Patents by Inventor Vincent Bonnefoy

Vincent Bonnefoy 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: 9364886
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a dog ring gear, each dog being made up of a front portion and a rear portion, the method including the following steps: forming, by means of compression and sintering, a ring gear with dog preforms extending on all or part of the periphery thereof; and calibrating the sintered ring gear in a die including a front die half and a rear die half intended for engaging at the junction between the front and rear portions of the dogs, the thickness (A) of a rear portion (BP) of each preform, in the original plane of the dogs, being greater than the narrowest section (S1) of a groove formed in the rear die half and smaller than the thickest section (S2) of the groove, in the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: FEDERAL MOGUL SINTERTECH
    Inventors: Vincent Bonnefoy, Jean-Luc Ebroussard
  • Publication number: 20120321499
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a dog ring gear, each dog being made up of a front portion and a rear portion, the method including the following steps: forming, by means of compression and sintering, a ring gear with dog preforms extending on all or part of the periphery thereof; and calibrating the sintered ring gear in a die including a front die half and a rear die half intended for engaging at the junction between the front and rear portions of the dogs, the thickness (A) of a rear portion (BP) of each preform, in the original plane of the dogs, being greater than the narrowest section (S1) of a groove formed in the rear die half and smaller than the thickest section (S2) of the groove, in the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: FEDERAL MOGUL SINTERTECH
    Inventors: Vincent Bonnefoy, Jean-Luc Ebroussard