Patents by Inventor François Vaille

François Vaille 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: 6583361
    Abstract: A flexible coaxial cable includes a shield formed by at least one metal tape provided with a metal coating and wound helically around the insulated core of the cable. The shield is sealed to itself in leakproof manner by the coating which is melted so as to bond directly together the overlapping turns of a single tape or the overlapping turns of two superposed tapes by subjecting the cable provided with the shield to peripheral induction heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Pascal Clouet, Jean-François Guinot, Jean-Jacques Maisseu, François Vaille
  • Publication number: 20020003046
    Abstract: The flexible coaxial cable comprises a shield formed by at least one metal tape provided with a metal coating and wound helically around the insulated core of the cable. The shield is sealed to itself in leakproof manner by said coating which is melted so as to bond directly together the overlapping turns of a single tape or the overlapping turns of two superposed tapes by subjecting the cable provided with said shield to peripheral induction heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: NEXANS
    Inventors: Pascal Clouet, Jean-Francois Guinot, Jean-Jacques Maisseu, Francois Vaille
  • Patent number: 5922155
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an insulative material cellular insulator around a conductor, the insulator having a longitudinal passage in which the conductor is housed and closed cells extending longitudinally and separated from each other by radial walls, includes the following operations: the insulative material in the viscous state is extruded to impart the required shape to it to form the cells, the insulative material shaped in this way is applied to the conductor, and the insulative material is cooled to obtain the insulator. The insulative material is applied to the conductor at a distance from the exit of the shaping device such that the material is drawn down sufficiently for the walls of the cells not to be thinned without pressurizing the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Filotex
    Inventors: Pascal Clouet, Jean-Jacques Maisseu, Francois Vaille, Alain Vernanchet
  • Patent number: 5414215
    Abstract: A high frequency electric cable including at least one inner electrical conductor comprising a twisted strand of conductive wires, wherein a metal tape is taped with overlap around said strand. The overlapping metal tape is used to provide a low linear attenuation and to provide good mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Filotex
    Inventors: Michel Dunand, Francois Vaille
  • Patent number: 5414212
    Abstract: The herringbone harness has multiple branches leading off from a trunk divided into segments by the forks at which the branches start. The harness is exclusively shielded firstly by first braids made over the individual branches, each first braid having a first enlarged tab over at least one of the segments on either side of the branch in question, and secondly by second braids made over the individual segments, each second braid having a second enlarged tab over that adjacent segment which is of smaller diameter than the segment in question. The application is a shielded harness serving multiple points from a common point of origin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Filotex
    Inventors: Pascal Clouet, Francois Vaille, Andre Viaud
  • Patent number: 5378853
    Abstract: The shielded harness has multiple branches and at least one fork, and has shielding braids over the various branches. The harness includes shielding continuity means over each fork, which means are constituted exclusively by enlarged tabs in the individual shielding braids of the various branches, each enlarged tab extending over the fork and beyond over another branch, and being covered by the shielding braid of said other branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Filotex
    Inventors: Pascal Clouet, Francois Vaille, Andre Viaud
  • Patent number: 5235299
    Abstract: A low loss coaxial cable has a central supporting rod of plastic, covered in metal and forming the inner conductor or core of the coaxial cable. An intermediate insulation made of a dielectric material surrounds the inner conductor and an outer metal conductor surrounds the intermediate insulation. The central rod is made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) having a relative density greater than or equal to 1.6. The intermediate insulation has a relative density less than 1.2 and the ratio of the density of the dielectric constituting the intermediate insulation divided by the density of the PTFE constituting the rod lies in the range of 0.15 to 0.75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Filotex
    Inventors: Francois Vaille, Michel Dunand
  • Patent number: 4967040
    Abstract: A multi-conductor screened electric cable in which each conductor may be connected in parallel to an elelctrical contact without having to break the cable. Such connections are made in predetermined zones of the cable. All of the conductors of the predetermined zones are parallel and lie in a plane. In addition to its insulated conductors, the cable includes an uninsulated conductor element (5) providing electrical continuity for its screening (6), and also making it possible to make an electrical contact with the screening. The insulated conductors (3, 4) and the uninsulated conductor element (8) are disposed at predetermined accurate distances relative to one another. The cable is particularly suitable for computer networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: FILOTEX
    Inventors: Andre Viaud, Francois Vaille