Patents by Inventor Thomas Emberger

Thomas Emberger 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).

  • Assembly consisting of a rim and a bearing support
    Patent number: 6609549
    Abstract: An assembly including a deformable, inextensible tread-bearing support S, which can be slipped on to a suitable rim bearing surface (11). The bearing surface (11) extends axially towards the inside of a first rim seat (13′), which is in turn extended to the outside by a protrusion or hump (15′) of low height. The first rim seat (13′) is inclined towards the outside. A second rim seat (13″) having, viewed in meridian section, a generatrix, the axially inner end of which is located on a circle of diameter D″A greater than the diameter of the circle on which is located the axially inner end D′A of the first rim seat (13′). The two seats being, axially to the inside, extended by frustoconical portions (17, 14) of a height at least equal to 0.01 times the minimum diameter of the bearing surface (11), and the generatrices of which form with the axis of rotation angles &agr; at least equal to 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Abinal, Thomas Emberger, Jean-Pierre Pompier
  • Wheel with rim having seats inclined towards the outside and produced by an extrusion process
    Publication number: 20030037853
    Abstract: A wheel, having first and second bead seats which are inclined towards the outside and a cylindrical wall intended for supporting a support ring, constituted by the assembly of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Emberger, Denis Alff
  • Wheel with rim having seats inclined toward the outside
    Patent number: 6470936
    Abstract: A wheel having a rim with first and second rim seats, at least the first rim seat having a generatrix, the axially outer end of which is on a circle of diameter less than the diameter of the circle on which the axially inner end is located, the first rim seat being extended axially outward by a low protrusion or hump and axially inward by a bearing surface intended to receive a tread support ring, and a wheel disk, joined on the side of the first rim seat to the radially inner wall of the rim, characterized in that the rim bearing surface includes first and second support zones separated by a circumferential groove which opens radially outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Rescherche et Techniques, S.A.
    Inventors: Gilbert Pauc, Thomas Emberger
  • Assembly consisting of a rim and a bearing support
    Publication number: 20020124923
    Abstract: An assembly including a deformable, inextensible tread-bearing support S, which can be slipped on to a suitable rim bearing surface (11). The bearing surface (11) extends axially towards the inside of a first rim seat (13′), which is in turn extended to the outside by a protrusion or hump (15′) of low height. The first rim seat (13′) is inclined towards the outside. A second rim seat (13″) having, viewed in meridian section, a generatrix, the axially inner end of which is located on a circle of diameter D″A greater than the diameter of the circle on which is located the axially inner end D′A of the first rim seat (13′). The two seats being, axially to the inside, extended by frustoconical portions (17, 14) of a height at least equal to 0.01 times the minimum diameter of the bearing surface (11), and the generatrices of which form with the axis of rotation angles &agr; at least equal to 45°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Abinal, Thomas Emberger, Jean-Pierre Pompier
  • Wheel with rim having seats inclined toward the outside
    Publication number: 20010020506
    Abstract: A wheel having a rim with first and second rim seats, at least the first rim seat having a generatrix, the axially outer end of which is on a circle of diameter less than the diameter of the circle on which the axially inner end is located, the first rim seat being extended axially outward by a low protrusion or hump and axially inward by a bearing surface intended to receive a tread support ring, and a wheel disk, joined on the side of the first rim seat to the radially inner wall of the rim, characterized in that the rim bearing surface includes first and second support zones separated by a circumferential groove which opens radially outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.
    Inventors: Gilbert Pauc, Thomas Emberger