Patents by Inventor Cedric Gavard

Cedric Gavard 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).

  • Method of forming a retaining collar, in particular, a collar retaining a bearing on a hub of a wheel
    Patent number: 6857190
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for forming an annular collar (11) that is essentially radial on the hollow annular end portion (12) of a port (7). This method has the following steps: A. radially deforming the end portion (12) by means of a first tool (16), in which the axis (18) of the tool (16) and the axis (5) of the end portion (12) form a non-zero angle ? between them to obtain an essentially radial collar preform (17); and B. deforming this preform (17) by means of a second tool (23) to obtain a final shaping of the collar (11) by pressing. This invention also relates to a method of retaining a bearing (1) on a shaft (7), and to the assembly that comprises this shaft (7) and bearing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: S.N.R. Roulements
    Inventors: Cedric Gavard, Andre Odelin
  • Method of forming a retaining collar, in particular, a collar retaining a bearing on a hub of a wheel
    Publication number: 20030177641
    Abstract: A method of forming an annular collar (11) that is essentially radial on the hollow annular end portion (12) of a part (7), said method comprising the following steps:—radially deforming the end portion (12) by means of a first tool (16), the axis (18) of the tool (16) and the axis (5) of the end portion (12) forming a non-zero angle &agr; between them, so as to obtain a collar preform (17) that is essentially radial; and—deploying said preform (17) by means of a second tool (23), so as to obtain final shaping of the collar (11) by pressing. The invention also relates to a method of retaining a bearing (1) on a shaft (7), and to an assembly comprising a shaft (7) and a bearing (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Cedric Gavard, Andre Odelin