Patents by Inventor Michel Fabre-Curtat

Michel Fabre-Curtat 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).

  • Gripping shoe equipping a device for pulling an elongate member
    Patent number: 4013205
    Abstract: A new type of gripping shoe for traction devices of the caterpillar type, comprising a deformable element of composite structure. The deformable element comprises a body member which is mechanically resistant, deformable and of low elasticity. This body member is provided with a large internal recess housing a sole member of a highly deformable, elastic and substantially incompressible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole, des Carburants et Lubrifiants et Entreprise de Recherches et d'Activities Petrolieres Elf
    Inventors: Michel Fabre-Curtat, Jean Thiery