Patents Assigned to Coutier Industrie
  • Patent number: 8585028
    Abstract: An assembly jig includes a first frame adjustably fastened to a vehicle body in the vicinity of a door opening, a second frame with supporting the door of the vehicle, and link arms between the first and second frames that are hinged to the first and second frames so as to form a deformable quadrilateral in association therewith. Hinges between the arms and the frames include at least one ball joint arranged between a carrier element secured to one of the frames or arms and a carried element secured to one of the arms or frames, carrying being relative to the effect of gravity, wherein at least one of the carrier and carried ball joint elements is secured to the corresponding arm or frame in such a manner that the position in three-dimensional space of the center of the ball joint is adjustable in three spatial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Coutier Industrie S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Charles Coutier
  • Patent number: 4881619
    Abstract: Access to the top of a caged ladder (2, 3) is barred by the device of the invention which comprises a door panel (6) and a closure member (10) both hinged about respective vertical axes (7b, 12), and interconnected like a pair of compasses by a hinge piece (11) and a lever (14) which engages in a slot (13) of the hinge piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Coutier Industrie
    Inventor: Charles Coutier