Patents by Inventor Gerard Genestier

Gerard Genestier 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: 4705982
    Abstract: Device for supporting a piezoelectric resonator inside a casing. The device comprises two cross-shaped half-shells, each one comprising: four branches of which the free ends define angle pieces with a horizontal bearing surface of small dimension, which surface is slightly raised with respect to the central part of the corresponding half-shell, as well as one vertical branch holding the edge of the resonator: four identical independent securing flanges to secure the two half-shells in position, said flanges having the shape of a turned down U, each flange comprising, at the end of each branch of the U, two stop elements bearing against two superposed branches of the two half-shells, on the faces of those branches facing said horizontal bearing surfaces; and at least four pairs of springs for suspending the four securing flanges with respect to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique et des Microtechniques
    Inventors: Raymond Besson, Richard Delaite, Gerard Genestier, Pierre Maitre, Georges Renard, Daniel Thiebaud, Jean-Pascal Valentin