Patents by Inventor Andre Lherm

Andre Lherm 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).

  • Patent number: 4935657
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Marx generator comprising:a sealed case inside which prevails an atmosphere of a dielectric gas,a plurality of capacitor stages connected by a plurality of electrodes to two annular terminals connected to pairs of associated spark-gap heads. The spark-gap heads of each of said pairs of associated spark-gap heads are mounted on the same insulating support so as to be connected mechanically together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Andre Lherm, Bernard Raveu
  • Patent number: 4837661
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for storing very high voltage electrical energy, of the type comprising a plurality of capacitor stages of which each is in the form of a ring and is provided, at each of the end faces of the corresponding capacitor, with at least one electrode, said rings being coaxial and distributed along their common axis, each electrode being radial with respect to the corresponding ring and being constituted by a thin metal band of which the plane is of general direction perpendicular to said common axis and parallel to said end faces of said rings, wherein, at least concerning certain portions of said electrodes which lie opposite an end face of the corresponding capacitor stage, the longitudinal edges of said electrodes are rounded, so as not to present any longitudinal end edge opposite said end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Andre Lherm, Bernard Raveu, Alain Nicolas