Patents by Inventor Gilles Soulard

Gilles Soulard 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: 5997327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power connection device (1) which includes, on the one hand, a female part (2) with a lyre-shaped profile contained within and secured by an insulating support (3), which assembly is fixed inside a panel and is only accessible from one side, and on the other hand, a male part (6) to be plugged into said female part through said accessible side. This device is remarkable in that, in order to transfer high-intensity currents, the female part is composed of a thick, rigid multiclip (2) into which the male part, composed of a single thick plate (6), is inserted during the connection, which female part has a clamping zone (P) and which male part has a thickness (W) such that the insertion force is between 1.5 and 5 daN and that the resultant of the contact resistances is less than 60 N.OMEGA..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Bull S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Vergne, Gilles Soulard