Patents by Inventor Bruno Gautier

Bruno Gautier 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: 7234889
    Abstract: An accessory for connecting a portion of a first conduit to a portion of at least one second conduit or to another accessory, which accessory includes a base element and an end element including complementary engagement elements co-operating with one another to allow relative displacement between the end element and the base element between a position in which the end element is deployed relative to the base element, and a position in which the end element is retracted onto the base element. The accessory includes resilient return elements distinct from the complementary engagement elements and suitable for acting between the base element and the end element in order to return the end element into the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignees: Legrand France, Legrand SNC
    Inventor: Bruno Gautier
  • Publication number: 20050012335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an accessory for connecting a portion of a first conduit to a portion of at least one second conduit or to another accessory, which accessory comprises at a base element and an end element including complementary engagement means co-operating with one another to allow relative displacement between said end element and said base element between a position in which the end element is deployed relative to the base element, and a position in which the end element is retracted onto the base element. According to the invention, accessory includes resilient return means distinct from said complementary engagement means and suitable for acting between the base element and the end element in order to return the end element into said deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicants: LEGRAND, LEGRAND SNC
    Inventor: Bruno Gautier
  • Patent number: 6693238
    Abstract: An accessory for trunking includes a body provided at one end at least with attachment arrangements by which it can be attached locally to a longitudinal wall of the base section of the trunking. The attachment arrangements include a lug which can be clipped into a housing in the wall and includes an actuator tongue connected to a free end of the lug. The actuator tongue is accessible from the outside of the base section of the trunking and can be pulled in its longitudinal orientation direction to disengage from the housing the free end of the lug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignees: Legrand, Legrand SNC
    Inventors: Alain Jadaud, Bruno Gautier
  • Publication number: 20020125028
    Abstract: An accessory for trunking includes a body provided at one end at least with attachment arrangements by which it can be attached locally to a longitudinal wall of the base section of the trunking. The attachment arrangements include a lug which can be clipped into a housing in the wall and includes an actuator tongue connected to a free end of the lug. The actuator tongue is accessible from the outside of the base section of the trunking and can be pulled in its longitudinal orientation direction to disengage from the housing the free end of the lug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: LEGRAND
    Inventors: Alain Jadaud, Bruno Gautier