Patents by Inventor Paul Nicolle

Paul Nicolle 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).

  • Publication number: 20180155539
    Abstract: The invention concerns an elastomer composition for a self-supporting insert (1) intended to support a tyre of a wheel of a vehicle, an insert of which at least one layer (3) comprises said composition and a mounted assembly incorporating said insert. The invention applies to a non-pneumatic mounted assembly, in particular for a vehicle with two wheels, in which each of the tyres is permanently supported by said insert, The elastomer composition comprises, principally by mass, a mixture of at least one first thermoplastic elastomer and at least one second thermoplastic elastomer, and said composition is such that said at least one first thermoplastic elastomer is a copolyamide (COPA) and said at least one second thermoplastic elastomer is a thermoplastic styrene (TPS) elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Hélène Delaunay, Nicolas Garois, Norbert Gangloff, Paul Nicolle, Natacha Carniol
  • Patent number: 5092723
    Abstract: Bolt material is orbitally swaged into recesses in the clip while simultaneously swaging bolt material over the clip to develop a torsional interference lock and an axial interference lock, respectively between the clip and the bolt. The recesses are arc shaped, have a center of curvature on a circle having a smaller diameter than a circle that defines lands between the recesses, and number between six and eight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: VSI Corporation
    Inventors: Clair E. Compton, Jean-Paul A. Nicolle
  • Patent number: 4974274
    Abstract: Bolt material is orbitally swaged into recesses in the clip while simultaneously swaging bolt material over the clip to develop a torsional interference lock and an axial interference lock, respectively between the clip and the bolt. The recesses are arc shaped, have a center of curvature on a circle having a smaller diameter than a circle that defines lands between the recessses, and number between six and eight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: VSI Corporation
    Inventors: Clair E. Compton, Jean-Paul A. Nicolle