Patents by Inventor Antoine Franco

Antoine Franco 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: 5674135
    Abstract: A vibration damper device (1) intended to be mounted on a sports article such as, in particular, a tennis or squash racket, a gliding board or a golf club, whereinthe device includes at least two elements (3, 4) superposed to form a stack and mounted so as to slide relative to one another, each element (3, 4) in said stack being secured to the article by one end, the ends (13, 14) of the adjacent elements being offset relative to one another so that the deformations of the article (8) due to the vibrations cause the adjacent elements (3, 4) to slideand at least one of the superposed elements (4) is magnetized, one of the other elements (3) in the stack being made of a material which is sensitive to the magnetic field generated by the magnetized element (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Skis Dynastar
    Inventors: Antoine Franco, Jean-Paul Yonnet