Patents by Inventor Gerard Maerten

Gerard Maerten 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).

  • Coated double weave fabric and its use for the manufacture of intercommunication bellows
    Patent number: 8833264
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to an intercommunication bellows for compartments of a public transport vehicle or for a removable aircraft-access ramp, formed from a coated textile support, comprising a double-weave fabric both faces of which are coated with an elastomeric material, and to a method of connecting two compartments of a public transport vehicle comprising the attachment of an intercommunication bellows between two compartments of the vehicle that are hitched together. An embodiment also relates to a public transport vehicle comprising compartments connected together by an intercommunication bellows. According to an embodiment, the double-weave fabric coated with an elastomeric material has one or more of the following properties: stiffness; delamination resistance; tear resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Pennel et Flipo SPRL
    Inventor: Gerard Maerten
  • COATED DOUBLE WEAVE FABRIC AND ITS USE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF INTERCOMMUNICATION BELLOWS
    Publication number: 20110290146
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to an intercommunication bellows for compartments of a public transport vehicle or for a removable aircraft-access ramp, formed from a coated textile support, comprising a double weave fabric both faces of which are coated with an elastomeric material, and to a method of connecting two compartments of a public transport vehicle comprising the attachment of an intercommunication bellows between two compartments of the vehicle that are hitched together. An embodiment also relates to a public transport vehicle comprising compartments connected together by an intercommunication bellows. According to an embodiment, the double weave fabric coated with an elastomeric material has one or more of the following properties: stiffness; delamination resistance; tear resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: PENNEL ET FLIPO SPRL
    Inventor: Gerard Maerten