Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc Diogene

Jean-Marc Diogene 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: 10836023
    Abstract: A method of inserting an H-Seal in a bearing, the H-Seal having two ends, two upper lips, two lower lips and a vertical flange positioned between the bearing that secures the upper and lower lips together, the bearing having seal faces, inner and outer rings and a gap therebetween. The method provides including an insertion tool assembly, priming the H-Seal into the insertion tool, sliding the tool with the H-Seal loaded therein within a slot, placing the lower lips back on their respective face, allowing the lower lips to recover their initial shape. The tool moves the lower lips to a vertical position (T shape), inserts the seal between the rings and the lower lips recover their initial shape and places them naturally back on their respective faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Diogene, Damien Bredoire, Michel Nicolas
  • Patent number: 10808766
    Abstract: A tool for inserting an H-Seal in a bearing includes a vertical part assembly having a top portion, a bottom portion, and a freely rolling disc. A first interconnecting portion is configured to engage a second interconnecting portion, the first interconnecting portion configured to receive the vertical part assembly through an opening in the first interconnecting portion. A gripping element connected to the top portion. A rolling disc mounted to the bottom portion of the vertical part assembly. First and second sliding pads having first and second evolutive guides that vary in shape from top to bottom and from back to front. The evolutive guides are configured to pass the H-Seal between the stages of being in a free state with lower lips opened outward, to pre-inserted into the bearing, to inserted into the bearing, to coming down into the bearing, to the lower lips opening outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Diogene, Damien Bredoire, Michel Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20190032721
    Abstract: A tool for inserting an H-Seal in a bearing includes a vertical part assembly having a top portion, a bottom portion, and a freely rolling disc. A first interconnecting portion is configured to engage a second interconnecting portion, the first interconnecting portion configured to receive the vertical part assembly through an opening in the first interconnecting portion. A gripping element connected to the top portion. A rolling disc mounted to the bottom portion of the vertical part assembly. First and second sliding pads having first and second evolutive guides that vary in shape from top to bottom and from back to front. The evolutive guides are configured to pass the H-Seal between the stages of being in a free state with lower lips opened outward, to pre-inserted into the bearing, to inserted into the bearing, to coming down into the bearing, to the lower lips opening outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Diogene, Damien Bredoire, Michel Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20190030697
    Abstract: A method of inserting an H-Seal in a bearing, the H-Seal having two ends, two upper lips, two lower lips and a vertical flange positioned between the bearing that secures the upper and lower lips together, the bearing having seal faces, inner and outer rings and a gap therebetween. The method provides including an insertion tool assembly, priming the H-Seal into the insertion tool, sliding the tool with the H-Seal loaded therein within a slot, placing the lower lips back on their respective face, allowing the lower lips to recover their initial shape. The tool moves the lower lips to a vertical position (T shape), inserts the seal between the rings and the lower lips recover their initial shape and places them naturally back on their respective faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Diogene, Damien Bredoire, Michel Nicolas