Patents by Inventor Rodolphe Hugon

Rodolphe Hugon 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).

  • Transmission device of an engine, particularly for an engine with variable compression rate and/or variable displacement
    Patent number: 11512628
    Abstract: A transmission device, particularly for an engine with variable compression rate and/or variable displacement, includes, in a cylinder housing: a combustion piston capable of moving in a combustion cylinder of the engine and secured to a transmission member; a gear engaging with a first rack of the transmission member and providing transmission of the movement between the combustion piston and a crankshaft of the engine; a connecting rod engaging, at a first end, with the gear and, at a second end, with the crankshaft; and a control member engaging with the gear and secured to a control piston. The combustion piston and the transmission member are slidably linked with the cylinder housing in a main direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: MCE 5 Development
    Inventors: Rodolphe Hugon, Sylvain Bigot, Matthieu Duchemin, Guillaume Delobre, Benoit Schwenck
  • TRANSMISSION DEVICE OF AN ENGINE, PARTICULARLY FOR AN ENGINE WITH VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATE AND/OR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20200378301
    Abstract: transmission device, particularly for an engine with variable compression rate and/or variable displacement, includes, in a cylinder housing: a combustion piston capable of moving in a combustion cylinder of the engine and secured to a transmission member; a gear engaging with a first rack of the transmission member and providing transmission of the movement between the combustion piston and a crankshaft of the engine; a connecting rod engaging, at a first end, with the gear and, at a second end, with the crankshaft; and a control member engaging with the gear and secured to a control piston. The combustion piston and the transmission member are slidably linked with the cylinder housing in a main direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Rodolphe Hugon, Sylvain Bigot, Matthieu Duchemin, Guillaume Delobre, Benoit Schwenck
  • Transmission device of an engine, particularly for an engine with variable compression rate and/or variable displacement
    Patent number: 10787960
    Abstract: A transmission device, particularly for an engine with variable compression rate and/or variable displacement, includes, in a cylinder housing: a combustion piston capable of moving in a combustion cylinder of the engine and secured to a transmission member; a gear engaging with a first rack of the transmission member and providing transmission of the movement between the combustion piston and a crankshaft of the engine; a connecting rod engaging, at a first end, with the gear and, at a second end, with the crankshaft; and a control member engaging with the gear and secured to a control piston. The combustion piston and the transmission member are slidably linked with the cylinder housing in a main direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: MCE 5 Development
    Inventors: Rodolphe Hugon, Sylvain Bigot, Matthieu Duchemin, Guillaume Delobre, Benoit Schwenck
  • TRANSMISSION DEVICE OF AN ENGINE, PARTICULARLY FOR AN ENGINE WITH VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATE AND/OR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20170350316
    Abstract: transmission device, particularly for an engine with variable compression rate and/or variable displacement, includes, in a cylinder housing: a combustion piston, capable of moving in a combustion cylinder of the engine and secured to a transmission member; a gear engaging with a first rack of the transmission member and providing transmission of the movement between the combustion piston and a crankshaft of the engine; a connecting rod engaging, at a first end, with the gear and, at a second end, with the crankshaft; and a control member engaging with the gear and secured to a control piston. The combustion piston and the transmission member are slidably linked with the cylinder housing in a main direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Rodolphe Hugon, Sylvain Bigot, Matthieu Duchemin, Guillaume Delobre, Benoit Schwenck