Patents by Inventor Christophe Laurens

Christophe Laurens 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: 20240043090
    Abstract: A gear shift device for a mobility machine has a plurality of gears between a first gear referred to as gear No. 1 and a top gear. The gear shift device includes a series of input pinions arranged so as to turn freely around a selection shaft with an axis X2, said selection shaft accommodating a worm screw and a shuttle. The gear shift device also includes a series of output pinions with an axis X3 that rotate conjointly with a hollow shaft a gear shift actuator arranged so as to displace the shuttle along the worm screw between a plurality of positions and to engage a selected gear. A mobility machine can include the gear shift device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Jonathan CAILLAUD, Jean Baptiste SIEGWART, Quentin DORET, Christophe LAURENS, David ROUMEAS
  • Patent number: 7699038
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for controlling the opening of an internal combustion engine throttle valve body assembly, characterized in that it includes the following steps: specifically mapping the engine, limiting the opening angle of the throttle valve body assembly, and defining particular operating points requiring replacement of the usual mapping by the specific mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Renault Sport Technologies
    Inventors: Christophe Laurens, Francois Ratinet, Frederic Thevenod
  • Publication number: 20080289601
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for controlling the opening of an internal combustion engine throttle valve body assembly, characterized in that it includes the following steps: specifically mapping the engine, limiting the opening angle of the throttle valve body assembly, and defining particular operating points requiring replacement of the usual mapping by the specific mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Christophe Laurens, Francois Ratinet, Frederic Thevenod