Patents by Inventor Jacques Bernard Emond

Jacques Bernard Emond 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: 6907906
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an improved flexible hose (10). The hose (10) is comprised of at least a flexible material (28) and a reinforcing rod (12) positioned externally of the flexible material (28). Terminal ends (16, 18) define both the flexible material (28) and the reinforcing rod (12). At least one terminal end (16) of the reinforcing rod (12) is located short of the terminal ends (18) of the flexible material (28), so that the non-reinforced end of the flexible material (28) forms a soft cuff (20) adapted to be received by a hose fitting. Also disclosed is an improved method of manufacturing the flexible hose (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Andre Georges Cook, Jacques Bernard Emond, Pascal Langlois
  • Publication number: 20040163756
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an improved flexible hose (10). The hose (10) is comprised of at least a flexible material (28) and a reinforcing rod (12) positioned externally of the flexible material (28). Terminal ends (16, 18) define both the flexible material (28) and the reinforcing rod (12). At least one terminal end (16) of the reinforcing rod (12) is located short of the terminal ends (18) of the flexible material (28), so that the non-reinforced end of the flexible material (28) forms a soft cuff (20) adapted to be received by a hose fitting. Also disclosed is an improved method of manufacturing the flexible hose (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Andre Georges Cook, Jacques Bernard Emond, Pascal Langlois
  • Patent number: 5698278
    Abstract: A hose having an inner tube layer comprised of an elastomeric layer having embedded therein a screen mesh and a wire helix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jacques Bernard Emond, Andre George Cook