Patents by Inventor Andre Lorrain

Andre Lorrain 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: 5482126
    Abstract: Track-tensioning equipment for a vehicle, including a pulley for guiding a track of a vehicle, a crankshaft on which the pulley is rotatably mounted, a rotary hydraulic actuator for rotating the crankshaft about an axis of rotation, thereby displacing the pulley to tension the track, the rotary hydraulic actuator including a cylinder element and a piston element, one of the cylinder and piston elements being stationary and adapted to be secured to the vehicle, the other of the cylinder and piston elements being secured to the crankshaft to be rotatable therewith about the axis of rotation, and a feed and control unit for controlling the rotary hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Giat Industries
    Inventors: Rene Bouit, Andre Lorrain, Jacques Tillier