Patents by Inventor Arnaud Gerard

Arnaud Gerard 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).

  • Publication number: 20150003957
    Abstract: A turbine assembly for a turbocharger can include a C-shaped seal that includes an inner diameter, an outer diameter, an axis aligned parallel to a rotational axis of a turbine wheel, a lower lip that contacts a lower axial face of an outer surface of a shroud component along an annular portion of the shroud component, an upper lip that contacts a lower axial face of an inner surface of a turbine housing, and a wall portion that extends between the lower lip and the upper lip. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Arnaud Gerard, Shankar Pandurangasa Solanki, Nicolas Morand, Sylvain Mulot, Vincent Eumont, Francis Abel, Stephane Sibille
  • Publication number: 20130302185
    Abstract: A turbine assembly can include a turbine wheel, a shroud component, a turbine housing and a seal that includes a wall and a lower lip that that extends radially outwardly from the wall at an obtuse angle where the seal is disposed, at least in part, between an outer surface of the shroud component and an inner surface of the turbine housing. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Arnaud Gerard, Aurelien Tingaud, Shankar Pandurangasa Solanki, Mohan Rao Javvadi
  • Patent number: 8579579
    Abstract: An exemplary assembly includes a component of a turbocharger that includes a bore that extends between an inner, exhaust gas side of the component and an outer, ambient side of the component; a shaft that includes a pin portion and a head portion; a sleeve positioned on the pin portion of the shaft; and a bushing positioned over at least part of the sleeve and over at least part of the head portion of the shaft where the bushing seats the shaft and the sleeve in the bore. During operation of a turbocharger that includes such an assembly, the shaft, the sleeve and the bushing restrict flow of exhaust gas from the inner, exhaust gas side of the component to the outer, ambient side of the component. Various other exemplary devices, assemblies, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Castan, Gerard Dieudonne, Arnaud Gerard, Lionel Toussaint
  • Publication number: 20120246905
    Abstract: A method can include providing a multi-piece locating pin, inserting a pin piece of the multi-piece locating pin into an opening in a wall of a bearing positioned in a bore of a housing of a turbocharger assembly, and securing a screw piece of the multi-piece locating pin in an opening of the housing to thereby secure the pin piece and axially locate the bearing in the bore of the housing of the turbocharger assembly. Other exemplary pins, arrangements and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Joel Castan, Dominique Armand, Arnaud Gerard, Franck Blaise
  • Patent number: 8186922
    Abstract: An exemplary multi-piece locating pin for a turbocharger assembly includes a screw piece with a nub and a securing feature to secure the screw piece in a housing of a turbocharger assembly and a pin piece with a receptacle configured to receive the nub and a locating surface to locate a bearing in a bore of the housing. An exemplary turbocharger assembly includes a housing with a bore, a bearing positioned in the bore where the bearing has a wall opening and a multi-piece locating pin secured to the housing and inserted at least partially in the wall opening to axially locate the bearing in the bore. Other exemplary pins, arrangements and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Castan, Dominique Armand, Arnaud Gerard, Franck Blaise
  • Publication number: 20110110767
    Abstract: An exemplary assembly includes a component of a turbocharger that includes a bore that extends between an inner, exhaust gas side of the component and an outer, ambient side of the component; a shaft that includes a pin portion and a head portion; a sleeve positioned on the pin portion of the shaft; and a bushing positioned over at least part of the sleeve and over at least part of the head portion of the shaft where the bushing seats the shaft and the sleeve in the bore. During operation of a turbocharger that includes such an assembly, the shaft, the sleeve and the bushing restrict flow of exhaust gas from the inner, exhaust gas side of the component to the outer, ambient side of the component. Various other exemplary devices, assemblies, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Joel Castan, Gerard Dieudonne, Arnaud Gerard, Lionel Toussaint
  • Publication number: 20090293257
    Abstract: An exemplary multi-piece locating pin for a turbocharger assembly includes a screw piece with a nub and a securing feature to secure the screw piece in a housing of a turbocharger assembly and a pin piece with a receptacle configured to receive the nub and a locating surface to locate a bearing in a bore of the housing. An exemplary turbocharger assembly includes a housing with a bore, a bearing positioned in the bore where the bearing has a wall opening and a multi-piece locating pin secured to the housing and inserted at least partially in the wall opening to axially locate the bearing in the bore. Other exemplary pins, arrangements and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Joel Castan, Dominique Armand, Arnaud Gerard, Franck Blaise