Patents by Inventor Raphaël Gorette

Raphaël Gorette 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: 7811005
    Abstract: The invention concerns a vehicle thrust bearing comprising a rolling bearing forming a stop element (8), a support spring retainer (11), and an elastic support block (2), the rolling bearing including an upper race (12) arranged in an annular upper cap (16) forming a contact surface between said upper race (12) and the elastic block (2), a lower race (13). The device comprises an annular lower cap (17) forming a contact surface between the lower race (13) and the support spring retainer (11). The caps (16, 17) comprise each a thick portion (18, 22) and a thin portion (19, 23), the thin portion (19, 23) being located axially opposite the thick portion (22, 18) of the other cap, the lower (13) and upper (12) races being urged to be pressed on the thick portions (22, 18) of the lower (17) and upper (16) caps forming a rolling bearing with oblique contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Eric Beghini, Raphaël Gorette, Christophe Houdayer