Patents by Inventor Nicolas Lefrancq

Nicolas Lefrancq 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: 11814880
    Abstract: A vehicle opening panel emergency access device, having a graspable pull rod that is equipped with a retention strike; a retention lever that pivots relative to the sheath and has a bolt; a pull wire connected to the retention lever and designed to urge the retention lever by pulling it toward its release position; the graspable pull rod being mounted so as to be able to move in translation in the sheath according to three modes: a manual driving-in mode, a controlled driving-in mode, and an ejection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Xavier Bajul, Aurélien Leboeuf, Nicolas Lefrancq
  • Publication number: 20230358081
    Abstract: Emergency access device for a vehicle opening leaf, including:—a graspable pull rod that is movable between a retracted position and a deployed position;—a retention needle that is movable transversely to the pull rod between a position for blocking the pull rod in its retracted position and a position for releasing the pull rod;—an electric ejector designed to release the pull rod;—a mechanical ejector designed to release the pull rod; the pull rod including an oblique path designed to cause the retention needle to move from its blocking position to its releasing position during a movement of the pull rod in translation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Xavier BAJUL, Nicolas LEFRANCQ
  • Publication number: 20230203853
    Abstract: Emergency access device for a vehicle opening leaf, having: a deployment arm that rotates between a first, retracted angular position and a second, deployed angular position; a graspable pull rod that is connected to a lock actuator and that has an end protruding from the deployment arm, the graspable pull rod being movable between a position attached to the deployment arm and a position detached from the deployment arm; a retention needle; an electric ejector; a mechanical ejector designed to release the deployment arm from its retracted position, the mechanical ejector having a trigger designed to move the retention needle from its blocking position to its releasing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Xavier BAJUL, Aurélien LEBOEUF, Nicolas LEFRANCQ
  • Publication number: 20230193666
    Abstract: A vehicle opening panel emergency access device, having a graspable pull rod that is equipped with a retention strike; a retention lever that pivots relative to the sheath and has a bolt; a pull wire connected to the retention lever and designed to urge the retention lever by pulling it toward its release position; the graspable pull rod being mounted so as to be able to move in translation in the sheath according to three modes: a manual driving-in mode, a controlled driving-in mode, and an ejection mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Xavier Bajul, Aurélien Leboeuf, Nicolas Lefrancq