Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Bouquet

Jean-Claude Bouquet 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).

  • Internal combustion engine fit-up device
    Patent number: 4112883
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine fit-up device, according to which each intake manifold is arranged at a level lower than that of the associated cylinder head, a walkway is mounted above each intake manifold, and the engine pipes are mounted in the space between the said walkway and the said intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: Societe d'Etudes de Machines Thermiques
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Bouquet
  • Cooled integral valve chest for an internal combustion engine and method for making same
    Patent number: 4008695
    Abstract: An integrally moulded overhead valve chest for an internal combustion engine, comprising a cage having several arms and formed with an annular valve seat cooling chamber and a valve stem guide formed with an annular guide cooling chamber which communicates with said seat cooling chamber through at least one duct formed within one arm, wherein the improvement consists in at least one hole extending through the radially outer wall of one of said cooling chambers and stopped or closed off by a welded or brazed plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1977
    Assignee: Societe d'Etudes de Machines Thermiques
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Bouquet
  • Device for locating the position of the control rack of a pump and for locking the latter in disassembling position
    Patent number: 4008981
    Abstract: A variable displacement pump, the delivery of which is controlled through the medium of a toothed rack meshing with a pinion through which the piston of the pump is adapted to slide axially, said piston being adapted to rotate jointly with said pinion and to move in translation jointly with pump actuation means, and the toothed rack meshing with an auxiliary shaft pinion the angular position of which is located by an indicating needle, thus ensuring a measurement of the delivery of said pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1977
    Assignee: Societe d'Etudes de Machines Thermiques
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Bouquet
  • Method of removing a valve mounted in an internal combustion engine cylinder-head and actuating device for carrying out the said method
    Patent number: 3963008
    Abstract: Method for removing a valve mounted in an internal combustion engine cylinder-head, and valve actuating device allowing to carry out said method which comprises the steps of increasing the clearance between the valve rod and the corresponding end of its rocker arm, shifting laterally the corresponding push-rod for allowing the end of the rocker arm to be withdrawn from the removal path of the valve, and removing the valve upwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: Societe d'Etudes de Machines Thermiques
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Bouquet
  • Valve chests
    Patent number: 3963016
    Abstract: An overhead valve chest for an internal combustion engine with a cylindroconical portion adjacent to the bottom seating of the chest within the cylinder-head and comprising a sealing ring overlapping said cylindro-conical portion and mounted in a groove the diameter of the flat horizontal top wall of which adjacent to the conical portion of said chest is larger than that of the lower wall opposite to the cylindrical wall of said chest, said ring being in continuous bearing engagement with its ends inside of said groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: Societe d'Etudes de Machines Thermiques - S.E.M.T.E.
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Bouquet