LEONARD
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Publication number: 20170326975Abstract: An assembly for mounting at least one component in a tank for a motor vehicle, the tank including a wall portion and an attachment portion projecting outward from the wall portion, the attachment portion defining an opening in the wall portion, the assembly including: a mounting module configured to carry the at least one component and to close the opening in the wall portion; the mounting module including an outer side configured to be accessible from outside the tank; at least one connector arranged on the outer side of the mounting module, the at least one connector being connected to the at least one component; a clamp configured to clamp the mounting module to the attachment portion; and a cover attached to the clamp and covering at least partially the at least one connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCHInventor: Stephane LEONARD
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Patent number: 9764507Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
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Patent number: 9708954Abstract: A vehicular fluid injection system including a storage tank, an injection line, a heating system including an electrical heating element being powered by a power source, and a voltage converter inserted between the power source and the heating element, alone or combined with a PWM power regulation.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Volodia Naydenov, Stephane Leonard, Guillaume Zeller, Florent Barzic, Benone Dorneanu, Laurent Etorre
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Patent number: 9598995Abstract: A method for managing operation of a component of a system for storing and injecting an additive into exhaust gases of a combustion engine. The system includes a container for storing the additive and the method includes: obtaining an instantaneous measurement of concentration of additive and/or an instantaneous measurement of alkalinity of the additive and/or an instantaneous measurement of the temperature inside the container, by one or a plurality of measurement sensors mounted inside the container; determining reducing power of the additive based on the instantaneous measurement of concentration of additive and/or an instantaneous measurement of the alkalinity of the additive and/or temperature inside the container; generating a control signal, based on the defined reducing power; transmitting the generated control signal to the component.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Paul Wouters, Stephane Leonard, Frederic Jannot, Francois Dougnier, Romain Herdier
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Publication number: 20170001361Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: BJORN CRIEL, STEPHANE LEONARD, THIERRY FERRACIN, FREDERIC JANNOT
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Publication number: 20160341092Abstract: A liquid delivery module including: a base plate positioned through an opening made in a wall of a liquid tank; a pump assembly configured to pump liquid from the base plate and to deliver the liquid to a supply line, via a hydraulic connector; a cover adapted to be fixed to the base plate. The pump assembly is mounted outside the tank. The hydraulic connector is partially or entirely integrated to the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCHInventors: Aurélien DARAGON, Stéphane LEONARD, David RIBEIRO, Charlotte CORLAY
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Patent number: 9452577Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
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Patent number: 9440403Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Société Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
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Publication number: 20160195300Abstract: Urea tank and base plate with an integrated heating element in which the heating element comprising at least one resistive track affixed to one flexible film and/or placed between two flexible films.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Vincent POTIER, Stéphane LEONARD, Joël OP DE BEECK, François DOUGNIER, Nadja WALLING, Larry TIPTON, Volodia NAYDENOV
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Publication number: 20160152379Abstract: An assembly including a plastic container and a component attached to the container with an attachment system, the container having a circular attachment portion. The attachment system includes a ring shaped member including a top flange, a bottom flange and a frustoconical side wall connecting the top flange and the bottom flange, the bottom flange and a portion of the frustoconical side wall being embedded in the attachment portion, the ring shaped member further comprising peripheral tabs; a plurality of engaging claw parts, each engaging claw part being configured to engage a peripheral tab and to press the component against the attachment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventors: Stephane LEONARD, Frederic Guignery, Benjamin Janssen
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Patent number: 9353660Abstract: There is provided a system for storing and injecting an additive into exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, the system comprising a tank for storing the additive, an injector, and a pump for driving the additive from the tank to the injector via an injection channel, the system also comprising a purge device mounted between the pump and the injection channel. The purge device comprises a chamber and piston moving equipment slidably mounted in the chamber, the purge device being designed so that: movement of the moving equipment in one of its sliding directions causes a passage to open into the chamber for passing the additive to the injection channel; and movement of the moving equipment in its other sliding direction creates suction within the chamber, which causes at least some of the additive contained in the injection channel to return into the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems ResearchInventors: Frederic Jannot, Franck Dhaussy, Stephane Leonard
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Patent number: 9327461Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Société Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
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Patent number: 9296164Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Société Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
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Patent number: 9273584Abstract: Urea tank and base plate with an integrated heating element in which the heating element comprising at least one resistive track affixed to one flexible film and/or placed between two flexible films.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Vincent Potier, Stéphane Leonard, Joël Op De Beeck, François Dougnier, Nadja Walling, Larry Tipton, Volodia Naydenov
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Patent number: 9255574Abstract: A rotary pump can pump a liquid for pollution control of exhaust gases in a system on board a vehicle and can include a rotor and a stator that are positioned in a casing. The casing can include a wall delimiting a main internal volume and an integral outlet pipe for the pump. A pressure sensor can be positioned within the main internal volume of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Ignacio Garcia-Lorenzana, Joel Op De Beeck, Stephane Leonard, Vincent Potier, Jean-Baptiste Gouriet, Frédéric Jannot
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Publication number: 20150354429Abstract: A method for monitoring urea concentration and quality in a urea solution stored in a tank of an SCR system. The system comprising a pump driven by a motor and the pressure of which is controlled by a controller. The method comprises the steps of:—measuring a parameter value characteristic of the energy transmitted by the motor to the pump;—determining a urea concentration value based upon the parameter value characteristic of the energy transmitted by the motor to the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: James Edward THOMPSON, Jean-Claude HABUMUREMYI, Josh BUTLER, Stephane LEONARD, Frédéric JANNOT
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Patent number: 9206725Abstract: A flange (101) for holding a quantity of fluid within a tank, such flange being equipped with a heating element comprising at least one resistive wire (102) for conducting an electrical current and dissipating heat as an effect of said current, wherein the heating element further comprises guiding means (103), and wherein the at least one resistive wire (102) is guided at a plurality of separate locations along its length by the guiding means (103) to form a heating surface, wherein a first part of the heating surface is present inside the flange (101) and a second part of the heating surface is present outside the flange (101).Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Société Anonyme)Inventors: Ignacio Garcia-Lorenzana, Stephane Leonard, Frédéric Jannot, Laurent Etorre