Patents by Inventor Salima Fahas

Salima Fahas 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).

  • Electrical connection system between a wheel and a bearing-hub assembly
    Patent number: 7486178
    Abstract: Electrical connection system between a wheel and a bearing-hub assembly, the wheel being mounted on an outer flange of the bearing-hub assembly, and the bearing-hub assembly comprising a rotationally fixed outer ring attached to the vehicle's suspension and an inner ring provided with a centering collar, an open frontal cavity defined in the said centering collar and an axial cavity opening into the said cavity; the connection system having a first connection cable attached to the inner ring and extending inside the axial cavity and the frontal cavity, a second connection cable integrated with the wheel, and a connection element associated with the said centering collar to provide electrical contact that can be selectively disconnected between the first cable and the second cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., SKF Industrie SpA
    Inventors: Christophe Criaud, Sébastien Drap, Salima Fahas, Bruno Giai, Alexander Molenaar, Rafaële Montagnoni, Simona Pilone
  • Electrical connection system between a wheel and a bearing-hub assembly
    Publication number: 20060205241
    Abstract: Electrical connection system between a wheel and a bearing-hub assembly, the wheel being mounted on an outer flange of the bearing-hub assembly, and the bearing-hub assembly comprising a rotationally fixed outer ring attached to the vehicle's suspension and an inner ring provided with a centering collar, an open frontal cavity defined in the said centering collar and an axial cavity opening into the said cavity; the connection system having a first connection cable attached to the inner ring and extending inside the axial cavity and the frontal cavity, a second connection cable integrated with the wheel, and a connection element associated with the said centering collar to provide electrical contact that can be selectively disconnected between the first cable and the second cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., SKF Industrie SPA
    Inventors: Christophe Criaud, Sebastien Drap, Salima Fahas, Bruno Giai, Alexander Molenaar, Rafaele Montagnoni, Simona Pilone
  • Use of an adhesive for assembling a member and a wheel, a member-and-wheel assembly, a member, and a wheel
    Publication number: 20050244605
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an adhesive for assembling together a member and a wheel, the adhesive presenting the following properties: the breaking stress in traction of the adhesive is greater than 0.5 MPa at 80° C.; the adhesive comprises at least one polymeric component of vitreous transition temperature below ?50° C.; and the adhesive comprises at least one other polymeric component of vitreous transition temperature above 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., TRW Automotive US, LLC
    Inventors: Salima Fahas, Frederic Leymin