Patents by Inventor Michel Maurice Thirion

Michel Maurice Thirion 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).

  • Welded shaft and turbine wheel assembly
    Patent number: 10047607
    Abstract: A component for a turbocharger can include a shaft made of a first material where the shaft includes a turbine wheel end and a shaft axis; a turbine wheel made of a second material where the turbine wheel includes a shaft end and a turbine wheel axis; a weld joint formed by solidification of at least a portion of a weld pool that includes the first material and the second material, where the weld joint joins the turbine wheel end of the shaft and the shaft end of the turbine wheel and where the weld joint includes an inner radial border and an outer radial border; a reservoir disposed radially inwardly of the inner radial border of the weld joint; and a solidified portion of the weld pool disposed in the reservoir. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Maurice Thirion, Brent Zollinger, Nicolas Vazeille, Marc Wilson, Didier Horlaville, Dominique Armand, Andrei Minculescu
  • WELDED SHAFT AND TURBINE WHEEL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150159487
    Abstract: A component for a turbocharger can include a shaft made of a first material where the shaft includes a turbine wheel end and a shaft axis; a turbine wheel made of a second material where the turbine wheel includes a shaft end and a turbine wheel axis; a weld joint formed by solidification of at least a portion of a weld pool that includes the first material and the second material, where the weld joint joins the turbine wheel end of the shaft and the shaft end of the turbine wheel and where the weld joint includes an inner radial border and an outer radial border; a reservoir disposed radially inwardly of the inner radial border of the weld joint; and a solidified portion of the weld pool disposed in the reservoir. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Maurice Thirion, Brent Zollinger, Nicolas Vazeille, Marc Wilson, Didier Horlaville, Dominique Armand, Andrei Minculescu