Patents by Inventor Robert Rigaudeau

Robert Rigaudeau 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).

  • Flexible bearing for supporting the mainpiece of a rudder
    Patent number: 5317984
    Abstract: The flexible bearing is formed of a sleeve-shaped smooth bearing 6 fixed in a flexible block 4 nested in a housing 3 of the boat so as to absorb the bending deformations of the mainpiece without transmitting them to the structure. The housing 3 is streamlined so as to block the flexible block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Jeanneau-Constructions Nautiques
    Inventors: Bernard Perrin, Eric Perrot, Robert Rigaudeau, Didier Bourniquel, Marcel Guerry, Guy Charrier, Andre Kobus, Jean-Pierre Pilotto, Patrice Crepaud, Jean-Baptiste Cassard, Yianis Mavrikios