Patents by Inventor Bert Louis Jozef Diels

Bert Louis Jozef Diels 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: 20240109390
    Abstract: A damper includes an inner tube elongated along an axis, a piston slidably disposed in the inner tube, and an outer tube surrounding the inner tube. The inner tube and outer tube define a fluid chamber therebetween. The damper includes and intake assembly in the fluid chamber. The intake assembly includes a unitary support ring and pair of fulcrum spacers, a support post fixed to and extending along the axis away from the unitary support ring and pair of fulcrum spacers, and a valve ring supported by the support post. The valve ring defines an orifice. A valve disc is supported by the support post between the valve ring and the unitary support ring and pair of fulcrum spacers. The valve disc covers the orifice of the valve ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: DRiV Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Deferme, Bert Louis Jozef Diels, Gert Mangelschots
  • Publication number: 20240110609
    Abstract: A damper comprises an inner tube having a longitudinal axis with a piston slidably disposed in the inner tube. An outer tube surrounds the inner tube and defines a fluid chamber therebetween. A first valve assembly includes a first valve ring and a first valve disc fixed to the first valve ring. The first valve disc covers a first passageway to restrict flow therethrough in a first direction and allow flow in an opposite second direction. A second valve assembly includes a second valve ring and a second valve disc fixed to the second valve ring. The second valve disc covers a second passageway through the second valve ring to restrict flow therethrough in the second direction and allow flow in the first direction. The first valve assembly is axially spaced apart from the second valve assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan DEFERME, Bert Louis Jozef DIELS, Gert MANGELSCHOTS
  • Patent number: 11806847
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying torque to a body includes a base defining an inner chamber. The apparatus includes a plurality of pins supported by base and disposed in the inner chamber, the plurality of pins moveable relative to the base between engaged positions and disengaged positions. The apparatus includes a trigger actuatable to move at least one of the plurality of pins to the disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DRiV Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Frans S. Op de Beeck, Bert Louis Jozef Diels
  • Publication number: 20230061313
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying torque to a body includes a base defining an inner chamber. The apparatus includes a plurality of pins supported by base and disposed in the inner chamber, the plurality of pins moveable relative to the base between engaged positions and disengaged positions. The apparatus includes a trigger actuatable to move at least one of the plurality of pins to the disengaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: DRiV Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Frans S. Op de Beeck, Bert Louis Jozef Diels
  • Patent number: 11498112
    Abstract: An assembly for securing a component of a damper assembly includes a press movable along an axis from a retracted position to an extended position. The assembly includes a plurality of rollers rotatably supported at an end of the press. The rollers have an outer circumferential surface that includes a middle portion extending, in cross-section, transversely to the axis and linearly between an entry portion and a top portion of the outer circumferential surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DRiV Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Bert Louis Jozef Diels, Frederic Frans S Op de Beeck