Patents by Inventor Maurice Callac

Maurice Callac 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).

  • Publication number: 20090008999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device making it possible to switch from one electric source to another. It comprises two electromechanical relays, each of the two relays being capable of supplying power current coming from one of the two sources. The two relays are connected to one another so that the current supply for controlling one of the relays prevents the current supply for controlling the other relay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Thales
    Inventors: Maurice CALLAC, Jean-Paul Artis
  • Patent number: 7000722
    Abstract: A device for the operating of an automative cruise control system for an automobile vehicle comprises means to separate the travel of the accelerator pedal into two parts. The depressing of the pedal in the first travel part engages the automotive cruise control system, the pull-back force of the pedal being smaller in the first travel part than in the second travel part. The device can be applied especially to vehicles equipped with means for checking the distance and/or the speed of obstacles located in the path of the vehicle, the pace of these vehicles being regulated or controlled as a function of the information on distance and/or speed given by said means. More generally, it can be applied to any vehicles equipped means of automative cruise control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Artis, Maurice Callac
  • Publication number: 20050173172
    Abstract: A device for the operating of an automative cruise control system for an automobile vehicle comprises means to separate the travel of the accelerator pedal into two parts. The depressing of the pedal in the first travel part engages the automotive cruise control system, the pull-back force of the pedal being smaller in the first travel part than in the second travel part. The device can be applied especially to vehicles equipped with means for checking the distance and/or the speed of obstacles located in the path of the vehicle, the pace of these vehicles being regulated or controlled as a function of the information on distance and/or speed given by said means. More generally, it can be applied to any vehicles equipped means of automative cruise control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: THOMSON-CSF
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Artis, Maurice Callac
  • Patent number: 6675923
    Abstract: A device for the operating of an automative cruise control system for an automobile vehicle comprises means to separate the travel of the accelerator pedal into two parts. The depressing of the pedal in the first travel part engages the automative cruise control system, the pull-back force of the pedal being smaller in the first travel part than in the second travel part. The device can be applied especially to vehicles equipped with means for checking the distance and/or the speed of obstacles located in the path of the vehicle, the pace of these vehicles being regulated or controlled as a function of the information on distance and/or speed given by said means. More generally, it can be applied to any vehicles equipped means of automative cruise control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Artis, Maurice Callac