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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5525111 | Articulated transmission joint with quadruple drive link The four trunnions (11) transmit the rotation of the shaft (8) to the body (1) through the intermediately of four tracks (3) which oscillate by rolling without sliding on the inner wall of the body (1). In addition, each track (3) is coupled angularly wit... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5338266 | Differential transmission device and viscous coupler, especially for a motor vehicle There is provided a device which incorporates a viscous-fluid coupling (68) and a friction clutch (74) in which are integrated actuation means (80, 81) which cause the engagement or the release of the clutch as a function of the speed of rotation of one o... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5310382 | Transmission device with a controlled viscous coupler, in particular for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a transmission device between two coaxial rotating members (1; 10), of the type comprising a viscous-fluid coupling (11) with a driving element and a driven element, and control devices for modifying the operating characteristic o... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5299981 | Transmission joint body structure and a method of manufacture thereof A transmission joint body (10) intended to be connected to a shaft (13) has several bearing paths for articulation elements distributed around an axis (X--X) of the body. Each bearing path comprises two fixed or movable tracks (14) arranged so as to coope... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5290202 | Telescopic universal transmission joint employing intermediate block elements having cylindrical and spherical bearing surfaces A joint comprises a tripod equipped with three spherical pivots, and a barrel with six cylindrical inner tracks. Intermediate elements comprise a cylindrical surface complementary with the spherical pivot and a surface of circular profile complementary wi... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5279522 | Transmission joint body of the type comprising a connecting flange A transmission joint body has an envelope inside which are provided bearing paths for articulation elements of a transmission joint (10). A connection system for the joint body includes a radial flange connected to the envelope. The flange is made at leas... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5263905 | Arrangement for driving two wheels of the same axle in rotation, with a regulation of their rotational speeds The invention provides an arrangement for driving in rotation two transmission shafts (18) of a motor-driven road vehicle, each connected to a wheel of the same axle, characterised in that each of the two transmission shafts (18) is connected to the engin... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5228664 | Controlled-rigidity device for mechanical force transmission There is provided a device for the mechanical transmission of forces between a first input element and a second output element, characterised in that it comprises an input member (12) connected to the first element, an output member (14) connected to the ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5222912 | Axially fixed transmission joint A transmission joint has a body connected to a first shaft which delimits a cavity. Inside the cavity is formed at least one pair of running tracks, in which is received a running element connected to a second shaft. The joint has an element for axially r... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5207616 | Transmission joint, part of a transmission line equipped with such a joint and process for installing a joint A transmission joint has a first element connected to a first shaft and mounted in an articulated manner in a second element to form a housing fastened to a transmission member. The housing includes a radial fastening flange mounted axially slidably relat... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5173083 | Transmission joint body having articulation element raceways comprising a surface of a member movably mounted in the joint body, and a method making the transmission joint body A transmission joint body has a plurality of bearing passageways for articulation elements distributed around the axis of the body and, each comprising two raceways arranged to cooperate with articulation elements of the transmission joint. Each raceway i... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5165506 | Dynamically variable multi-disc rotary shock absorber with viscous fluid The invention provides a rotary shock absorber (10) of the type comprising a sealed hollow cylindrical housing (12) in which are arranged discs (50A, 50B) alternately integral in terms of rotation with the housing (12) or with a coaxial central shaft (22)... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5160108 | Process and tool for producing a barrel for a telescopic universal transmission joint A barrel to be formed has internal tracks of circular profile which abut ridges (4). The process starts with a sheet-metal blank which is arranged around an inner shaping mandrel equipped with protuberances integral or rotatably attached and defining shap... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5158507 | Transmission device with differential and coupling particularly for motor vehicles According to the invention, an output element of a differential is made in two parts (14a, 14b), one (14b) of these two parts being axially mobile under the effect of a torque transmitted through this output element. This axial displacement is used to act... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5149309 | Differential transmission device and controlled-slip coupling This device, comprising a housing (10), an input member and two output members (14, 15) as well as a controlled-slip coupling device (23) arranged between two of the said input and output members, is characterized in that the differential comprises at lea... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5135438 | Transmission joint of the sliding type A transmission joint of the sliding type in which a first element (12) is connected to a first shaft (14) and comprises trunnion journals (20) distributed angularly in a regular manner about the geometrical axis (A1) of the first shaft (14), each trunnion... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5127881 | Constant-velocity joint with an axially retained tripod A constant-velocity joint with a tripod of the type comprising a tulip and a tripod whose center pivots with radial freedom of movement against the base of the tulip. The tripod is held under axial prestress against this base by an elastic clip having a c... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5109950 | Silencer for exhaust gases and part of an exhaust line having such a silencer A silencer is provided for reducing noise from exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine. The silencer is of the type having an outer cylindrical cover and a coaxial inner cylindrical tube which define between them an annular cylindrical chamber in... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5062821 | Arrangement of a protective cover on the socket of a transmission joint A transmission joint of the type comprising a socket is connected to a first shaft. Inside the socket is formed at least one pair of rolling tracks in which a rolling element connected to a second shaft is received. A protective closing cover of a general... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5033875 | Support bearing of a rotary shaft A support bearing of a rotary shaft, of the type comprising an inner ring (12) and an outer ring (10) coaxial with one another and elastic connecting strips (14a, 14b) between the two rings. The connecting strips comprise a series of first elastic strips (14a)... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5031303 | Methods and device for accurately positioning a roller segment for the purpose of finishing its pivoting bearing surface, and a method for machining the seats of device of this kind A roller segment (14) is held for the purpose of machining a spherical internal bearing surface (10). Its toric external surfaces (18) is supported against two fixed seats (17), immobilized with respect to rotation about an axis (VV') passing through the ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5030168 | Articulated transmission joint having a large telescopic travel in particular for an automobile In an articulated transmission joint for automobiles, there is provided a large telescopic range of travel for the joint. A first shaft having a tripod element composed of three radial arms is joined to another shaft with a bowl element. The bowl element ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5025595 | Method and device for finishing a concave spherical bearing surface on a roller segment, particularly for a homokinetic joint A segment (14) is held for the purpose of grinding its spherical internal bearing surface (10). A toric external surface (18) is supported by claws (21) against fixed (17) and movable (19) seats in such a manner as to have a center (T) and an axis (UU') a... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5009628 | Body having a composite structure for a transmission joint and its method of production A body of a transmission joint includes bearing passageways arranged along the axis of the body and each including two confronting parallel raceways. The raceways are in the form of at least one metal insert. The inner space defined between the inner peri... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4993512 | Exhaust duct part in particular for an internal combustion engine An exhaust duct part for the outflow of a fluid, in particular for the outflow of the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, includes a continuous external casing of substantially constant cross-section and containing at least one acoustic attenu... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4988327 | Device for transferring load through a rolling element mounted with a plain bearing, methods for producing the device, and a transmission joint provided with the latter A roller segment is rotatively mounted on a trunnion and rolls along a track. The trunnion may be one of the arms of a tripod element of a homokinetic joint, in which case the track is carried by the other element of the homokinetic joint. In the unloaded... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4955847 | Homokinetic transmission joint having a tripod element connected to a housing element by rolling elements on the tripod element and rolling tracks in the housing element In a joint, each arm (22) of a tripod element (14) is provided with two rolling elements (24) disposed on opposite sides of the arm. According to the invention, each rolling element (24) has a spherical rolling surface (32) and a conical rolling surface (... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4936133 | Method for manufacturing an element having grooved trunnions and forming method for grooving the trunnions The present invention is drawn to a method of manufacturing a tripod element of a homokinetic joint, and more particularly, to a method of forming grooves in the trunnions of a blank from which the tripod element is manufactured. The grooves are formed by... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4915513 | Crossed tapered roller bearing and application thereof in a hub for an automobile Rollers (9a) having a frustoconical lateral wall interposed between two raceways (4, 6) of two rings (1, 2) alternate with rollers (9b) interposed between two other raceways (3, 7) of the rings (1, 2). A crown region (11) of the large base of each roller ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4908005 | Axially retained wide flexing angle homokinetic joint An axially retained homokinetic joint comprises an element in the form of a tripod (20) connected to one (22) of two shafts to be coupled and a tulip element (42) connected to the other (34, 134) of the two shafts, the tripod element comprising three trun... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4894044 | Homokinetic joint comprising an axially retained tripod element The homokinetic joint has a tripod element connected to one of two shafts to be coupled and a tulip element connected to the other of the shafts. The tripod element includes three trunnions on which are rotatively mounted rollers received in three rolling... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4881923 | Telescopic transmission joint, in particular for a vehicle Arms (2) of a tripod element (1) are in force-transmitting relation in the circumferential direction and in mobile relation in the axial direction, with rolling tracks (9) provided longitudinally inside a bowl (10), through the medium of roller segments (... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4878881 | Fixed homokinetic joint for transmissions of driving wheels of automobile vehicles The joint comprises a tulip element (1) connected to a driving shaft and having three axially extending petal portions (8), a tripod element (3) having three radial arms (4) carrying spherical sectors (18) cooperative with inner spherical bearing surfaces... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4836051 | Differential transmission device in particular for a motor vehicle The object of this device is to simplify and reduce the cost of the original assembly and/or the optional mounting of a controlling or limiting device associated with a differential mechanism whose output elements are connected to coaxial wheel shafts. Th... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4828534 | Transmission joint including a damping of load reversals in particular for vehicles A tripod element (18) trasmits by its arms (31) circumferential forces (F) to a female member--or bowl--through cups (20) and rolling needles. On the unloaded side of each arm, a clearance is produced between the arm and the corresponding support surface ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4808144 | Homokinetic transmission joint for motor vehicles The joint comprises a male element drive in rotation by a driving shaft (AM) and provided with radial arms (340) on each of which are mounted two rolling segments (310) trapped in rolling tracks (R) of a female element (312), expansible elastically yielda... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4799402 | Transmission device for a front wheel drive vehicle A drive unit and which permits a convenient adaptation to various configurations. This sub-assembly mainly comprises a hollow shaft (6) driven by the output member (4) of the unit, and a differential (7) disposed in the hollow shaft and whose two output e... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4768995 | Hookes universal joint A Hookes universal joint has a yoke (15) which comprises a connecting element (24) and limb elements (28, 29) detachably secured thereto. Each limb element has a bore (31, 110) which receives a respective limb of the joint cross member either with the int... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4747322 | Controlled torque transfer differential for a motor vehicle A differential which includes a housing (1a, 1b) through which axially extend two shafts (4, 5) for driving the driving wheels of the vehicle, sun gears (7, 8) mounted in the housing (1a, 1b) in coaxial relation to the shafts (4, 5) and connected to rotat... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4741723 | Slidable homokinetic joint, in particular for a lateral vehicle transmission A homokinetic joint including a first element (1,2) extending along a first axis and carrying three radial arms (3) evenly angularly spaced apart and defining spherical bearing surfaces (4), a second element (10) having a second axis intersecting the firs... | 05/03/1988 |
