Patents by Inventor Jean-Michel Boulicault

Jean-Michel Boulicault 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).

  • Publication number: 20040060597
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inflation or deflation valve 1 to at least a predefined pressure intended to adjust and/or control the pressure of a fluid inside a volume 10, comprising a membrane 4 placed between a first body 2 and a second body 3 connected together by linking means, said membrane delimiting a first chamber 5 with the first body 2 and a second chamber 6 with the second body 3 and pressing, through the action of a spring 18, on a seat delimited by the lower body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Boulicault
  • Patent number: 4922946
    Abstract: A piloted pneumatic valve for controlling pressure at a distance. The valve includes a cavity divided into two chambers by a membrane. One chamber is the pilot chamber, and the other the escape chamber, connected to a pressurization and depressurization circuit, connected to the controlled pressurized volume through an orifice, and to the outside air through at least one escape hole. The system also includes a piloted valve pressing the membrane against the orifice to close it, and an opening, communicating with the circuit leading to the pressurized volume, and fitted with a check valve poppet prohibiting flow back from the capacity to the circuit. For application to automotive vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Etat Francais
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Boulicault