Patents by Inventor Luc Themelin

Luc Themelin 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).

  • Publication number: 20070034462
    Abstract: A disc brake pad including a brake lining having at least one friction surface, and provided with a heat dissipating structure which circulates the heat to be dissipated in one or more directions substantially parallel to the plane of the friction surface. The structure is arranged in the lining and/or in a carrier plate if there is one, or at the interface. The structure may be formed from cylindrical holes with axes following one or more directions substantially parallel to the friction surface. These holes are through holes, such that the air can freely pass therethrough. The structure may also be formed from projections at the periphery of the carrier plate, optionally fitted with cooling fins, or bars which are good heat conductors enclosed a component of the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Luc Themelin, Jean-Claude Cottin, Herve Mace, Delphine Deprez, Loic Lelievre
  • Patent number: 5409086
    Abstract: The lining (1) includes by studs (2) mounted on a support (3), each being rigid with the support by reason of a mounting element and is characterized in thata) the mounting element (5) consists of a base (9) with a flange (13) with no axial symmetry,b) the support (3) consists of two metal plates, a rigid support plate (7) and a mounting plate (6) having orifices (10) in order to be able to grip the said flange (13) by reason of mechanical connections (8) between these two plates (6, 7),c) at least one of the plates (6, 7) displaying a deformation in such a way as to grip the flange and so achieve rotational locking of the stud (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Le Carbone-Lorraine
    Inventors: Luc Themelin, Georges Cornillon, Michel Altmeyer