Patents by Inventor Bernard Timmer

Bernard Timmer 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).

  • Folding devices for vehicle windscreens
    Patent number: 8348327
    Abstract: A fold down device for the windscreen of a vehicle and in particular for an armored windscreen, wherein said device incorporates two uprights hinged by a first end to the structure of the cab of said vehicle, each of said uprights being placed in the vicinity of the lateral edge of said windscreen, said windscreen being linked to each of said uprights by a connecting rod that is hinged on one side to the second end of each of said uprights and on the other to said windscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Nexter Systems
    Inventors: Olivier Germenot, Bernard Timmer
  • Logistic container
    Patent number: 8205773
    Abstract: A logistic container intended to be made integral with a structure, such as a vehicle, and incorporating a clasping device intended to cooperate with a matching device carried by the structure, the container being of a geometry with several faces wherein the container incorporates at least two opening flaps each arranged on a separate face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Nexter Systems
    Inventors: Bernard Timmer, Jean-Noël Patry
  • FOLDING DEVICES FOR VEHICLE WINDSCREENS
    Publication number: 20120068495
    Abstract: A fold down device for the windscreen of a vehicle and in particular for an armored windscreen, wherein said device incorporates two uprights hinged by a first end to the structure of the cab of said vehicle, each of said uprights being placed in the vicinity of the lateral edge of said windscreen, said windscreen being linked to each of said uprights by a connecting rod that is hinged on one side to the second end of each of said uprights and on the other to said windscreen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: NEXTER SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Olivier GERMENOT, Bernard TIMMER
  • Fastening Device for a Logistic Container and Logistic Container Implementing Such Device
    Publication number: 20090272754
    Abstract: A device to fasten a logistic container (1) onto a structure (9), such as a vehicle, such device wherein it incorporates means (16, 12a, 24) to ensure the positioning of the container with respect to the structure and means (17, 25, 26) ensuring the locking of the container onto the structure and logistic container implementing such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: NEXTER SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Bernard Timmer, Jean-Noël Patry
  • Logistic Container
    Publication number: 20080290126
    Abstract: A logistic container intended to be made integral with a structure, such as a vehicle, and incorporating clasping means intended to cooperate with matching means carried by said structure, such container being of a geometry with several faces wherein said container incorporates at least two opening flaps each arranged on a separate face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Nexter Systems
    Inventors: Bernard Timmer, Jean-Noel Patry
  • Exhaust device with or without dilution based on two controllable outputs
    Patent number: 7267195
    Abstract: An exhaust gas distribution device for the engine of a vehicle, wherein said device incorporates means to control the evacuation of the gases towards a classical exhaust system or else towards a specific exhaust system, said specific exhaust system incorporating means to dilute and reduce the visible, sound and infrared signatures of said vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: GIAT Industries
    Inventors: Sylvain Carlier, Michel Brun, Bernard Timmer
  • Exhaust device with or without dilution based on two controllable outputs
    Publication number: 20050211495
    Abstract: An exhaust gas distribution device for the engine of a vehicle, wherein said device incorporates means to control the evacuation of the gases towards a classical exhaust system or else towards a specific exhaust system, said specific exhaust system incorporating means to dilute and reduce the visible, sound and infrared signatures of said vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Sylvain Carlier, Michel Brun, Bernard Timmer
  • Track-laying assistance device
    Patent number: 6665920
    Abstract: A track-laying assistance device to hold, at ground-level, a raised end of an opened track having pre-angled connectors, wherein the track-laying assistance device comprises a first element fastened to the part of the track held to the ground and a second mobile element able to be dismounted with respect to the first element and able to push back to ground-level a raised end of the track to allow the vehicle to engage in it. The device may be activated mechanically, hydraulically or pneumatically and is applicable to tracked vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Giat Industries
    Inventors: Bernard Timmer, Eric Thuillier
  • Track-laying assistance device
    Publication number: 20020002927
    Abstract: The invention relates to track-laying assistance device to hold at ground-level a raised end of an opened track having pre-angled connectors, wherein it comprises a first element fastened to the part of the track held to the ground and a second mobile element able to be dismounted with respect to said first element and able to push back to ground-level a raised end of the track to allow the vehicle to engage in it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: GIAT INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Bernard Timmer, Eric Thuillier
  • Motorized breakdown vehicle, in particular for a tank
    Patent number: 5695207
    Abstract: A motorized breakdown vehicle for an armored vehicle such as a tank includes a chassis that supports a platform having a gangway and a ladder for climbing to the platform. The ladder and gangway are hinged to the platform around a common hinge pin and are selectively connected to one another by a releasable locking structure such that the gangway and the ladder are integral with one another during transport and are independently maneuverable during maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Giat Industries
    Inventors: Renaud Mouterde, Bernard Timmer, Erick Thuillier