Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Protta

Jean-Claude Protta 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).

  • Apparatus for steering a ship
    Patent number: 3972301
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically maintaining a ship on a pre-selected course in which a trim tab is secured to a rudder. The trim tab contains a motor therein which is responsive to an electric signal such that the motor will actuate the trim tab when a signal is applied thereto such as when the ship deviates from its pre-selected course. The trim tab can be released from the rudder so that it can be manually operated if so desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1976
    Assignee: Oxy Metal Industries Corporation
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Protta
  • Apparatus for determining and lastingly showing the time at which an event occurs
    Patent number: 3962861
    Abstract: A device for determining and temporarily recording the time of occurrence an event in which a time-counter is connected to a memory and to a time-indicator. The time-indicator, time-counter and memory are connected through activator means such that when the activator means are activated, the time-indicator will indicate the time when the connection has become effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: Societe Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogere Management Services S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Protta, Antoine Savary