Patents by Inventor Dominique Beaufils

Dominique Beaufils 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).

  • Device for detecting the positions of a control lever of a gearbox in two axes of rotation
    Patent number: 9568092
    Abstract: A device is mounted with a capability for angular movement in a mounting unit, the movement being detected by an element that is able to send electrical signals within a processing unit. The element consist of a single 2D Hall-effect sensor able to measure the rotations of the magnetic field, the sensor being mounted in close proximity to a dual magnet to measure two rotations of the lever in two planes, each corresponding to the P, R, N, D and M+, M and M? positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventors: Hugues Derouet, Dominique Beaufils
  • Device for controlling a gearbox and a parking brake of a motor vehicle, using a common operating lever
    Patent number: 9109688
    Abstract: A lever having a trigger that is retractable against a travel limiter for engagement of the reverse gear; the lever is interlocked with a means for being switched from one position, allowing the engagement and selection of gears, to another position for applying the parking brake, with the possibility of selecting and engaging a gear; the lever base has a spherical body equipped with a multi-directional movement capability in a mounting, while being equipped for the engagement and selection of gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventor: Dominique Beaufils
  • DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF THE P, R, N, D, M+, M AND M- POSITIONS OF A CONTROL LEVER OF A GEARBOX OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150048816
    Abstract: A device is mounted with a capability for angular movement in a mounting unit, the movement being detected by an element that is able to send electrical signals within a processing unit. The element consist of a single 2D Hall-effect sensor able to measure the rotations of the magnetic field, the sensor being mounted in close proximity to a dual magnet to measure two rotations of the lever in two planes, each corresponding to the P, R, N, D and M+, M and M? positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hugues Derouet, Dominique Beaufils
  • Device For Controlling A Gearbox And A Parking Brake Of A Motor Vehicle, Using A Common Operating Lever
    Publication number: 20140224056
    Abstract: A lever having a trigger that is retractable against a travel limiter for engagement of the reverse gear; the lever is interlocked with a means for being switched from one position, allowing the engagement and selection of gears, to another position for applying the parking brake, with the possibility of selecting and engaging a gear; the lever base has a spherical body equipped with a multi-directional movement capability in a mounting, while being equipped for the engagement and selection of gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Dominique Beaufils