Patents by Inventor Gerard L. R. Petiot

Gerard L. R. Petiot 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).

  • Connector for portable objects such as credit cards
    Patent number: 4449775
    Abstract: A connector for a portable object particularly adapted for credit cards having an IC chip thereon comprises an element incorporating a chamber having an opening adapted to receive the portable object along a predetermined direction. Means for grasping the portable object are contained in the chamber and actuable by the displacement of the portable object. The means for grasping the portable object comprises a first jaw and a second jaw formed by a member which is not integral with the element and cooperating with a guiding device such that it is displaced in the chamber along the predetermined direction between a stable idle position close to the opening and an operating position away from the opening. The member is tipped with respect to the portable object between the idle and operating positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Assignee: Compaganie Internationale pour l'Informatique CII-Honeywell Bull (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Bertrand J. C. H. de Pommery, Gerard L. R. Petiot, Jean-Claude E. Vergne, Jean-Paul C. Goupil