Patents by Inventor Gilles De Braeckelaer

Gilles De Braeckelaer 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: 5074697
    Abstract: A releasable connector for interconnecting a first part and a second part, at least one of the parts being subjected to high stresses in particular of vibratory origin and of thermal origin, the connector comprising a sealing ring compressed between the two parts, a main lip formed on the first part to be interconnected, and at least one connection part for exerting a retaining action on the main lip relative to the second part to be interconnected and for compressing the sealing ring. The connector further includes an intermediate ring provided with a flange and constituted by at least two lengths, the intermediate ring being interposed between the main lip and the connection part and being made of a material of low thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Societe Europeenne de Propulsion
    Inventors: Guy Blanpain, Gilles De Braeckelaer, Jean-Francois Bonniec