Patents by Inventor Christian Rinn

Christian Rinn 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: 4529154
    Abstract: A displayable appendix linked to the structure of a space vehicle movable about an articulation axis from a stored position along the structure of the space vehicle to a display position by a control mechanism with abutments on the appendix and on the structure of the space vehicle so distributed and located as to prevent warping or distortion of the articulation axis and the control mechanism by exerting upon the appendix bending prestresses which are reduced near the articulation axis to a pure prestress torque tending to cause the appendix to move to the display position and temporary forces obtained from use of the abutments to hold the displayable appendix in the stored position during launch of the space vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale
    Inventors: Christian Rinn, Georges Marello, Gerard Vezain
  • Patent number: 4491289
    Abstract: A locking device for clamping or sheaving appendices aboard a satellite during the launching phase provides for temporary locking thereof which both limits the required holding forces and authorizes multiplication of the clamping or sheaving points for each appendix while being insensitive to temperature variations. It comprises a stop catch jointed to a foot rigidly secured to the satellite structure, to ensure immobilization of the element to be temporarily locked thereby, an elbow lever hinged to the stop catch and connected to a sheaving cable, and an elastic link exerting upon the lever a force to balance the holding force exerted by the sheaving cable. The locking device remains in the locked position as long as the shearing device for cutting off the cable has not been operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale
    Inventors: Christian Rinn, Gerard Vezain