Patents by Inventor Pierre L. Leguet

Pierre L. Leguet 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 measuring the wake of a sailing model
    Patent number: 4899580
    Abstract: A device for measuring the wake of a sailing model in a trail tank is equiped with a platform capable of pursuing the model in the same direction and at the same speed as the model. The device includes five optical point measurement heads, carried on the platform and capable of moving horizontally with respect to the platform and crosswise with respect to the direction of pursuit of the model, thereby scanning the wake transversely and measuring the water surface undulation due to the model wake, in five adjacent vertical parallel planes forming a strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Etat Francais represente par le Delegue general pour l'armement
    Inventors: Pierre L. Leguet, Jean-Claude Dern