Patents by Inventor Fabrice Augris

Fabrice Augris 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).

  • CYCLE WHEEL AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A WHEEL
    Publication number: 20110115280
    Abstract: A cycle wheel and methods of manufacture of such a wheel. The cycle wheel has tensioned spokes between a hub and a rim and is equipped with a wheel fairing attached to the rim. The rim is provided with two grooves for receiving two radially outer edges of the wheel fairing, and the rim exerts, in the area of the two grooves, a centripetal force that blocks the radially outer edges of the wheel fairing in the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SALOMON S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre MERCAT, Fabrice AUGRIS
  • Wheel with tension spokes and a method of manufacturing such wheel
    Patent number: 7658450
    Abstract: A wheel including a peripheral rim, a central hub, and spokes connecting extending and tensioned between the rim and the hub, as well as a method for manufacturing such a wheel. The method includes distributing the spokes in two groups, a first group of spokes lacking a tensioning device, and a second group of spokes having a tensioning device; assembling the spokes to the rim and to the hub, and then adjusting the tension of the spokes with tensioning devices of the second group of spokes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Salomon S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Mercat, Fabrice Augris
  • Wheel with tension spokes and a method of manufacturing such wheel
    Publication number: 20070063574
    Abstract: A wheel including a peripheral rim, a central hub, and spokes connecting extending and tensioned between the rim and the hub, as well as a method for manufacturing such a wheel. The method includes distributing the spokes in two groups, a first group of spokes lacking a tensioning device, and a second group of spokes having a tensioning device; assembling the spokes to the rim and to the hub, and then adjusting the tension of the spokes with tensioning devices of the second group of spokes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: SALOMON S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Mercat, Fabrice Augris