Patents by Inventor Georges Droulon

Georges Droulon 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: 5725452
    Abstract: An articulation for an automobile seat includes a mobile flange having an inner toothing, a fixed flange having an inner toothing for cooperating directly with the mobile flange and an eccentric means positioned between the mobile flange and the fixed flange for biasing aa articulating element. The eccentric means including a driving axis provided with a snug and a pair of discs rotatable about the axis relative to one another. Each disc having a central recess and an arc-shaped window. The central recess having a hollow housing extending outwardly for receiving the snug of the axis. A resilient member is positioned within the arc-shaped windows of the discs and bears against bearing surfaces provided at the ends of the windows. When the two discs are spaced apart from one another by the eccentric means, the articulation ensures the clearance take-up and the irreversibility of the articulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Autombile "BFA"
    Inventors: Georges Droulon, Francois Baloche
  • Patent number: 5536217
    Abstract: An articulation used in automobile seats, comprising: a mobile flange having a mobile flange inner toothing; a double satellite; a fixed flange having a fixed flange inner toothing for cooperating with said double satellite, the toothings of which mesh on one side with the fixed flange inner toothing of the fixed flange, and on another side with the mobile flange inner toothing of the mobile flange; an eccentric acting on the double satellite; a driving axis of the eccentric provided with at least one snug, the eccentric being made of two discs angularly mobile with respect to one another, each disc having an arched window; and a resilient element, said discs being connected to one another by said resilient element housed in said arched windows, while a central portion of each of said discs is formed with at least one circular recess, extended by a hollow housing adapted for receiving one of said snugs, and wherein each disc is noncircular and housed inside a bore of the double satellite; the two discs, when
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Automobile "BFA"
    Inventors: Georges Droulon, Francois Baloche
  • Patent number: 5496225
    Abstract: The vehicle seat articulation includes a fixed flange fixed to a first framework of the seat, a mobile flange rigidly connected to a second framework of the seat, a cup member enabling the mobile flange to execute an orbital movement causing an angular movement of the articulation, and a dish member maintaining the mobile flange against the fixed flange. The edge of the dish member is formed with an outer toothing that cooperates with toothings of semi-cut portions of the mobile flange. The toothings of the edge of the dish member and the toothings of the semi-cut portions have each a height equal to twice that of an off-center distance "e" provided between two shoulders of the cup member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Automobile "BFA"
    Inventor: Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 5454280
    Abstract: At least one toothed roller cooperates with a deformable bar with respect to a casing which contains at least one V-shaped cam. The V-shaped cam has a central portion with opposed toothed ramps cooperating both with the toothed roller. A control cam acting on the V-shaped cam for permitting a blockage of the whole assembly is provided. The deformable bar is either made of vertical blades assembled and fixed to one another or provided with transverse bores. The bar will be deformed under action of the toothed roller upon great impact in an accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Automobile "BFA"
    Inventor: Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 5451096
    Abstract: The articulation comprises two flanges enclosing an inner mechanism and a closing lid. A first one of the flanges is elongated to form an elongated flange having a half circumference provided with cut-outs. An other one of the two flanges is circular. The closing lid has a periphery with curved over tabs that fit on the elongated flange. The cut-outs on the half circumference of the elongated flange enable passage of the tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Automobile "BFA"
    Inventor: Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 5301569
    Abstract: At least one rod is normally locked by toothed rollers cooperating with toothed slanted inner portions of V-shaped locking members controlled by a locking cam. The V-shaped locking members are guided within an inner casing of a polygonal shape that has a lower portion for supporting the rod. The lower portion comprises two slanted inner elements which cooperate with a fluted roller placed underneath the underside of the rod. Under an impact, the fluted roller is locked underneath the rod by moving upwardly along one of the two slanted inner elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Automobile "BFA"
    Inventor: Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 5277672
    Abstract: The fixed flange with an inner toothing and the mobile flange with an inner toothing cooperate with a double satellite mounted in a ball bearing forming inside a housing for a composite cam. A sufficient excentration is provided between the diameter of the toothings of the double satellite and the intermediate part concentrical to the toothings of the fixed and mobile flanges so as to allow the composite cam made of two symmetrical and identical parts normally separated from one another at their upper portion by a spring which is slightly under tension and at their lower portion by a finger rigidly connected to an intermediate circular part mounted in bearing in the mobile and fixed flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Ets. Cousin Freres
    Inventors: Georges Droulon, Yann Reubeuze
  • Patent number: 5273241
    Abstract: The lower profile member of a seat slide carries a shoe made of an L-shaped member having two vertical brackets. A first bracket support a spindle on which is mounted a first latch having a lower end which normally bears on the shoe and which is returned to such a position by a coil shaped spring rigidly connected to the vertical bracket and to an upper part of the first latch. Two bearing elements carry a shaft having ends to which two sectors are fixed for supporting an abutment and a pin. The pin is adapted to act on a second latch mounted on the upper profile member for disengaging the first latch. The abutment is used for providing a limitation for a rearward stroke of the upper profile member with respect to the lower profile member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Automobile "BFA"
    Inventor: Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 5265936
    Abstract: A locking device is made of a casing having a substantially trapezoidal shape and a rod extending through the casing. The rod has a central portion and two side guides to permit the central portion to come into locking engagement with a toothed roller placed inside toothed triangular recesses of a V-shaped member. The V-shaped member has a top portion provided with a fork. One side of the V-shaped member is connected to an inner edge of the casing and the other side has a cutout with a lower rounded portion and an upper straight portion provided with a slope. The cutout cooperates with a cam comprising a flat portion and a finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Automobile
    Inventors: Georges Droulon, Paul Jaudouin
  • Patent number: 5253138
    Abstract: A setting in position identification potentiometer is connected to terminals of the motor. The motor is supplied with a voltage (U.sub.feed) possibly variable and switchable between two reverse polarity states according to rotation direction. The potentiometer has a slider which is connected via a first dividing bridge to input of an analog-digital converter subjected to a reference voltage (U.sub.ref) connected to same possibly variable voltage via a second dividing bridge. Output of the analog-digital converter is connected to an electronic module. The resistor value at the ground of each of the two dividing bridges is respectively equal to a product of the other resistor value by a same multiplying coefficient A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: ETS Cousin Freres
    Inventors: Georges Droulon, Yannick Leroy, Philippe Lhomer
  • Patent number: 5216937
    Abstract: A threaded rod of a variable length has one end connected to a first part of the element to be adjusted. A pivoted detent element cooperates with the threaded rod, with two channels extending diametrically through the pivoted detent element. The first channel has a threaded wall and the second channel has a smooth wall, the second channel forming an angle of preferably about 15.degree. with the first channel. The pivoted detent element is pivotally mounted in a casing and has a protruding tail. A spiral spring is supported between the tail and the casing. The casing further comprises a rear portion connected to a second part of the element to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Automobile "BFA"
    Inventor: Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 5183236
    Abstract: The device comprises at least one rod normally locked by notched rollers mounted on pins and cooperating with at least one V-shaped bearing plate having toothed ramps, and the vertical displacement of which is made by rotation of a cam driven by a set of studs rigid with a circular member, with control means being further provided to drive this circular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Ets. Cousin Freres
    Inventor: Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 5090264
    Abstract: The articulation mechanisms is made particularly of irreversible satellite mechanisms connected to one another by a connection bar. The connection bar has, on one of its portion, a member with toothings subjected to action of a spring which, when the connection bar is in position between two cams of the articulation mechanisms, causes a rotation of these cams and of the satellites related thereto for taking up the manufacturing and mounting clearances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Ets. Cousin Freres
    Inventors: Georges Droulon, Alain Romagne
  • Patent number: 5064246
    Abstract: Each fixation member is mounted on a mechanism for setting inclination of the seat back and is formed of a casing so shaped to receive a dagger fixed to each lower end of the seat back armature. The dagger is held within the casing by being wedged with assistance of a part made of a central serrated roller and two lateral smooth extensions of smaller diameters enabling the roller to rotate freely inside openings formed in the casing and to be pushed by at least one spring for wedging the roller between the dagger and said casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: A. & M. Cousin-Establissments Cousin Freres
    Inventors: Yves Pipon, Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 5050932
    Abstract: In the shaped junction portion, each end of the seat and back frame is deformed in order to obtain a flattened portion in a central area conveniently stiffened by thickened areas, raised edges, or protruding outer lips providing thereby for a perfect application of the shaped end of the tube onto a face of a flange of the articulation mechanism, these parts being thereafter connected together, junction studs of each flange of the articulation inclination being used for a respective centering of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: A. & M. Cousin-Etablissements Cousin Freres
    Inventors: Yves Pipon, Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 4950088
    Abstract: The lower profile element is substantially of a U-shaped section and includes wings having each a median zone with a semi-cylindrical channel prolongated by a bent-over portion provided for covering V-bent vertical ends of side branches of the upper profile element. A wing of the lower profile element is cut out in order to form a row of teeth having each a trapezoidal shape prolongated by a rectangular shape in order to cooperate with an L-section latch-comb formed with rectangular openings and freely mounted on a pin which is displacable by a control of the slide. A spring applies to the latch-comb a pressure permitting a passage of teeth of the latch-comb through openings formed in the upper profile element so as to cause a penetration of the latch-comb into the openings between the row of teeth of the lower profile element for latching the upper profile element on the lower profile element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: A & M Cousin Establissements Cousin Freres
    Inventors: Yves Pipon, Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 4925228
    Abstract: Each front seat has under the base plate in its median longitudinal axis a rack connector rod and a mechanical bolt, this rack connector rod cooperating with a box joined to the floor of the vehicle via a framing and a brace, this box containing a blockable motor device. The entire afore-mentioned unit cooperates with two parallel arms first of all joined to the rear part of the seat and secondly joined to the floor of the vehicle via a spindle containing a memory constituted by a ring with a notch and the nose of the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: A. & M. Cousin-Etablissements Cousin Freres
    Inventors: Yves Pipon, Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 4898356
    Abstract: The reversible endless screw slides are fixed by their lower fixed elements to the vehicle floor via a base plate. The base plate is mounted under at least one of the two slides and carries a profile section forming a rack cooperating with a reversible endless screw and which can be locked by a second shoe. The movement of the second shoe is controlled by a lever able to pivot against action of springs via another lever fast with an articulated control bow placed between the two slides so as to free the endless screw placed in a casing and cooperating with the rack for forming a mechanical memory for the slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: A. & M. Cousin Etablissements Cousin Freres
    Inventors: Yves Pipon, Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 4895038
    Abstract: The planet wheel has either toothings having different diameters but a same tooth module or toothings of a same diameter but different tooth modules. The toothings are produced by die stamping of a disc down to a certain depth which provides, in the median plane of the disc, a central cheek against which bear the toothings thereby stiffening each tooth for preventing it from being crushed and deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: A. & M. Cousin Etablissements Cousin Freres
    Inventors: Yves Pipon, Georges Droulon
  • Patent number: 4850561
    Abstract: The device comprises longitudinal adjustment slides for the seat. Each of the slides has a mobile element with an upper face carrying L-shaped supports with vertical wing portions. The vertical wing portion carries at least one mechanism having a control shaft for driving a rocking lever in rotation having a front end which cooperates with an intermediate part rigidly connected to a side portion of a framework of the seat. The rear end of the rocking lever cooperates with a front portion of a second rocking lever which is articulated on the vertical wing portion and has a rear portion which is mounted in a rear portion of the framework of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: A. & M. Cousin Etablissements Cousin Freres
    Inventors: Yves Pipon, Georges Droulon