Patents by Inventor Fares Kfoury

Fares Kfoury 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: 11909777
    Abstract: Provided is a method for initiating a mobile voice call from a caller UE to a callee UE having a SIM card associated with a callee phone number, which callee phone number is a E.164 compliant MSISDN. The method includes providing a software function at the callee UE, which software function is associated with a receiving address comprising the callee phone number, and configuring a call forwarding function in a first network, being activated for the callee phone number and configured for forwarding CS voice calls to a forwarding phone number associated with a VOIP service. The method also includes the caller UE calling the callee phone number, the first network performing the call forwarding to the VOIP service, the VOIP service identifying the callee UE, and the VOIP service initiating the call between the caller UE and the software function using the receiving address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: WONE SAGL
    Inventors: David Jean Khoury, Joseph Selim Ged, Elie Fares Kfoury
  • Publication number: 20230133561
    Abstract: A gripper including a frame and a finger including a first distal phalanx and a second proximal phalanx mechanically linked, the second phalanx includes a first bar and a linear actuator arranged so as to form a first four-bar linkage. A gripping device including a plurality of grippers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Fares KFOURY, Mathieu GROSSARD
  • Publication number: 20220078216
    Abstract: Provided is a method for initiating a mobile voice call from a caller UE to a callee UE having a SIM card associated with a callee phone number, which callee phone number is a E.164 compliant MSISDN. The method includes providing a software function at the callee UE, which software function is associated with a receiving address comprising the callee phone number, and configuring a call forwarding function in a first network, being activated for the callee phone number and configured for forwarding CS voice calls to a forwarding phone number associated with a VOIP service. The method also includes the caller UE calling the callee phone number, the first network performing the call forwarding to the VOIP service, the VOIP service identifying the callee UE, and the VOIP service initiating the call between the caller UE and the software function using the receiving address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: David Jean KHOURY, Joseph Selim GED, Elie Fares KFOURY
  • Patent number: 10197137
    Abstract: A cable actuator comprising a chassis (1), a screw (2) mounted rotatably on the chassis and driven by an electric motor, a nut (4) engaging with the screw and associated with anti-rotation means such that a rotation of the screw, under the action of the motor, results in an axial movement of the nut, and two substantially parallel cables (10) coupled to the nut on either side of same. The cables are linked to an anchoring member (20; 30; 40) that is interposed between the nut and the cables, the anchoring member being secured to the nut while also being movable relative to same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Philippe Garrec, Fares Kfoury
  • Patent number: 10035260
    Abstract: A cable actuator comprising a chassis (1), a screw (2) rotatably mounted on the chassis and driven by an electric motor, a nut (4) that engages with the screw and is combined with anti-rotation means such that rotation of the screw under the action of the motor causes an axial displacement of the nut, two cables (10) coupled to the nut on either side of same, the two cables being wound onto respective joint pulleys (11) each rigidly connected to a same joint shaft (12) and in which the joint pulleys have a helical groove, the helical grooves of the pulleys extending in opposing directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Fares Kfoury, Philippe Garrec
  • Patent number: 9475678
    Abstract: Load manipulator comprising a boom arm (1) and a return arm (3) parallel to each other, a loading bar (2) and a counterbar (4) so as to form a deformable parallelogram, an approximately horizontal pivot axis on which one of the arms of the parallelogram is articulated, and balancing means (8) applying a force at an compensation application point (C) to compensate for the force due to the load, said point being a point on the return arm (3) and a point on the counterbar such that it is always in line with point (M) on the loading bar at which the force due to the load is applied and the rotation axis, in which the balancing means (8) comprise a first counterweight (10) and a second counterweight (12) and a jack to compensate for the value of the force due to the load, the first counterweight (10) and the jack applying a force onto the compensation application point (C) and the second counterweight (12) applying a force on the boom arm (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Fares Kfoury
  • Publication number: 20160288319
    Abstract: A cable actuator comprising a chassis (1), a screw (2) rotatably mounted on the chassis and driven by an electric motor, a nut (4) that engages with the screw and is combined with anti-rotation means such that rotation of the screw under the action of the motor causes an axial displacement of the nut, two cables (10) coupled to the nut on either side of same, the two cables being wound onto respective joint pulleys (11) each rigidly connected to a same joint shaft (12) and in which the joint pulleys have a helical groove, the helical grooves of the pulleys extending in opposing directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Fares KFOURY, Philippe GARREC
  • Patent number: 9452914
    Abstract: Load manipulator comprising a boom arm (1) and a return arm (3) parallel to each other, a loading bar (2) and a counterbar (4) so as to form a deformable parallelogram, an approximately horizontal pivot axis on which one of the arms of the parallelogram is articulated, and balancing means (8) applying a force at an compensation application point (C) to compensate for the force due to the load, said point being a point on the return arm (3) and a point on the counterbar such that it is always in line with point (M) on the loading bar at which the force due to the load is applied and the rotation axis, in which the balancing means (8) comprise a first counterweight (10) and a second counterweight (12) and a jack to compensate for the value of the force due to the load, the first counterweight (10) and the jack applying a force onto the compensation application point (C) and the second counterweight (12) applying a force on the boom arm (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Fares Kfoury
  • Publication number: 20150345600
    Abstract: A cable actuator comprising a chassis (1), a screw (2) mounted rotatably on the chassis and driven by an electric motor, a nut (4) engaging with the screw and associated with anti-rotation means such that a rotation of the screw, under the action of the motor, results in an axial movement of the nut, and two substantially parallel cables (10) coupled to the nut on either side of same. The cables are linked to an anchoring member (20; 30; 40) that is interposed between the nut and the cables, the anchoring member being secured to the nut while also being movable relative to same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALERNATIVES
    Inventors: Philippe GARREC, Fares KFOURY
  • Publication number: 20150336266
    Abstract: A serial carrier having at least three degrees of freedom, comprising three rotoid connections, two of which have orthogonal axes (X1, X2), one among the first, second and third connections enabling the carrier to be hinged to a frame, and comprising an effector (8), said carrier comprising two passive devices (4, 6) with a parallelogram deformable in the plane which are connected on the one hand to the frame and on the other hand to the effector (8), and a first and a second passive transmitting devices (D1, D2) each formed by a double U-joint, the first double U-joint (D1) being connected to the frame and the second double U-joint being connected to the effector, both double U-joints being connected between them. The deformable parallelogram devices (4, 6) and the transmitting devices (D1, D2) can restrict the movement of the effector (8) to the only three translational degrees of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Commissariat à l'ènergie atomique et aux ènergies alternatives
    Inventor: Farès Kfoury
  • Publication number: 20140248110
    Abstract: Load manipulator comprising a boom arm (1) and a return arm (3) parallel to each other, a loading bar (2) and a counterbar (4) so as to form a deformable parallelogram, an approximately horizontal pivot axis on which one of the arms of the parallelogram is articulated, and balancing means (8) applying a force at an compensation application point (C) to compensate for the force due to the load, said point being a point on the return arm (3) and a point on the counterbar such that it is always in line with point (M) on the loading bar at which the force due to the load is applied and the rotation axis, in which the balancing means (8) comprise a first counterweight (10) and a second counterweight (12) and a jack to compensate for the value of the force due to the load, the first counterweight (10) and the jack applying a force onto the compensation application point (C) and the second counterweight (12) applying a force on the boom arm (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventor: Fares Kfoury