Patents by Inventor Robert Cherbourg

Robert Cherbourg 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: 4177605
    Abstract: A crank drives, by the intermediary of a system of cable and pulleys a carriage sliding on a fixed slide bar parallel to the displacement of sliding panels such as windows in an automobile so as to catch a latch and then drive in any direction the panels to be displaced, simultaneously or successively, the latch being part of a mobile slide bar serving as support independently for each of the panels and sliding with the carriage on the fixed slide bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Assignee: Regie Nationale des Usines Renault
    Inventors: Robert Cherbourg, Jean-Pierre Falluel, Michel Menard
  • Patent number: 4166646
    Abstract: A latching plate, especially for automobile doors, characterized by a multifunction principal lever which can pivot, about an axis fixed to a support, either in a first direction in order to lock the latch, whether under the action of an external locking bolt or under the action of an internal control lever, or in a second direction, opposite to the first, in order to unlock the latch and open the door under the reverse action of the internal control lever or the bolt, or even in order to unlock the latch automatically by slamming the door on closing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1979
    Assignee: Regie Nationale des Usines Renault
    Inventors: Michel Menard, Robert Cherbourg, Jean P. Falluel
  • Patent number: 4158270
    Abstract: A device for the driving of sliding panels, especially horizontally-sliding windows in an automobile, including a crank driving a command part which transmits its movement to several panels sliding in their plane, one relative to the other and in a predetermined direction, characterized by the fact that the transmission of movement is achieved by cables and pinions, and the command part is a plate having one or more grooved sections cogged and concentric, forming alternate racks with partial cogs which can drive a receiver pinion whose simultaneous or successive rotations in the same direction or in opposite directions for a predetermined rotation direction of the crank allow the panels to be driven relatively, according to the same operational sequence, predetermined by the configuration of the cogged sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1979
    Assignee: Regie Nationale des Usines Renault
    Inventors: Robert Cherbourg, Jean-Pierre Falluel, Michel Menard
  • Patent number: 4038718
    Abstract: This door handle for automotive vehicle comprises a casing fitting in the door panel structure and an opening tongue pivotally mounted within said casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1972
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: Regie Nationale des Usines Renault et Automobiles Peugeot
    Inventors: Andre Jean Reilhac, Robert Cherbourg
  • Patent number: 3993339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the opening and closing of a door, whether hinged or sliding, from both outside and inside, said device comprises, mounted on a common shaft, a first control plate replacing the conventional handle and rotatably rigid with said shaft, said first plate being housed in an external case, and another control plate mounted for loose rotation on said shaft and housed in an internal case, means being provided for interconnecting said plates when being rotated in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1976
    Assignees: Regie Nationale des Usines Renault, Automobiles Peugeot
    Inventors: Robert Cherbourg, Guy Soetaert
  • Patent number: 3993338
    Abstract: This device for releasing and actuating a sliding door is of the type comprising a handle-forming plate-flush mounted in the door volume by means of a double joint. This control plate is thus pivoted at two points located preferably in the end portions of the plate to permit the door opening and closing movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1976
    Assignees: Regie Nationale des Usines Renault, Automobiles Peugeot
    Inventors: Robert Cherbourg, Guy Soetaert