Patents by Inventor Jacques Gignac

Jacques Gignac 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: 6108896
    Abstract: Tool assembly for riveting parts, comprising: a first and a second frame (2, 5) capable of being mounted on a shaped structure "C" or on separate robot arms (60, 61); a pair of sheet-holding devices (3, 6) each mounted on one of the frames and at least one of each is provided with a device (11) for displacing it relative to the corresponding chassis with a force corresponding to the clamping provided for holding the parts to be riveted during drilling; at least one drill (20, 21) mounted on a frame, a device (41) for placing a rivet (40) in a hole drilled by the drill, this device being carried by a frame; a percussion riveting hammer (51) carried by a frame and an associated counter-piece (54) carried by the other frame, integral with a reaction dolly (52). The elements carried by each frame are all capable of being displaced between an active position and a rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Avions Marcel Dassault Breguet Aviation
    Inventors: Jacques Gignac, Patrice Maurel, Arnaud Risbourg
  • Patent number: 5228815
    Abstract: Detachable device for joining together objects having holes intended to come into alignment, comprising:a tubular member made of an elastically deformable material and capable of passing through the holes when it is in the expanded state and of widening in order to be locked in the holes,an expansion rod sliding inside the tubular member and having a widened head,a body fastened to the tubular member and having a bore which extends the bore of the tubular member, and a support surface substantially at right angles to said bore,a locking member which can be immobilized at any point on the rod,an elastic member capable of exerting a determined force tending to move the body away from the locking member.The tubular member, the body and the elastic member preferably form a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Dassault Aviation
    Inventors: Jacques Gignac, Patrice Maurel, Sylvain Guerin