Patents by Inventor Patrick Beau

Patrick Beau 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: 9581537
    Abstract: A testbench device for the analysis and/or optimization of tribological properties in a piston ring/cylinder runway system, includes a cylinder segment-holding device for holding a cylinder runway segment as a testpiece, and a piston ring-holding device holding at least one piston ring element and capable of bringing the at least one piston ring element into bearing contact with the cylinder runway segment. An actuation device actuates the cylinder runway segment and/or the piston ring element such that relative displacement with respect to one another takes place in at least one defined direction of space, in particular in the form of an oscillating movement. The piston ring-holding device has a piston having a ring-shaped outer contour and with at least one circumferentially continuous piston ring groove, in which a piston ring is held as a piston ring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventor: Patrick Beau
  • Publication number: 20150082860
    Abstract: A testbench device for the analysis and/or optimisation of tribological properties in a piston ring/cylinder runway system, includes a cylinder segment-holding device for holding a cylinder runway segment as a testpiece, and a piston ring-holding device holding at least one piston ring element and capable of bringing the at least one piston ring element into bearing contact with the cylinder runway segment. An actuation device actuates the cylinder runway segment and/or the piston ring element such that relative displacement with respect to one another takes place in at least one defined direction of space, in particular in the form of an oscillating movement. The piston ring-holding device has a piston having a ring-shaped outer contour and with at least one circumferentially continuous piston ring groove, in which a piston ring is held as a piston ring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Patrick BEAU
  • Patent number: 4215530
    Abstract: In a process and apparatus for manufacturing drawn and twisted multifilament synthetic yarn an extruded and partially drawn filamentary synthetic yarn is subjected to a supplementary, simultaneous, drawing and twisting operation using a double twist spindle rotated such that the tension in the yarn causes drawing. After the spinning and drawing, the yarn is subjected to heat treatment under controlled tension and is then wound up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: ASA S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Beau, Carlos M. Gabalda