Patents by Inventor Daniel Pichon

Daniel Pichon 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: 7048466
    Abstract: The invention concerns a channel element (1) for roadway drainage gutter, consisting of a thermoplastic trench body (2) with U-shaped cross-section whereof the horizontal upper ends of the branches (2a) are designed to receive a metallic rabbet (3) for receiving and maintaining a metal grate (4) fixed to the channel body (2) with fixing means such as a screw (9)/nut (10), the trench body (2) including at least a bore (6) arranged at the horizontal upper ends of its branches (2a) to be aligned with matching orifices (7, 8) provided respectively in the rabbet (3) and in the grid (4) for receiving, preferably with clearance, a screw for fixing (9) the grid. Another bore (11) of smaller diameter than the diameter of the screw (9) is provided beneath said housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Aliaxis R & D SAS
    Inventors: Claude Benesteau, Daniel Pichon, Jean-Michel Paucod
  • Publication number: 20050055887
    Abstract: The invention concerns a channel element (1) for roadway drainage gutter, consisting of a thermoplastic trench body (2) with U-shaped cross-section whereof the horizontal upper ends of the branches (2a) are designed to receive a metallic rabbet (3) for receiving and maintaining a metal grate (4) fixed to the channel body (2) with fixing means such as a screw (9)/nut (10), the trench body (2) including at least a bore (6) arranged at the horizontal upper ends of its branches (2a) to be aligned with matching orifices (7, 8) provided respectively in the rabbet (3) and in the grid (4) for receiving, preferably with clearance, a screw for fixing (9) the grid. Another bore (11) of smaller diameter than the diameter of the screw (9) is provided beneath said housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Claude Benesteau, Daniel Pichon, Jean-Michel Paucod
  • Patent number: 5650066
    Abstract: Grating module for peripheral gutter for discharging overflow water from a swimming pool, which comprises a bendable, central longitudinal rib acting as a link for at least one transverse central rib arranged as a ridge on either side of this central rib, the said transverse rib being provided on its upper part with perpendicular slats projecting outwards and constituting the plantar span of the grating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Societe ETEX
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Blandin, Daniel Pichon