Patents by Inventor Alain Jochun

Alain Jochun 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: 4860871
    Abstract: A clutch friction disc has a hub and a support for friction linings which are mounted for limited relative angular movement. Two torsion damping devices control said angular movement, comprising a predamper and a stronger principal damper. The predamper comprises an annular plate equipped with displacement springs between two guiding washers and for axial connection between these washers there are provided elastic tongues originating from one of the plates and arranged to clip onto the other, these clipping tongues passing radially to the outside of the annular plate and alternating around the periphery with spacing lugs. These clipping tongues serve only for the preassembly of the predamper and subassembly in which there is also incorporated a spring for damping the oscillations of the predamper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Valeo
    Inventors: Michel Graton, Alain Jochun