Patents by Inventor Rene M. Chavee

Rene M. Chavee 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).

  • Rifle-grenade with bullet pass-through device
    Patent number: 4394836
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a rifle-grenade, of the type comprising a head prolonged by a tubular shank, the aforesaid head being traversed by an axial bore running into the bore of the aforesaid tubular shank, characterized in that a plug is forced into one of the aforesaid bores, this plug being made from a material the hardness of which ranges from approximately 30 Shore A to approximately 70 Shore D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1983
    Assignee: Fabrique Nationale Herstal, en abrege F.N., Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Rene M. Chavee, Andre J. Gabriels
  • Fuse for rifle-grenade
    Patent number: 4023499
    Abstract: A fuse of the type disclosed in U.S. patent application 476,194 has a rod passing through a supporting disc and is axially shifted for releasing a rotor mechanism, it is provided with a head having a diameter larger than that of the said rod and which is in blocking relation to the rotor, said disc being blocked by a stationary disc forming a stop in fixed position and being locally deformed by the axial shifting of the said rod when the fuse is armed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: Fabrique Nationale Herstal S.A.
    Inventor: Rene M. Chavee
  • Fuse for rifle-grenade
    Patent number: 3960084
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a fuse for rifle-grenades and similar, wherein means are provided to visually indicate whether the first element of the pyrotechnic claim of the fuse, for instance a detonator, is live or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: Fabrique Nationale Herstal S.A. en abrege FN
    Inventor: Rene M. Chavee