Patents by Inventor Philippe Lubrano-Lavaderci

Philippe Lubrano-Lavaderci 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).

  • External storage device for deploying weapons from a submarine
    Patent number: 8459199
    Abstract: A weapon storage device (10) which is to be attached to an external face (8) of a hull (4) of a submarine (2) and which is capable of containing weapons (14), such as ammunition or weapon carriers, which are to be deployed from the storage device on receipt of a deployment signal transmitted from inside the submarine, includes a compensation element (16, 18, 30, 40) which allows the variation in mass of the storage device (10) resulting from the deployment of at least one weapon to be compensated for, partially or wholly, by replacing a volume of gas initially contained in the storage device by an identical volume of water introduced into the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: DCNS
    Inventors: Severine Proutiere, Nicolas Dupin, Philippe Lubrano-Lavaderci
  • EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE FOR DEPLOYING WEAPONS FROM A SUBMARINE
    Publication number: 20110030608
    Abstract: A weapon storage device (10) which is to be attached to an external face (8) of a hull (4) of a submarine (2) and which is capable of containing weapons (14), such as ammunition or weapon carriers, which are to be deployed from the storage device on receipt of a deployment signal transmitted from inside the submarine, includes a compensation element (16, 18, 30, 40) which allows the variation in mass of the storage device (10) resulting from the deployment of at least one weapon to be compensated for, partially or wholly, by replacing a volume of gas initially contained in the storage device by an identical volume of water introduced into the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: DCNS
    Inventors: Severine Proutiere, Nicolas Dupin, Philippe Lubrano-Lavaderci