Patents by Inventor Yves M. L. Nicolas

Yves M. L. Nicolas 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).

  • Connecting device and method
    Patent number: 4469356
    Abstract: Process for providing a rigid pipe, particularly made of light alloy, with a connecting section comprising a projecting peripheral bead, whereby a reinforcing sleeve is firstly positioned at a free end of said pipe, after which said end provided with its sleeve is deformed to the shape desired for said connecting section said process further comprising the step of deforming said end and said sleeve together to form, in the connecting section, the projecting peripheral bead, which thus participates in the connection of said sleeve on said pipe end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatial
    Inventors: Maurice L. Duret, Yves M. L. Nicolas