Patents by Inventor Marc Gergaud

Marc Gergaud 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: 8820345
    Abstract: A construction equipment machine has a lower frame and an upper frame rotatably connected, the machine having at least one hydraulic pilot circuit comprising a primary hydraulic pilot line running from the upper frame to the lower frame through a rotary joint for controlling the operation of at least one hydraulic device located on the lower frame, including: a pressure regulating system capable of setting in the pilot circuit a pilot pressure having a value; a hydraulic pressure controlled selecting system which is located on the lower frame and is fed by the primary hydraulic pilot line, at least two independent secondary pilot lines located downstream of the pressure controlled selecting system, and wherein said hydraulic pressure controlled selecting system is capable of selectively and independently supply or not supply pressurized fluid to the independent secondary pilot lines, responsive to the value of the pilot pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Volvo Compact Equipment SAS
    Inventors: Marc Gergaud, Philippe Charvieux
  • Publication number: 20100000617
    Abstract: A construction equipment machine has a lower frame and an upper frame rotatably connected, the machine having at least one hydraulic pilot circuit comprising a primary hydraulic pilot line running from the upper frame to the lower frame through a rotary joint for controlling the operation of at least one hydraulic device located on the lower frame, including: a pressure regulating system capable of setting in the pilot circuit a pilot pressure having a value; a hydraulic pressure controlled selecting system which is located on the lower frame and is fed by the primary hydraulic pilot line, at least two independent secondary pilot lines located downstream of the pressure controlled selecting system, and wherein said hydraulic pressure controlled selecting system is capable of selectively and independently supply or not supply pressurized fluid to the independent secondary pilot lines, responsive to the value of the pilot pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: VOLVO COMPACT EQUIPMENT SAS
    Inventors: Marc Gergaud, Philippe Charvieux