Patents by Inventor Claude Chevallier

Claude Chevallier 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).

  • Filter assembly including an integral filter cartridge and storage pouch
    Patent number: 6248237
    Abstract: A filter assembly including an integral filter cartridge and storage pouch is disclosed herein. The storage pouch is configured to hermetically surround the filter cartridge upon removal of the cartridge from an opening of a liquid drainage conduit of the assembly. The drainage conduit can include a shutter for closing the opening of the drainage conduit upon removal of the filter cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Societe d'etudes et de Constructions Aero-Navales
    Inventors: Xavier Mery, Claude Chevallier
  • Vehicle seat provided with a lateral airbag
    Patent number: 6050636
    Abstract: The seat back of a vehicle seat includes a lateral airbag in a casing which is integrated into the seat back and which has a front face with an exit opening for the airbag. The cover of the seat back includes a slot in corresponding relationship to the exit opening and the edges of the slot are fixed to the casing on respective opposite sides of the exit opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Equipements SA
    Inventors: Claude Chevallier, Pascal Lhuissier, Gilbert Soulard
  • Vehicle seat provided with a lateral air bag
    Patent number: 6045182
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a back including a lateral air bag disposed in a box integrated in said back. The cover of the seat back includes a cutout located in register with the outer face of the box, and said box is received in a housing in the form of a depression that is laterally open to the outside. The margin of the cover running along the outer face of the box is clamped between said housing and said box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Equipements SA
    Inventors: Claude Chevallier, Plilippe Pedronno
  • Motor vehicle seat including a seatbelt pretensioner
    Patent number: 5971488
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat has a seat proper mounted on two longitudinal slideways via two sideplates. A seatbelt catch is fixed to a cable, itself connected to a pretensioner fixed along one of the sideplates. The sideplate has a passage through which the rear portion of the pretensioner passes, allowing the front portion of the pretensioner to be situated on the inside of said sideplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Equipements S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Pedronno, Claude Chevallier, Hocine Arab