Patents by Inventor Fabrice Buteau

Fabrice Buteau 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: 5585076
    Abstract: The installation, which includes a tubular enclosure, is provided with a plugging device at each end, each plugging device including a moving assembly that can be displaced perpendicularly to the axis .DELTA. of the enclosure. The moving assembly includes a plug of the stopper type provided with a seal, a spacer provided with a pull rod a drawer and a plugging body. The moving assembly is slidably mounted in a force take-up member. Via co-operation between sloping ramps carried by the plug and complementary sloping grooves in the drawer, the transverse displacement of the drawer causes the plug to be displaced axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: GEC Alsthom ACB
    Inventors: Fabrice Buteau, Bernard Ollivaud