Patents by Inventor Norbert Vanouche

Norbert Vanouche 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: 8708111
    Abstract: A disk brake (1) usually comprises a caliper (2), a carrier (3) and friction means (8, 9). The caliper is slideably mounted on the carrier. To improve the braking performance of such a disk brake while reducing the manufacturing cost, the invention provides that a first friction means is retained rotationally by the carrier while a second friction means is retained rotationally by the caliper. The disk brake according to the present invention is also characterized in that the carrier has at least two guide pins (17, 18), the caliper being slideably mounted on the carrier via these two pins, the caliper having at least two bores (19, 20) able to receive one pin each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Mary Dit Cordier, Norbert Vanouche, Philippe Barret, Andre Gaye
  • Patent number: 7810617
    Abstract: A friction element for a disk brake that includes a support plate (2) on which is fixed a friction material designed to come into contact with a first face of a brake disk. The friction element also includes an elastic element for returning the friction element to its rest position, said elastic element including a wound section of turns from which extend a first and second arm (30, 32) of different lengths designed to bear elastically against an arch of a caliper of the disk brake. The wound section of turns is fitted into an orifice made in a radial projection of the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Vanouche, Pascal Mary Dit Cordier, Andre Gaye, Daniel Menguy, Christophe Houdebine
  • Publication number: 20080128223
    Abstract: A disk brake (1) usually comprises a caliper (2), a carrier (3) and friction means (8, 9). The caliper is slideably mounted on the carrier. To improve the braking performance of such a disk brake while reducing the manufacturing cost, the invention provides that a first friction means is retained rotationally by the carrier while a second friction means is retained rotationally by the caliper. The disk brake according to the present invention is also characterized in that the carrier has at least two guide pins (17, 18), the caliper being slideably mounted on the carrier via these two pins, the caliper having at least two bores (19, 20) able to receive one pin each.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal Mary Dit Cordier, Norbert Vanouche, Philippe Barret, Andre Gaye
  • Publication number: 20080087506
    Abstract: A friction element for a disk brake that includes a support plate (2) on which is fixed a friction material designed to come into contact with a first face of a brake disk. The friction element also includes an elastic element for returning the friction element to its rest position, said elastic element including a wound section of turns from which extend a first and second arm (30, 32) of different lengths designed to bear elastically against an arch of a caliper of the disk brake. The wound section of turns is fitted into an orifice made in a radial projection of the support plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Vanouche, Pascal Mary Dit Cordier, Andre Gaye, Daniel Menguy, Christophe Houdebine