Patents by Inventor Michel Martel

Michel Martel 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).

  • Patent number: 8079564
    Abstract: A mechanism for locking rails of a motor vehicle seat including a first rail joined to a structure element along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a second rail sliding in the first rail and supporting the seat frame of the seat, a first cross-bar pivoting in the second rail along an axis essentially perpendicular to the two rails coaxially held in a desired position relative to one another via a return mechanism of the first cross-bar, and a second cross-bar, which includes a first protuberance oriented toward the front of the seat and a second protuberance oriented toward the rear of the seat, connected to the first cross-bar so that the longitudinal displacement of the seat is controlled by the two protuberances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Renault S.A.S
    Inventor: Michel Martel
  • Publication number: 20090218468
    Abstract: A mechanism for locking rails of a motor vehicle seat including a first rail joined to a structure element along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a second rail sliding in the first rail and supporting the seat frame of the seat, a first cross-bar pivoting in the second rail along an axis essentially perpendicular to the two rails coaxially held in a desired position relative to one another via a return mechanism of the first cross-bar, and a second cross-bar, which includes a first protuberance oriented toward the front of the seat and a second protuberance oriented toward the rear of the seat, connected to the first cross-bar so that the longitudinal displacement of the seat is controlled by the two protuberances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Renault S.A.S
    Inventor: Michel Martel
  • Patent number: 6343430
    Abstract: A firing nipple for a muzzle loading firearm where there are provided a plurality of exterior wall sections of differing diameters to provide abutment shoulders to sealingly engage against surfaces on a breech plug, and an internal chamber having a tapering wall to direct the hot gasses. The arrangement substantially prevents blow back and provides for an increased efficiency in the firing of a weapon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Inventor: Michel Martel
  • Patent number: 4318429
    Abstract: An installation for manufacturing articles from one or more liquid or pasty materials which solidify in a mold, said material or materials resulting from the mixing, prior to its or their introduction into the mold, of at least two liquid and/or pasty components in a mixer comprising a chamber, a mixing device arranged in the chamber, at least two feed conduits for the components arranged at one end of the chamber, each feed conduit feeding a different component to the chamber, and a discharge conduit for the mixture arranged at the other end of the chamber is improved due to the fact that the mixer is provided with an axis of rotation which is perpendicular to the average direction of flow of the mixture which passes through the chamber and with a control which makes it possible to reverse the direction of flow of the mixture with respect to the gravitational field of the earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Jacques Gouttebessis, Michel Martel