Patents by Inventor Gerard Tarrade

Gerard Tarrade 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: 6664468
    Abstract: A housing (1) designed to contain an assembly of modular electrical appliances mounted on a support (12, 14), whereof at least the first modular electrical appliance provided with data transmitters (36) and at least a second modular electrical comprising data receivers (42) enabling wireless communication from the first appliance to the second appliance. When the modular appliances are mounted in operating position, the data transmitters (36) of the first appliance are oriented opposite a surface of walls (2-8) of the housing. The data receivers can also be oriented opposite a wall surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignees: Legrand, Legrand SNC
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Jarasse, GĂ©rard Tarrade
  • Publication number: 20020153152
    Abstract: A housing (1) designed to contain an assembly of modular electrical appliances mounted on a support (12, 14), whereof at least the first modular electrical appliance provided with data transmitters (36) and at least a second modular electrical comprising data receivers (42) enabling wireless communication from the first appliance to the second appliance. When the modular appliances are mounted in operating position, the data transmitters (36) of the first appliance are oriented opposite a surface of walls (2-8) of the housing. The data receivers can also be oriented opposite a wall surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Jarasse, Gerard Tarrade
  • Patent number: 5021006
    Abstract: A strain-relief clamp for securely engaging a multi-conductor cable between two relatively movable pieces at a position closely adjacent the connections of the conductors to the terminals of an electrical plug, receptacle, or other wiring device. A first piece includes a hollow, cylindrical shell having an integrally formed, generally semi-cylindrical portion internally of the shell at one end, the wiring device being secured in the other end. A second piece is positioned inside the shell with an arcuate surface opposing an inwardly facing, curved surface of the semi-cylindrical portion of the first piece. A pair of screws pass through openings in the shell and semi-cylindrical portion of the first piece and are threadedly engaged in the second piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Fargeaud, Gerard Tarrade