Patents by Inventor Christophe VANDENBERG

Christophe VANDENBERG 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).

  • Vehicle equipped with a door protection device ensuring an optimization of the opening clearance
    Patent number: 9557145
    Abstract: A vehicle including a door and a ballistic protection device for a door having a ballistic protection element connected to the door via a device for automatically bringing closer and spacing apart the protection element when opening and closing the door, the device for bringing closer and spacing apart include at least one upper connecting arm and at least one lower connecting arm of the same length and hinged to the protection element and the door, so that the protection element and the door can be brought closer to and spaced apart from each other, while remaining parallel to each other, and at least one actuating arm, hinged to the at least one lower connecting arm and to a fixed part of the vehicle, so as to control, by action on the at least one lower connecting arm, the displacement of the protection element with respect to the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: NEXTER SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jérôme Belloche, Patrick Dersoir, Christophe Vandenberg
  • VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A DOOR PROTECTION DEVICE ENSURING AN OPTIMIZATION OF THE OPENING CLEARANCE
    Publication number: 20160076857
    Abstract: A vehicle including a door and a ballistic protection device for a door having a ballistic protection element connected to the door via a device for automatically bringing closer and spacing apart the protection element when opening and closing the door, the device for bringing closer and spacing apart include at least one upper connecting arm and at least one lower connecting arm of the same length and hinged to the protection element and the door, so that the protection element and the door can be brought closer to and spaced apart from each other, while remaining parallel to each other, and at least one actuating arm, hinged to the at least one lower connecting arm and to a fixed part of the vehicle, so as to control, by action on the at least one lower connecting arm, the displacement of the protection element with respect to the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jérôme BELLOCHE, Patrick DERSOIR, Christophe VANDENBERG