Patents by Inventor Benoit PERRY

Benoit PERRY 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).

  • Clutch mechanism, in particular for a motorized vehicle
    Patent number: 12631222
    Abstract: A clutch mechanism for a motorized vehicle includes a cover, a pressure plate coupled in rotation with the cover and movable axially relative thereto, and a diaphragm spring bearing against the cover and the pressure plate. The diaphragm spring is held in axial preload against the cover by a support washer provided with axial protuberances passing through the diaphragm spring and the cover. Each axial protuberance has an axial stop able to transmit the axial preload force to the cover. A plurality of elastic segments, distributed angularly about the axis of rotation (X) of the clutch mechanism, exert the axial preload on the diaphragm spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Benoit Perry, Bernard Dubois
  • Torsion damper device, seat for a torsion damper device and method for manufacturing a torsion damper
    Patent number: 12504056
    Abstract: A torsion damping device includes: a first coaxial part and a second coaxial part, springs acting circumferentially between the first coaxial part and the second coaxial part, and a plurality of seats, in which at least one of the seats is a seat that can be mounted in a first orientation and in a second orientation, this seat being a worn seat mounted in the second orientation and exhibiting traces of wear caused by previous use in the first orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Loic Vassieux, Dominique Lheureux, Daniel Vuckovic, Benoit Perry
  • CLUTCH MECHANISM, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTORIZED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20250146541
    Abstract: A clutch mechanism for a motorized vehicle includes a cover, a pressure plate coupled in rotation with the cover and movable axially relative thereto, and a diaphragm spring bearing against the cover and the pressure plate. The diaphragm spring is held in axial preload against the cover by a support washer provided with axial protuberances passing through the diaphragm spring and the cover. Each axial protuberance has an axial stop able to transmit the axial preload force to the cover. A plurality of elastic segments, distributed angularly about the axis of rotation (X) of the clutch mechanism, exert the axial preload on the diaphragm spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Benoit PERRY, Bernard DUBOIS
  • TORSION DAMPER DEVICE, SEAT FOR A TORSION DAMPER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TORSION DAMPER
    Publication number: 20230114805
    Abstract: The invention relates to a torsion damping device including: a first coaxial part and a second coaxial part, springs acting circumferentially between the first coaxial part and the second coaxial part, a plurality of seats, at least one of the seats is a seat that can be mounted in a first orientation and in a second orientation, this seat being a worn seat mounted in the second orientation and exhibiting traces of wear caused by previous use in the first orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Loic VASSIEUX, Dominique LHEUREUX, Daniel VUCKOVIC, Benoit PERRY