Patents by Inventor Cyril Aime Gerland

Cyril Aime Gerland 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).

  • Drive arrangement for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11865922
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for a vehicle, the drive arrangement comprising a rotatable interface arranged to be mounted to the vehicle, wherein the rotatable interface is rotatably coupled to a mounting arm to allow continuous rotation of the mounting arm in a clockwise and anti clockwise direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal and transverse axis of the vehicle; and a first electric motor having a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator is coupled to the mounting arm to allow the axis of the rotor to be substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotatable interface, wherein the rotor is arranged to be coupled to a wheel of the vehicle to allow the electric motor to provide drive torque to the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Protean Electric Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Bernard Ameye, Cyril Aime Gerland, Nicolas Jean Albert Allain
  • A DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220185096
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for a vehicle, the drive arrangement comprising a rotatable interface arranged to be mounted to the vehicle, wherein the rotatable interface is rotatably coupled to a mounting arm to allow continuous rotation of the mounting arm in a clockwise and anti clockwise direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal and transverse axis of the vehicle; and a first electric motor having a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator is coupled to the mounting arm to allow the axis of the rotor to be substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotatable interface, wherein the rotor is arranged to be coupled to a wheel of the vehicle to allow the electric motor to provide drive torque to the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Protean Electric Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Bernard Ameye, Cyril Aime Gerland, Nicolas Jean Albert Allain