Patents by Inventor Frederic BACHARD

Frederic BACHARD 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).

  • Turbine wastegate
    Patent number: 10344666
    Abstract: A method can include applying a force to a control arm operatively coupled to a shaft; transmitting at least a portion of the force from the shaft, via an arm, to a plug positioned with respect to a wastegate seat of a turbine housing; maintaining an isostatic condition for relative positions of the shaft, the arm and the plug wherein contact exists between the plug and the wastegate seat; and in the isostatic condition, fixing the relative positions of the shaft, the arm and the plug via welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel Marques, Stephane Dieudonne, Frederic Bachard
  • TURBINE WASTEGATE
    Publication number: 20160061208
    Abstract: A method can include applying a force to a control arm operatively coupled to a shaft; transmitting at least a portion of the force from the shaft, via an arm, to a plug positioned with respect to a wastegate seat of a turbine housing; maintaining an isostatic condition for relative positions of the shaft, the arm and the plug wherein contact exists between the plug and the wastegate seat; and in the isostatic condition, fixing the relative positions of the shaft, the arm and the plug via welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Manuel MARQUES, Stephane DIEUDONNE, Frederic BACHARD