Patents by Inventor Etienne Renard

Etienne Renard 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).

  • Patent number: 6726291
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel comprises a rim and a disk, the disk presenting a generally flat center zone of attachment of the disk to the vehicle, a zone of connection of the disk and the rim and an intermediate zone. The intermediate zone of the disk includes a given angular sector, or two diametrically opposite angular sectors, stiffened against axial bending relative to any other angular sector of the same central angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Vaxelaire, Denis Alff, Etienne Renard
  • Publication number: 20020063468
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel comprises a rim and a disk, the disk presenting a generally flat center zone of attachment of the disk to the vehicle, a zone of connection of the disk and the rim and an intermediate zone. The intermediate zone of the disk includes a given angular sector, or two diametrically opposite angular sectors, stiffened against axial bending relative to any other angular sector of the same central angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Alain Vaxelaire, Denis Alff, Etienne Renard
  • Patent number: 6074015
    Abstract: A rim and disk type wheel which is mechanically reinforced to raise the fuencies of several of the vibration modes of the wheel to attenuate the running noises heard in the passenger space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Compagnie General des Etablisse-ments Michelin-Michelin & Cie
    Inventors: Etienne Renard, Myriam Peyronne
  • Patent number: 5788334
    Abstract: A wheel for utility vehicle, comprising a disk, a rim with a circumferential mounting groove between two bead seats and two flanges, the connection between said disk and said rim being made in a connecting region situated between the flank of the groove and the end of the seat which lie axially on the disk side, and a valve passing through said rim via a valve hole, such that said valve hole lies axially between said connecting region and said end of the seat which seat lies on the disk side, and such that if .O slashed..sub.g is the diameter of the radially interior surface of said mounting groove, .O slashed..sub.c is the diameter of the radially interior surface of the disk/rim connecting region, this diameter being taken axially at the end of the disk of the wheel, and .O slashed..sub.s is the diameter of the radially interior surface of the bead seats, this diameter being taken axially at a distance P.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Michelin & Cie
    Inventor: Etienne Renard