Patents by Inventor Gerard Le Goff

Gerard Le Goff 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).

  • Publication number: 20080000136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production or pre-assembly of a net, in particular a fishing net, comprising at least one fleet (22), connected to at least one mounting thread, itself connected in connector zones to a flotation or sinker line (26), characterized in the use of a mounting thread in the form of a fag end (24) with at least two threads, strands, lines, cables or similar and passing the flotation or sinker line (26) at least once through the threads, strands, lines, cables or similar of the fag end (24) in the connector zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Gerard Le Goff, Jean-Bernard Conte
  • Patent number: 6386512
    Abstract: This invention was a portable pushing and pulling apparatus for in-conduit cable installations, the aforementioned device is of the type which comprises a casing that, viewed from above, is in the shape of a rectangle and is formed of a base (1) joined to a cylindrical handle (4), a cover (2), a hinged joint (3) connecting the base (1) and the cover (2) on a short side, a set of screws (40) for ensuring the cover's closure on the base, a drive capstan (25) driven by a rotary drive shaft (28) mounted in the handle (4), an idler disk (29) with an axle parallel to the capstan (25), and both the capstan (25) and the disk (29) are mounted in such a way as to receive a cable (36) to be driven and gripped between them. The invention itself contains in the handle (4), between the drive shaft (28) and the power take-off (53), a torque regulating device at its end, for the torque limiting clutch which indicates the maximum pushing or pulling force selected by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Plumettaz SA
    Inventors: Alain Pecot, Daniel Lecoq, Gerard Le Goff, Aandzej Wacinski