Patents by Inventor Yannick Bignon

Yannick Bignon 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).

  • Patent number: 9682616
    Abstract: A structural air guide configured to be built into a front of a vehicle in an engine compartment of the vehicle. The air guide forms a substantially rectangular structure including a front surface, a rear surface, and an upper edge, and the structure including at least one built-in radiator and a mechanism securing the radiator to the structure of the vehicle. The rear surface forms a housing for receiving a cooling module including at least the radiator, the module including a sealing mechanism that co-operates with the housing. The upper edge includes at least one zone for securing equipment of the technical front surface. The housing for the cooling module, which is located behind the structural air guide, can receive the module in one of at least two positions, namely forward or rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Fabrice Berthevas, Michael Flandin, Yannick Bignon
  • Patent number: 9644525
    Abstract: A device for cooling a radiator, including an air guide attached to structural portions of a vehicle and a device having movable air-blocking flaps, the air guide includes at least two separate portions: a front portion and a rear portion, respectively, which include a mechanism for mutual attachment, the rear portion being attached to the structural portions and including a receiving area configured to receive the device having blocking flaps, the entire assembly being held in place by an attachment mechanism of the front portion onto the rear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Yannick Bignon, Michael Flandin
  • Publication number: 20150068825
    Abstract: A structural air guide configured to be built into a front of a vehicle in an engine compartment of the vehicle. The air guide forms a substantially rectangular structure including a front surface, a rear surface, and an upper edge, and the structure including at least one built-in radiator and a mechanism securing the radiator to the structure of the vehicle. The rear surface forms a housing for receiving a cooling module including at least the radiator, the module including a sealing mechanism that co-operates with the housing. The upper edge includes at least one zone for securing equipment of the technical front surface. The housing for the cooling module, which is located behind the structural air guide, can receive the module in one of at least two positions, namely forward or rearward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Fabrice Berthevas, Michael Flandin, Yannick Bignon
  • Publication number: 20130220577
    Abstract: A device for cooling a radiator, including an air guide attached to structural portions of a vehicle and a device having movable air-blocking flaps, the air guide includes at least two separate portions: a front portion and a rear portion, respectively, which include a mechanism for mutual attachment, the rear portion being attached to the structural portions and including a receiving area configured to receive the device having blocking flaps, the entire assembly being held in place by an attachment mechanism of the front portion onto the rear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Yannick Bignon, Michael Flandin