Patents by Inventor Virginie Pouzols

Virginie Pouzols 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: 11549541
    Abstract: A fastener for attaching an element to a support includes a fastening base intended to pass through an opening provided in the support by ways of an axial compression force, a head, and a frustoconical and elastically deformable compression collar. The collar, when compressed, is intended to bear against the support. The collar is connected to the head in a connection region. The compression collar has a first bending region, and at least a second bending region, the first and the second bending regions being configured to deform in a predetermined manner when the fastener is subjected to the axial compression force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: A. RAYMOND ET CIE
    Inventors: Virginie Pouzols, Grégory Paulin, Jimmy Voniez
  • Publication number: 20200340516
    Abstract: A fastener for attaching an element to a support comprises a fastening base intended to pass through an opening provided in the support by means of an axial compression force, a head, and a frustoconical and elastically deformable compression collar, which when compressed, is intended to bear against the support. The collar is connected to the head in a connection region. The compression collar comprises a first bending region, and at least a second bending region, the first and the second bending regions being configured to deform in a predetermined manner when the fastener is subjected to the axial compression force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: VIrginie Pouzols, Grégory Paulin, Jimmy Voniez
  • Patent number: 10465727
    Abstract: The invention relates to an attachment device with a fastener, a first supporting disk and a second supporting disk, wherein the fastener has a head with a head contact surface and a pin extending out along a longitudinal axis, wherein the pin has an attachment end with a contact surface that is opposite the head contact surface. The first supporting disk has a suitably large opening to permit the pin to pass through the opening, and has a wedge-shaped section. The second supporting disk has a suitably large opening to permit the pin to pass through the opening and to permit the second supporting disk to turn relative to the fastener about the longitudinal axis of the pin. The second supporting disk is in contact with the wedge-shaped section and moves along the surface of the wedge-shaped section, when the second supporting disk and the fastener turn relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: A. Raymond Et Cie
    Inventors: Stefan Schulz, Melanie Anna, Virginie Pouzols, Richard Geist
  • Patent number: 10408247
    Abstract: The invention includes a clip, and the clip includes a head and one or more clip surfaces for contacting the component to be held or an element on which the component is to be held. The clip surface faces the head at a distance therefrom, and a clamping part is provided which supports the head from the head side facing the clip surface or is connected to the head, the clamping part having a contact surface which faces the clip surface. The invention further includes a spring which is arranged so as to pre-tension the contact surface away from the head in the direction of the clip surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: A. Raymond et Cie
    Inventors: Stefan Schulz, Marcel Lindgens, Virginie Pouzols
  • Publication number: 20180313379
    Abstract: The Invention relates to a device (1, 101, 201) for restraining a component (11, 111, 211), wherein the device has a carrier part (2, 102, 202) and a clip part (3, 103, 203), and the clip part (3, 103, 203 is connected to the carrier part (2, 102, 202), and the clip part (3, 103, 203) has at least one clip surface (7, 107, 207), which is connected to an engagement section (9, 109, 209) of the clip part (3, 103, 203), wherein the engagement section (9, 109, 209) extends away from the carrier part (2, 102, 202) in the direction of a central axis (M), and wherein the clip surface (7, 107, 207) at least essentially faces the carrier part, wherein it is provided that the engagement section (9, 109, 209) is movable in the direction of the central axis (M) relative to the carrier part (2, 102, 202), and a deflection surface (14, 214) is formed on the engagement section (9, 209) and is aligned at an angle to the central axis (M), wherein the deflection surface (14, 214) contacts a protrusion on the carrier part (2, 2
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: A. Raymond et Cie. SCS
    Inventors: Stefan Schulz, Melanie Anna, Virginie Pouzols, Julien Friedl
  • Publication number: 20180313381
    Abstract: The invention relates to an attachment device with a fastener, a first supporting disk and a second supporting disk, wherein the fastener has a head with a head contact surface and a pin extending out along a longitudinal axis, wherein the pin has an attachment end with a contact surface that is opposite the head contact surface. The first supporting disk has a suitably large opening to permit the pin to pass through the opening, and has a wedge-shaped section. The second supporting disk has a suitably large opening to permit the pin to pass through the opening and to permit the second supporting disk to turn relative to the fastener about the longitudinal axis of the pin. The second supporting disk is in contact with the wedge-shaped section and moves along the surface of the wedge-shaped section, when the second supporting disk and the fastener turn relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: A. Raymond Et Cie. SCS
    Inventors: Stefan Schulz, Melanie Anna, Virginie Pouzols, Richard Geist
  • Publication number: 20180163756
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for holding a component. The device comprises a clip, and the clip comprises a head and one or more clip surfaces for contacting the component to be held or an element on which the component is to be held. The clip surface faces the head at a distance therefrom, and a clamping part is provided which supports the head from the head side facing the clip surface or is connected to the head, said clamping part having a contact surface which faces the clip surface. The device further comprises a spring which is arranged so as to pre-tension the contact surface away from the head in the direction of the clip surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: A. Raymond et Cie. SCS
    Inventors: Stefan SCHULZ, Marcel LINDGENS, Virginie POUZOLS
  • Publication number: 20180142715
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for retaining a component, wherein the device comprises a carrier part and a clip part, the clip part being connected to the carrier part and the clip part including at least one clip surface that is connected to an engaging portion of the clip part, wherein the engaging portion extends in the direction of a central axis away from the carrier part and the clip surface at least largely points toward the carrier part. It is provided that the engaging portion comprises a fulcrum that is located between the clip surface and the carrier part such that the clip surface moves laterally toward the central axis when a portion of the engaging portion, which is located between the fulcrum and the carrier part, is moved laterally away from the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: A. Raymond et Cie. SCS
    Inventors: Stefan Schulz, Melanie Anna, Virginie Pouzols, Julien Friedl
  • Patent number: 9850934
    Abstract: A self-reinforcing clip for securing a panel to a hole. The self-reinforcing clip comprises a first support member and a second support member each disposed in spaced relationship with one another and defining a gap therebetween. Each of the support members have a body portion and a flange portion. At least one tooth extends outwardly from at least one of the body portions for engaging an inner wall of the hole. At least one of the support members defines a contact surface. Further, at least one cross-over member is coupled to at least one of the support members and extends across the gap past the body portion of the other support member in alignment with the contact surface for engaging the contact surface for inhibiting movement of the support members toward one another when upward forces attempt to pull the clip from the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: A. RAYMOND ET CIE
    Inventors: Stefan Schulz, Jan Stickelberger, Melanie Anna, Michael Danby, Virginie Pouzols, Richard Geist
  • Publication number: 20170254350
    Abstract: A self-reinforcing clip for securing a panel to a hole. The self-reinforcing clip comprises a first support member and a second support member each disposed in spaced relationship with one another and defining a gap therebetween. Each of the support members have a body portion and a flange portion. At least one tooth extends outwardly from at least one of the body portions for engaging an inner wall of the hole. At least one of the support members defines a contact surface. Further, at least one cross-over member is coupled to at least one of the support members and extends across the gap past the body portion of the other support member in alignment with the contact surface for engaging the contact surface for inhibiting movement of the support members toward one another when upward forces attempt to pull the clip from the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan Schulz, Jan Stickelberger, Melanie Anna, Michael Danby, Virginie Pouzols, Richard Geist