Patents Assigned to Le Joint Francais S.N.C.
  • Patent number: 6418582
    Abstract: A bellows for an airplane boarding corridor for passengers, and a corridor including such bellows. A bellows actuator device of the invention has chambers that can be inflated and deflated on command to enable the bellows to be extended and to allow the bellows to be retracted, and it also returns the bellows to the retracted condition. Advantageously, the inflatable chambers of the actuator device of the invention form at least two rows of tubes disposed symmetrically or substantially symmetrically about a longitudinal plane of symmetry of the bellows, each row being individually inflatable. The present invention is mainly applicable to making equipment, in particular weatherproofing bellows, for airport boarding corridors for passengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Le Joint Francais S.N.C.
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Petit
  • Patent number: 6085403
    Abstract: A gangway bellows for rolling stock, where the bellows has corrugated regions forming a deformable volume, and comprises a plurality of assembled-together modules, each module being made of a rubber-base material and including at least two corrugated regions that are assembled together by vulcanization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Le Joint Francais S.N.C.
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Petit
  • Patent number: 5953998
    Abstract: A gangway bellows for rolling stock, where the bellows has corrugated regions forming a deformable volume, and comprises a plurality of assembled-together modules, each module being made of a rubber-base material and including at least two corrugated regions that are assembled together by vulcanization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Le Joint Francais S.N.C.
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Petit