Patents by Inventor Jean C. M. Bourguinat

Jean C. M. Bourguinat 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 apparatus for inspecting honeycomb structures using optical fibres
    Patent number: 5548400
    Abstract: The connection between a support and a honeycomb structure defining a network of parallel cells is inspected by transmitting a beam of light into a first cell of the honeycomb structure by an optical fiber, termed an illuminating fiber, which is connected at one end to a light emitter, and simultaneously detecting any light which leaks from the first cell into an adjacent cell by an optical fiber, termed an observation fiber, which is connected to a converter converting light into an electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Sochata
    Inventor: Jean C. M. Bourguinat