Patents by Inventor Odile Filleau

Odile Filleau 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).

  • Self-extinguishing expansion switch or circuit breaker
    Patent number: 5373130
    Abstract: A self-extinguishing expansion switch or circuit breaker, including an extinguishing chamber and an expansion chamber connected by a duct. The extinguishing chamber is positioned above the expansion chamber. An axially movable tube supports a movable arcing contact which is cooperable with a stationary arcing contact. The axially movable tube separates axially from a conducting tube supported by an operating rod such that the circuit breaker is in an isolated position beyond an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Merlin Gerin
    Inventors: Michel Barrault, Georges Bernard, Stephan Rowe, Pierre Leclercq, Paul Glenat, Odile Filleau
  • Rotating arc and expansion circuit breaker
    Patent number: 4900882
    Abstract: A circuit breaker with expansion and rotating arc in sulphur hexafluoride comprising a metal breaking chamber supporting a stationary main contact capable of cooperating with a movable main contact. The breaking chamber comprises an insulating end plate away from the breaking area and an opposite metal end plate close to the breaking area and supporting a coil or a permanent blowout magnet by rotation of the arc drawn between the arcing contacts housed inside the breaking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Merlin Gerin
    Inventors: Georges Bernard, Raymond Bresson, Pierre LeClercq, Odile Filleau, Francois Scarponi