Patents by Inventor THOMAS GAULIER

THOMAS GAULIER 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: 20240133459
    Abstract: A system for reducing teeth power losses in a gearbox, including at least two intermeshing toothed gears, each attached to a rotating shaft supported by bearings and mounted within a housing. Two vertical plates are configured for being installed inside the housing between the bearings and the toothed gears, one at each side of the toothed gears. The vertical plates comprise one or several internal shields configured for separating oil flows within the housing; mounted on the side of the vertical plates directed towards the toothed gears. The internal shield includes an anti-recirculation plate. At least one anti-recirculation plate comprises one or several vertical fins for breaking an axial flow of an air-oil mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Eric JALLAT, Thomas GAULIER, Thomas MARMAGNE
  • Patent number: 10677286
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing contains a body of which an inner surface forms a cavity arranged to accommodate and surround a rotary shaft. The cavity has a plurality of pads installed on the inner surface so as to support and guide the rotary shaft in rotation in a direction of rotation w from “upstream” to “downstream”. Each pad has an upper surface of which one portion, referred to as the “active surface”, acts as a sliding surface for the rotary shaft. The bearing having at least one pad included in an active angular sector of the bearing and at least one pad included in a passive angular sector of the bearing such that the active surface of each pad of the passive angular sector is lower than the active surface of each of the pads of the active angular sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Flender-Graffenstaden S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thomas Gaulier, Pierre Hamy, Eric Jallat
  • Patent number: 10443651
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing includes an annular inner surface surrounding a rotary shaft to support and guide rotation thereof about the longitudinal rotation axis thereof in an upstream to downstream rotation direction. The inner surface includes an orifice for supplying lubricant and first and second discharge recesses distributed on either side of the supply orifice according to the width of the bearing. The first discharge recess opens into a first side groove and the second discharge recess opens into a second side groove. The first and second side grooves extend along a portion of the circumference of the bearing on lateral sides of the inner surface of the bearing, from the respective first and second discharge recesses towards a third discharge recess located downstream of the two recesses, to direct the lubricant collected by the first and second discharge recesses towards the third recess to be discharged outside the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Flender-Graffenstaden S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thomas Gaulier, Pierre Hamy, Eric Jallat
  • Publication number: 20190136907
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing contains a body of which an inner surface forms a cavity arranged to accommodate and surround a rotary shaft. The cavity has a plurality of pads installed on the inner surface so as to support and guide the rotary shaft in rotation in a direction of rotation w from “upstream” to “downstream”. Each pad has an upper surface of which one portion, referred to as the “active surface”, acts as a sliding surface for the rotary shaft. The bearing having at least one pad included in an active angular sector of the bearing and at least one pad included in a passive angular sector of the bearing such that the active surface of each pad of the passive angular sector is lower than the active surface of each of the pads of the active angular sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: THOMAS GAULIER, PIERRE HAMY, ERIC JALLAT
  • Publication number: 20180355916
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing includes an annular inner surface surrounding a rotary shaft to support and guide rotation thereof about the longitudinal rotation axis thereof in an upstream to downstream rotation direction. The inner surface includes an orifice for supplying lubricant and first and second discharge recesses distributed on either side of the supply orifice according to the width of the bearing. The first discharge recess opens into a first side groove and the second discharge recess opens into a second side groove. The first and second side grooves extend along a portion of the circumference of the bearing on lateral sides of the inner surface of the bearing, from the respective first and second discharge recesses towards a third discharge recess located downstream of the two recesses, to direct the lubricant collected by the first and second discharge recesses towards the third recess to be discharged outside the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: THOMAS GAULIER, PIERRE HAMY, ERIC JALLAT