Patents by Inventor Christophe Roquain

Christophe Roquain 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: 20060138719
    Abstract: A hydraulic antivibration device comprising: two rigid strength members, a working chamber and a compensation chamber communicating with each other via a constricted passage, a decoupling flap being disposed between the two chambers, the flap being movable over a short stroke, at least one perforated rigid partition separating the two chambers, said partition being closed by the flap, the flap being in the form of a plate of elastically deformable material, and being disposed in an opening in a spacer clamped between two plane parallel grids disposed respectively in the working chamber and in the compensation chamber, the stroke of the flap between the grids being defined by the thickness of the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Petit, David Meunier, Christophe Roquain
  • Patent number: 6070849
    Abstract: A resilient suspension device for the exhaust pipe of any vehicle having an internal combustion engine, the device comprising a resilient body provided with fastener means for fastening both to the structure of the vehicle and to said exhaust pipe. The device is characterized in that it includes at least one transverse bar 8 carrying a counter-oscillating mass M, the end 9 of said bar remote from said mass M being included in a zone 16 of said body which is subject to vibration, and said bar 8 being held in a location situated between said zone 16 and said mass M by a relatively fixed portion 10 of said body, forming a pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Franck Larmande, Christophe Roquain