Patents by Inventor Olivier J. Rodi

Olivier J. Rodi 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: 6168341
    Abstract: A device for use with a hinge in which two rigid elements (104, 105) may be placed in various relative angular positions, wherein the elongate part (109) to be protected and guided consists of a section or tube inserted through two mutually facing channels (111, 110) in respective ones of the rigid elements (104, 105). The device includes a movable member (107) arranged between said rigid elements (104, 105) and at least rotatably movable about a rotational axis of said hinge. The member further includes a hole (108) through which said elongate part (109) may inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Inventors: Richard C. Chene, Dominique V. Delamour, Olivier J. Rodi
  • Patent number: 6138783
    Abstract: A drive unit capable of being coupled to a wheeled body to form a vehicle. The drive unit includes a construction having a frame with two opposite edges parallel to the forward direction, the frame supports a driving power source and is in turn supported along said opposite edges by a pair of side walls that are respectively supported on at least one wheel-like member and define a housing for transmission connecting the driving power source to the wheel-like members, each of the side walls has two opposite surfaces perpendicular to the forward direction, and coupling/un-coupling devices provided on the surfaces for releasably engaging the wheeled body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale d'Enterprises Automobiles "C.G.E.A.", R&D Industries
    Inventors: Richard C. Chene, Dominique V. Delamour, Olivier J. Rodi