Patents by Inventor Claude Martin
Claude Martin 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).
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Publication number: 20200409310Abstract: Inertia mobile component (1) for a horological resonator (100), oscillating about an axis of oscillation (D1), and including at least one magnetic area (10), the total resultant magnetic moment of all of the magnetic areas (10), included in the inertia mobile component (1), is aligned in the direction of the axis of oscillation (D1), this inertia mobile component (1) bearing at least one magnetic compensating element (4), the magnetisation component thereof in a direction perpendicular to the axis of oscillation (D1) can be adjusted in order to obtain a total resultant magnetic moment that is aligned in the direction of the axis of oscillation (D1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Gianni DI DOMENICO, Jérôme FAVRE, Olivier MATTHEY, Dominique LECHOT, Baptiste HINAUX, Laurent NAGY, Jean-Claude MARTIN
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Publication number: 20200409311Abstract: Horological resonator (100) including an inertia mobile component (1) oscillating about an axis of oscillation (D1) and including at least one magnetic area (10), the total resultant magnetic moment of all of the magnetic areas (10), included in the inertia mobile component (1), is aligned in the direction of the axis of oscillation (D1), this inertia mobile component (1) bearing at least one balancing magnet (6), the direction of the magnetic moment thereof crosses the axis of oscillation (D1) to obtain magnetic balancing of the inertia mobile component (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Gianni DI DOMENICO, Jérôme FAVRE, Olivier MATTHEY, Dominique LECHOT, Baptiste HINAUX, Laurent NAGY, Jean-Claude MARTIN
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Patent number: 10875653Abstract: An aircraft cabin arrangement includes at least one cabin attendant seat, called a high-comfort seat, which can assume a stowed position, a sitting position and at least one rest position, and at least one furniture unit. The high-comfort seat is installed in a space provided in the furniture unit, or can extend at least partially into a space arranged in the furniture unit when said high-comfort seat is in the rest position.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Safran SeatsInventors: Alison Gill, Brice Lebegue, Alexandre Mesaros, Jérôme Verbeque, Claude Martin
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Publication number: 20200331179Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting moldings. Here, a molding comprising a foam and at least one fiber (F), wherein the fiber (F) is with a fiber region (FB2) located inside the molding is at least partially divided at least once, wherein at least one fiber (F) is completely divided. The invention further relates to the thus obtainable converted molding and to a panel comprising the converted molding and at least one layer (S1). The present invention further relates to a process for producing the panel and to the use of the converted molding/the panel according to the invention as a rotor blade in wind turbines for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Robert STEIN, Holger RUCKDAESCHEL, Rene ARBTER, Tim DIEHLMANN, Gregor DAUN, Marc Claude MARTIN
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Publication number: 20200316907Abstract: The present invention relates to a molding which comprises a foam and at least one fiber (F). The fiber (F) has a first part (FT1), a second part (FT2) and a third part (FT3). The third part (FT3) of the fiber (F) connects the first part (FT1) and the second part (FT2) of the fiber (F) and is arranged on a second side of the foam. A first region (FB11) of the first part (FT1) of the fiber (F) and a first region (FB12) of the second part (FT2) of the fiber (F) are located inside the molding and are not in contact. A second region (FB21) of the first part (FT1) of the fiber (F) and a second region (FB22) of the second part (FT2) of the fiber (F) project from a first side of the foam. The present invention further relates to a process for producing the moldings according to the invention and to a panel which comprises the molding according to the invention and at least one layer (S1) and also to a process for producing the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Robert STEIN, Holger RUCKDAESCHEL, Rene ARBTER, Tim DIEHLMANN, Gregor DAUN, Marc Claude MARTIN
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Publication number: 20200317879Abstract: The present invention relates to a molding made of foam, wherein at least one fiber (F) is located partly within the molding, i.e. is surrounded by the foam. The two ends of the respective fiber (F) not surrounded by the foam thus each project from one side of the molding. The foam is produced by polymerization of a reactive mixture (rM) comprising at least one compound having isocyanate-reactive groups, at least one blowing agent and at least one polyisocyanate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Robert Stein, Gianpaolo Tomasi, Ludwig Windeler, Christian Renner, Holger Ruckdaeschel, Tim Diehlmann, Rene Arbter, Marc Claude Martin
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Patent number: 10796300Abstract: An assembly includes a main terminal equipped with a communication module using at least a first communications protocol capable of connecting the main terminal to a communication network, which enables the use of at least one function, the main terminal being arranged to use at least one configuration program, and the configuration program enables at least one preferred function to be selected and a code representing the selected preferred function to be generated, and a second communications protocol. The assembly additionally comprises at least one secondary terminal equipped with a passive communication module using the second communications protocol to communicate with the main terminal in order to protect the code representing the selected preferred function.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin S.A.Inventors: Georges Nicolas Hayek, Michel Willemin, Jean-Claude Martin, Thomas Gyger
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Patent number: 10777780Abstract: A battery or an accumulator including an anode case, an anode situated inside the anode case, a cathode case joined to the anode case, a seal sealing the cathode case to the anode case, a cathode situated inside the cathode case between the anode and the cathode case, and a membrane between the anode and the cathode. An outer surface of the battery includes at least one marking.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTDInventors: Yves Burri, Michael Stalder, Jean-Claude Martin
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Patent number: 10743625Abstract: A method for assembling a stone on a setting support, the stone being cut to exhibit a table, a crown, a girdle and a pavilion. A substrate with a recess for the stone, the recess forming, between the substrate and the stone, a peripheral free space in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, the peripheral free space including a bottom having a conductive surface. Electroplating, in the peripheral free space, a metal layer in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, so as to confine the girdle in the metal layer to form, around the girdle, the setting support. The stone and its setting support are released from the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Stewes Bourban, Pascal Grossenbacher, Jean-Claude Martin, Vladislav Spassov, Cecile Barron, Lionel Blaser, Yann Caloz, Cyrille Gernez, Stephane Lauper, Ahmad Odeh, Simon Springer
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Patent number: 10736389Abstract: A method for assembling a stone on to a mounting includes sinking the stone into an adhesive layer on a substrate and then positioning a setting sheet around the stone above the adhesive layer so as to form a peripheral free space between the setting sheet and the stone, at least at the level of the girdle and of areas of the crown and the pavilion adjacent to the girdle. Then, a metallic layer is deposited in the peripheral free space from the setting sheet, at least at the level of the girdle and of the areas of the crown and the pavilion adjacent to the girdle, such that the metallic layer and the setting sheet form the mounting.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Stewes Bourban, Pascal Grossenbacher, Jean-Claude Martin, Vladislav Spassov, Cecile Barron, Lionel Blaser, Yann Caloz, Cyrille Gernez, Stephane Lauper, Ahmad Odeh, Simon Springer
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Publication number: 20200201261Abstract: A dial including a mother-of-pearl wafer partially covering a support member, and a decorative element arranged on a reverse of the wafer, the decorative element being visible on an obverse of the wafer when subjected to a stimulus and invisible on the obverse of the wafer in the absence of the stimulus. The decorative element has a first empty area on a reverse of the wafer, and a second empty area on the obverse of the wafer, facing the first empty area. A colour compensation layer is deposited on the first empty area or the second empty area, the colour being selected such that the difference in colour ?E in the CIE Lab colour space between the colour compensation layer and the decorative element in the absence of said stimulus, perceived by a user observing the obverse of the wafer, is less than 3. Also, a timepiece including the dial.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Agnès MARLOT DOERR, Nicolas François, Alexandros Mouskeftaras, Michel Willemin, Jean-Claude Martin, Carole Govaerts
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Patent number: 10691070Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety valve including: a tube intended to be fixed to a watch case, a hollow head mounted for rotation about the tube, a first element fixedly mounted with respect to the head and a second element integral with the head, wherein the first element and the second element each include one or more passages allowing gas to flow, the rotational motion of the head allowing the passages of the first element and of the second element to be placed in communication for gas to escape from the interior to the exterior of the case in case of overpressure inside the case or, conversely, allowing the passages of the first element and of the second element to be moved out of alignment to prevent gas escaping.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Pierry Vuille, Michel Willemin, Jean-Claude Martin
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Publication number: 20200079508Abstract: An aircraft cabin includes an upper deck, and a cargo area. The cargo area is configured to accommodate at least one passenger and is situated at a different level than the upper deck. An accessway provides access between the upper deck and the cargo area. The upper deck has, at least locally, a raised floor in the vicinity of the accessway so that at least one part of the cargo area has a ceiling height higher than the ceiling height of the rest of the area cargo.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: SAFRANInventors: Sébastien Sivignon, Etienne Marecal, Claude Martin, Ramon Blauwhoff
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Publication number: 20200062400Abstract: The invention concerns a modular arrangement intended to accommodate at least one passenger of an aircraft, comprising A modular aircraft passenger accommodation includes at least one module, configured to be arranged in a removable manner in a cargo area of the aircraft. The module communication with an upper deck of the aircraft, and/or a comfort module. The comfort module includes at least one comfort device for improving the comfort of the passenger. The module is configured to be in communication with at least one space outside the module situated in the cargo area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: SAFRANInventors: Sébastien Sivignon, Etienne Marecal, Claude Martin, Ramon Blauwhoff
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Publication number: 20200031474Abstract: The invention relates to a system for remote monitoring of an area intended to accommodate at least one passenger of an aeroplane, notably a cargo area provisionally converted into cabin space, including: at least one control member configured to generate at least one signal relating to the safety of the passenger present in the area, and at least one interface means that is situated at a distance from the area and allows the cabin crew to have access to information relating to the area and/or to the passenger present in the area on the basis of the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Sébastien Sivignon, Claude Martin, Etienne Marecal, Ramon Blauwhoff
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Patent number: 10543664Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a molding made from blowing agent-containing foam comprising at least one fiber (F), wherein the at least one fiber (F) is partially introduced into the blowing agent-containing foam. The two ends of the respective fiber (F) that are not surrounded by the blowing agent-containing foam thus project from one side of the corresponding molding. The present invention also provides the molding as such. The present invention further provides a panel comprising at least one such molding, produced by the process according to the invention, and at least one further layer (S1). The present invention also provides for the production of the panels of the invention and for the use thereof, for example as a rotor blade in wind turbines.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Holger Ruckdäschel, Rene Arbter, Robert Stein, Daniela Longo-Schedel, Tim Diehlmann, Bangaru Sampath, Peter Gutmann, Alexandre Terrenoire, Markus Hartenstein, Andreas Kirgis, Alessio Morino, Gregor Daun, Marc Claude Martin, Peter Merkel, Thomas Kiciak
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Publication number: 20190365061Abstract: A bracelet including two strands provided with a fastening system which includes at least one longitudinal groove on one of the two strands and at least one longitudinal protuberance on the other strand. The material and the shape of the groove and of the protuberance are configured such that these two elements interlock under pressure exerted by the bracelet user, over two overlapping portions of the bracelet strands. The connection between the strands can easily be separated, preferably by peeling the upper strand away from the lower strand. The bracelet is continuously adjustable in length, without requiring heavy or complex elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Jean-Claude MARTIN, Cedric NICOLAS
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Patent number: 10405619Abstract: The invention relates to a method for mounting at least one decorative element (3) on a support (2) comprising the steps of: a. taking a support (2) provided with at least one cavity (4); b. taking at least one decorative element (3); c. filling said cavity with a composite filler material comprising at least one metal powder and at least one organic binder and having, at the moment of filling, a viscosity comprised between 1,000 mPa·s and 1,000,000 mPa·s; d. heating the composite filler material to a higher temperature than its melting point to make it liquid; e. allowing the filler material to cool to form a substrate (6); f. making at least one housing (8) in said substrate (6); g. mounting said decorative element (3) in said housing (8).Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Alban Dubach, Stewes Bourban, Yves Winkler, Pierry Vuille, Jean-Claude Martin
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Patent number: 10346830Abstract: A portable object includes a near-field communication device. The communication device includes an electronic chip provided with two terminals connected to an electrical circuit including an antenna and a filter. The communication device is provided to receive and transmit at a defined frequency corresponding to the resonance frequency of the electrical circuit. The portable object includes a control element which is able to be displaced between two predefined positions, i.e. an active position in which the communication device is activated and a passive position in which the communication device is deactivated. The electrical circuit includes, furthermore, a bypass branch provided with a mechanical switch which is able to switch between an open state and a closed state in response to a displacement of the control element from one to the other of its predefined positions causing a modification in the resonance frequency of the electrical circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Pierry Vuille, Jean-Claude Martin, Michel Willemin, Thierry Scordilis
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Patent number: 10334915Abstract: An attachment link for a watch band is arranged to attach the band to a watch case between the horns. A first end of the attachment link is fixed to a watch band strand and the second end of the attachment link is fixed to the case with a bar. The link is between the horns and against the case. The attachment link includes a device for blocking pivoting in order to firmly hold the attachment link between the horns.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Pierry Vuille, Jean-Claude Martin