Patents by Inventor Christian Authie

Christian Authie 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).

  • Patent number: 5984669
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tinted flame lighter having a tank (1000) suitable for containing a mixture (L) under pressure of a tinting agent and of a flammable volatile liquid. The lighter includes a porous filter (1020) suitable for expanding the mixture delivered to the outside of the tank for burning while it is at least partially in the liquid state, and means for feeding the porous filter with the mixture in the liquid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Etienne Lacroix Tous Artifices S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Rosada, Christine Lapene, Christian Authie
  • Patent number: 5554815
    Abstract: A munition constituting a cartridge-launcher loader comprises a plurality of consumable modules each in the form of a flat strip of juxtaposed cartridges each comprising a payload of chaff, an ejector pyrotechnic charge, an electrical initiator, and a reusable support receiving the strips. The support has a system for immobilizing the strips and a handle for transporting and installing it. The strips are juxtaposed at their flat surface to perform a homogeneous block essentially constituting the body of the munition or a part thereof. The support includes a fixed plate carrying the strips and receiving the latter, when they are inserted, by virtue of them sliding in a general direction parallel to the plane of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Etienne Lacroix Toux Artifices S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Authie, Philippe Cassagne