Patents by Inventor Dominique Rouzaud

Dominique Rouzaud 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).

  • Safety locking device having a tilting hook
    Patent number: 5344197
    Abstract: A locking device including a box, a primary latch made in the form of a tilting hook, and a retractable locking member. The locking device further includes a secondary latch made in the form of a sliding member. The sliding member is displaceable between a retracted, open position and an extended, closed position in which the sliding member is in the direct vicinity of an associated catch member. The locking device is particularly applicable to locking the thrust-reversing flaps of aircraft jets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Messier-Bugatti
    Inventor: Dominique Rouzaud
  • Safety locking device having a rocking hook
    Patent number: 5257840
    Abstract: The locking device comprises a first hook cantilevered out from a rocking pin to support a catch member and bearing against a retractable locking member that opposes rocking movement of the first hook, and a second hook adjacent to the first hook and associated therewith by a link member so that when the first hook is closed, the second hook is kept in a position close to a position in which the second hook supports the catch member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Messier-Bugatti
    Inventor: Dominique Rouzaud
  • Adjustable-stroke spring and shock absorber device
    Patent number: 5219152
    Abstract: In the preferred embodiment, the device comprises a body, a sliding rod mounted to slide inside the body, and a control rod including both compression and expansion end-of-stroke abutments associated with a control piston for displacing the control rod to a position which is retracted or extended relative to the body. The stroke c of the sliding rod is greater than the distance d between the compression end-of-stroke abutment and an immediately adjacent end of the corresponding chamber when the control rod is in an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Messier-Bugatti
    Inventors: Michel Derrien, Dominique Rouzaud