Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc Billard

Jean-Marc Billard 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 connecting a gas-operated appliance and a gas cartridge
    Patent number: 8777183
    Abstract: A device for connecting gas equipment to a valve of a gas cartridge, having a tap body fixed to the gas equipment, an axial coupling ring fixed to the body of the tap and having at least one elastic lug which can engage radially in a groove of a valve of the cartridge, a rotary locking ring which can occupy a locking position in which the rotary ring keeps each lug engaged in the groove and a release position in which the rotary ring allows each elastic lug to be disengaged from the groove, and a cylinder having a tube which can override the shut-off device of the valve, wherein the rotary locking ring has radial coupling means which can interact with complementary radial coupling means provided on the gas cartridge valve, so that the device can be moved from a locking position to a release position by the rotation of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Application des Gaz
    Inventors: Eric Carrato, Marc Champion, Sylvain Arnaud, Jean-Marc Billard
  • DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A GAS-OPERATED APPLIANCE AND A GAS CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20120080627
    Abstract: A device for connecting gas equipment to a valve of a gas cartridge, having a tap body fixed to the gas equipment, an axial coupling ring fixed to the body of the tap and having at least one elastic lug which can engage radially in a groove of a valve of the cartridge, a rotary locking ring which can occupy a locking position in which the rotary ring keeps each lug engaged in the groove and a release position in which the rotary ring allows each elastic lug to be disengaged from the groove, and a cylinder having a tube which can override the shut-off device of the valve, wherein the rotary locking ring has radial coupling means which can interact with complementary radial coupling means provided on the gas cartridge valve, so that the device can be moved from a locking position to a release position by the rotation of the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Eric Carrato, Marc Champion, Sylvain Arnaud, Jean-Marc Billard
  • Device for connecting a gas-operated appliance and a gas cartridge
    Patent number: 8074965
    Abstract: A device for connecting gas equipment to a valve of a gas cartridge, having a tap body fixed to the gas equipment, an axial coupling ring fixed to the body of the tap and having at least one elastic lug which can engage radially in a groove of a valve of the cartridge, a rotary locking ring which can occupy a locking position in which the rotary ring keeps each lug engaged in the groove and a release position in which the rotary ring allows each elastic lug to be disengaged from the groove, and a cylinder having a tube which can override the shut-off device of the valve, wherein the rotary locking ring has radial coupling means which can interact with complementary radial coupling means provided on the gas cartridge valve, so that the device can be moved from a locking position to a release position by the rotation of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Inventors: Eric Carrato, Marc Champion, Sylvain Arnaud, Jean-Marc Billard
  • Device for Connecting a Gas-Operated Appliance and a Gas Cartridge
    Publication number: 20070204843
    Abstract: A device for connecting gas equipment to a valve of a gas cartridge, having a tap body fixed to the gas equipment, an axial coupling ring fixed to the body of the tap and having at least one elastic lug which can engage radially in a groove of a valve of the cartridge, a rotary locking ring which can occupy a locking position in which the rotary ring keeps each lug engaged in the groove and a release position in which the rotary ring allows each elastic lug to be disengaged from the groove, and a cylinder having a tube which can override the shut-off device of the valve, wherein the rotary locking ring has radial coupling means which can interact with complementary radial coupling means provided on the gas cartridge valve, so that the device can be moved from a locking position to a release position by the rotation of the cartridge
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: APPLICATION DES GAZ
    Inventors: Eric Carrato, Marc Champion, Sylvain Arnaud, Jean-Marc Billard