Patents by Inventor Gilbert FOUCTIERE

Gilbert FOUCTIERE 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).

  • Assembly comprising a sleeve connecting first and second hollow waveguides, wherein grooves for receiving reversible deformable elements therein are located waveguides and sleeve
    Patent number: 11258147
    Abstract: An assembly includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide extending longitudinally along a first axis, each having an end, each comprising a first annular groove, the two ends being contiguous along the first axis, and an assembly device for assembling the first waveguide and the second waveguide, wherein the assembly device comprises a sleeve surrounding the ends of the first and second waveguides and having an inner wall comprising two first annular grooves facing the first annular grooves of the first and second waveguides, two reversibly deformable waveguides, each being positioned in a first annular groove of the sleeve and positioned in a first annular groove of the first and second waveguides, so as to block the first and second waveguides in terms of translation along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: THALES, BAL SEAL ENGINEERING, LLC
    Inventors: Olivier Vendier, Bertrand Brevart, Gilbert Fouctiere, Stéphane Forestier, Didier Dupuy, Brandon Grant
  • DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING TWO WAVEGUIDES
    Publication number: 20200403288
    Abstract: An assembly includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide extending longitudinally along a first axis, each having an end, each comprising a first annular groove, the two ends being contiguous along the first axis, and an assembly device for assembling the first waveguide and the second waveguide, wherein the assembly device comprises a sleeve surrounding the ends of the first and second waveguides and having an inner wall comprising two first annular grooves facing the first annular grooves of the first and second waveguides, two reversibly deformable waveguides, each being positioned in a first annular groove of the sleeve and positioned in a first annular groove of the first and second waveguides, so as to block the first and second waveguides in terms of translation along the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Olivier VENDIER, Bertrand BREVART, Gilbert FOUCTIERE, Stéphane FORESTIER, Didier DUPUY, Brandon GRANT