Patents by Inventor Silviu A. Pepescu

Silviu A. Pepescu 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).

  • Thermally compensating cast-in-place torsion joint with improved axial stiffness
    Patent number: 9316276
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a brake disc may include a hub portion and a cheek portion. The hub portion may include a receiving flange for mechanically engaging the cheek portion. The cheek portion may include an upper cheek and a lower cheek connected and separated by a web, and an inner flange extending radially inward from the upper cheek to mechanically engage and communicate with the receiving flange of the hub portion such that the hub portion and the cheek portion form a single brake disc. The inner flange may include a at least one spline tooth circumferentially arranged around the inner flange and constructed and arranged to facilitate the mechanical engagement of the receiving flange and the inner flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Richard M. Kleber, Tomasz Warzecha, Silviu A. Pepescu, Mark T. Riefe
  • THERMALLY COMPENSATING CAST-IN-PLACE TORSION JOINT WITH IMPROVED AXIAL STIFFNESS
    Publication number: 20150167763
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a brake disc may include a hub portion and a cheek portion. The hub portion may include a receiving flange for mechanically engaging the cheek portion. The cheek portion may include an upper cheek and a lower cheek connected and separated by a web, and an inner flange extending radially inward from the upper cheek to mechanically engage and communicate with the receiving flange of the hub portion such that the hub portion and the cheek portion form a single brake disc. The inner flange may include a at least one spline tooth circumferentially arranged around the inner flange and constructed and arranged to facilitate the mechanical engagement of the receiving flange and the inner flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Richard M. Kleber, Tomasz Warzecha, Silviu A. Pepescu, Mark T. Riefe