Patents by Inventor Jacques Martineau

Jacques Martineau 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: 4178007
    Abstract: A caster wheel supporting arrangement including anti-shimmy means which is particularly useful for vehicles in which the caster wheels may be orientated at different angles to the parts supported thereby during normal forward movement of the vehicle. Such a situation occurs in large airport runway sweepers where the broom frame, which is supported by caster wheels, may be set at varying orientations to the normal sweeper direction. The support arrangement includes a rotary hydraulic pump, preferably of the gerotor type, the rotor of which is connected to rotate with the caster wheel bracket, and a hydraulic circuit connects the ports of the pump, this circuit including a pressure sensitive flow resisting device which opens to increase the flow area therethrough with increasing pressure difference between the pump ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Assignee: Caelter Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jacques Martineau