Patents by Inventor Jean-François Noel Du Payrat

Jean-François Noel Du Payrat 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).

  • Publication number: 20080000781
    Abstract: A container for ammunition of the type comprising a case inside which an inner casing receiving the ammunition is able to slide between two axial positions, one in which it blocks the ammunition and the other in which it unblocks the ammunition, the inner casing incorporating a front sleeve having flexible fingers, such sleeve cooperating in its blocking position with a fixed limit stop integral with the case and ensuring the retention of the fingers on a zone of the projectile to limit its translation, such container wherein it incorporates means ensuring the radial spacing of the flexible fingers at a distance from the projectile in the unblocking position of the inner casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: GIAT Industries
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Noel Du Payrat, Elsa Jurkiw, Stephane Guibert
  • Patent number: 7308981
    Abstract: A container for ammunition of the type comprising a case inside which an inner casing receiving the ammunition is able to slide between two axial positions, one in which it blocks the ammunition and the other in which it unblocks the ammunition, the inner casing incorporating a front sleeve having flexible fingers, such sleeve cooperating in its blocking position with a fixed limit stop integral with the case and ensuring the retention of the fingers on a zone of the projectile to limit its translation, such container wherein it incorporates means ensuring the radial spacing of the flexible fingers at a distance from the projectile in the unblocking position of the inner casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Giat Industries
    Inventors: Jean-François Noel Du Payrat, Elsa Jukiw, Stéphane Guibert