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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180535 | Method for controlling gear change during shifting rule or variogram switching The inventive method for controlling the gear change of an automatic gearbox provided with distinct shifting rules or variograms used according to a vehicle operating conditions consists in detecting and carrying out gear shifting requests sequential to the shifting... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179067 | Electric energy exchange system, in particular for a hybrid vehicle An electric energy exchange system between at least one motor-generator system and at least one storage member determining a continuous storage voltage between two branches of a bus circuit on which are connected in parallel a DC/DC converter, a filtering capacity, ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8156735 | Method for controlling a facility for treating exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine A facility for treating exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine (1) comprises catalytic oxidation means (3), a particle filter (4) placed downstream from the catalytic oxidation means (3), a reformer (5) to produce reforma... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154225 | Control device for an ultrasonic piezoelectric actuator A control device for an ultrasonic piezoelectric actuator including a first stage supplied by a DC voltage source and including a mechanism forming a second DC voltage above that voltage delivered by the DC voltage source, and a second stage including a mechanism am... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8136258 | Absolute position sensor with serial reading An absolute position sensor with serial reading, that includes at least one detector capable of detecting transitions in a target pattern present on a member mobile relative to the detector. The sensor includes a shift register capable of storing a predetermined num... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8109748 | Gear tooth and external gear pump A gear tooth including a concave base connected to its starting point at the root of the adjacent tooth and a top connected to the base via a first transition point. The top of the tooth includes two convex segments connected via a second transition point causing a ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109076 | Method and device for purging an injector in a fuel injector system of use in the regeneration of a particulate filter A method and a device for purging an injector in a fuel injector system of use in regeneration of a particle filter. The aging of fuel is determined and compared with a fuel aging threshold value, and a purge request is activated if the threshold value is exceeded. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8091196 | Device for mounting a part to the body of a motor vehicle A device for mounting a part to a body of a motor vehicle. A positioning mechanism positions the part in relation to the body in a determined fixing position, which is geometrically defined in a reference trihedral formed by the longitudinal axis X, the transverse a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089242 | Electrical management device for vehicle power supply An electrical management device for a vehicle power supply that includes a single converter to minimize the number of components required to simultaneously control two energy sources, such as a photovoltaic source and a thermoelectric source, on board a motor vehicl... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079637 | External grille device for automotive vehicle An external grid device for an automotive vehicle, including a flexible plastic sieve, and a meshing that is thinner than that of the grid, provided along an internal face of the grid. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074526 | Crankshaft machine tool test device A device for testing roller burnishing tools for a roller burnishing machine including at least one burnishing roller. The device includes a mechanism to hold and to drive in the roller burnishing machine, which causes the test device to rotate; a roller bearing rac... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8061690 | Variable-flexibility spring support A support element for a motor vehicle suspension spring, including a main part and a substantially rigid or semi-rigid insert. The suspension spring bears directly on the substantially rigid or semi-rigid insert. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047412 | Load carriers for vehicles A load carrier for coupling to a vehicle. The load carrier includes a loading frame and a supporting arch that extends substantially upwardly from and transversely to the loading frame. The supporting arch is divisible into first and second arch parts, each of which... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040137 | Method for measuring an ionization current of a spark plug of the type with resonant structure and corresponding device A device for measuring an ionization current of a spark plug of a type with a resonant structure, including a motor vehicle ignition system, the spark plug being coupled to a generator including a regulating capacitor. The generator includes a polarizer that polariz... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038080 | Fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, particularly of inwards or outwards opening needle injector type, includes an injector body, e.g., forming a nozzle ending in an injection office, a mechanism for closing off the injection orifice of the injector bo... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037784 | Drive train comprising an auxiliary engine which is connected to a countershaft of the transmission A drive train for a motor vehicle including a main engine, an auxiliary engine, and a parallel shaft transmission. The transmission includes: at least one input shaft connected to the main engine by a clutch device, at least one output shaft including a drive pinion... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037737 | Estimation of exhaust gas temperature at the output of the EGR circuit of a combustion engine A method for estimating the temperature of exhaust gases of a combustion engine at an output of an EGR circuit fitted on the engine, based on a model that takes into account thermal energy losses of the exhaust gases at an EGR cooler or EGR circuit, the model also t... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029040 | Vehicle comprising a window lined with a safety film, and production method A vehicle including a window fastened to a body wall and a method of assembling the vehicle. The window is lined with a safety film adhering to an inner face of the window. A border at the periphery of the window is free of film such that a peripheral limit of the f... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020376 | Regeneration control method for a particle filter A regeneration control method for a particle filter of an internal combustion engine exhaust line determines operating data items of the particle filter, wherein the data items are at least one representative inside temperature T(t) of the filter at a time t, regene... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8011543 | Load carrier mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle A load carrier including a fixing system on a rear part of a vehicle including: a longitudinal arm with one end to interact with a sleeve joined to a structural element of the vehicle; a lever with one end mounted to rotate relative to the arm about a transversal pi... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011232 | Method for diagnosing the condition of an engine fuel supply system A method for diagnosing a condition of a system for supplying fuel to a fuel injected controlled-ignition internal combustion engine, of a type including an electric control device that makes use of an oxygen probe for closed-loop regulation of a value of air/fuel r... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010273 | Method for adapting emergency braking detection to sequenced braking recognition A method for controlling braking in a motor vehicle equipped with a brake servo unit capable of being implemented in a braking system including: a hydraulic master cylinder associated with a vacuum brake booster and with hydraulic circuits supplying the wheel brakes... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006664 | Device for supplying air to a multiple-cylinder engine head A device including two air distribution chambers configured to be fixed on a cylinder head and an air distributor and/or an air transfer pipe, the air transfer pipe and the air distribution chambers including, in the immediate surroundings of their nozzles, for bein... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005579 | Vehicle control device and method A vehicle control device and method. To reduce consumption, the device and method test the state of each member used to input a command or interpret the wishes of the driver with the aid of a computer that is dedicated to each electricity-consuming resource. Accordi... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7987034 | Method for controlling automatic transmission of a vehicle on a downhill slope The invention concerns a method for controlling automatic transmission (3) of a vehicle comprising an engine (2) driving the transmission (3) which consists in: detecting a downhill situation of the vehicle, and selecting a transmission ratio so... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982427 | Voltage measurement of high voltage batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles A system for accurate voltage measurement of a high voltage battery for hybrid and electric vehicles includes a voltage measurement circuit including an analog sensing circuit, a wave generator circuit and a comparator. The analog sensing circuit senses the analog v... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976994 | Electricity production installation comprising fuel cells connected in series and comprising means for isolating a cell and method for monitoring such an installation An electric current production installation, for powering electrical members of a vehicle, including at least two fuel cells electrically connected in series via electric connection lines. Each connecting line includes a connecting switch. The installation further i... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974768 | Device for controlling an internal combustion engine (EN) The invention concerns a device for controlling an internal combustion engine (601), comprising means (600) for generating a signal for controlling the internal combustion engine (601), a sensor (602) for supplying a pressure measure... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974068 | Pseudoperiodic logic signal generator A generator of a pseudoperiodic logic signal of mean period Tmean includes: a reference clock of period Tref, a logic memory, changing state on receipt of a pulse, a first mechanism producing a normal pulse on completion of a base time interval... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962310 | Method for estimating the longitudinal speed of a motor vehicle A method for estimating longitudinal speed of a motor vehicle, including two drive wheels and at least one central electronic unit, based on rotational speeds of the four wheels two of which are drive wheels, such that, after arranging the rotational speeds in desce... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958728 | Device for turbocharging an internal combusting engine comprising a pulsation damping chamber A device for turbocharging an internal combustion engine including a turbocompessor including a turbine driven by the engine exhaust gas and a compressor driven by the turbine and compresses the engine intake air. An air intake conduit connects the compressor output... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7950376 | Device for distributing recirculated gases, device for cooling recirculated gases and method of recirculating exhaust gases A device for distributing recirculated gases to a component of an exhaust gas recirculation system. The device includes an inlet and an outlet for recirculated gases, an inlet port and an outlet port to the component, and a mechanism to reverse the stream of recircu... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7942473 | Underframe for motor vehicle An underframe for an automobile including two side rails, a transverse crossbar, a first floor member attached on the side rails and, on either side, a lateral reinforcing member, and a second floor member. Each of the rails includes an extension in a form of a port... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937994 | Method and device for detecting the presence of an exhaust gas treatment system in an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine A method and device for detecting presence of an exhaust gas treatment system in an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine. The method determines the derivative of the temperature upstream of the treatment system, determines the derivative of the temperature ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937213 | Method for controlling an engine provided with an exhaust gas recycling loop An engine control, and in particular a method for controlling an engine including a low-pressure exhaust gas recycling loop. The method adjusts a predetermined engine operating parameter by controlling the position of an exhaust gas recycling valve, which is placed ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937201 | Method for producing a control instruction adaptable to a brake situation for a transmission device of a motor vehicle power train and corresponding device A device delivers a torque setpoint signal applicable to the vehicle wheels of a motor vehicle including an automatic transmission. The torque setpoint signal has static and dynamic components that are set according to input data supplied by an input unit and based ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934374 | Method and system for combustion engine particulate filter regeneration A method for regenerating a particulate filter in an exhaust system of a combustion engine. The method: (a) measures, every time the combustion engine is started, a parameter representative of a condition of the combustion engine and/or of the exhaust system, (b) wh... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933704 | Method and device for controlling an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle An automatic transmission of a power train for a motor vehicle capable of producing a set operating speed and a set power train control to attain an engine speed, according to a torque applied to wheels that is adapted to wishes of the driver. The device includes: a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930999 | Cooling water passage structure of internal combustion engines A cooling water passage structure of internal combustion engines is provided which can contribute to a scale-down of the external form of the engine and also can prevent deformation of the cylinder bores. The cooling water passage structure comprises a water jacket ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930876 | Method and device for monitoring a particle filter in the exhaust line of an internal combustion engine A device for monitoring an operating mode of an element used for aftertreatment of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine and to an associated method. The device includes a controller configured to receive a signal that represents a characteristic magnitud... | 04/26/2011 |
