Patents by Inventor Alain Bellamy

Alain Bellamy 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).

  • Patent number: 5443245
    Abstract: A hydraulic anti-vibration device includes two rigid frame members, an elastomer body, two sealed chambers, a constricted passage putting the two sealed chambers into communication with each other, a valve member that defines portions of the two chambers and that has an axis of revolution, and two grids between which the valve member is interposed. The grids limit displacements of the valve member. Interposed non-uniformities cause the amount of contact the valve member has with a grid to vary progressively and angularly around the central axis of the valve member. The non-uniformities are disposed around the central axis in a distribution that is angularly non-repetitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Alain Bellamy, Emmanuel Blanchet, Pascal Richard
  • Patent number: 4986510
    Abstract: A hydraulic antivibratory device is provided, comprising two rigid frames (1,2); an elastomer body (3) connecting the two frames together and forming two sealed chambers (A, B) at least partially therewith; a restricted passage (7) causing the two chambers to communicate permanently with each other; a liquid mass (L) filling the two chambers and the restricted passage; and a deformable valve (8) partially defining one of the two chambers (A), and mounted between two grids (9, 10). This valve is in the form of a biconvex lens, only the central part of which is in permanent contact with the two grids and is clamped therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Alain Bellamy, Ludovic Chauvet
  • Patent number: 4869478
    Abstract: In a hydraulic antivibratory support for insertion between two rigid elements (1 and 3), and comprising a work chamber (A) and a compensation chamber (B) separated by a dividing wall (6) and joined together by a restricted passage, this restricted passage, defined at both ends by two fixed orifices (31, 32) opening respectively into the two chambers (A and B) is defined over at least a portion of its lateral periphery by a flat or cylindrical face (25) of a rigid rotary valve (26) housed jointingly between the two orifices and connected angularly to the rotor of a small electric motor (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Jean P. Bouhours, Alain Bellamy
  • Patent number: 4768759
    Abstract: The invention provides a hydraulic antivibratory support interposed between a vehicle chassis and engine, including a work chamber (A) and a compensation chamber (B) filled with liquid and joined together through a nozzle (19) whose section, which determines the frequency of the best damped oscillations, can be modified even during operation of the support. This nozzle is defined at least partially by a deformable wall (20) and modifications of the section of the nozzle are obtained by deforming the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Alain Bellamy, Pierre Jouade
  • Patent number: 4741520
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic antivibration support designed to be interposed between two rigid elements. It comprises a working chamber and a compensating chamber separated by a rigid partition and connected permanently with one another through a throttled passage. Both of these chambers and this passage are filled with liquid. The working chamber is composed of two compartments connected to one another through a throttled annular column bounded internally and externally by two cylindrical surfaces fast respectively to the two rigid elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Alain Bellamy, Francois Bodin