Patents Assigned to Attax
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Publication number: 20110073742Abstract: A system for attaching an aircraft seat to an aircraft. The system includes a pair of attachment devices. Each device includes a base connected to the seat, attachment means for attaching the seat to the rest of the aircraft, the attachment means being movable between a retracted position for fitting or dismantling the seat and an active position for blocking the seat. The attachment devices also include an operating lever to move the attachment means, the operating lever being articulated with the base and movable between a retracted position for fitting or dismantling the seat and an active position for blocking the lever in the active position. The attachment devices further include locking means for locking the lever in the active position, the locking means being disengageable by a rotary actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: ATTAXInventor: Xavier Marechal
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Publication number: 20110006160Abstract: The system comprising a base (2) having attachment means (3) which are movable between a retracted position for fitting/dismantling the seat and an active position for attachment of the seat, by an operating lever (4) which is movable between a retracted fitting/dismantling position and an active position for blocking of the attachment means and which has means (6) for articulation with the base (2) and disengageable means (8) for locking the lever in the active position, is characterized in that the locking means comprise means in the form of a catch (9) which are carried by the lever or the base and are suitable for cooperation, in the active position, with holding means (10) of the base or of the lever in order to lock the lever (4) in the active position, the means in the form of a catch (9) being movably mounted against the urging of resilient means (11) in order to allow them to pass over the holding means (10) and engage in the locking position and to be freed therefrom under the action of rotary operaType: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: ATTAXInventor: Xavier Marechal
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Patent number: 7819457Abstract: System for engaging two components with each other wherein one of the components has hook-like devices (1) which are suitable for being engaged in an opening (L) of the other component and for co-operating with an engagement lock (2) and which can be moved between a retracted assembly/disassembly position for the two components and an active position for engaging the two components under the control of an operating device (3).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: ATTAXInventor: Dominique Dubost
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Patent number: 7736111Abstract: This device for holding screw-like means (1) in position in a through-hole (2) in a first part (3) for clamping the first part to a second part is characterized in that it comprises a one-piece tongue (4) comprising a central portion provided with a tapped hole (5) for receiving screw-like means (1) and either side of which extend two resilient wings (6, 7) intended to engage with clearance in apertures (8, 9) in the first part to allow the screw-like means to be held in position with clearance in the hole (2) in this first part.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2006Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: ATTAXInventors: Helder De Azevedo, Dominique Dubost
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Publication number: 20100090060Abstract: The system comprising a base (2) and a slide (3) movable therein, which are equipped with means for hooking into a rail of the aircraft, by movement of the slide (3) between assembly/disassembly and hooking positions, by means of a lever (6) articulated on the base and the slide by rods (7, 8), the lever (6) being movable between a retracted position for assembly/disassembly and an active hooking position, wherein the hook-shaped means (9) of the lever (6) co-operate with retaining means (10), which are provided at one end of a resilient member (11), the other end of which is associated with the base, the resilient member (11) being associated with unlocking means (12) comprising cam means (22) which are rotatable in the base and capable of being actuated so as to move the retaining means (10) towards a release position for the hook-shaped means (9), is characterized in that the resilient member (11) is in the shape of a recumbent V, one of the ends of which includes the retaining means (10) and the other endType: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: ATTAXInventor: Xavier Marechal
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Patent number: 7578538Abstract: System for engaging a dashboard (P) with a chassis (C) of a motor vehicle wherein one of the components, the dashboard or the chassis, includes hook-like elements (1) which are suitable for being engaged in an opening (L) of the other component, the chassis or the dashboard, and for co-operating with members which form an engagement lock (2) and which can be moved between a retracted assembly/disassembly position for the two components and an active position for engaging the two components under the control of operating elements (3).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: AttaxInventor: Dominique Dubost
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Patent number: 7506414Abstract: This fastener is characterized in that it comprises a clip-like portion (5) which is suitable for being resiliently hooked to an edge of the first component (2) and from one branch of which at least two hooking lugs (6, 7) extend, the first (7) of which comprises a folded portion which is provided with means (9) for hooking to the first component (2), and the second (6) of which comprises means (8), in the form of a resilient hook for passing an over-center position, for hooking the fastener, and therefore the first component (2), to an edge of a slot (4) of the second component (3).Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: ATTAXInventors: Dominique Dubost, Helder De Azevedo
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Publication number: 20080290684Abstract: System for engaging a dashboard (P) with a chassis (C) of a motor vehicle wherein one of the components, the dashboard or the chassis, comprises hook-like means (1) which are suitable for being engaged in an opening (L) of the other component, the chassis or the dashboard, and for co-operating with means which form an engagement lock (2) and which can be moved between a retracted assembly/disassembly position for the two components and an active position for engaging the two components under the control of operating means (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: ATTAXInventor: Dominique DUBOST
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Patent number: 7415752Abstract: The resilient fastener for fixing two parts onto each other, having a general V-shape including an intermediate portion (2) in the shape of a pincer with two limbs (3, 4), and adapted to be engaged on a first part and from at least one of the limbs of which extends at least one lateral wing (6, 7) equipped with means, passing an over-center position, for fastening onto a corresponding edge of the second part in order to attach the fastener, and therefore the first part, to the second part, is characterized in that it has at the junction zone of the or each lateral wing (6, 7) and the corresponding limb (3, 4) of the intermediate portion, at least one cut-away portion in the shape of a barb (10, 11) extending in prolongation of the corresponding wing (6, 7) and in the direction of the intermediate portion, in order to lock the intermediate portion of the fastener on the first partType: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: ATTAXInventors: Helder De Azevedo, Dominique Dubost
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Patent number: 7051408Abstract: This clip in the general shape of a V comprising an intermediate portion (5) from which two lateral wings (6, 7) extend, provided with outward tab means (8, 9) comprising angled spring means (12, 13) for parting a point of resistance and for holding the clip (1) on the edges of a hole (4) in a first part (2) and with inward tab means (10, 11) provided with means (20) for gripping the second part, in order to fix this second part (3) to the first (2), is characterized in that the inward tab means comprise portions (18, 19) which are bent toward the interior of the clip in the direction of its intermediate portion (5), in that the means (20) for gripping the second part (3) are situated on these bent portions of the inward tab means, and that the points where the latter are bent (21) are situated at the level of the angled means (12, 13) of the outward tab means (8, 9).Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2004Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: AttaxInventors: Helder De Azevedo, Dominique Dubost
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Patent number: 5297823Abstract: This device, in which the tubular element (1) is fixed to the spigot (2) by maintaining and sealing means (4), is characterized in that the maintaining and sealing means comprise two sleeves (5,6) coaxial with the spigot, one of the sleeves being an outer sleeve (5) connected to the component (3) and comprising resiliently deformable branches (10,11) biased in the direction toward the spigot, there being provided at the end of each branch a hooking portion projecting inwardly of the outer sleeve, and the other sleeve being an inner sleeve (6) comprising an abutment surface (7) and mounted to be axially movable between the outer sleeve (5) and the spigot (2) by the bearing of the tubular element (1) against the abutment surface (7), between a mounting position in which the inner sleeve (6) maintains the branches (10,11) of the outer sleeve (5) spaced away from the spigot (2), and a hooking position in which the inner sleeve releases the branches (10,11) of the outer sleeve (5), so that the hooking portions ofType: GrantFiled: February 19, 1992Date of Patent: March 29, 1994Assignee: ATTAXInventor: Dominique Dubost
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Patent number: 5249845Abstract: The embellishing member wheel cover, provided with hooking or attachment members (4) for hooking or attachment onto the head or lug nut (5) of a bolt (5b) that functions as a fixing or fastening element that fixes the wheel on a hub of the vehicle, is characterized in that each hooking member comprises a first sleeve (8) connected to the wheel cover (1) and in which is axially movable a second sleeve (9) coaxial with the first sleeve (8) and provided with an abutment surface (11) and elastically deformable branches (12, 13), at the end of each of which is provided a hooking portion (12a, 13a) extending inwardly of the first sleeve, the second sleeve being movable in the first sleeve, by a bearing of the head of the respective fixing element (5) on the abutment surface (11), between a mounting position of the wheel cover relative to the wheel, in which the branches (12, 13) of the first sleeve extend around the head of the fixing element, inside the first sleeve and the hooking portions (12a, 13a) of the brancType: GrantFiled: January 29, 1992Date of Patent: October 5, 1993Assignee: AttaxInventor: Dominique Dubost