Patents by Inventor Jean Marc VERBRUGGHE

Jean Marc VERBRUGGHE 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).

  • Partial-opening system for a motor vehicle opening leaf
    Patent number: 11739570
    Abstract: A partial-opening system for a motor vehicle opening leaf includes an actuator having a fixed frame mounted on the opening leaf and an actuating element moveable between a retracted position in which the opening leaf is in a closed position, and a deployed position in which a free end of the actuating element is adapted to bear on the central pillar in order to partially open the opening leaf. The system further includes a device for retaining the opening leaf having a retaining end-piece arranged at the free end of the actuating element of the actuator and a retaining element adapted to be mounted on the central pillar of the vehicle, the retaining device adapted to maintain the opening leaf in its retracted position and to release the opening leaf in the case of an opening action on the opening leaf on the part of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Francois Debroucke, Jean Marc Verbrugghe, Herve Boucher, Kanae Okabe
  • PARTIAL-OPENING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE OPENING LEAF
    Publication number: 20200263459
    Abstract: A partial-opening system for a motor vehicle opening leaf includes an actuator having a fixed frame mounted on the opening leaf and an actuating element moveable between a retracted position in which the opening leaf is in a closed position, and a deployed position in which a free end of the actuating element is adapted to bear on the central pillar in order to partially open the opening leaf. The system further includes a device for retaining the opening leaf having a retaining end-piece arranged at the free end of the actuating element of the actuator and a retaining element adapted to be mounted on the central pillar of the vehicle, the retaining device adapted to maintain the opening leaf in its retracted position and to release the opening leaf in the case of an opening action on the opening leaf on the part of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: U-SHIN FRANCE, U-Shin Ltd.
    Inventors: Francois DEBROUCKE, Jean Marc VERBRUGGHE, Herve BOUCHER, Kanae OKABE