Patents by Inventor Patrice Gauthier

Patrice Gauthier 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: 20070112477
    Abstract: The present arrangement relates to a method and a device for optimizing the regulation behavior of a vehicle dynamics control in motor vehicles. An improved regulation behavior may be achieved by making available information on a tire property, such as the tire type, the kind of tire, the tire pressure, the tire temperature, the condition of the tire or the age of the tire, and by transmitting the tire information to a device of a vehicle dynamics control, where it is taken into account by the latter for the regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicants: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN
    Inventors: Anton Van Zanten, Matthew Nimmo, Michael Stams, Jacky Pineau, Patrice Gauthier
  • Patent number: 7159454
    Abstract: The resistance to unseating of at least one tire mounted on a mounting rim and inflated to a predetermined pressure is determined by mounting the tire/rim unit on a vehicle in a steering axle position. The vehicle is set in motion in a straight path and stabilized at a predetermined speed. The steering wheel is then rotated to impose a steering angle which is maintained so that the vehicle travels along a circular trajectory arc. If the tire does not unseat, increases in the steering angle are made periodically so that the vehicle travels in progressively tighter circular trajectory arcs until either the tire becomes unseated or the steering wheel reaches its terminal stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Tatraux-Paro, Patrice Gauthier
  • Publication number: 20060086183
    Abstract: The resistance to unseating of at least one tire mounted on a mounting rim and inflated to a predetermined pressure is determined by mounting the tire/rim unit on a vehicle in a steering axle position. The vehicle is set in motion in a straight path and stabilized at a predetermined speed. The steering wheel is then rotated to impose a steering angle which is maintained so that the vehicle travels along a circular trajectory arc. If the tire does not unseat, increases in the steering angle are made periodically so that the vehicle travels in progressively tighter circular trajectory arcs until either the tire becomes unseated or the steering wheel reaches its terminal stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQE S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Tatraux-Paro, Patrice Gauthier