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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7207888 | Torsional vibration damping device for motor vehicle clutch A torsional vibration damping device (1), in particular for a motor vehicle clutch, said device comprising a disc (60) and a support (80) mounted mobile in rotation relative to each other about a common main axis, and linked in rotation via circ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 6973724 | Method for making a tubular element and resulting tubular element A method for making a tubular element, in particular a motor vehicle front cross member (1), for forming at least an air conduit (2,3,4) including at least two half-shells (5,6) assembled on two outer longitudinal edges (5a, 6 | 12/13/2005 |
| 6949709 | Method for making a dashboard subassembly in paticular a motor vehicle dashboard console The invention concerns a method for making a dashboard subassembly comprising electrical and/or electronic components (1) connected to conductors (2) and attached to a rigid support (3). The invention is characterized in that it consists in: pro... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6931956 | Locking device with transmission gears A transmission between a gear (22) mounted freely to rotate about a shaft and a one-way drive-lock mechanism (26) for engaging in rotation the gear (22) and its shaft in a rotational direction, including a ring (52) integral in rotation w... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926131 | Hydrokinetic coupling appliance, in particular for motor vehicle A hydrokinetic coupling appliance, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (30) provided with a transverse wall (3), designed to be coupled in rotation to an input shaft, a turbine wheel (12) housed inside the housing (30)... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6830136 | Hydrokinetic coupling apparatus, in particular for motor vehicle, comprising a needle thrust bearing between the piston and the turbine hub The invention concerns a hydrokinetic apparatus, in particular for motor vehicle, comprising a casing (10); a turbine wheel (16) secured in rotation to a hub (30); a lock-clutch comprising a piston (50) whereof the radially inner part ( | 12/14/2004 |
| 6808218 | Dashboard in particular for motor vehicle A dashboard, in particular for motor vehicle, includes at least a three-dimensional element (2) extending longitudinally and designed to constitute a reinforcement against impact and to enable equipment items to be incorporated (1) in the dashboard. Th... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6779643 | Friction clutch with controlled play compensation for motor vehicle A friction clutch comprising a pressure plate (12) consisting of tow half-plates (12A, 12B) integral in rotation with the input shaft but axially mobile, relative to each other, under the action of the device compensating play due to wear. The w... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6770157 | Method and apparatus for adhesive fastening of friction clutch liners on a support plate A clutch plate consists of an annular support plate carrying friction liners adhesively bonded on at least one lateral fastening face of peripheral radial blades of the support plate, by a method including an adhesive applying step which consists in depositing a pre... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6745886 | Motor vehicle clutch pedal vibration absorber The invention concerns a vibration absorber (7) with a housing (8) wherein is mounted a block of elastic material (22) defining a cavity (9) and sealingly closing it. The invention is applicable to motor vehicles. ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6739442 | Friction disc and method for making a lining forming it The friction disk (24) includes a support web (28) the outer peripheral portion (40) of which is sub-divided into radial blades (42) offset axially from the central fixing part (44) with respect to the general plane of the web (... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736247 | Hydrokinetic coupling apparatus in particular for motor vehicle The invention concerns an apparatus comprising a housing (12) with a radial wall (14) coupled with another input shaft, a turbine wheel (104) coupled with a hub (54) and an output shaft; and a lockup clutch comprising a piston (40)... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6712186 | Compact hydrokinetic coupling apparatus, especially for a motor vehicle The invention proposes an apparatus (10) comprising a casing (12, 20, 22) which has a wall (24) arranged to be coupled in rotation to a driving shaft, a turbine wheel (30) rotatable with a hub (34) which is arranged to be coupled i... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6711986 | Device for coupling a lever to a shift cylinder piston A device having a rigid rod mobile in a translational and/or rotational movement, whereof one end penetrates inside a recess of a piston and is fixed by a swivel to the recess of the piston directly or via an insert. The insert is mounted inside the recess of the pi... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6698303 | Automated gear drive device, in particular for motor vehicle An automated gear drive, comprising two main gearshafts (18, 20) bearing drive pinions (22, 24) and linked each by a clutch (E1, E2) to a clutch shaft (10), a gearbox output shaft (12) bearing driven pinions (26) each of which is associated with one-way l... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6696768 | Arrangement of equipment for a motor vehicle An arrangement of equipment for a motor vehicle is designed to perform a variable number of functions such as to assist and/or enhance driving. The arrangement comprises at least one plurality of electronic components based equipment elements (1). Accordi... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6691606 | Hydraulic device with piston and actuating rod, with temporary range-of-travel end stop for purging The invention proposes a hydraulic device of the kind including a cylinder in which a piston is mounted for sliding in leaktight fashion in the body of the cylinder so as to delimit at least one hydraulic chamber intended to be linked to a hydraulic circu... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6688441 | Hydrokinetic coupling appliance A hydrokinetic appliance (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (12) provided with an annular axial wall (13) and a front transverse wall (18), wherein the housing (12) is designed to be linked in rotation to an input shaft, which i... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685260 | Vehicle front interior cross member An interior, in particular front, cross member (10) of a vehicle for circulating an air stream and fixing equipment items of the vehicle. The cross member is provided by an extruded profile (10) defining at least an air flow conduit (11, 12) and zones (13... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6682119 | Sealing device between a partition and a fitting set in front of an opening formed in the partition A sealing device between an element (1) partitioning two separate zones (A, B) and a specific fitting (2) set in front of an opening (3) provided in the partition (1) against one of its faces housing a soundproof lining (4) so as to allow communication be... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6675941 | Hydrokinetic coupling device comprising an improved reactor overrunning clutch A coupling device including a turbine and an impeller with an intervening reactor including a reactor body whereof the central part is linked in rotation with the output shaft via an overrunning clutch having an outer ring, intermediate locking elements, ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6669422 | Device for assembling two parts having a positioning set A device for assembling two components (1,2) includes a lateral positioning set (3). The device includes a fixing screw (10), in particular threaded on the right, and capable of moving freely in a smooth through hole (13) provided in the first component (... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6659423 | Device for controlling an actuator in particular for a vehicle A device for controlling actuator includes a monitor for monitoring (1) the actuators (2) and a set of conductors (3,9) connected to the monitoring (1). The device includes a single physical support (5) for at least part of the monitoring (1) and the cond... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6640945 | Hydrokinetic coupling apparatus, in particular for motor vehicle, comprising improved means linking the piston with the cover The invention concerns a hydrokinetic coupling apparatus comprising a wall (36) with globally transverse orientation and a central ring (52) along which the piston (50) is mounted sealingly sliding to define a control chamber (38) with variable volume, an... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6634692 | Arrangement of equipment for a motor vehicle and dashboard comprising said arrangement An arrangement of equipment for a motor vehicle provided with at least one reserved space consisting of one or several side walls which are located between an opposing bottom and an opening. The reserved space in the arrangement accommodates a plurality o... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6612414 | Hydraulically controlled clutch release bearing for a diaphragm clutch, notably for a motor vehicle, having a guide sleeve A clutch release bearing having a fixed portion (5,6) including an inner support tube (6) and an outer body (5) concentric therewith which defines a control chamber (50) capable of being supplied with a fluid and housing an axially movable tubular piston ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6584873 | Dual mass damping flywheel, in particular for motor vehicle A dual mass damping flywheel comprising a secondary wheel (13) including a torque limiter (19) interposed between the external periphery of a hub (18) and the internal periphery of a reaction plate (16). The hub (18) defines a cavity (9) for housing a sto... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6520306 | Torsional damping device, especially for clutches A torsion damping device is mounted between two coaxial rotating members for transmitting a rotary toque from one member to the other with damping of vibrations and torque oscillations the damping device comprising, two rings coaxial with the rotating mem... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6513219 | Method for producing a ring collar, notably for a clutch mechanism in particular for a motor vehicle A method for making a frustro-conical ring collar by providing a metal band, helically winding the band, cutting off a length of the band which corresponds to one lead of the helix, axially acting on the two ends of the band length to place them in facing... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6503613 | Dry friction clutch liner crowns, and methods of making them A friction liner for a dry friction clutch for a motor vehicle comprises a friction material made by a method which includes the impregnation of a mineral fiber based yarn with an aqueous impregnating cement, which contains latex and a phenolic resin whic... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6502680 | Friction clutch with a device for taking up wear in the friction liners, especially for a motor vehicle A motor vehicle friction clutch, including a reaction plate, a friction disc with friction liners at its outer periphery, a pressure plate, a cover plate, axial clutch engaging mechanism controlled by declutching and acting between the cover plate and the... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6460675 | Slip clutch with a linear friction wear take-up device, especially for a motor vehicle A slip clutch comprising a reaction plate, a friction disk (100), a pressure plate (11), a cover (12) fixed to the reaction plate, engaging member (13) acting between the cover (12) and the pressure plate (11), a linear wear take-up device comprising devi... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6454555 | Apparatus for making an annular friction liner An annular friction liner, especially for use in a friction device of a motor vehicle, is made by an apparatus including a pair of adjacent conical rolls, a helical guide and a device for trimming a length of the continuous ring whereby a straight strip o... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6428276 | Turbine wheel for hydrokinetic coupling apparatus, made of plastic material The invention concerns a hydrokinetic coupling apparatus comprising a turbine wheel capable of being interlocked with a driven shaft and housed in an impulse starter wheel with which it can co-operate for hydrokinetic transmission of a torque to said driv... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422130 | Piston and hydraulic control device for the clutch of an automobile provided with one such piston The invention relates to a piston for a hydraulic control device for a clutch, especially the clutch of an automobile, having a tubular metal sleeve with an internal transversal wall which is integral with the tubular body of the sleeve. A hydraulic chamb... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422370 | Hydraulically controlled clutch release device The clutch release device comprises an outer body (32), a mock cavity (36) that is radially defined on the outside by an outer tube (68) comprising a liquid feed inlet (42) for a chamber (36) that is joined to a feed pipe which communicates with a bore ho... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6415900 | Hydraulic control receiver with closing plate A hydraulic receiver for clutch control having a fixed part including an internal guide tube and a concentric external body defining a blind annular cavity supplied with fluid. A piston carrying a drive element for engaging a declutching device is mounted... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6408623 | Simplified hydraulic control device for a clutch, especially for an automobile The invention relates to a device (10) comprising a cylinder body (17) in an inner bore hole (22) in which a piston (21, 42) is mounted in such a way that it can slide axially, whereby the cylinder body (17) comprises at least one part in the front of the... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6409605 | Hub for preliminary shock absorber in particular for motor vehicle, and torque damping device comprising same A hub for a predamper having two distinct coaxial parts one of which an external flange, and an internal sleeve axially longer than the external flange.... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6408741 | Hydraulic control device for motor vehicle clutch A hydraulic control device for a motor vehicle clutch, comprising at least a control cylinder (10) wherein the cylinder (10) comprises a substantially tubular cylinder body (17) wherein a piston (20) slides axially defining a cylindrical hydraulic chamber... | 06/25/2002 |
