Patents by Inventor Olivier Le Traon

Olivier Le Traon 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: 20010015102
    Abstract: A monolithic miniature accelerometer machined in a plate of material, comprising a fixed part, two first mobile mass parts referred to as inertial masses, two hinge blades each having one end fastened to one of the two mobile mass parts, and two resonators each having one end fastened to one of the two mobile mass parts, a third mobile mass part fastened to the other end of each of the two resonators and of each of the two hinge blades, and a flexible stem situated between the first two mobile mass parts and connecting the third mobile mass part to the fixed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Applicant: ONERA (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales)
    Inventors: Denis Janiaud, Olivier Le Traon, Serge Muller
  • Patent number: 5962786
    Abstract: A monolithic accelerometric transducer comprises a fixed part, two mobile mass parts and a resonator having ends fastened to said mobile parts, a flexible frame around the two mobile parts, and two connecting members connecting the frame to the second mobile part and to the fixed part. The frame provides a mechanical filter between the resonator and the fixed part which is not affected by the vibrations of the resonator. The quality factor Q of the resonator is not degraded and the measurement provided by the transducer is more accurate. In a differential output accelerometer, the position of the transducer is deduced from that of another, identical transducer by rotation of 180.degree. about an axis parallel to the resonator, the fixed parts of the transducers being fastened together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: ONERA (Office National d'Eudes et de Recheres Aerospatiales)
    Inventors: Olivier Le Traon, Denis Janiaud, Serge Muller