Patents by Inventor Jacques Esterlin

Jacques Esterlin 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).

  • Method and system for transmitting a command to start up a device on board a missile
    Patent number: 4928570
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a system and method for transmitting temporal data relating to the starting of a device placed in a missile launched from a carrier system. The command to fire the missile is transmitted to the missile from the carrier system by means of a firing control wire. The method consists in using the control wire to also transmit the temporal data to the device specifying when to start up the device after the missile has been launched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: Thomson Brandt Armements
    Inventors: Jacques Esterlin, Guy Le Parquier, Jean Pierre Roux