Patents by Inventor Yves Saugier

Yves Saugier 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).

  • Force-fitted connection of a circular metal tube in an oval housing
    Patent number: 4826347
    Abstract: A connection between a circular cylindrical tube and a plate or sleeve includes a housing extending along an axis from an inlet opening in a surface of the plate or sleeve and a circular cylindrical tube having an end fittable in the housing. The housing includes a first cylindrical truncated cone extending to the inlet opening and having a vertex angle .beta. with respect to the axis of between 5.degree. and 20.degree., and a second oval truncated cone coaxial with the first cone and connected thereto. The second cone has generatrices forming an angle .alpha. of between 0.5.degree. and 5.degree. with respect to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: Cegedur Societe de Transformation de L'Aluminium Pechiney
    Inventors: Jacques Baril, Angel Re, Gerard Vannier, Yves Saugier