Patents Assigned to Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatial
  • Patent number: 4488736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a suspension for a train of two wheels of a vehicle, comprising two arms oscillating about an axis transverse with respect to said vehicle and each bearing one of said wheels, elastic means and damper means being associated with said arms respectively to dampen the vertical movements of said wheels, wherein the transverse shaft for oscillation of said arms is itself mounted to oscillate parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The invention is more particularly applicable to improving passenger comfort in the vehicle and for improving the road-holding qualities of said vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Assignee: Societe' Nationale Industrielle Aerospatial
    Inventors: Jacques A. Aubry, Michel R. Bonfils
  • Patent number: 4469356
    Abstract: Process for providing a rigid pipe, particularly made of light alloy, with a connecting section comprising a projecting peripheral bead, whereby a reinforcing sleeve is firstly positioned at a free end of said pipe, after which said end provided with its sleeve is deformed to the shape desired for said connecting section said process further comprising the step of deforming said end and said sleeve together to form, in the connecting section, the projecting peripheral bead, which thus participates in the connection of said sleeve on said pipe end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatial
    Inventors: Maurice L. Duret, Yves M. L. Nicolas