Patents by Inventor Benoit Lefrancois

Benoit Lefrancois 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).

  • Pneumatic tightening/untightening device with optimized setting of intake
    Patent number: 10875162
    Abstract: A pneumatic screw driving device includes a terminal element intended to cooperate with an element to be tightened/untightened and a body. The body houses: a pneumatic motor capable of rotationally driving the terminal element; an air intake into the motor; and a setting element for setting an intake section of the air intake into the motor. The setting element can take at least: a fixed state in which the intake section is fixed; and a setting state in which the intake section is adjustable between at least two values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ETABLISSEMENTS GEORGES RENAULT
    Inventors: Benoit Lefrancois, Serge Besnier
  • PNEUMATIC TIGHTENING/UNTIGHTENING DEVICE WITH OPTIMIZED SETTING OF INTAKE
    Publication number: 20190202039
    Abstract: A pneumatic screw driving device includes a terminal element intended to cooperate with an element to be tightened/untightened and a body. The body houses: a pneumatic motor capable of rotationally driving the terminal element; an air intake into the motor; and a setting element for setting an intake section of the air intake into the motor. The setting element can take at least: a fixed state in which the intake section is fixed; and a setting state in which the intake section is adjustable between at least two values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Benoit Lefrancois, Serge Besnier
  • Apparatus for aquatic exercise
    Patent number: 8858284
    Abstract: An aquatic exercise device comprising a base arranged to be held in particular with a foot or with a hand, and webbing, in particular corolla-shaped webbing, that is secured to the base and that is suitable for deforming under pressure from the water that is exerted while the device is moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Decathlon
    Inventors: Stephan Sahun, Patrick Doby, Damien Saumureau, Francois Barbier, Benoit Lefrancois
  • APPARATUS FOR AQUATIC EXERCISE
    Publication number: 20110021324
    Abstract: An aquatic exercise device comprising a base arranged to be held in particular with a foot or with a hand, and webbing, in particular corolla-shaped webbing, that is secured to the base and that is suitable for deforming under pressure from the water that is exerted while the device is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Stephan Sahun, Patrick Doby, Damien Saumureau, Francois Barbier, Benoit Lefrancois
  • Pneumatic power tool
    Patent number: D911804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ETABLISSEMENTS GEORGES RENAULT
    Inventors: Christian van Oost, Benoit LeFrancois