Patents by Inventor Christophe Mollier

Christophe Mollier 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: 11988280
    Abstract: A blocking mechanism including a transmission casing and a movable pawl having a locking finger. The movable pawl is pivotably mounted in a plane about a pivot axis on the transmission casing between a locking position in which the locking finger is engaged in the locking recess and a release position in which the locking finger is disengaged from the locking recess. The movable pawl includes a cam surface. A linear actuator moves a movable carriage guided by a guide rail, in which the movable carriage includes a cam follower capable of moving on the cam surface, and a housing formed in the transmission casing, in which the guide rail is fitted in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Antonin Cheron, Fabien Diascorn, Christophe Mollier
  • Patent number: 11936322
    Abstract: System for driving motors for operating switching units, in particular for an electrical supply substation, comprising control units for controlling the motors, wherein the control unit comprises, to have only one of the motors in operation at a time, a device for managing the priority of operation of the motors which is provided with a first line, referred to as the parallel line, carrying a binary datum comprising a first state representative of the stopping of all of the motors and a second state representative of the operation of any one of the motors, to which the units are connected in parallel, the parallel line being connected to a device for preventing/allowing the starting of the motor of each of the units and a second line, referred to as the series line, to which the units are connected in series in an upstream/downstream chain, the series line constituting a means for preventing the operation of the motors downstream of the any one of the motors on detection of a signal for starting the any one o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventor: Christophe Mollier
  • Publication number: 20230160931
    Abstract: A voltage presence determination system intended to be connected to a voltage measurement sensor for at least one phase of a high-voltage electrical network. The system comprises, for the at least one phase: a visual indicator of the presence of a voltage measured by the voltage measurement sensor, referred to as the measured voltage, a first output terminal configured to receive a first output signal, a second output terminal configured to receive a second output signal, and a plurality of linear components. The system is configured so that the first and second output terminals are functionally isolated from one another and functionally isolated from the visual indicator only by the plurality of linear components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Christophe Mollier, Etienne Guillaud-Rollin
  • Publication number: 20230139357
    Abstract: A blocking mechanism including a transmission casing and a movable pawl having a locking finger. The movable pawl is pivotably mounted in a plane about a pivot axis on the transmission casing between a locking position in which the locking finger is engaged in the locking recess and a release position in which the locking finger is disengaged from the locking recess. The movable pawl includes a cam surface. A linear actuator moves a movable carriage guided by a guide rail, in which the movable carriage includes a cam follower capable of moving on the cam surface, and a housing formed in the transmission casing, in which the guide rail is fitted in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Antonin CHERON, Fabien DIASCORN, Christophe MOLLIER
  • Publication number: 20220094283
    Abstract: System for driving motors for operating switching units, in particular for an electrical supply substation, comprising control units for controlling the motors, wherein the control unit comprises, to have only one of the motors in operation at a time, a device for managing the priority of operation of the motors which is provided with a first line, referred to as the parallel line, carrying a binary datum comprising a first state representative of the stopping of all of the motors and a second state representative of the operation of any one of the motors, to which the units are connected in parallel, the parallel line being connected to a device for preventing/allowing the starting of the motor of each of the units and a second line, referred to as the series line, to which the units are connected in series in an upstream/downstream chain, the series line constituting a means for preventing the operation of the motors downstream of the any one of the motors on detection of a signal for starting the any one o
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventor: Christophe Mollier
  • Patent number: 11125788
    Abstract: An electronic device for monitoring an electrical quantity out of a voltage and arc intensity relative to an alternating current flowing in an electrical conductor, includes a measurement module configured to measure at least one value of the electrical quantity, a wireless transceiver, and a transmission module linked to the wireless transceiver. The monitoring device furthermore includes a computation module configured to compute at least one parameter for monitoring the electrical quantity as a function of at least one measured value of the electrical quantity, each monitoring parameter being chosen from an angular phase of the electrical quantity and a modulus of the electrical quantity, the transmission module being configured to transmit, to another electronic device, a data message containing at least one computed monitoring parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Christophe Mollier, Maxime Gaillard
  • Patent number: 10684315
    Abstract: A voltage presence indicating system intended to be connected to a voltage measurement sensor for each phase of a high-voltage electrical network, a visual indicator representing the presence of the measured voltage, a first peak limiter having a first regulation voltage so as to deliver a first sinusoidal output signal representing the measured voltage and a second peak limiter having a second regulation voltage so as to deliver a second sinusoidal output signal representing the phase angle of the measured voltage, the second regulation voltage being higher than the first regulation voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventor: Christophe Mollier
  • Patent number: 10587202
    Abstract: An electrical isolation device including a support with thickness E including two faces facing one another, referred to, respectively, as the two faces having a length L, a width l; on each face of the support, a plurality of voltage dividers is positioned extending over the length, each voltage divider including electrical components that are connected in series and arranged according to a first and a second stage, each first stage including a row of even components and a row of odd components, the rows being parallel, and adjacent, and the second stage corresponding to a linear arrangement of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Christophe Mollier, Philippe Caous, Sebastian Quintana Delgado
  • Patent number: 10288650
    Abstract: This system comprises a first device comprising a member for measuring voltage of a primary conductor, means for sampling the measured voltage, means for transmitting a first message, and means for determining a set of variable values representative of the voltage, based on the voltage measured during a given transmission period; at least one second device having a current sensor for determining intensity in a secondary conductor connected to the primary conductor, means for sampling the measured intensity; and a member for calculating said energy, including means for receiving the first message and being configured for calculating an energy during the given transmission period on the basis of said data set and intensity samples associated with the given transmission period. The determination means are configured for determining said data set based on a correction coefficient which depends on a value representative of the voltage only for each voltage period where said value is greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Coutelou, Christophe Mollier, Maxime Gaillard, Damien Sillans
  • Publication number: 20190101574
    Abstract: A voltage presence indicating system intended to be connected to a voltage measurement sensor for each phase of a high-voltage electrical network, a visual indicator representing the presence of the measured voltage, a first peak limiter having a first regulation voltage so as to deliver a first sinusoidal output signal representing the measured voltage and a second peak limiter having a second regulation voltage so as to deliver a second sinusoidal output signal representing the phase angle of the measured voltage, the second regulation voltage being higher than the first regulation voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventor: Christophe MOLLIER
  • Patent number: 9912193
    Abstract: Telecontrol equipment for an MV/LV substation between a medium-voltage network and a low-voltage network. The telecontrol equipment including a first device configured to power the equipment from the low-voltage network and from an auxiliary source, a second device configured to communicate information gathered by the equipment to outside, a third device configured to monitor the medium-voltage network at the substation level, and a fourth device configured to monitor the low-voltage network at the substation level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Peco Grujovski, Didier Leblond, Christophe Mollier, Stephane Sinistro, Yves Panuel
  • Publication number: 20180005871
    Abstract: An electrical isolation device including a support with thickness E including two faces facing one another, referred to, respectively, as the two faces having a length L, a width l; on each face of the support, a plurality of voltage dividers is positioned extending over the length, each voltage divider including electrical components that are connected in series and arranged according to a first and a second stage, each first stage including a row of even components and a row of odd components, the rows being parallel, and adjacent, and the second stage corresponding to a linear arrangement of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Christophe MOLLIER, Philippe CAOUS, Sebastian QUINTANA DELGADO
  • Patent number: 9732805
    Abstract: A clutch release bearing (17), in particular for a motor vehicle, having: a tubular body (30) through which at least one input shaft (11) of a gearbox is intended to pass; at least one actuator having a part, movable in translation along the axis (X) of the body (30), intended for actuation of a clutch diaphragm; a target (28a, 28b) whose position is representative of the position of the movable part of the actuator; and a detector (29a, 29b) capable of detecting the position of the target (28a, 28b). The target (28a, 28b) is offset angularly from the detector (29a, 29b) with respect to the axis (X) of the body (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventor: Christophe Mollier
  • Patent number: 9515459
    Abstract: A power supply module for intelligent electronic apparatuses and capable of transforming the energy of the LV network and of a battery into energy that can be used by said apparatuses is produced to serve as support for said apparatuses. In particular, for a use in a telecontrol equipment item, the casing of the power supply module is flat, can be installed on wall-mounted DIN rails, and includes, on its front face, a DIN rail for fixing the apparatuses that it powers, that is to say other functional modules of the equipment. The casing also includes an apron for the connections. Preferably, the power supply is produced by series connection, and the power supply module includes a port dedicated to external communication via a module of the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Sinistro, Christophe Mollier, Eric Suptitz
  • Publication number: 20160178674
    Abstract: An electronic device for monitoring an electrical quantity out of a voltage and arc intensity relative to an alternating current flowing in an electrical conductor, includes a measurement module configured to measure at least one value of the electrical quantity, a wireless transceiver, and a transmission module linked to the wireless transceiver. The monitoring device furthermore includes a computation module configured to compute at least one parameter for monitoring the electrical quantity as a function of at least one measured value of the electrical quantity, each monitoring parameter being chosen from an angular phase of the electrical quantity and a modulus of the electrical quantity, the transmission module being configured to transmit, to another electronic device, a data message containing at least one computed monitoring parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Christophe MOLLIER, Maxime Gaillard
  • Publication number: 20160006223
    Abstract: A power supply module for intelligent electronic apparatuses and capable of transforming the energy of the LV network and of a battery into energy that can be used by said apparatuses is produced to serve as support for said apparatuses. In particular, for a use in a telecontrol equipment item, the casing of the power supply module is flat, can be installed on wall-mounted DIN rails, and includes, on its front face, a DIN rail for fixing the apparatuses that it powers, that is to say other functional modules of the equipment. The casing also includes an apron for the connections. Preferably, the power supply is produced by series connection, and the power supply module includes a port dedicated to external communication via a module of the equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Stephane SINISTRO, Christophe MOLLIER, Eric SUPTITZ
  • Publication number: 20160006300
    Abstract: A telecontrol equipment item (10) is adapted to monitor the MV network (3) at the level of a transformer substation and possibly control elements (5) thereof in the case of a fault. According to the invention, the equipment item (10) comprises means (400) for also monitoring the LV network (4). Preferably, the equipment item (10) comprises an LV monitoring module (400), a power supply module (100), a communication module (200) and an MV monitoring module (300i) for each line to be monitored. The different components of the modules are optimized to be adapted to the networks (3, 4) on which the equipment item (100) is installed, and to allow for updates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Peco GRUJOVSKI, Didier LEBLOND, Christophe MOLLIER, Stephane SINISTRO, Yves PANUEL
  • Publication number: 20150217632
    Abstract: A device for a motor vehicle transmission assembly comprising a support element (16) for supporting a stator (9) of an electric machine (3) and a fluidically operated clutch bearing (15), these being coaxial about an axis X, in which: the stator support element has a housing defined by an axial skirt (205) and an end wall (212) provided with a bore (202) for the passage of a shaft, coaxial with the axis X, the housing (201) comprising at least one locking cavity; and the clutch bearing extends at least partially inside the housing, the clutch bearing comprising an orifice for the passage of a shaft (7), coaxial with the axis X, and a body comprising at least one elastic locking tab (106) provided with a protuberance (107) collaborating with the locking cavity (207) to fix the clutch bearing on the stator support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Fabien Lebeau, Khadija El Baraka, Gilles Lebas, Christophe Mollier, Svetislav Jugovic
  • Publication number: 20150211583
    Abstract: A preassembled module for a motor vehicle transmission to be arranged between an engine block and gearbox is disclosed. A support element has elements for fixing to the engine block and/or the gearbox. A clutch bearing is mounted on the support element for actuating a clutch. An intermediate rotatable shaft has a splined end to collaborate with a hub of a friction disk of the clutch, and the intermediate shaft collaborates with the support element via a bearing supporting and guiding the rotation of the intermediate shaft with respect to the support element. An electric machine has an external stator supported by the support element and a rotor having a central opening through which the intermediate shaft passes. The rotor rotates as one with the intermediate shaft. A reaction plate of a clutch, on the gearbox side, which rotates as one with the intermediate shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Svetislav Jugovic, Khadija El Baraka, Gilles Lebas, Fabien Lebeau, Christophe Mollier
  • Publication number: 20150136561
    Abstract: A clutch release bearing (17), in particular for a motor vehicle, having: a tubular body (30) through which at least one input shaft (11) of a gearbox is intended to pass; at least one actuator having a part, movable in translation along the axis (X) of the body (30), intended for actuation of a clutch diaphragm; a target (28a, 28b) whose position is representative of the position of the movable part of the actuator; and a detector (29a, 29b) capable of detecting the position of the target (28a, 28b). The target (28a, 28b) is offset angularly from the detector (29a, 29b) with respect to the axis (X) of the body (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Christophe MOLLIER