Patents by Inventor Jean Cariou

Jean Cariou 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).

  • Device for the production of a gaseous stream carrying electric charges
    Patent number: 4228479
    Abstract: A device for producing a gaseous stream carrying electric charges, particrly in view of influencing the electric voltage of a body, particularly of an airship such as a helicopter, comprising a metallic needle connected to a first pole of a high voltage electric source and having a point which is arranged in the neck of a metallic nozzle supplied with a source of compressed air to create a stream carrying the electric charges, the nozzle being arranged at one end of an electrically insulating hollow duct means for ejecting the stream towards the atmosphere, the ejection opening of the stream being surrounded by a massive hood made of an electrically insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Assignee: Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (O.N.E.R.A.)
    Inventors: Serge Larigaldie, Jean Cariou