Patents by Inventor Francois Rochat

Francois Rochat 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).

  • Patent number: 8695558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder sleeve (2) for lining the cylindrical wall of a cylinder (A1) of an internal combustion engine. The inventive sleeve (2) comprises an inner wall (3) which is intended to guide a piston in translation and an outer wall (4) which is intended to rest on the cylindrical wall of the cylinder. The outer wall (4) of the sleeve of the cylinder (2) comprises an upper part (6) which is flared toward a top edge (5) of the sleeve (2), which is defined between the inner (3) and outer (4) walls of the cylinder sleeve. The invention also relates to a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least two cylinders (A1, B1) which are each equipped with one such cylinder sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignees: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joseph Reymond, Alain Noblet, Francois Rochat, Andreas Blum, Eckard Puschel, Andreas Fischersworring-Bunk, Ulrich Gutzer
  • Publication number: 20100263619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder sleeve (2) for lining the cylindrical wall of a cylinder (A1) of an internal combustion engine. The inventive sleeve (2) comprises an inner wall (3) which is intended to guide a piston in translation and an outer wall (4) which is intended to rest on the cylindrical wall of the cylinder. The outer wall (4) of the sleeve of the cylinder (2) comprises an upper part (6) which is flared toward a top edge (5) of the sleeve (2), which is defined between the inner (3) and outer (4) walls of the cylinder sleeve. The invention also relates to a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least two cylinders (A1, B1) which are each equipped with one such cylinder sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicants: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SA, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Joseph Reymond, Alain Noblet, Francois Rochat, Andreas Blum, Eckard Puschel, Andreas Fischersworring-Bunk, Ulrich Gutzer
  • Patent number: 4015418
    Abstract: A timepiece having a casing provided with a lateral window, opening on its lateral face, in which appear the indications of a display device, the casing being arranged in such a way as to be capable of occupying two different positions, in which opposite faces of the casing are turned over one with respect to the other. In each position one or the other of said opposite faces is visible, and commutation means are provided for ensuring that, in one of the said positions of the casing, the time indications are displayed in one direction while, in the other position of the casing, they are displayed in the opposite direction, so that the reading of the time can be effected in either of said positions of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Ebauches S.A.
    Inventor: Daniel-Francois Rochat