Patents by Inventor Rene Dodu

Rene Dodu 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).

  • Deployment and drive device for projectile control surfaces
    Patent number: 7175131
    Abstract: A deployment and orientation device for projectile control surfaces, the deployment being carried out by means of springs between a loading position in which the control surfaces are folded inside the projectile and held against the action of the spring means using blocking means, and a deployed position in which the control surfaces may be oriented with respect to the projectile, device wherein it incorporates motors ensuring firstly the deployment of the control surfaces and secondly their orientation, the blocking means for the control surfaces being single means ensuring the immobilization of all the control surface and enabling them to be released simultaneously, the blocking means being immobilized by first locking means released by the pivoting of the bodies of the motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Giat Industries
    Inventors: René Dodu, Dominique Dion
  • Deployment and drive device for projectile control surfaces
    Publication number: 20050151000
    Abstract: A deployment and orientation device for projectile control surfaces, the deployment being carried out by means of springs between a loading position in which the control surfaces are folded inside the projectile and held against the action of the spring means using blocking means, and a deployed position in which the control surfaces may be oriented with respect to the projectile, device wherein it incorporates motors ensuring firstly the deployment of the control surfaces and secondly their orientation, the blocking means for the control surfaces being single means ensuring the immobilization of all the control surface and enabling them to be released simultaneously, the blocking means being immobilized by first locking means released by the pivoting of the bodies of the motors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Giat Industries
    Inventors: Rene Dodu, Dominique Dion