Patents by Inventor Nicola Rigollet
Nicola Rigollet 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).
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Patent number: 11674625Abstract: The clamping collar comprises a metal belt carrying a protruding lug in the vicinity of a first end and a hook in the vicinity of a second end. The hook has a front wall and a common part. The wall is intended to be retained behind the lug while the hook is hooked on the lug to keep the collar in the clamped state. The common part links the front wall to the belt and has a gripping surface protruding radially outwardly and two lateral borders which extend axially on either side of the gripping surface by being radially set back from the gripping surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Inventors: Nicolas Rigollet, Fabrice Prevot
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Patent number: 11536401Abstract: A clamping device including a collar which has a belt able to be clamped by the reduction of its diameter and a seal disposed inside the belt by being retained axially relative to the collar. The seal is formed in a strip which is wound on itself and whose ends are configured to cooperate together via a sealing arrangement. The seal undergoes a stress towards the inner surface of the belt and is configured to be elastically deformed against the stress to allow the insertion of an annular object between the seal and the belt.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventors: Nicolas Rigollet, Christophe Chagnon
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Patent number: 11415250Abstract: The device includes a sealing sleeve suitable for being disposed around the facing ends of two tubes and a clamping sleeve inside which the sealing sleeve extends. One of the elements constituted by the sealing sleeve and by the clamping sleeve has at least one retaining member suitable for co-operating in axial retention inside the clamping sleeve with a retaining surface of one of the tubes, which retaining surface is covered by the clamping sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: CaillauInventors: Nicolas Rigollet, Fabrice Prevot
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Publication number: 20220252192Abstract: A clamping collar including a belt carrying a retaining member and a hook configured to hook onto the retaining member to define a hooked clamping state of the collar. The hook has a front wall and a running part which connects the front wall to the belt. The retaining member carries a first abutment member able, during the hooking of the hook onto the retaining member, to come into abutment with a second abutment member to define a maximum advanced position of the hook relative to the retaining member. The belt has at least one abutment wall member which has the second abutment member. The second abutment member is located, forwardly in the direction of movement of the hook towards the retaining member, at most in the area of connection of the belt to the hook.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Nicolas RIGOLLET, Abdelfettah ZINBI
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Patent number: 11339903Abstract: The clamping system comprises a collar that comprises a belt suitable for being clamped around clamping surfaces projecting from tubes. The collar carries a series of angularly distributed foldable fingers, each finger presenting a free operating end projecting axially beyond the first edge of the belt over a distance that is sufficient to enable it to be manipulated by hand. Starting from an initial position in which the fingers define a rest minimum diameter, the fingers are suitable for being folded manually and plastically towards the axis of the belt in order to define a folded-in minimum diameter that is less than said rest minimum diameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: CaillauInventors: Stéphane Drivon, Nicolas Rigollet
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Patent number: 11313500Abstract: A belt has a sealing ring disposed in an annular recess of the belt and two tightening lugs born by the ends of the belt. The edges of the recess form wedging steps for the edges of the sealing ring which substantially occupy the entire width of the recess. The ends of the belt exhibit a sealing arrangement which includes lateral tabs, that are formed at the second end and which extend widthwise on the belt, from one edge of the belt to the recess such that each lateral tab includes a part of one of the wedging steps.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: CaillauInventors: Nicolas Rigollet, Abdelfettah Zinbi
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Patent number: 11112042Abstract: The tightening device includes a belt (10) having a first and a second end (10A, 10B) and a first and a second tightening lug (14A, 14B) carried by the belt which are formed respectively in a first and a second band portion (12A, 12B) respectively fastened to the outer face of the belt (10) in the vicinity of its first and its second end (10A, 10B). At least the first band portion (12A) is fastened to the belt (10) through at least a first fastening area (18A) formed on a boss (18?A) of the first band portion (12A) protruding inwardly and/or a boss of the belt protruding outwardly.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: CaillauInventors: Nicolas Rigollet, Dylan Clerc
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Publication number: 20210088160Abstract: The clamping collar comprises a metal belt configured to be clamped on an object, the belt having an inner recess comprising a bottom delimited by cheeks oriented towards the axis of the belt, the collar having a capacity reserve, formed by a portion of the belt likely to elongate under the effect of a clamping tension of the belt, the capacity reserve being delimited, along the circumferential direction of the belt, by linking portions in which the cheeks are interrupted and having cheek portions oriented towards the axis of the belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Nicolas RIGOLLET, Fabrice PREVOT
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Publication number: 20210088162Abstract: The clamping collar comprises a metal belt carrying a protruding lug in the vicinity of a first end and a hook in the vicinity of a second end. The hook has a front wall and a common part. The wall is intended to be retained behind the lug while the hook is hooked on the lug to keep the collar in the clamped state. The common part links the front wall to the belt and has a gripping surface protruding radially outwardly and two lateral borders which extend axially on either side of the gripping surface by being radially set back from the gripping surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Nicolas RIGOLLET, Fabrice PREVOT
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Publication number: 20200347967Abstract: The clamping device comprises a collar which has a belt able to be clamped by the reduction of its diameter and a seal disposed inside the belt by being retained axially relative to the collar. The seal is formed in a strip which is wound on itself and whose ends are configured to cooperate together via a sealing arrangement. The seal undergoes a stress towards the inner surface of the belt and is configured to be elastically deformed against this stress to allow the insertion of an annular object between the seal and the belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: NICOLAS RIGOLLET, CHRISTOPHE CHAGNON
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Publication number: 20200191308Abstract: The tightening device comprises includes a belt (10) having a first and a second end (10A, 10B) and a first and a second tightening lug (14A, 14B) carried by the belt which are formed respectively in a first and a second band portion (12A, 12B) respectively fastened to the outer face of the belt (10) in the vicinity of its first and its second end (10A, 10B). At least the first band portion (12A) is fastened to the belt (10) through at least a first fastening area (18A) formed on a boss (18?A) of the first band portion (12A) protruding inwardly and/or a boss of the belt protruding outwardly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: CAILLAUInventors: Nicolas Rigollet, Dylan Clerc
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Publication number: 20200191305Abstract: The device includes a belt (10), a sealing ring (22) disposed in an annular recess (11) of the belt and two tightening lugs (12A, 12B) born by the ends (10A, 10B) of the belt. The edges of the recess (11) form wedging steps for the edges of the sealing ring which substantially occupy the entire width of the recess. The ends (10A, 10B) of the belt exhibit a sealing arrangement which includes lateral tabs (28A, 28B), that are formed at the second end and which extend widthwise on the belt, from one edge of the belt to the recess (11) such that each lateral tab includes a part of one of the wedging steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: CAILLAUInventors: NICOLAS RIGOLLET, Abdelfettah Zinbi
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Patent number: 10634270Abstract: A system for connecting a first tube (1) and a second tube, the system comprising a clamping collar (10) suitable for being tightened around the abutted ends of the two tubes, and a washer (28) secured to the clamping collar by securing means. The washer (28) presents a blocking element (44) configured to co-operate with a corresponding positioning member (48) of the first tube (1) so as to block the washer (28) against turning relative to the first tube (1).Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Etablissements CaillauInventor: Nicolas Rigollet
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Patent number: 10612705Abstract: The device comprises a clamping collar (10) having a belt (12) suitable for being tightened around an article, and an outer sleeve (16) disposed around the belt, the sleeve being carried by the belt by means of a plurality of fastener tabs (18). Each fastener tab (18) is fastened to the sleeve (16) by a fastening zone (18A) and extends towards the axis (A) of the collar from said fastening zone until it reaches a pinch branch (18B) that is folded back under the belt in a configuration for being pinched between the inside surface of the belt and the article around which the belt is to be tightened.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Etablissements CaillauInventors: Fabrice Prevot, Nicolas Rigollet
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Patent number: 10563799Abstract: The system comprises a clamping collar having a clamping band suitable for being tightened around the abutting ends of the two tubes. The collar has a retaining tab that presents a fastener portion whereby said retaining tab is fastened to the band of the collar and that extends substantially axially towards an attachment portion of said retaining tab whereby said retaining tab is suitable for being attached to the first tube in the vicinity of its first end.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Etablissements CaillauInventors: Fabrice Prevot, Nicolas Rigollet, Stéphane Drivon
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Publication number: 20200011458Abstract: The device includes a sealing sleeve suitable for being disposed around the facing ends of two tubes and a clamping sleeve inside which the sealing sleeve extends. One of the elements constituted by the sealing sleeve and by the clamping sleeve has at least one retaining member suitable for co-operating in axial retention inside the clamping sleeve with a retaining surface of one of the tubes, which retaining surface is covered by the clamping sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: CAILLAUInventors: Nicolas Rigollet, Fabrice Prevot
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Publication number: 20190331270Abstract: The clamping system comprises a collar that comprises a belt suitable for being clamped around clamping surfaces projecting from tubes. The collar carries a series of angularly distributed foldable fingers, each finger presenting a free operating end projecting axially beyond the first edge of the belt over a distance that is sufficient to enable it to be manipulated by hand. Starting from an initial position in which the fingers define a rest minimum diameter, the fingers are suitable for being folded manually and plastically towards the axis of the belt in order to define a folded-in minimum diameter that is less than said rest minimum diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: CAILLAUInventors: Stéphane DRIVON, Nicolas RIGOLLET
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Patent number: 10399754Abstract: The collar has a looped metal strap (10) and a transverse buckle (12) retained at the first end of the strap and forming, on the outer side of the first end, a passage (13) through which the second end (10B) of the strap can be inserted over the first end, the second end of the strap as inserted in this way being suitable for being indented so as to co-operate with at least one of the elements including the transverse buckle (12) and the first end (10A) of the strap, in order to be retained so that it is prevented from moving in the direction in which the diameter of the collar increases. The buckle (12) carries at least one radially projecting outer tab (20, 22), the tab having the shape of a hook having a stem carrying a head under which a recess is formed.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Etablissements CaillauInventors: Fabrice Prevot, Nicolas Rigollet, Julien Beauvais, Quentin Esperet
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Patent number: 10228084Abstract: The clamping system comprises a collar (10) having a band (12) that has two flanks (13A, 13B), between which an inside trough (14) is defined that receives projecting clamping surfaces (1A, 2A) of two tubes (1, 2) to be assembled together. The system further comprises a plurality of individual retaining clips (20) distributed angularly around the first flank (13A), each clip having an inside branch (30) and an outside branch (32) facing each other, and between which the first flank is pinched, and a retaining portion (34) that, in the pre-attached state, is suitable for co-operating with the clamping surface (1A) of the first tube (1), one of the branches carrying a first bearing zone (36) that co-operates with a first bearing surface (13?A) of the collar that faces towards the axis (A) of said collar.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Etablissements CaillauInventors: Cyril Vosgeois, Fabrice Prevot, Nicolas Rigollet, Patrick Goulet
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Patent number: 10065776Abstract: A clamping collar comprising a looped metal strap (10), and a transverse buckle (12) retained at the first end of the strap. On the outer side, the buckle forms a passage (13) through which the second end of the strap (10B) is inserted. The buckle has an inner portion (14) that is disposed against the inner face of the first end of the strap and that has a blocking transverse edge (14A) that co-operates with a blocking transverse stop (16A) of the first end of the strap that defines a blocking setback (16). The second end (10B) of the strap has a retaining transverse stop (11) received in the blocking setback (16) and co-operating in abutment with a retaining edge (17A) of said blocking setback to retain the second end of the strap to prevent it from moving in the direction in which the diameter of the collar increases.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Etablissements CaillauInventors: Fabrice Prevot, Nicolas Rigollet, Arnaud Jacquelin