Patents by Inventor Patrice Millet

Patrice Millet 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: 7156575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaft-hub connection having an attachment flange and a clamping element, particularly a clamping ring, attachable thereto, by means of which the shaft end assigned to the attachment flange may be friction-locked to the attachment flange, with an interposed bushing which receives a slip torque. The present invention is based on the object of refining a device of the type initially cited in such a way that the lifetime of the attached components in the drivetrain is increased. This object is achieved according to the present invention in that the bushing is designed in multiple parts in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Atec-Weiss GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Weiss, Patrice Millet, Rudolf Scheithauer
  • Publication number: 20040105717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaft-hub connection having an attachment flange and a clamping element, particularly a clamping ring, attachable thereto, by means of which the shaft end assigned to the attachment flange may be friction-locked to the attachment flange, with an interposed bushing which receives a slip torque. The present invention is based on the object of refining a device of the type initially cited in such a way that the lifetime of the attached components in the drivetrain is increased. This object is achieved according to the present invention in that the bushing is designed in multiple parts in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: ATEC-WEISS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Weiss, Patrice Millet, Gunter Scheithauer
  • Patent number: 6699133
    Abstract: An annular disk for flexible shaft couplings is described, whose two coupling halves each exhibiting a connection flange are connected to each other via a packet of such annular disks in a torsionally rigid manner, but in such a way as to enable their axial and angular movement. The annular disk has four attachment holes uniformly distributed on a shared hole circle, wherein the section is tapered between two adjacent attachment holes. The annular disk according to the invention satisfies the following size ratios: Dt/D1=10 to 12, D2/Dt=1.1 to 1.2, Dt/B1=9 to 16, and B2/Dt=0.88 to 0.93, wherein Dt is the diameter of the hole circle, D1 is the diameter of the respective attachment hole, D2 is the largest outside diameter of the annular disk, B1 is the width of the narrowest part of the annular disk section between two consecutive attachment holes, and B2 is the width of the annular disk outer contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: ATEC-Weiss GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Kropp, Patrice Millet
  • Publication number: 20030125115
    Abstract: An annular disk for flexible shaft couplings is described, whose two coupling halves each exhibiting a connection flange are connected to each other via a packet of such annular disks in a torsionally rigid manner, but in such a way as to enable their axial and angular movement. The annular disk has four attachment holes uniformly distributed on a shared hole circle, wherein the section is tapered between two adjacent attachment holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: ATEC-Weiss GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Kropp, Patrice Millet
  • Patent number: 6547666
    Abstract: An annular disk for flexible shaft couplings is described, whose two coupling halves each exhibiting a connection flange are connected to each other via a packet of such annular disks in a torsionally rigid manner, but in such a way as to enable their axial and angular movement. The annular disk has four attachment holes uniformly distributed on a shared hole circle, wherein the section is tapered between two adjacent attachment holes. The annular disk according to the invention satisfies the following size ratios: Dt/D1=10 to 12, D2/Dt=1.1 to 1.2, Dt/B1=9 to 16, and B2/Dt=0.88 to 0.93, wherein Dt is the diameter of the hole circle, D1 is the diameter of the respective attachment hole, D2 is the largest outside diameter of the annular disk, B1 is the width of the narrowest part of the annular disk section between two consecutive attachment holes, and B2 is the width of the annular disk outer contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: ATEC-Weiss GmbH Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Kropp, Patrice Millet
  • Patent number: 6471594
    Abstract: A flexible all-steel shaft coupling includes two connecting flanges (1, 2) and an intermediate piece (3, 3′) arranged between the connecting flanges, with a disk ring (4, 5) being arranged between each of the two connecting flanges and the intermediate piece; said disk ring being connected alternately to the respective connecting flange and the intermediate piece, by means of circumferentially-distributed studs (6, 7, 7′) and tension sleeves (8, 9), each comprising a radially protruding end stop, (13, 14), as well as spacer rings (10) held on the tension sleeves, so that the connecting flanges are interconnected so as to be torsionally rigid but with angular movement and axial movement; with each of the studs (6) connected to the connecting flanges being associated with only a single tension sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Atec-Weiss GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Scheithauer, Ewald Valtwies, Patrice Millet, Rudolf Weiss
  • Publication number: 20010053718
    Abstract: An annular disk for flexible shaft couplings is described, whose two coupling halves each exhibiting a connection flange are connected to each other via a packet of such annular disks in a torsionally rigid manner, but in such a way as to enable their axial and angular movement. The annular disk has four attachment holes uniformly distributed on a shared hole circle, wherein the section is tapered between two adjacent attachment holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Applicant: ATEC-Weiss GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Kropp, Patrice Millet
  • Publication number: 20010049307
    Abstract: Described is a flexible all-steel shaft coupling comprising two connecting flanges (1, 2) and an intermediate piece (3, 3′) arranged between the connecting flanges, with a disk ring (4, 5) being arranged between each of the two connecting flanges and the intermediate piece; said disk ring being connected alternately to the respective connecting flange and the intermediate piece, by means of circumferentially-distributed studs (6, 7, 7′) and tension sleeves (8, 9), each comprising a radially protruding end stop (13, 14), as well as spacer rings (10) held on the tension sleeves, so that the connecting flanges are interconnected so as to be torsionally rigid but with angular movement and axial movement; with each of the studs (6) connected to the connecting flanges being associated with only a single tension sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Gunter Scheithauer, Ewald Valtwies, Patrice Millet, Rudolf Weiss