Patents by Inventor SEBASTIEN THOMASSON

SEBASTIEN THOMASSON 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: 10731722
    Abstract: Provided herein is a jounce bumper (18) for mounting in a vehicle suspension system (2) comprising a shock absorber (6), the jounce bumper (18) having a central bore (20) extending in an axial direction (A). The jounce bumper (18) comprises an elastically compressible bumper portion (24) comprising a plurality of convolutes stacked in an axial direction (A) of the jounce bumper (18), each convolute comprising a crest (26) and a root (28). A cross-section of the compressible portion (24) perpendicular to the axial direction (A) is non-circular, the non-circular shape being configured to provide a variable compression resistance in relation to an axial compression displacement (Cd) of the jounce bumper (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Laszlo Szekely, Bryan Morris, Sebastien Thomasson
  • Publication number: 20180031068
    Abstract: Provided herein is a jounce bumper (18) for mounting in a vehicle suspension system (2) comprising a shock absorber (6), the jounce bumper (18) having a central bore (20) extending in an axial direction (A). The jounce bumper (18) comprises an elastically compressible bumper portion (24) comprising a plurality of convolutes stacked in an axial direction (A) of the jounce bumper (18), each convolute comprising a crest (26) and a root (28). A cross-section of the compressible portion (24) perpendicular to the axial direction (A) is non-circular, the non-circular shape being configured to provide a variable compression resistance in relation to an axial compression displacement (Cd) of the jounce bumper (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Laszlo Szekely, Bryan Morris, Sebastien Thomasson
  • Publication number: 20120292842
    Abstract: Jounce bumper (14) comprising a shock absorber with a cylinder and a slidable piston rod (12), the jounce bumper (14) including an elastically compressible bumper portion (24), a mounting portion (18) and an axially extending central bore (15) positionable around the piston rod. The mounting portion (18) comprises a plurality of flexible locking legs (26) configured for insertion through an orifice (32) of a structural element (16) of the suspension system, the flexible locking legs comprising locking protrusions (36) with retaining shoulders (39) configured to engage an edge (33) of the orifice in a locked position. The locking legs have radially inwardly directed cam protrusions (38) configured to be engaged by the piston rod and are movable from an intermediate position after insertion through the structural element orifice to a locked position after insertion of the piston rod through the jounce bumper central bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: DAMIEN VAN DER ZYPPE, SEBASTIEN THOMASSON, PETER LASZLO SZEKELY, THIERRY DONIS