Patents by Inventor Gérard Le Blaye

Gérard Le Blaye 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).

  • Obturator for an opening produced in a metal sheet
    Patent number: 6634840
    Abstract: An obturator (1) for an opening has a collar (2) having a peripheral lip (3) adapted to come into abutment on a face of the opening. The obturator also has teeth (6) pivotally mounted on the collar (2) and a central portion forming a pusher (8) adapted to pivotally move the teeth (6) between an unlocked position and a locked position of the obturator (1), so that the teeth (6) come into an abutment on an opposite face of the opening in the locked position of the obturator (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: I.T.W. de France
    Inventors: Bertrand Salmon, Gérard Le Blaye