Patents by Inventor Gérard Baumgartner

Gérard Baumgartner 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: 11518198
    Abstract: An adapter for a rolling assembly having an axis of rotation (YY?) includes an axially inner end connected to a rim, an axially outer end including an outer reinforcing element and intended to come into contact, via a substantially radial axially inner face, or bearing face, with a bead, a body connecting the axially outer end to the axially inner end so as to form a single piece, including at least one main reinforcement providing the connection between the outer reinforcing element and the inner reinforcing element, and including a substantially axial adapter seat intended to come into contact with a bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Gérard Baumgartner, Antonio Delfino, Daniel Walser
  • Patent number: 11312179
    Abstract: A non-pneumatic wheel (100) including a hub (300) and a non-pneumatic tire (102), as well as a method for mounting the non-pneumatic tire (102) onto the hub (300). The hub (300) is formed, with grooves (318) that receive the radially-inner ends (110) of spokes (106) of the non-pneumatic tire (102). To secure the tire (102) onto the hub (300) during assembly, the grooves (318) with the radially inner ends (110) of the spokes (106) received therein are pulled radially inward to decrease the diameter of the hub (300) and increase tension in the spokes (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Gerard Baumgartner, Daniel Walser, Antonio Delfino
  • Publication number: 20210129588
    Abstract: A non-pneumatic wheel (100) including a hub (300) and a non-pneumatic tire (102), as well as a method for mounting the non-pneumatic tire (102) onto the hub (300). The hub (300) is formed, with grooves (318) that receive the radially-inner ends (110) of spokes (106) of the non-pneumatic tire (102). To secure the tire (102) onto the hub (300) during assembly, the grooves (318) with the radially inner ends (110) of the spokes (106) received therein are pulled radially inward to decrease the diameter of the hub (300) and increase tension in the spokes (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Gerard Baumgartner, Daniel Walser, Antonio Delfino
  • Publication number: 20200223260
    Abstract: A hub (300) for a non-pneumatic wheel (102) and the non-pneumatic wheel (102) incorporating such hub (300). The hub (300) includes an annular receiver (302) with a plurality of projections (312) and grooves (318) arranged in an alternating manner along the circumferential direction of the hub (300). The grooves (318) are configured to receive tension-transmitting elements or spokes (106) of the non-pneumatic wheel (102). The annular receiver (302) may be manufactured from a single sheet of metal that 2 is folded and welded to create the projections (312) and grooves (318).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Antonio Delfino, Philippe Berguerand, Pascal Schroeter, Daniel Walser, Gerard Baumgartner
  • Publication number: 20200079042
    Abstract: A radially expandable building drum (1), intended for the manufacture of an adapter for mounting a tyre on a rim, comprises a central axis (X-X?), and an assembly zone coaxial with the latter and comprising a first set (10) of segments (100) and a second set (20) of segments (200), all the segments being arranged circumferentially around the central axis, in which the segments (100) of the first set (10) and the segments (200) of the second set (20) face one another axially. The external circumferential face of each segment (100, 200) comprises a groove (103, 203) for accommodating a bead wire, and the said drum passes, in the said assembly zone, from a retracted first position of substantially cylindrical shape into an expanded second position of substantially frustoconical shape when the segments (100) are driven by a first cam (300) and the segments (200) by an adjacent second cam (400).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: GERARD BAUMGARTNER, THOMAS GUY
  • Publication number: 20190299721
    Abstract: An adapter for a rolling assembly having an axis of rotation (YY?) comprises an axially inner end connected to a rim, an axially outer end comprising an outer reinforcing element and intended to come into contact, via a substantially radial axially inner face, or bearing face, with a bead, a body connecting the axially outer end to the axially inner end so as to form a single piece, comprising at least one main reinforcement providing the connection between the outer reinforcing element and the inner reinforcing element, and comprising a substantially axial adapter seat intended to come into contact with a bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: GÉRARD BAUMGARTNER, ANTONIO DELFINO, DANIEL WALSER
  • Patent number: 9403429
    Abstract: A motorized hub for electric powering of an axle of a hybrid drive automotive vehicle, said motorized hub comprising a hub designed to receive a wheel, the hub being mounted rotationally relative to a hub carrier about a hub axis, the motorized hub comprising an electric drive motor, the electric motor comprising an external stator connected to the hub carrier and an internal rotor whose axis of rotation is remote from the hub axis, the motorized hub comprising reduction means acting between the rotor of the electric motor and the hub, the motorized hub comprising coupling/uncoupling means capable of adopting a coupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is coupled to the rotation of the hub and an uncoupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is uncoupled from the rotation of the hub, the motorized hub being characterized in that the coupling/decoupling means are arranged between the reduction means and the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Gérard Baumgartner, Daniel Walser
  • Publication number: 20120312608
    Abstract: A motorized hub for electric powering of an axle of a hybrid drive automotive vehicle, said motorized hub comprising a hub designed to receive a wheel, the hub being mounted rotationally relative to a hub carrier about a hub axis, the motorized hub comprising an electric drive motor, the electric motor comprising an external stator connected to the hub carrier and an internal rotor whose axis of rotation is remote from the hub axis, the motorized hub comprising reduction means acting between the rotor of the electric motor and the hub, the motorized hub comprising coupling/uncoupling means capable of adopting a coupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is coupled to the rotation of the hub and an uncoupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is uncoupled from the rotation of the hub, the motorized hub being characterized in that the coupling/decoupling means are arranged between the reduction means and the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Gérard Baumgartner, Daniel Walser
  • Patent number: 7076876
    Abstract: A machine for presenting a tire with the axis horizontal, allowing access to the inside of the tire, which has a frame bearing an upright on which a support for the tire is mounted for vertical translation, the support ensuring on its own the holding and rotation of the tire about its axis by being in contact with the latter solely via a toric section of the tire, this section being arranged substantially vertically when the tire is installed on the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Gérard Baumgartner, Denis Bidon, Emil Willi Reppel
  • Publication number: 20040094272
    Abstract: A machine for presenting a tire with the axis horizontal, allowing access to the inside of the tire, which has a frame bearing an upright on which a support for the tire is mounted for vertical translation, the support ensuring on its own the holding and rotation of the tire about its axis by being in contact with the latter solely via a toric section of the tire, this section being arranged substantially vertically when the tire is installed on the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Gerard Baumgartner, Denis Bidon, Emil Willi Reppel