Patents by Inventor Claude Bedoya

Claude Bedoya 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: 5488824
    Abstract: The throttle control device controlling two engines of a same aerodyne which embodies the invention uses a drive mechanism mounted rotatably about a fixed axis and rotated by means of a servomotor controlled by a computer ensuring automatic flight velocity control for the aircraft, two levers respectively integral with two annular elements mounted rotatably about said axis, on both sides of the drive mechanism, two electromagnetic couplers respectively disposed between said annular elements and said drive mechanism, and two angular position sensors respectively associated with the two annular elements, these two sensors being respectively connected to the throttle control circuits of the engines of the aircraft. This system ensures the independence of the two levers and the level of safety required for automatic control of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Sextant Avionique
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre LeDoux, Alain Cognard, Claude Bedoya
  • Patent number: 5352002
    Abstract: The device for clearance-free mounting of panes of glass embodying the invention comprises blocks each having a through passage of oblong section in which can freely pass a fastening screw intended to be screwed into a threaded bore of the support of a pane of glass, the blocks also having an oblique face susceptible of sliding and self-adjusting against an edge of the pane of glass. The invention notably enables a protective pane of glass to be fixed to a viewing screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Sextant Avionique
    Inventors: Patrick Vouillon, Claude Bedoya, Philippe Gaultier
  • Patent number: 5172114
    Abstract: In the tactile effect switch and a keyboard using such a switch, the tactile effect is obtained by combining a snap acting switch and the deformation of a stud, axially deformable under compression, which is integrally formed on a membrane made from a resilient material disposed on a support plate and which provides a resilient connection between a key and the switch in the manner of a pusher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Sextant Avionique
    Inventors: Claude Bedoya, Alain Cognard
  • Patent number: 5144104
    Abstract: A miniature switch device with tactile effect is disclosed comprising a printed circuit board with two conducting areas cooperating with a cap in the form of a spherical skull cap made from an electrically conducting and resiliently deformable material, this cap being maintained in electric contact, by its periphery, with the first conducting area, and extending, at rest, above the second conducting area, the second conducting area having an annular shape bordering a central cavity formed in the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Sextant Avionique
    Inventor: Claude Bedoya