Patents by Inventor Andre H. Abrioux

Andre H. Abrioux 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).

  • Disconnectible apparatus comprising a double bayonet coupling
    Patent number: 4494555
    Abstract: A bayonet drive coupling comprises a barrel and end fitting to be connected by a first bayonet coupling and a spindle and sleeve to be connected by a second bayonet coupling. The second bayonet coupling comprises a slot having a straight entry portion and an oblique second slot portion to receive a pin of the spindle, whereby axial movement of the sleeve is actuated as the pin moves along the second slot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Andre H. Abrioux, Pierre Corcuff, Jean L. Leveque
  • Apparatus for ascertaining the firmness of tissue
    Patent number: 4365638
    Abstract: Apparatus for measuring the firmness of tissue, for example of skin in vivo, comprises a compartment open at one end and having a deformable bulb at the other end to allow the compartment near the open end to be subject to internal suction deforming a portion of skin against which the apparatus is applied to dome upwardly into the compartment. A plunger pressed upwardly by the doming skin actuates a pivotable pointer visible from outside the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1982
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Jean-Luc M. Leveque, Andre H. Abrioux