Patents by Inventor RAPHAEL PILON

RAPHAEL PILON 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).

  • Magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus and control systems
    Patent number: 10788085
    Abstract: A magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus comprises an input rotor adapted to be coupled to a power input, the input rotor having a first set of at least one input shear surface, and a second set of at least one output shear surface. An output rotor is rotatably mounted about the input rotor for rotating about a common axis with the input rotor, the output rotor having a first set of at least one output shear surface, and a second set of at least one output shear surface, the first sets of the input rotor and the output rotor separated by at least a first annular space and forming a first transmission set, the second sets of the input rotor and the output rotor separated by at least a second annular space and forming a second transmission set. Magnetorheological fluid is in each of the annular spaces, the MR fluid configured to generate a variable amount of torque transmission between the sets of input rotor and output rotor when subjected to a magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SOCIETE DE COMMERCIALISATION DES PRODUITS DE LA RECHERCHE APPLIQUEE SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GENIE S.E.C.
    Inventors: Jean-Sebastien Plante, Marc Denninger, Patrick Chouinard, Guifre Julio, Jean-Philippe Lucking Bigue, Nicolas Huppe, Jean-Francois Desrosiers, Raphael Pilon, Alexandre Landry-Blais
  • MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUID CLUTCH APPARATUS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180340579
    Abstract: A magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus comprises an input rotor adapted to be coupled to a power input, the input rotor having a first set of at least one input shear surface, and a second set of at least one output shear surface. An output rotor is rotatably mounted about the input rotor for rotating about a common axis with the input rotor, the output rotor having a first set of at least one output shear surface, and a second set of at least one output shear surface, the first sets of the input rotor and the output rotor separated by at least a first annular space and forming a first transmission set, the second sets of the input rotor and the output rotor separated by at least a second annular space and forming a second transmission set. Magnetorheological fluid is in each of the annular spaces, the MR fluid configured to generate a variable amount of torque transmission between the sets of input rotor and output rotor when subjected to a magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: JEAN-SEBASTIEN PLANTE, MARC DENNINGER, PATRICK CHOUINARD, GUIFRE JULIO, JEAN-PHILIPPE LUCKING BIGUE, NICOLAS HUPPE, JEAN-FRANCOIS DESROSIERS, RAPHAEL PILON, ALEXANDRE LANDRY-BLAIS