Patents by Inventor Benoît Bon

Benoît Bon 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).

  • Releasable linking unit and corresponding motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6659532
    Abstract: A releasable linking unit has first and second support elements designed to be applied one against the other, said first support element having a catch loop; a hook joined to said second support element and displaceable relative to this second support element; control members having elements for guiding the hook between a locked position and an unlocked position. The guide elements are designed to bias the two support elements one against the other when the hook is fully displaced from its intermediate position into its locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Wagon Automotive SA
    Inventor: Benoît Bon
  • Releasable linking unit and corresponding motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20030047960
    Abstract: A releasable linking unit has first and second support elements designed to be applied one against the other, said first support element having a catch loop; a hook joined to said second support element and displaceable relative to this second support element; control means having means for guiding the hook between a locked position and an unlocked position. The guide means are designed to bias the two support elements one against the other when the hook is fully displaced from its intermediate position into its locked position. The invention has application to the roofs of motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventor: Benoit Bon