Patents by Inventor No{umlaut over (e)}l Antoine

No{umlaut over (e)}l Antoine 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).

  • Patent number: 6175341
    Abstract: An antenna reflector for a spacecraft is elastically deformable so as to be capable of changing from a folded position, when inside the spacecraft, to a deployed position, outside the spacecraft, at least partly under the action of its own elasticity. The reflector is separated into at least two parts by first opposing slot edges forming a crossing slot, so that in the folded position, the first opposing edges move with respect to each other so as to allow a protruding peripheral part of the reflector to be arranged closer to a longitudinal end of the spacecraft with damaging any portion of the reflector. In one embodiment, the two parts may be further separated by a radial slot which is arranged substantially orthogonal to the crossing slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Alain Noir, Christophe Prud'hon, No{umlaut over (e)}l Antoine, Guillaume Cautru