Patents by Inventor Patrick Gnemmi

Patrick Gnemmi 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).

  • Low voltage device for the generation of plasma discharge to operate a supersonic or hypersonic apparatus
    Patent number: 7645969
    Abstract: A method, device, and projectile having a device for guiding or piloting projectiles or missiles (self-propelled or non-self-propelled), to deflect, in a direction Y, a hypervelocity projectile operating in a gas, such as a shell, a bullet, or a missile, having a nose, generally in the shape of a cone, with a more or less pointed tip, by generating a first high-voltage discharge able to produce a plasma over a first limited sector of the projectile surface and in direction Y, maintaining the plasma, and generating another low-voltage discharge able to supply the plasma with energy over a second limited sector of the projectile surface and in direction Y, the first and the second sectors being different and may overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches de Saint-Louis
    Inventors: Patrick Gnemmi, Christian Rey
  • Low voltage device for the generation of plasma discharge to operate a supersonic or hypersonic apparatus
    Publication number: 20070200028
    Abstract: A method, device, and projectile having a device for guiding or piloting projectiles or missiles (self-propelled or non-self-propelled), to deflect, in a direction Y, a hypervelocity projectile operating in a gas, such as a shell, a bullet, or a missile, having a nose, generally in the shape of a cone, with a more or less pointed tip, by generating a first high-voltage discharge able to produce a plasma over a first limited sector of the projectile surface and in direction Y, maintaining the plasma, and generating another low-voltage discharge able to supply the plasma with energy over a second limited sector of the projectile surface and in direction Y, the first and the second sectors being different and may overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: INSTITUT FRANCO-ALLEMAND DE RECHERCHES DE SAINT-LOUIS
    Inventors: Patrick Gnemmi, Christian Rey
  • Projectile steering by plasma discharge
    Patent number: 7002126
    Abstract: A device and method for guiding or steering projectiles (self-propelled or non-self-propelled), or missiles, and for steering a supersonic projectile, or a missile, having a nose, generally in the shape of a cone, having a more or less pointed end, and capable of creating a plasma discharge near the end of the projectile over a limited sector of the outer surface of nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches de Saint-Louis
    Inventors: Patrick Gnemmi, Romain Charon, Michel Samirant
  • Projectile steering by plasma discharge
    Publication number: 20050017124
    Abstract: A device and method for guiding or steering projectiles (self-propelled or non-self-propelled), or missiles, and for steering a supersonic projectile, or a missile, having a nose, generally in the shape of a cone, having a more or less pointed end, and capable of creating a plasma discharge near the end of the projectile over a limited sector of the outer surface of nose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: INSTITUT FRANCO-ALLEMAND DE RECHERCHES DE SAINT-LOUIS
    Inventors: Patrick Gnemmi, Romain Charon, Michel Samirant