Patents by Inventor Gérard Joël Patrick Etoile

Gérard Joël Patrick Etoile 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).

  • Swiveling device for a bell crank fork
    Patent number: 7753612
    Abstract: The assembly comprises a fixed fork (10) of which the lugs (22, 30) support a rod (60) onto which a spherical ball is slipped (46) about which a cage (44) and a support (42), of the part which is mobile in rotation, swivel. The maintaining of the axial and angular positions of the spherical ball (46) in the fork is ensured, in particular, by a tight fit (A3) which replaces conventional screw and nut systems positioned at the end of the rod and which project disadvantageously. According to the invention, a pair of planar facets which are opposing and in abutment (including 23) carry out a blocking of one of the assembly pieces in rotation. Application to bell cranks for the transmission of movement, in particular in aircraft engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michel André Bouru, Gérard Joël Patrick Etoile
  • ASSEMBLY OF A DEVICE SWIVELING ON A BELL CRANK FORK, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VARIABLE PITCH FLOW-STRAIGHTENER COMPRISING SAID ASSEMBLY AND AIRCRAFT ENGINE PROVIDED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20080260456
    Abstract: The assembly comprises a fixed fork (10) of which the lugs (22, 30) support a rod (60) onto which a spherical ball is slipped (46) about which a cage (44) and a support (42), of the part which is mobile in rotation, swivel. The maintaining of the axial and angular positions of the spherical ball (46) in the fork is ensured, in particular, by a tight fit (A3) which replaces conventional screw and nut systems positioned at the end of the rod and which project disadvantageously. According to the invention, a pair of planar facets which are opposing and in abutment (including 23) carry out a blocking of one of the assembly pieces in rotation. Application to bell cranks for the transmission of movement, in particular in aircraft engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michel Andre BOURU, Gerard Joel Patrick ETOILE