Patents Assigned to France Reducteurs
  • Patent number: 11672202
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission housing (1) comprising a housing (1) body (1A) which defines an enclosure (1B) and, arranged at least partly inside said enclosure (1B), an input shaft (2), an output shaft (3) and a mechanism (4) for transmitting the movement of the input shaft (2) to the output shaft (3), this movement transmitting mechanism (4) comprising at least one clutch (5), the clutch (5) comprising a driving element (6) and a driven element (7), the driven element (7) being mounted for conjoined rotation with the output shaft (3) and comprising an active part (8) of the clutch (5) and a sleeve (9) that carries said active part (8) of the clutch (5), wherein the active part (8) of the clutch (5) is in bearing contact with the driving element (6) of the clutch (5) when the clutch (5) is in the engaged position, the sleeve (9) being coaxial to the output shaft (3) and mounted for conjoined rotation with the output shaft (3), the sleeve (9) of the driven element (7) being made in a single piece wi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventors: Emmanuel Teillet, Damien Morand
  • Patent number: 11523558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gearbox (1) comprising: a gearbox body (1A) defining an enclosure (1B), an input shaft (2), an output shaft (3) and a mechanism (4) for transmitting the movement of the input shaft (2) to the output shaft (3), said mechanism (4) for transmitting movement comprising at least one clutch (5) and a clutch (5) control device, the clutch (5) comprising a driving element (6) and a driven element (7) mounted rotatably secured to the output shaft (3) and having its axial movement limited in at least one direction along the output shaft (3), and the clutch (5) control device comprising a member for controlling the movement of the driving element (6) and the driven element (7) towards one another to allow the clutch (5) to pass from the declutched position to the clutched position. The control member is formed by the gearbox body (1A) mounted to slide along the output shaft (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventors: Emmanuel Teillet, Damien Morand
  • Patent number: 11371561
    Abstract: A transmission housing (1) comprising a shaft (2) housed at least partially inside the housing (1) and, mounted on said shaft (2), at least one rotary element (3) and a rolling bearing (4), the rolling bearing (4) comprising an inner ring (5) and an outer ring (6) that are coaxial, separated from each other by rolling members (7). The housing (1) further comprises a blind or through tubular body (8) mounted on the shaft (2) and interposed at least partially between the shaft (2) and the rotary element (3), the rotary element (3) being mounted rotatably secured to the tubular body (8), and the tubular body (8) being kept rotatably secured to the shaft (2) by the inner ring (5), referred to as the constriction ring, of the rolling bearing (4), force-fitted onto said tubular body (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Brosset, Sebastien Bray
  • Patent number: 11125313
    Abstract: A transmission housing (2) of the type including two housing elements (9) that can be positioned to press against each other and that in the assembled-together state define: a cavity (13); a shaft (6) projecting at least in part from the housing (2); a motion transmission mechanism (30) for transmitting motion to said shaft (6), the motion transmission mechanism (30) being housed at least in part inside the cavity (13) of the housing (2); and sealing means (15) arranged in the zone where the housing elements (9) are pressed together and referred to as a join plane (10), the sealing means (15) surrounding said cavity (13). The housing (2) comprises means (17) for connecting the housing elements (9) together by snap-fastening in order to hold the housing elements (9) pressed against each other and the sealing means (15) comprise adhesive connection means (16) for connecting said housing elements (9) together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Emmanuel Teillet
  • Patent number: 10968982
    Abstract: The transmission (1) comprises a housing (2), a first motor (41), a second motor (42), a first and a second input shaft (51, 52), respectively able to be driven in rotation, one (51) by the first motor (41), the other (52) by the second motor (42), two clutch mechanisms (71, 72) and two reduction gears (91, 92), wherein the output shaft (31, 32) is formed by two output shaft sections (31, 32) interconnected such that they rotate freely, the clutch mechanisms (71, 72) are each equipped with a clutch control member operable by a user for allowing the transmission, in the engaged state of the first clutch mechanism (71), of the rotational movement of the first input shaft (51) to the first output shaft section (31), and the transmission, in the engaged state of the second clutch mechanism (72), of the rotational movement of the second input shaft (52) to the second output shaft section (32), and the reduction gears (91, 92) are at least partially received inside the housing (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Wouter Barendrecht
  • Patent number: 10746279
    Abstract: A transmission housing (2) including two housing elements (9) that can be positioned to press against each other and that in the assembled state define: a cavity (13); a shaft (6) projecting at least in part from the housing; a motion transmission mechanism (30) for transmitting motion to said shaft (6), the motion transmission mechanism (30) being housed at least in part inside the cavity (13) of the housing (2); and adhesive connection means (16) for connecting together housing elements (9) that are arranged in the zone where said housing elements (9) are pressed together and referred to as a join plane (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Wouter Barendrecht
  • Patent number: 10690230
    Abstract: A transmission comprising a shaft (6) made as a single piece or as at least two shaft sections (6A, 6B) on a common axis, a “drive toothed” wheel (5) mounted to rotate freely on said shaft (6), and an automatically clutching clutch mechanism (8) arranged between the drive wheel (5) and the shaft (6) or each of the shaft sections (6A, 6B), the or each clutch mechanism (8) comprising: a clutch plate (81) mounted to rotate freely on the associated shaft (6) or shaft section (6A, 6B); a part (82) that is carried by and constrained to rotate with the associated shaft (6) or shaft section (6A, 6B); and a brake of said clutch plate that acts continuously on the angular speed of said plate (81). The brake (83) of the at least one of the clutch plates (81) is threaded on the shaft (6) or the shaft section (6A, 6B) carrying said plate (81).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Emmanuel Teillet
  • Patent number: 10066710
    Abstract: A variable-speed belt drive includes at least: two substantially parallel shafts; two variably interspaced flange pulleys, one driving, the other driven, each carried by a shaft and interconnected by the belt, the flanges of the driving pulley being movably mounted in a variably interspaced manner via a speed variation device including control elements for bringing the flanges of the driving pulley closer together, and control assisting elements including a cam formed by two coaxial plates having sliding-contact inclined ramps, one plate being rotatably fixed to the movable flange of the driving pulley, the other being rotatably fixed to the shaft carrying the driving pulley, the distance between the plates becoming wider in the direction of the flanges of the driving pulley coming together under the effect of the transmitted torque; and elements formed by a simple spring for recalling the flanges of the driven pulley in the close position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Wouter Barendrecht
  • Patent number: 9889854
    Abstract: A transmission assembly for a self-propelled machine includes a transmission housing fitted with an input shaft and an output shaft, a so-called drive shaft linked to the input shaft by an endless belt transmission and, arranged between the drive shaft and the output shaft, transmission elements including a control mechanism for reversing the rotational drive direction of the output shaft, and a clutch control mechanism, the direction reversing and clutch controls carried by the housing being mounted respectively movable, one between at least three positions: a neutral position, a forward position and a reverse position, the other between at least an engaged position and a disengaged position. The direction reversing control forms, in the neutral position, an element for blocking the clutch control in the disengaged position, and the clutch control forms, in the engaged position, an element for locking the direction reversing control in the forward or reverse position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventors: Sebastien Bray, Robert Blanchard
  • Patent number: 9885416
    Abstract: A transmission assembly for a self-propelled machine includes a transmission housing fitted with an input shaft, an output shaft, a mechanism for reversing the rotational drive direction of the output shaft, and a brake mechanism, each mechanism including a control, the direction reversing and brake controls carried by the housing being mounted respectively movable, one between at least three positions: a neutral, a forward and a reverse position, the other between at least a first braking position and a non-braking position, the brake control being couplable to a brake control member that can be actuated by the operator, in order to shift the brake control from the non-braking to the first braking position. The brake control has a separate second braking position, and the transmission assembly includes return elements capable, in the neutral position of the direction reversing control, of returning the brake control to the second braking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Robert Blanchard
  • Patent number: 9829073
    Abstract: A gearbox for a self-propelled machine includes primary and secondary shafts, each having a respective gear train aligned with one another around the shaft. Each gear of the gear train of the primary shaft permanently meshes with a respective gear of the secondary shaft. A gearing mechanism includes a driving member meshing with a driven member for being coupled to/decoupled from the primary shaft by a clutch mechanism. At least one key is engaged selectively with a gear carried by the secondary shaft. The secondary shaft includes two half-shafts mounted freely rotatable relative to each other and aligned by a sleeve inside which one end of each half-shaft is received. The sleeve has at least one longitudinal guide path along which the key, constrained to rotate with the sleeve, is mounted to move axially, this key-holder sleeve being coupled to each of the half-shafts via a respective declutchable coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Emmanuel Teillet
  • Patent number: 9759300
    Abstract: A transmission for a walk-behind wheeled vehicle, the transmission being of the type including at least one casing (2) housing a driver member (3), equipped with rotary drive motor means (4), a rotary driven member (5), two wheel drive shafts (6A, 6B) in alignment, two clutch mechanisms (8) each of which is disposed between the driven member (5) and a wheel drive shaft (6A; 6B), each clutch mechanism (8) being activated by the driven member (5) being driven in rotation forwards, and deactivatable by the wheel drive shaft (6A; 6B) with which it co-operates being driven in rotation forwards, when the speed of rotation of the wheel drive shaft (6A, 6B) is greater than the speed of rotation of the driven member (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Wouter Barendrecht
  • Patent number: 9714695
    Abstract: A variable-speed belt drive includes at least: two shafts that can be positioned in a substantially parallel manner; two variably interspaced flange pulleys, one driving, the other driven, one carried by one, the other by the other of the shafts, the pulleys being interconnected by the belt; a speed-variation device controlled by the action of the flanges of the driving pulley being brought together or interspaced; and elements for recalling the flanges in a close position. The speed-variation device is manually controlled and the shaft of the driven pulley is provided with at least one idler member having an outer peripheral surface mounted on the shaft in a freely rotating manner, and around which the belt can wind at least partially in the interspaced position of the flanges of the driven pulley, corresponding to the position with the smallest diameter for the winding of the belt around the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Wouter Barendrecht
  • Patent number: 9706706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (2) for controlling a vehicle having an electric motor (1), the control device comprising a control system (21, 22, 23) provided with one or more levers movable between a minimum control position and a maximum control position, and a control unit (3) for controlling the motor. Said control unit (3) includes acquisition means (31) for acquiring a signal representative of the position of said control system, determination means (32) for determining a setpoint speed value corresponding to said acquired signal, as a function of a maximum setpoint speed value associated with the maximum control position, and control means (33) for controlling the motor as a function of the determined setpoint speed. Said control device has adjustment means (34) arranged with the lever(s) of the system to enable the maximum setpoint speed value to be adjusted without taking a hand away from the lever(s). The invention also provides a corresponding vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Wouter Barendrecht
  • Patent number: 9671004
    Abstract: A differential device (1) for a self-propelled wheeled vehicle, includes an input ring gear (2), two shafts separate from each other, two clutch mechanisms each including a first clutch member (3) mounted integral in rotation to one of the shafts, and a second clutch member (4) mounted freely rotatable relative to the shaft and capable of being rotated by the ring gear (2), the second clutch member being capable of being moved axially. Each second clutch member is provided with elements (44) for bearing contact with the other second clutch member, the elements for bearing contact being capable, in a first given angular configuration of the second clutch members relative to each other, of keeping the second clutch members in the engaged position, and the elements for bearing contact also being capable, in a second given angular configuration, of allowing the second clutch members to shift to the disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Jacques Rambaud
  • Patent number: 9456546
    Abstract: Transmission device for self-propelled equipment, includes a housing having a driving input shaft transmitting movement to an output shaft, the input shaft bearing a receiving pulley around which pulley a belt transmission is wrapped. The input shaft also bears a component that rotates as one with the shaft and a member for controlling the movement of the pulley along the input shaft in terms of the pulley movement towards or away from the component so that the pulley, which is mounted with freedom to rotate on the input shaft, can be moved from a disengaged position when it is away from the component, into an engaged position when it is close to the component, the pulley having a groove of constant predetermined width for accepting the belt so that when the belt is taut inside the groove, the belt tension is maintained as the pulley moves along the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: France Reducteurs
    Inventor: Robert Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20150298703
    Abstract: A transmission assembly for a self-propelled machine includes a transmission housing fitted with an input shaft and an output shaft, a so-called drive shaft linked to the input shaft by an endless belt transmission and, arranged between the drive shaft and the output shaft, transmission elements including a control mechanism for reversing the rotational drive direction of the output shaft, and a clutch control mechanism, the direction reversing and clutch controls carried by the housing being mounted respectively movable, one between at least three positions: a neutral position, a forward position and a reverse position, the other between at least an engaged position and a disengaged position. The direction reversing control forms, in the neutral position, an element for blocking the clutch control in the disengaged position, and the clutch control forms, in the engaged position, an element for locking the direction reversing control in the forward or reverse position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventors: Sebastien BRAY, Robert BLANCHARD
  • Publication number: 20150276035
    Abstract: A differential device (1) for a self-propelled wheeled vehicle, includes an input ring gear (2), two shafts separate from each other, two clutch mechanisms each including a first clutch member (3) mounted integral in rotation to one of the shafts, and a second clutch member (4) mounted freely rotatable relative to the shaft and capable of being rotated by the ring gear (2), the second clutch member being capable of being moved axially. Each second clutch member is provided with elements (44) for bearing contact with the other second clutch member, the elements for bearing contact being capable, in a first given angular configuration of the second clutch members relative to each other, of keeping the second clutch members in the engaged position, and the elements for bearing contact also being capable, in a second given angular configuration, of allowing the second clutch members to shift to the disengaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Jacques Rambaud
  • Publication number: 20150252899
    Abstract: A transmission assembly for a self-propelled machine includes a transmission housing fitted with an input shaft, an output shaft, a mechanism for reversing the rotational drive direction of the output shaft, and a brake mechanism, each mechanism including a control, the direction reversing and brake controls carried by the housing being mounted respectively movable, one between at least three positions: a neutral, a forward and a reverse position, the other between at least a first braking position and a non-braking position, the brake control being couplable to a brake control member that can be actuated by the operator, in order to shift the brake control from the non-braking to the first braking position. The brake control has a separate second braking position, and the transmission assembly includes return elements capable, in the neutral position of the direction reversing control, of returning the brake control to the second braking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Robert Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20150240919
    Abstract: A variable-speed belt drive includes at least: two substantially parallel shafts; two variably interspaced flange pulleys, one driving, the other driven, each carried by a shaft and interconnected by the belt, the flanges of the driving pulley being movably mounted in a variably interspaced manner via a speed variation device including control elements for bringing the flanges of the driving pulley closer together, and control assisting elements including a cam formed by two coaxial plates having sliding-contact inclined ramps, one plate being rotatably fixed to the movable flange of the driving pulley, the other being rotatably fixed to the shaft carrying the driving pulley, the distance between the plates becoming wider in the direction of the flanges of the driving pulley coming together under the effect of the transmitted torque; and elements formed by a simple spring for recalling the flanges of the driven pulley in the close position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventor: Wouter Barendrecht