Patents by Inventor Pascal Petit

Pascal Petit 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: 9593732
    Abstract: An anti-vibration device comprising first and second strength members interlinked by an elastomer body adapted to work in compression mode along a main vibration axis is disclosed. The first strength member is fitted in a slider of a support, in a direction of fitting perpendicular to the main vibration axis. The first strength member is blocked in the slider by snap-fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Pascal Thierry, Patrick Loriot, Pascal Petit, Mickael Desmoulins
  • Publication number: 20150240908
    Abstract: Vibration-dampening rod comprising a rod body connecting first and second joints. The second joint comprises a ring having a central axis and comprising a through-window, an inner frame surrounded by the ring, and an elastomeric body overmolded on the inner frame and on the inside of the ring, molded as one piece and extending over a major portion of the axial height of the ring. The rod body traverses the window of the ring and is fixed to the inner frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Thierry Pizanti, Manfred Stahl, Pascal Petit, Antony Ledoux
  • Patent number: 8776938
    Abstract: An active vibratory control device for a vehicle, comprising a link comprising a link body that extends between first and second articulations intended to be connected one to a vibrating member and the other to a chassis, and a mounting base connected to the second articulation of the link so as to enable the link to pivot with respect to the mounting base, this mounting base being secured to a vibration generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Gastineau, Pascal Petit, Eric Seminatore
  • Patent number: 8240644
    Abstract: A hydraulic anti-vibration mount having two damping modes, is disclosed comprising two support members, an elastomer body that connects the two support members to each other, a working chamber, a first structural plate with a check valve, a calibrated hole, a first restricted passage linking the working chamber to an intermediate chamber, a second structural plate having a main port, a second restricted passage, linking the intermediate chamber to a compensation chamber, an auxiliary chamber supplied by the check valve and emptied by the calibrated hole, and equipped with a flexible membrane arranged for deforming and closing the main port, to switch between the two damping modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Gabriel Lemaire, Pascal Petit
  • Publication number: 20120132476
    Abstract: An active vibratory control device for a vehicle, comprising a link comprising a link body that extends between first and second articulations intended to be connected one to a vibrating member and the other to a chassis, and a mounting base connected to the second articulation of the link so as to enable the link to pivot with respect to the mounting base, this mounting base being secured to a vibration generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Gastineau, Pascal Petit, Eric Seminatore
  • Publication number: 20100276853
    Abstract: An anti-vibration device is disclosed comprising an anti-vibration support comprising first and second rigid frames connected together by an elastomeric body and a limiting cap which is snap fitted onto the second frame and designed to be fastened onto a receiving member while clamping the second frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Herve Visage, Pascal Petit, Gilles Chenais, Patrick Loriot
  • Publication number: 20100264570
    Abstract: An anti-vibration device comprising first and second strength members interlinked by an elastomer body adapted to work in compression mode along a main vibration axis is disclosed. The first strength member is fitted in a slider of a support, in a direction of fitting perpendicular to the main vibration axis. The first strength member is blocked in the slider by snap-fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Pascal Thierry, Patrick Loriot, Pascal Petit, Mickael Desmoulins
  • Publication number: 20100208325
    Abstract: This electroactive material comprises a self-supporting polymer matrix, inserted into which is an electroactive system comprising or constituted by: at least one electroactive organic compound capable of being reduced and/or of accepting electrons and cations acting as compensation charges; at least one electroactive organic compound capable of being oxidized and/or of ejecting electrons and cations acting as compensation charges; at least one of said aforementioned electroactive organic compounds being electrochromic in order to obtain a color contrast, ionic charges; and also a solubilization liquid for said electroactive system, said liquid not dissolving said self-supporting polymer matrix, the latter being chosen to provide a percolation pathway for ionic charges, this allowing, under the action of a dielectric current, oxidation and reduction reactions of said electroactive organic compounds, which reactions are necessary to obtain a color contrast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Fabienne Piroux, Pascal Petit, Annabelle Andreau-Wiedenmaier
  • Publication number: 20100172011
    Abstract: This semi-electroactive material comprises a self-supporting polymer matrix, inserted into which is an electroactive system comprising or constituted by: at least one electroactive organic compound capable of being oxidized and/or of ejecting electrons and cations acting as compensation charges; or at least one electroactive organic compound capable of being reduced and/or of accepting electrons and cations acting as compensation charges; and ionic charges; and also a solubilization liquid for said semi-electroactive system, said liquid not dissolving said self-supporting polymer matrix, the latter being chosen to provide a percolation pathway for ionic charges, this allowing, under the action of a dielectric current, oxidation and reduction reactions of said electroactive organic compounds, which reactions are necessary to obtain a color contrast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Fabienne Piroux, Gilles Bokobza, Pascal Petit, Jean-Christophe Giron
  • Publication number: 20100109218
    Abstract: A hydraulic anti-vibration mount having two damping modes, is disclosed comprising two support members, an elastomer body that connects the two support members to each other, a working chamber, a first structural plate with a check valve, a calibrated hole, a first restricted passage linking the working chamber to an intermediate chamber, a second structural plate having a main port, a second restricted passage, linking the intermediate chamber to a compensation chamber, an auxiliary chamber supplied by the check valve and emptied by the calibrated hole, and equipped with a flexible membrane arranged for deforming and closing the main port, to switch between the two damping modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Gabriel Lemaire, Pascal Petit
  • Publication number: 20100027098
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrolyte material for an electrically-controllable device having variable optical/energy properties, characterized in that it comprises a self-supporting polymer matrix containing ionic fillers and a liquid for solubilizing said ionic fillers, said liquid not solubilizing said self-supporting polymer matrix, the latter being selected so as to provide a percolation path for said ionic fillers; to an electrically-controllable device having variable optical/energy properties, comprising such an electrolyte material; and to a method for fabricating such an electrically-controllable device, characterized in that the various layers thereof are assembled by calendering or lamination, optionally with heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Fabienne Piroux, Pascal Petit, Annabelle Andreau
  • Patent number: 7635116
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an antivibration device that comprises a hydraulic element, the method including at least one overmolding step during which a plastics material connection piece is overmolded over the hydraulic element after said hydraulic element has been closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Alain Bellamy, Pascal Petit, Olivier Come
  • Patent number: 7448605
    Abstract: A controllable hydraulic vibration-damping support comprising two strength members interconnected by an elastomer body defining a working hydraulic chamber, an auxiliary hydraulic chamber communicating with the working chamber via a constricted passageway, a pneumatic chamber separated from the auxiliary chamber by a moving wall, an electrically controlled vent device for establishing a connection to the air, which device can be actuated electrically in order to put the pneumatic chamber into communication with the atmosphere, and a check valve allowing air to flow only out from the pneumatic chamber towards the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Bretaudeau, Sylvain Durand, Jean-Luc Gastineau, Pascal Petit
  • Publication number: 20070178258
    Abstract: Hydraulic anti-vibration support comprising first and second rigid frames interconnected by an elastomeric body which partially delimits an operating chamber filled with liquid, the second frame being fixed to a flexible elastomeric wall which partially delimits a compensation chamber communicating with the operating chamber via a restricted passage, the operating chamber and compensation chamber being separated from each other by a rigid partition fixed to the second frame. The second frame comprises first and second parts made from plastics material which are assembled to each other by rotary friction welding, and which are fixed, respectively, to the elastomeric body and to the flexible elastomeric wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Pascal Petit, Franck Rabineau, Herve Visage, Gilles Chenais
  • Publication number: 20060157633
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an antivibration device that comprises a hydraulic element, the method including at least one overmolding step during which a plastics material connection piece is overmolded over the hydraulic element after said hydraulic element has been closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Alain Bellamy, Pascal Petit, Olivier Come
  • Publication number: 20060006593
    Abstract: A controllable hydraulic vibration-damping support comprising two strength members interconnected by an elastomer body defining a working hydraulic chamber, an auxiliary hydraulic chamber communicating with the working chamber via a constricted passageway, a pneumatic chamber separated from the auxiliary chamber by a moving wall, an electrically controlled vent device for establishing a connection to the air, which device can be actuated electrically in order to put the pneumatic chamber into communication with the atmosphere, and a check valve allowing air to flow only out from the pneumatic chamber towards the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Bretaudeau, Sylvain Durand, Jean-Luc Gastineau, Pascal Petit
  • Patent number: 6673427
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent substrate, more particularly of glass and having multiple thin layers on which are successively deposited; i) a first dielectric material layer, ii) a first layer having infrared reflection properties, particularly based on metal, iii) a second dielectric material layer, iv) a second layer having infrared reflection properties, particularly based on metal, v) a third dielectric material year, characterized in that the thickness of the first layer having infrared reflection properties corresponding to about 50 to 80%, particularly 55 to 75% and preferably 60 to 70% of that of the second layer having infrared reflection properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Olivier Guiselin, Jean-Pierre Brochot, Pascal Petit
  • Patent number: 6588533
    Abstract: An antivibration support has a first strength member which includes a limit finger and two parallel support fingers, a second strength member which includes a cage surrounding the limit finger in part, and an elastomer link device interposed between the outside of the cage and the support fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Franck Larmande, Jacques Dandre, Pascal Petit
  • Publication number: 20010054523
    Abstract: An antivibration support has a first strength member which includes a limit finger and two parallel support fingers, a second strength member which includes a cage surrounding the limit finger in part, and an elastomer link device interposed between the outside of the cage and the support fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Franck Larmande, Jacques Dandre, Pascal Petit
  • Publication number: 20010053439
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent substrate, more particularly of glass and having multiple thin layers on which are successively deposited;
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN VITRAGE
    Inventors: Olivier Guiselin, Jean-Pierre Brochot, Pascal Petit