Patents by Inventor Bruno Le Gall

Bruno Le Gall 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).

  • Principle for the integration of missile-based weapon systems on a fixed ramp for stealth surface vessels in order to counter asymmetric threats
    Patent number: 8181562
    Abstract: Device for launching missiles from a ship, includes at least one missile launch ramp, includes a ditch delimited by side walls of which at least two constitute bulwarks which extend around the periphery of the ship, the ditch being open above the exterior deck of the ship, in that the launch ramp is positioned in the ditch so it can be used to launch a missile over a lateral bulwark of the ditch extending around the periphery of the ship. It includes an element for discharging the missile propulsion gases including a duct opening onto an orifice in a lateral bulwark of the ditch extending around the periphery of the ship, and the lateral bulwarks of the ditch are of a height tailored to conceal the missiles in place on the ramp, for angles of incidence of between 0 and ?5° with respect to the deck of the ship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: DCNS
    Inventors: Stéphane Goasduff, Jean-Jacques Milin, Bruno Le Gall, Georges Pensec, Serge Philippe, Xavier Le Gourlay, Yvan Paulmery
  • PRINCIPLE FOR THE INTEGRATION OF MISSILE-BASED WEAPON SYSTEMS ON A FIXED RAMP FOR STEALTH SURFACE VESSELS IN ORDER TO COUNTER ASYMMETRIC THREATS
    Publication number: 20110167995
    Abstract: Device for launching missiles from a ship, includes at least one missile launch ramp, includes a ditch delimited by side walls of which at least two constitute bulwarks which extend around the periphery of the ship, the ditch being open above the exterior deck of the ship, in that the launch ramp is positioned in the ditch so it can be used to launch a missile over a lateral bulwark of the ditch extending around the periphery of the ship. It includes an element for discharging the missile propulsion gases including a duct opening onto an orifice in a lateral bulwark of the ditch extending around the periphery of the ship, and the lateral bulwarks of the ditch are of a height tailored to conceal the missiles in place on the ramp, for angles of incidence of between 0 and ?5° with respect to the deck of the ship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: DCNS
    Inventors: Stephane Goasduff, Jean-Jacques Milin, Bruno Le gall, Georges Pensec, Serge Philippe, Xavier Le Gourlay, Yvan Paulmery