Patents by Inventor Luc Thevenon

Luc Thevenon 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: 20230367316
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle including a control system including a central processing unit and a communication interface, the central unit being configured to: receive a restriction of a functionality of the vehicle, via a communication interface; update a list of restriction policies based on the received restriction; and analyze the control orders issued by an operating console of the vehicle by comparing the orders to the restriction policies stored in the list and inhibiting one of the control orders to prohibit the use of a functionality corresponding to a restriction stored in the list of restriction policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Luc THEVENON, Romain HOURNE, Christophe SILVEIRA
  • Patent number: 6280333
    Abstract: The invention concerns a piston (20) mounted axially movable along a guide bearing (59) pertaining to a hub (5) rim (52); a ring (21) being inserted between the hub (5) and a transverse wall, the hub (5) has a sleeve (50) penetrating inside the ring (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Valeo
    Inventor: Luc Thevenon
  • Patent number: 6193036
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus comprising a piston fixed by circumferential tabs (26) to a transverse wall (11), the piston (20) or the wall (11) having through holes for fixing the tabs (26), said holes being finally closed by shutters. The invention is applicable to motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Valeo
    Inventors: Rabah Arhab, Luc Thevenon, Alain Lemaire, Jean-Claude Bochot
  • Patent number: 5826688
    Abstract: A torsion damper for a locking clutch able to act between the driving element and the driven element of a hydrokinetic coupling device, has two coaxial parts able to move with respect to each other and counter to circumferentially acting springs, namely an input part provided with a guide washer and an output part provided with a web. The guide washer has a holding portion in the shape of a half-shell and bearing portions bordering on circumferentially extending apertures receiving the springs, to respectively hold the springs and enable them to bear. The web also has bearing portions to enable the springs to bear. The guide washer consists of two parts, a first part and a second part, assembled by crimping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Valeo
    Inventors: Rabah Arhab, Luc Thevenon