Patents by Inventor Eric Lardrot

Eric Lardrot 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).

  • Belt tensioner for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 5171188
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine having a power generating device, and a transmission link connecting the power generating device to an accessory operated by the power generating device, the transmission link being tensioned by a tension adjusting device which pivots, during tension relaxation, around an imaginary center of rotation, and during a tension increase, around a stop, such that the two elastic rigidities achieved for both rotations are in a ratio of at least two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Caoutchouc Manufacture et Plastiques
    Inventors: Eric Lardrot, David Mayau, Philippe Stamm