Patents by Inventor Gilles Payraudeau

Gilles Payraudeau 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: 6957729
    Abstract: A heat engine motor vehicle, having a reaction plate, a friction disc, a pressure plate, a cover, the pressure plate being two half-plates, axially mobile relative to each other, under the action of device compensating play resulting from wear which comprises a pair of complementary ramps circumferentially arranged axially associated respectively with each of the two half-plates one of the ramps being designed to move circumferentially relative to the other ramp in the direction increasing the thickness of the pressure plate, and prevented from moving in the other direction by a one-way mechanism, one of the ramps being arranged at the periphery of an inertial part. A monitoring mechanism, is provided to control the wear compensation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventors: Hafiz Osman, Gilles Payraudeau, Eric Marie, Yves Saint Martin
  • Patent number: 6779643
    Abstract: A friction clutch comprising a pressure plate (12) consisting of tow half-plates (12A, 12B) integral in rotation with the input shaft but axially mobile, relative to each other, under the action of the device compensating play due to wear. The wear compensating device comprises a pair of complementary ramps (17, 18) circumferentially arranged, axially associated respectively with each of the half-plates (12A, 12B), one support ramp (17) being integral in rotation to one (12B) of the half-plates, the other adjustment ramp (18) being adapted to move circumferentially relative to the support ramp (17) in the compensating direction increasing the global thickness of the first plate (12) and prevented form moving in the other direction by one-way means (24). The circumferential movement is controlled by a tripping element (22) sensitive to wear condition, the adjusting ramp (18) being arranged at the periphery of an inertial piece (12A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Valeo
    Inventors: Olivier Doremus, Gilles Payraudeau, Hervé Maurel, Jean-Louis Delevallee, Ciriaco Bonfilio, Mathieu Leclercq
  • Publication number: 20040079607
    Abstract: The invention concerns a friction clutch, for a heat engine motor vehicle, comprising a reaction plate, a friction disc, a pressure plate, a cover, the pressure plate consisting of two half-plates, axially mobile relative to each other, under the action of device compensating play resulting from wear which comprises a pair of complementary ramps circumferentially arranged axially associated respectively with each of the two half-plates (12A, 12B), one of the ramps being designed to move circumferentially relative to the other ramp in the direction increasing the thickness of the pressure plate, and prevented from moving in the other direction by a one-way means (24), one of the ramps being arranged at the periphery of an inertial part (12A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Hafiz Osman, Gilles Payraudeau, Eric Marie, Yves Saint Martin
  • Publication number: 20030141163
    Abstract: The invention concerns a friction clutch for a heat engine motor vehicle, comprising a reaction plate (13), a friction disc (14), a pressure plate (12), a cover (11), the pressure plate (12) consisting of two half-plates (12A, 12B) integral in rotation with the input shaft but axially mobile, relative to each other, under the action of a device compensating play due to wear which comprises a pair of complementary ramps (17, 18) circumferentially arranged, axially associated respectively with each of the half-plates (12A, 12B), one of the ramps (17) called support ramp being integral in rotation to one (12B) of the half-plates, the other ramp (18) called adjustment ramp, being adapted to move circumferentially relative to the support ramp (17) in the direction increasing the global thickness of the first plate (12), called compensating direction, and prevented from moving in the other direction by one way means (24), said circumferential movement being controlled by a tripping element (22) sensitive to wear co
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Olivier Doremus, Gilles Payraudeau, Herve Maurel, Jean-Louis Delevallee, Ciriaco Bonfilio, Mathieu Leclercq