Patents by Inventor Samuel Gallion

Samuel Gallion 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: 7429133
    Abstract: An instrumented ball-bearing includes a rotating part, a non-rotating part, and an assembly for detecting rotation parameters. The assembly for detecting rotation parameters includes an encoder and a sensor. The sensor is integrated with the non-rotating part. The sensor includes a sensor unit and at least a microcoil. The microcoil has a substantially planar winding. The microcoil is positioned in the sensor unit of the non-rotating part such that the microcoil is positioned axially opposite the encoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Samuel Gallion, Franck Lauferon
  • Publication number: 20070053622
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing support with an instrumented movement (1), comprising a non-rotating bush (2), a rotating bush (3), roller elements (4), arranged between the rotating (3) and non-rotating (2) bushes and an information recorder unit, with a sensor (7) and a coder (8), comprising a substrate (16) made from an electrically non-conducting material and a thin layer (17) of electrically-conducting material, supported by the substrate (16). The substrate (16) is fixed in rotation with the rotating bush (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Samuel Gallion, Franck Lauferon
  • Publication number: 20060104558
    Abstract: An instrumented ball-bearing may include a rotating part, a non-rotating part, and an assembly for detecting rotation parameters. The assembly for detecting rotation parameters may include an encoder and a sensor. The sensor may be integrated with the non-rotating part. The sensor may include a sensor unit and at least a microcoil. The microcoil may have a substantially planar winding. The microcoil may be positioned in the sensor unit of the non-rotating part such that the microcoil may be positioned axially opposite the encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Samuel Gallion, Franck Lauferon
  • Patent number: 6821021
    Abstract: The invention concerns an instrumented antifriction bearing device, provided with a non-rotating part including a non-rotating ring and sensor element, a rotating part including a rotating ring and encoder, and at least a row of rolling bodies arranged between two raceways of the non-rotating and the rotating rings. The non-rotating sensing element and the rotating encoder form an assembly detecting rotation parameters. The device includes a maintenance device for temporarily maintaining the angular indexing of the encoder relative to the sensing element in an angular position, wherein the encoder generates in the sensing element a reference signal. The maintenance device temporarily maintains the angular indexing device in position until released, as for example, by the axial displacement of at least part of an element of the device towards the row of rolling bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: SKF France
    Inventors: Olivier Message, Franck Landrieve, Samuel Gallion, Jean-François Maestrati
  • Publication number: 20030147572
    Abstract: The invention concerns an instrumented antifriction bearing device, provided with a non-rotating part comprising a non-rotating ring (2) and sensor means (14), a rotating part comprising a rotating ring (1) and encoding means (16), and at least a row or rolling bodies (6) arranged between two raceways of the non-rotating (2) and the rotating (4) rings. The non-rotating sensing means (14) and the rotating encoding means (16) form an assembly detecting rotation parameters. The device comprises means for temporarily maintaining the angular indexing of the encoding means (16) relative to the sensing means (14), in an angular position wherein said encoding means (16) generates in the sensing means (14) a reference signal, the means temporarily maintaining the angular indexing means being released by the axial dispalcement of at least part of an element of the device towards the row of rolling bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Olivier Message, Franck Landrieve, Samuel Gallion, Jean-Francois Maestrati