Patents by Inventor Franck Debrailly

Franck Debrailly 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: 8258659
    Abstract: A shaft support system 7 for an electric motor 1, comprising a rolling bearing 17 provided with an inner race 33 and an outer race 34, at least one angular position sensor 20 for detecting the angular position of the inner race, an encoder 19 mounted on the inner race, a flange 16 for supporting the outer race of the bearing, and a processing module 18 supported by the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Franck Debrailly, Domenico Restaino, Olivier Message, Franck Landrieve
  • Publication number: 20110016960
    Abstract: Device 1 for detecting the angular position of a shaft of an electric motor relative to a nonrotating element, comprising a reduction gear 5 comprising an input connected in rotation to the shaft 2, and an output such that the output of the reduction gear 5 moves over an angle of less than 2?, a single-revolution angular position sensor 26 being placed to measure the angle of the output of the reduction gear 5 and an angular position sensor 27 being placed on the input of the reduction gear 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Franck Debrailly
  • Publication number: 20100064822
    Abstract: A device 10 for detecting torque transmitted by a shaft, comprising a torsion element 11, two encoders 29, 30 connected angularly to opposite ends of the flexible element in torsion, a sensor assembly, and an electronic circuit board 14 supporting the sensor assembly generating a signal representative of the torque exerted on the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Franck Debrailly, Sebastiano Calvetto
  • Publication number: 20090219016
    Abstract: System for detecting angular position of a rotating element with respect to a non-rotating element, comprising an annular coder provided with a number P of poles greater than or equal to 2 intended to be fixed to one of the rotating or non-rotating elements and a number N of sensors, with N greater than or equal to 3, that are able to receive a signal originating from the coder and are mounted angularly distributed on the other of the rotating or non-rotating elements facing said rotating or non-rotating element and at least one subtraction module capable of processing at least two output signals from the sensors so as to generate a differential signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventor: Franck Debrailly
  • Publication number: 20080152272
    Abstract: Instrumented rolling bearing device for measuring the rotation parameters of the bearing, including a rotating race, a non-rotating race, at least one row of rolling elements placed between the non-rotating and rotating races, a rotating coder and a pliable non-rotating electronic circuit board comprising at least one sensor and at least one flat folded zone supporting the said sensor and pressing on a rigid reference surface forming part of a sensor block, at least one sensor being in the form of a spot-type detector cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Franck Debrailly, Vincent Sausset, Loic Abgrall
  • Patent number: 7114853
    Abstract: A suspension thrust bearing device includes a rolling bearing provided with two races and with rolling elements arranged between the races, and two caps each in contact with one race, one of the caps including a circular flange and the other cap including an axial portion provided with hooks intended for latching onto the said flange, which hooks leave an axial space of height b remaining between the said hooks and the said flange, one of the caps including an operational part provided with a chamfer intended to facilitate latching with the other cap, with an axial surface of height a and of diameter D and with a radial retention surface, and the other cap including an operational part provided with a chamfer intended to facilitate latching, with an axial surface of height c and with a radial retention surface, the sum of the heights a+b+c being greater than 1.9% of the diameter D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Franck Debrailly, Thierry Poulle
  • Publication number: 20050089255
    Abstract: A suspension thrust bearing device includes a rolling bearing provided with two races and with rolling elements arranged between the races, and two caps each in contact with one race, one of the caps including a circular flange and the other cap including an axial portion provided with hooks intended for latching onto the said flange, which hooks leave an axial space of height b remaining between the said hooks and the said flange, one of the caps including an operational part provided with a chamfer intended to facilitate latching with the other cap, with an axial surface of height a and of diameter D and with a radial retention surface, and the other cap including an operational part provided with a chamfer intended to facilitate latching, with an axial surface of height c and with a radial retention surface, the sum of the heights a+b+c being greater than 1.9% of the diameter D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Franck Debrailly, Thierry Poulle