Patents by Inventor Frederic Sourgen

Frederic Sourgen 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: 8716640
    Abstract: The invention concerns the field of devices for improving the piloting of projectiles More specifically, the object of the invention is a piloting device for a missile or a projectile, for example, of small caliber, especially on the order of 40 mm, which has a lateral main surface with a nose at the level of one of its extremities, whereby said device includes at least one cavity consisting of a combustion chamber and filled, at least partially, by an explosive powder, and means of initiation of this explosive powder, and thereby the explosive powder includes nanothermites or gas-generating nanothermites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches de Saint-Louis
    Inventors: Christian Baras, Denis Spitzer, Marc Comet, Fabrice Ciszek, Frederic Sourgen
  • Publication number: 20110068220
    Abstract: The invention concerns the field of devices for improving the piloting of projectiles More specifically, the object of the invention is a piloting device for a missile or a projectile, for example, of small caliber, especially on the order of 40 mm, which has a lateral main surface with a nose at the level of one of its extremities, whereby said device includes at least one cavity consisting of a combustion chamber and filled, at least partially, by an explosive powder, and means of initiation of this explosive powder, and thereby the explosive powder includes nanothermites or gas-generating nanothermites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: INSTITUT FRANCO-ALLEMAND DE RECHERCHES DE SAINT- LOUIS
    Inventors: Christian Baras, Denis Spitzer, Marc Comet, Fabrice Ciszek, Frederic Sourgen