Patents by Inventor Frederic Brandy

Frederic Brandy 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: 5245267
    Abstract: A double voltage alternator circuit having two alternators, each associated with one of two batteries connected in series, and two alternator excitation current control circuits each of which receives a d.c. voltage from an auxiliary rectifier bridge associated with the corresponding alternator, also has a single warning lamp connected between that terminal of a first one of the batteries which is not directly connected in series to the other battery and (a) the auxiliary rectifier bridge associated with that other battery, through an avalanche diode which enables current to pass through the lamp when the voltage at its terminals is greater than a predetermined value, and (b) to the auxiliary rectifier bridge associated with the first battery, through a uni-directional circuit element such as a diode which prevents current from flowing between the two auxiliary rectifier bridges. The invention enables fault indication in a double voltage circuit to be given using a single lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Pierret, Pierre Perrier, Frederic Brandy