Patents by Inventor Serge Chevalier

Serge Chevalier 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: 11940008
    Abstract: Rolling-element bearing for a turbomachine of an aircraft, comprising an inner ring (3) defining a first raceway (112), and an outer ring (4) defining a second raceway (124), characterized in that the bearing has at least one loop circuit (21, 22) for forced recirculation of lubricant, this loop circuit comprising a first recirculation circuit (21) comprising at least one lubricant inlet (1200) located on the second raceway (124), and connected by at least one duct (120, 166) created in the outer ring (4) to at least one lubricant outlet (1661) which discharges into a second recirculation circuit (22) of the loop circuit (21, 22), this second recirculation circuit (22) comprising at least one duct (152, 1134, 1136; 1135, 1136) created in the inner ring (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Serge Marie Gabriel Cot, Jean-Paul Salvador Lopez, Stephane Chevalier
  • Patent number: 4183069
    Abstract: The invention relates to support systems for flexible information-carrying discs. More particularly, the invention relates to an air bearing support plate (1) for a flexible disc (3) of which the sliding surface (2) is free in a preponderant sector from any profile irregularity (6) capable of affecting the flatness of the annular band of the disc (3) containing the information. The invention is applicable in particular to the optical reading by reflection or transmission of information carried by a flexible disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Assignee: Thomson-Brandt
    Inventors: Gerald Roullet, Jean-Pierre Bortuzzo, Serge Chevalier