Patents by Inventor Antoinette Gomez

Antoinette Gomez 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).

  • Light-emitting key with multiple independently-illuminated messages, in particular for an aviation equipment panel, and a strip constituted by such keys
    Patent number: 6558013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting key with multiple independently-illuminated messages for fitting to an equipment front panel, in particular for aviation equipment, the key comprising a bearing rim and a hollow key body terminated by a front, drive face covered by a mask etched with messages to be illuminated, said key body being connected to said bearing rim by means of a peripheral ligament, said body, said ligament, and said rim being made as a single piece of flexible material. According to the invention, a slab of translucent material subdivided into blocks by at least one opaque partition extending substantially perpendicularly to the front face is received inside the key body so as to extend as far as the front, drive face of the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: TEAM
    Inventors: Francis Tholin, Antoinette Gomez
  • Light-emitting key with multiple independently-illuminated messages, in particular for an aviation equipment panel, and a strip constituted by such keys
    Publication number: 20020021562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting key with multiple independently-illuminated messages for fitting to an equipment front panel, in particular for aviation equipment, the key comprising a bearing rim and a hollow key body terminated by a front, drive face covered by a mask etched with messages to be illuminated, said key body being connected to said bearing rim by means of a peripheral ligament, said body, said ligament, and said rim being made as a single piece of flexible material. According to the invention, a slab of translucent material subdivided into blocks by at least one opaque partition extending substantially perpendicularly to the front face is received inside the key body so as to extend as far as the front, drive face of the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Applicant: TEAM
    Inventors: Francis Tholin, Antoinette Gomez