Patents by Inventor Abelardo Cabestrero

Abelardo Cabestrero 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).

  • Process and apparatus for stabilizing the oscillations of a vehicle, and vehicle equipped with such an apparatus
    Patent number: 5495879
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and vehicle in which the tires operate in accordance with stiff modes in order to increase the damping of their oscillations, the tires being filled practically completely with non-compressible fluid and being subject to the establishing of communications between at least one pair by connections filled with a constant volume of non-compressible fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Compagnie General des Etablissements Michelin - Michelin & Cie
    Inventor: Abelardo Cabestrero
  • Method and apparatus for grinding tires
    Patent number: 5433042
    Abstract: In order to grind a tire 2 mounted on a vehicle, an abrasive belt 5 is us which is stretched over rollers 51, 52, 53, 54 and 46 which are mounted on a frame 4. By the action of a jack 7, the tire 2 is released of all load. A counterweight 45 urges the frame 4 towards the tire 2. The force with which the abrasive belt 5 rests on the tire 2 can be adjusted to a very low value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Michelin & Cie
    Inventors: Jean Billieres, Abelardo Cabestrero