Patents by Inventor Frédéric Lepoitevin

Frédéric Lepoitevin 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).

  • Bistable magnetic actuator
    Patent number: 7049915
    Abstract: An actuator is described having two fixed magnetic structures, and a mobile magnetic part able to move towards either one of the two ends of the magnetic structures. The actuator can be in the form of a microactuator, and can be used in the fabrication of microrelays, microvalves, and micropumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Jérôme Delamare, Claire Divoux, Pierre Gaud, Frédéric Lepoitevin
  • Bistable magnetic actuator
    Publication number: 20040113732
    Abstract: According to the invention, the actuator comprises two fixed magnetic structures (321, 341) (322, 342), and a mobile magnetic part (36) able to move towards either one of the two ends of the magnetic structures. The actuator is preferably in the form of a microactuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Jerome Delamare, Claire Devoux, Pierre Gaud, Frederic Lepoitevin