Patents by Inventor Catherine Vauthier

Catherine Vauthier 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: 20100145585
    Abstract: A method for controlling slip of a direct-drive clutch of a torque converter during a gear change in an automated transmission, that includes sending, as a set point, values of a cyclic opening ratio to an electro-valve for adjusting hydraulic pressure of the direct-drive clutch, wherein the initial value is determined from parameters resulting from a mapping. The value of the initial cyclic opening ratio sent as a set point is the value of the nominal initial cyclic opening ratio determined by a mapping, that is corrected by a predetermined correction coefficient memorized at the end of a previous similar gear change, from a comparison between a value of a slip representative of the slip values measured during the previous change and that of a theoretical reference slip corresponding to a nominal engine speed and turbine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Beatrice Gesnot, Thomas Turpin, Catherine Vauthier