Patents by Inventor Alaine Vaxelaire

Alaine Vaxelaire 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).

  • Belt tensioner for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 5176580
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine having a power generating device, and a transmission link connecting the power generating device to an accessory operated by the power generating device, the transmission link being tensioned by a tension adjusting device which elastically presses a tension pulley against the flexible transmission link by the electric deformability of a deformable parallelepiped solid constituted by a pair of elements formed of composite flexible strips held parallel, and separated, by the permanent fixing of their extremities in a bearing holder block and in an adjustable fastener, the flexible strips possibly supporting a means to modify the flexibility of the elastic tension device which may include a means to damp the vibrations of the flexible link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Caoutchouc Manufacture et Plastiques
    Inventors: Philippe Stamm, Alaine Vaxelaire