Patents by Inventor Mathieu Benoist

Mathieu Benoist 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 or optical or hydraulic connector that self-aligns the plug with respect to the base, particularly for offshore connections
    Patent number: 7654842
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an electrical, optical or hydraulic connector (1) equipped with an electrical, optical or hydraulic plug, respectively, intended to be connected to an electrical, optical or hydraulic base, that self-aligns the plug (3) relative to the base (5), particularly for “offshore” connections, in which the plug (3) and the base (5) are attached to respective support parts (11, 7) intended to be positioned with respect to one another in order to approximately align the plug (3) and the base (5) in order to connect said plug and base to one another, characterized in that it has a mechanical driving mechanism (19) enabling the plug (3) or the base (5) to move forward or backward, in order to be connected into the base (5) or the plug (3), respectively, and a self-aligning mechanism (17) for the plug (3) or the base (5) relative to the base (5) or the plug (3), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Carrier Kheops BAC
    Inventors: Yves Cadoret, Mathieu Benoist
  • Electrical or optical or hydraulic connector that self-aligns the plug with respect to the base, particularly for offshore connections
    Publication number: 20080085619
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an electrical, optical or hydraulic connector (1) equipped with an electrical, optical or hydraulic plug, respectively, intended to be connected to an electrical, optical or hydraulic base, that self-aligns the plug (3) relative to the base (5), particularly for “offshore” connections, in which the plug (3) and the base (5) are attached to respective support parts (11, 7) intended to be positioned with respect to one another in order to approximately align the plug (3) and the base (5) in order to connect said plug and base to one another, characterized in that it has a mechanical driving mechanism (19) enabling the plug (3) or the base (5) to move forward or backward, in order to be connected into the base (5) or the plug (3), respectively, and a self-aligning mechanism (17) for the plug (3) or the base (5) relative to the base (5) or the plug (3), respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: CARRIER KHEOPS BAC
    Inventors: Yves Cadoret, Mathieu Benoist