Patents by Inventor Francois-Xavier Abadie

Francois-Xavier Abadie 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).

  • Peening method for vehicle suspension spring
    Patent number: 7946009
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component, such as a helical coil spring, includes the step of rotating a first impeller to project ceramic peening media in a first direction toward the vehicle suspension component to peen a surface section of the vehicle suspension component. In one example, the vehicle suspension component is peened with metal peening media before peening with the ceramic peening media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: MSSC US, Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherche Et d'Etudes Europeen
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Dixon, James Hall, Ryan Versluis, Joseph A. Fader, Francois-Xavier Abadie
  • PEENING METHOD FOR VEHICLE SUSPENSION SPRING
    Publication number: 20080258367
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component, such as a helical coil spring, includes the step of rotating a first impeller to project ceramic peening media in a first direction toward the vehicle suspension component to peen a surface section of the vehicle suspension component. In one example, the vehicle suspension component is peened with metal peening media before peening with the ceramic peening media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Dixon, James Hall, Ryan Versluis, Joseph A. Fader, Francois-Xavier Abadie