Patents by Inventor Gerard Genuit

Gerard Genuit 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).

  • Device for ventilating rheostats and/or fluid radiators in a locomotive
    Patent number: 4907645
    Abstract: A device for ventilating fluid radiators (5) and/or starting and braking rheostats (15) in a locomotive which is powered electrically, by means of an internal combustion engine, or by a combination thereof, said radiators and/or rheostats being disposed in a layer close to the locomotive roof (4). The device includes at least one tangential fan (8,9) having a horizontal axis which extends longitudinally relative to the locomotive and blowing air towards said radiators and/or said rheostats. The device further includes air intake openings (6,7) located in the side faces (2,3) of the locomotive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite : ALSTHOM
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Dumas, Maurice Thoraval, Gerard Genuit
  • Device for ventilating rheostats and/or fluid radiators in a locomotive
    Patent number: 4840221
    Abstract: A device for ventilating fluid radiators (5) and/or starting and braking rheostats (15) in a locomotive which is powered electrically, by means of an internal combustion engine, or by a combination thereof, said radiators and/or rheostats being disposed in a layer close to the locomotive roof (4). The device includes at least one tangential fan (8,9) having a horizontal axis which extends longitudinally relative to the locomotive and blowing air towards said radiators and/or said rheostats. The device further includes air intake openings (6,7) located in the side faces (2,3) of the locomotive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Alsthom
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Dumas, Maurice Thoraval, Gerard Genuit