Patents by Inventor Roël Verhoog

Roël Verhoog 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: 20230417310
    Abstract: A differential drive system for a vehicle includes a differential drive device, a dog clutch device, and an electromagnetic actuator. The axis of rotation of the differential drive device is situated outside of the annular electromagnet of the electromagnetic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Roël VERHOOG, Herve MAUREL, Jerome BOULET
  • Publication number: 20230115338
    Abstract: A motor vehicle transmission system includes a reduction device having at least an output shaft including a first gearwheel and a second gearwheel. A differential drive device is configured to distribute the torque from the reduction device to two half-shafts. The differential drive device includes a coupling device which, in a coupled position, transmits torque between a first element and a second element of the differential drive device, the coupling device further including an actuator. A radial plane, orthogonal to the axes X and W, passes through the first gearwheel and through the coupling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Roel VERHOOG, Michael HENNEBELLE
  • Patent number: 11555526
    Abstract: A torsion damping device for a vehicle drivetrain includes: a first rotary element, a second rotary element, an elastic device, a friction device including an actuating washer mounted to rotate as one with a friction washer and including an actuating tab interposed circumferentially between a first end of a spring and the first rotary element so as to allow relative rotation between the actuating washer and the second rotary element when the first end of the spring is compressed by the first rotary element in the direction of a second end of the spring opposite to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Didier Bagard, Pierre Boucheny, Olivier Marechal, Roel Verhoog
  • Publication number: 20220178421
    Abstract: A torsion damper for a vehicle powertrain includes a first element having a support element and a second element movable in rotation with respect to the first element about an axis of rotation X. Springs are mounted between the first element and the second element so as to compress to allow relative rotation about the X axis between the first element and the second element. A friction device including a friction washer provided with at least one fixing portion rigidly fixed in rotation on a support element of the first element, the friction washer having a friction portion having a friction track backed against a dorsal face of the friction portion. An elastic washer arranged axially between the first element and the dorsal face of the friction portion, each fixing portion for fixing to the first element being connected to the friction portion by a flexible element allowing axial displacement of the dorsal face of the friction portion relative to the support element of the first element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Gabriel BOUCHE, Pascal DAST, Roel VERHOOG, Olivier MARECHAL, Bernard DUBOIS
  • Patent number: 10767726
    Abstract: A pendulum damping device including a mounting to rotate about an axis; at least one pendulum body that includes first and second pendulum masses axially spaced relative to each other and movable relative to the mounting, the first pendulum mass being axially placed on a first side of the mounting and the second pendulum mass being axially placed on a second side of the mounting, and at least one member to connect the first and second pendulum masses and couple the masses; and at least one rolling member that guides the movement of the pendulum body relative to the mounting. The rolling member engages with a rolling track secured to the mounting and with a rolling track secured to the pendulum body and defined by the connecting member. The rolling member exerts an axial clamping force on one of the pendulum masses during movement of the one pendulum mass relative to the mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Roel Verhoog, Franck Cailleret
  • Publication number: 20200248752
    Abstract: A torsion damping device for a vehicle drivetrain including a first rotary element, a second rotary element, an elastic device, a friction device comprising an actuating washer mounted to rotate as one with a friction washer and comprising an actuating tab interposed circumferentially between a first end of a spring and the first rotary element so as to allow relative rotation between the actuating washer and the second rotary element when the first end of the spring is compressed by the first rotary element in the direction of a second end of the spring opposite to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Didier BAGARD, Pierre BOUCHENY, Olivier MARECHAL, Roel VERHOOG
  • Patent number: 10598229
    Abstract: A torque transmission device for a motor vehicle includes a torque input element for coupling to a driving shaft, a torque output element for coupling to an input shaft of a gearbox, the torque output element and the torque input element pivotable with respect to one another, and first and second elastic damping stages installed in series between the torque input element and torque output element. The first damping stage has an elastic member installed between the torque input element and a guidance device so as to act against the rotation of the guidance device with respect to the torque input element. The second damping stage has at least one elastic member installed between the guidance device and the torque output element so as to act against the rotation of the torque output element with respect to the guidance device. The guidance device has first and second stop means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventors: Michael Hennebelle, Roel Verhoog
  • Publication number: 20200072316
    Abstract: A device for damping torsional oscillations, the device including at least one support capable of rotational displacement around an axis, at least one pendulum assembly, including at least one pendulum mass, the pendulum assembly being movable with respect to the support, at least one rolling member, each rolling member interacting with at least one first raceway defined by the support and with at least one second raceway defined by the pendulum assembly, the displacement of the pendulum assembly with respect to the support being guided by at least one of those rolling members, the device further including at least one friction member, carried by the pendulum assembly, for generating hysteresis in all or parts of the relative displacements of the pendulum assembly and the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: NANJING VALEO CLUTCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jonathan ROST, Chunhui LIU, Ke ZHANG, Xing ZHAO, David SALVADORII, Roel VERHOOG, Giovanni GRIECO, Antoine VIGREUX, Olivier FAFET, Matthieu MALLEY
  • Patent number: 10570986
    Abstract: A vibration damping device for a motor vehicle, features a first movable element (13, 14) and a second movable element (15, 16) both rotatable around an axis X, at least one group of elastic members (25, 26) mounted between the first movable element and the second movable element and acting against rotation of the first movable element and second element with respect to one another, and a phasing member (32, 33) rotationally movable around the axis X. The first movable element (13, 14) and the second movable element (15, 16) are coaxial and capable of transmitting a torque. The phasing member (32, 33) includes a first portion (32) and a second portion (33), for arranging the elastic members of the at least one group in series so that the elastic members of each group deform in phase with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventors: Gilles Lebas, Emmanuel Commeine, Roel Verhoog, Ivan Dutier, Thibault LaForge, Michael Hennebelle
  • Patent number: 10480614
    Abstract: An inertial deflector (1) for a motor vehicle transmission system. The inertial deflector comprises a support member (7) intended to be associated with an element (3) of the transmission system and to be driven rotationally around an axis X, an inertia mass (8) mounted rotationally movably on the support member (7) around the axis X, and helical springs (9) arranged along a circumferential direction and elastically rotationally coupling the support member (7) and the inertia mass (8). Each of the helical springs (9) is received in a receiving space that is delimited between on the one hand a recess (22) configured in the inertia mass (8) and radially and axially guiding the helical spring, and on the other hand a rim zone (23) of the support member (7) covering the recess (22) in order to axially retain the helical spring (9) in the recess (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventors: Franck Cailleret, Michael Hennebelle, Roel Verhoog
  • Patent number: 10408299
    Abstract: A vibration damping system for a transmission system, exhibiting a stiffness K, of a motor vehicle having a combustion engine, having a support member able to be rotationally driven around an axis X, having a moment of inertia I; and a pendulum flyweight mounted movably on the support member, the pendulum flyweight being tuned to a tuning order n, the pendulum flyweight having a first resonance order of an order lower than the tuning order n, and a second resonance order higher than the tuning order n; the moment of inertia I of the support being configured for any engine speed value within an engine speed range of the combustion engine from 600 to 5000/n revolutions per minute, and for a given stiffness K of the transmission system, the second resonance order of the pendulum flyweight is different from an order y*n, where y is an integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventors: Hervé Mahe, Roel Verhoog
  • Patent number: 10316930
    Abstract: A device for damping torsional oscillations, comprising: a support capable of moving rotationally around an axis; a plurality of pendulum bodies, each pendulum body being movable with respect to the support; and a plurality of bearing members, each bearing member interacting with a first raceway integral with the support and with at least one second raceway integral with a pendulum body, the movement of each pendulum body with respect to the support being guided by two of those bearing members, the support comprising a plurality of windows in each of which two bearing members are received, one of those bearing members interacting with at least one second raceway integral with one of the pendulum bodies, and the other of those bearing members interacting with at least one second raceway integral with another of those pendulum bodies, the pendulum bodies being circumferentially adjacent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventors: Roel Verhoog, Franck Cailleret
  • Patent number: 10309484
    Abstract: A device for damping torsional oscillations comprises a support rotatable around an axis. At least one pendulum body is movable with respect to the support. At least one bearing member interacts with at least one raceway integral with the support and with at least one raceway integral with the pendulum body. The bearing member rolls along each raceway around an inactive raceway position. The first region is shaped to filter a first order value of the torsional oscillations by the pendulum body when the bearing member rolls along that first region. Two second regions are beyond an end of the first region. Each second region is shaped to filter a second order value of the torsional oscillations by the pendulum body when the bearing member rolls along one of those second regions. The second order value is strictly lower than the first order value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventor: Roel Verhoog
  • Patent number: 10240657
    Abstract: A torsional damping device (4) includes a first movable element (13, 14) and a second movable element (15, 16), a central hub rotationally coupled to the second element, at least one group of elastic members (25, 26) acting against rotation of the first element and second element with respect to one another, a phasing member having by two parts (32, 33) for arranging the elastic members of the at least one group of elastic members (25, 26) in series so that the elastic members (25, 26) of the at least one group deform in phase with one another, and a pendulum damper (48) rotationally connected to the phasing member. The first and second movable elements (13-14, 15-16) are coaxial and rotationally movable around an axis X. The phasing member (32, 33) is centered on the central hub by means of a pendulum support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventors: Gilles Lebas, Roel Verhoog, Thibault Laforge, Franck Cailleret, Emmanuel Commeine
  • Patent number: 10233996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vibration damping system for a motor vehicle transmission, comprising: a support member (1) capable of being driven rotationally around an axis X and having a plurality of outer raceways (16); and a plurality of pendulum flyweights (2) distributed circumferentially around the axis X; each of the pendulum flyweights (2) being mounted oscillatingly with respect to the support member (1) by means of two rolling bodies (12, 13) that interact respectively with one and the other of the two inner raceways (14, 15) of the pendulum flyweight (2) and each interact with one of the outer raceways (16) of the support member (1), the outer raceways (16) being juxtaposed one after another continuously around the axis X, so that the rolling bodies (12, 13) are each capable of passing freely from a first outer raceway (16) to a second outer raceway (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventors: Roel Verhoog, Giovanni Grieco
  • Patent number: 10197143
    Abstract: A hydrokinetic torque coupling device includes a turbine wheel (3), an impeller wheel (2) able to hydrokinetically drive the turbine wheel (3), a cover (5) non-rotatably attached to the impeller wheel (2) so as to define an internal volume (6) accommodating the turbine wheel (3), and a seal (18) mounted to a radially external periphery of the turbine wheel (3). The turbine wheel (3) being able to be axially moved between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The seal (18) configured to engage one of a matching sealing surface (22) of the impeller wheel (2) positioned radially outside the turbine wheel (3) and the cover (5) in the engaged position and to be disengaged from one of the matching sealing surface (22) the impeller wheel (2) and the cover (5) in the disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO EMRAYAGES
    Inventor: Roel Verhoog
  • Patent number: 10174805
    Abstract: A pendulum-type torsional damping device comprises oscillating masses (6, 8, 10) mounted movably on a support (4). Each oscillating mass (6) is intercalated circumferentially between a first adjacent oscillating mass (8) and a second adjacent oscillating mass (10). Each oscillating mass (6) is mounted movably on the support (4) by a rolling contact via a single bearing element (12) associated with that oscillating mass, and a sliding contact between one of terminal edges (18) thereof and a terminal edge (20) of the second adjacent oscillating mass (10), which forms a radial retention edge for that oscillating mass (6). The device allows effective pendulum damping to be obtained with a limited number of bearing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventor: Roel Verhoog
  • Publication number: 20180355950
    Abstract: A pendulum damping device including a mounting capable of rotating about an axis; at least one pendulum body that includes first and second pendulum masses axially spaced relative to each other and movable relative to the mounting, the first pendulum mass being axially placed on a first side of the mounting and the second pendulum mass being axially placed on a second side of the mounting, and at least one member that is intended for connecting the first and second pendulum masses and couples said masses; and at least one rolling member guiding the movement of the pendulum body relative to the mounting. The rolling member engages, on one hand, with a rolling track secured to the mounting and, on the other hand, with a rolling track secured to the pendulum body and defined by the connecting member. The rolling member exerts an axial clamping force on at least one of the pendulum masses during movement of said pendulum mass relative to the mounting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Roel VERHOOG, Franck CAILLERET
  • Publication number: 20180245665
    Abstract: A device for damping torsional oscillations including at least one support being displaced rotationally about an axis, a plurality of pendular bodies, each pendular body being mobile in relation to the support, and a friction-based connection between two circumferentially adjacent pendular bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Michael HENNEBELLE, Roel VERHOOG, Franck CAILLERET, David SALVADORI
  • Patent number: 10024411
    Abstract: A hydrokinetic torque coupling device features a casing comprising a casing shell and an impeller shell, an impeller, a turbine-piston, a damper assembly comprising a drive member non-moveably connected to the turbine-piston and a driven member elastically coupled to the drive member, and a clutch member comprising a clutch plate and a connecting member extending through the damper assembly and non-moveably interconnecting the clutch plate with the turbine-piston. The clutch plate has an axially outer surface facing an engagement surface of the casing. The turbine-piston is axially displaceable relative to the casing to move the clutch member axially toward and away from the engagement surface of the casing for positioning the hydrokinetic torque coupling device into and out of a lockup mode in which the clutch member and the casing frictionally interlock with one another so that the casing is non-rotatable relative to the turbine-piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventor: Roel Verhoog