Patents Assigned to Jeanneau-Constructions Nautiques
  • Flexible bearing for supporting the mainpiece of a rudder
    Patent number: 5317984
    Abstract: The flexible bearing is formed of a sleeve-shaped smooth bearing 6 fixed in a flexible block 4 nested in a housing 3 of the boat so as to absorb the bending deformations of the mainpiece without transmitting them to the structure. The housing 3 is streamlined so as to block the flexible block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Jeanneau-Constructions Nautiques
    Inventors: Bernard Perrin, Eric Perrot, Robert Rigaudeau, Didier Bourniquel, Marcel Guerry, Guy Charrier, Andre Kobus, Jean-Pierre Pilotto, Patrice Crepaud, Jean-Baptiste Cassard, Yianis Mavrikios