Patents by Inventor Jean-Philippe Salez

Jean-Philippe Salez 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).

  • Position adustable steering column assembly for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 5477744
    Abstract: This assembly, including a support structure provided with two flanges, a steering shaft including two portions, one carrying the steering wheel and the other connected to the rest of the steering mechanism and which are mounted telescopically one in the other, this shaft being capable of rotating in a body pivoting between the two flanges and including two portions which can be moved slidingly one in the other, one (7a) of them including a device for rotationally guiding and for axially blocking the shaft portion which carries the steering wheel, and the other being articulated between the flanges, and mechanisms with gear motors for adjusting the angular and axial positions of the steering wheel, which mechanisms are adapted to interact with the support structure and the body portion (7a) associated with the shaft portion which carries the steering wheel, is characterized in that the adjusting mechanisms have a structure (14) for suspending the body portion (7a) which is articulated on the support structure
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Equipments et Composants pour l'Industrie Automobile
    Inventors: Andre Hoblingre, Ghislain Passebecq, Jean-Philippe Salez