Patents by Inventor Vincent Villard

Vincent Villard 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).

  • Starter motor with drive assembly fitted with a coupling system for coupling a pinion mounted freely on its rotor shaft, and associated method
    Patent number: 9765744
    Abstract: A starter comprises an electric motor which drives a rotor shaft, a drive shaft that can be rotationally coupled to the rotor shaft, and a pinion mounted on the drive shaft and movable in a translational movement between a rest position and an active position by a movement system. The starter comprises a coupling system that couples a rotary movement in one direction of rotation of the rotor shaft to the pinion. The coupling system moves from an uncoupled state into a coupled state and vice versa. In the coupled state, the rotor shaft is firmly attached to the pinion in the starting direction of rotation. In the uncoupled state, the pinion is disconnected from the rotor shaft in both directions of rotation. The starter further comprises a movement system for moving the pinion from the coupling system into the uncoupled state as it moves the pinion into active position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Jean-Sébastien Metral, Guillaume Seillier, Vincent Villard
  • STARTER MOTOR WITH DRIVE ASSEMBLY FITTED WITH A COUPLING SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A PINION MOUNTED FREELY ON ITS ROTOR SHAFT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20130147207
    Abstract: A starter comprises an electric motor which drives a rotor shaft, a drive shaft that can be rotationally coupled to the rotor shaft, and a pinion mounted on the drive shaft and movable in a translational movement between a rest position and an active position by a movement system. The starter comprises a coupling system that couples a rotary movement in one direction of rotation of the rotor shaft to the pinion. The coupling system moves from an uncoupled state into a coupled state and vice versa. In the coupled state, the rotor shaft is firmly attached to the pinion in the starting direction of rotation. In the uncoupled state, the pinion is disconnected from the rotor shaft in both directions of rotation. The starter further comprises a movement system for moving the pinion from the coupling system into the uncoupled state as it moves the pinion into active position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Jean-Sébastien Metral, Guillaume Seillier, Vincent Villard