Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Lebeau

Jean-Claude Lebeau 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).

  • Electrical trunking and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 5676557
    Abstract: Manufacture of electrical trunking containing, in a metal enclosure, a set of parallel electrical conductors supported at regular intervals on insulative contact blocks. A single sheet metal blank is bent and crimped to produce a tubular profile with joined edges 27, 28, the conductor assembly 31 is then slid into the tube and each support contact block 30 is centered in a respective branch opening 18 using a tool inserted through the opening. The contact block is clamped against the opening by an elastic expansion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Schneider Electric SA
    Inventors: Gerard Jego, Daniel Nourry, Jean-Pierre Thierry, Jean-Claude Lebeau, Philippe Normand
  • Electrical trunking with watertight coupling
    Patent number: 5614697
    Abstract: Prefabricated electrical trunking made up of butt-jointed unit enclosure sections. A mechanical coupling is provided by use of flanges clamped by bolts passing through tubular spacers inside the enclosure sections. The spacers include openings receiving in a watertight manner swaged portions of orifices formed in the enclosure sections. A unit conductor assembly is housed in the coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Schneider Electric SA
    Inventors: Gerard Jego, Jean-Claude Lebeau, Philippe Normand, Daniel Nourry, Jean-Pierre Thierry