Patents by Inventor Gilbert M. E. J. Van de Voorde

Gilbert M. E. J. Van de Voorde 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).

  • Suspension system for automotive vehicles and the like
    Patent number: 3954256
    Abstract: A vehicle leveling system for varying the attitude between the sprung and unsprung portions of a vehicle and including at least one leveling strut comprising an elongated tubular pressure cylinder, a valved piston reciprocally disposed within the cylinder and connected to a piston rod extending axially from one end of the cylinder, a rod guide and seal assembly disposed within one end of the cylinder for guiding the piston rod for reciprocal movement, a floating piston disposed within the cylinder between the piston and the end of the cylinder opposite that from which the piston rod extends, a quantity of super-atmospheric gas located within the cylinder between the floating piston and the adjacent end of the cylinder, a quantity of damping fluid located within the cylinder on the opposite side of the floating piston and cooperable with the valved piston to damp reciprocal movement of the piston rod, a resilient tubular diaphragm element defining a variable volume chamber surrounding the pressure cylinder, an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Monroe Belgium N. V.
    Inventors: Johan H. Keijzer, Louis J. Jossa, Henri C. J. Vanhove, Gilbert M. E. J. Van de Voorde