Patents by Inventor Nicolas Fonteneau

Nicolas Fonteneau 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: 20100078268
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an electric safety switch (3) resetting device (1) for the car safety device (5) of elevators, wherein the switch (3) is shaped as a box attached to the lower skirt (9) of the car frame, near the car safety blocks (11), comprising a mobile upper tongue (13) engaged with a car safety block triggering lever (15), which tongue (13) can trigger the switch (3) under the action of said triggering lever (15) and reset it in the opposite direction when operated by the maintenance operator, characterized in that it comprises a connecting rod arrangement (29) hinged to the said tongue (13) that can be remotely actuated by the operator using a drive means (35) while standing at the landing opening near the arrested elevator car, to drive said tongue (13) to a position that will reset the switch (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Nicolas Fonteneau, Thomas Coquerelle, Franck Dominguez, Frédéric Beauchaud