Patents by Inventor François Lenhardt

François Lenhardt 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: 6364564
    Abstract: A device for blocking first and second components (1, 2) relative to one another may be provided with first and second parts (3, 4) capable of cooperating with one another in order to effect the blocking, the first part (3) being carried by the first component (1) and being provided with a duct (15) and the second part (4) being carried by the second component (2) and being provided with a blocking finger (24) capable of being introduced frictionally into the duct (15). The first part (3) may have a first pivot system (8) with a pivot (10) that can rotate relative to the first component (1); the duct may be formed by a diametral conduit (15) pierced in the pivot (10) of the first pivot system (8); and the second part (4) may include a second pivot system (23) with which the blocking finger (24) is integral so as to be capable of tilting relative to the second component (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventors: Daniel Chaniot, François Lenhardt, Jean Paul Castan
  • Patent number: 6299221
    Abstract: A flange system for the butt fastening of two pipes (2, 3), for example, the gas outlet pipe and the nozzle of a turboengine, the flange (5) of one of the pipes (2) having a triangular cross section. There are provided on the flange (9) of the other pipe (3) protuberances (12) which cooperate with cuneiform wedges (15) in order to form a system of jaws pressing the flange (5) of triangular cross section between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventors: Daniel Chaniot, François Lenhardt, Robert Bucci