Patents by Inventor Philippe France

Philippe France 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: 20170237184
    Abstract: An electric apparatus comprises a casing formed of an electrically insulating material and at least one connection terminal mounted in the casing and intended to establish and maintain a contact between an electrical conductor inserted in the connection terminal and an electrical link bar mounted in the casing to ensure an electrical connection between the electrical link bar and the electrical conductor. The connection terminal is of the push-in type and comprises a contact spring configured so that the contact between the electrical conductor and the electrical link bar results from a force insertion of the electrical conductor in opposition to the action of the contact spring and is automatically maintained by the contact spring after insertion of the electrical conductor. The casing comprises a peripheral wall and a cover configured to be assembled together along a mounting direction substantially parallel to the direction in which the electrical conductor is inserted in the connection terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Philippe FRANCE, Romain VILLARD, Moine GEOFFREY
  • Publication number: 20170237186
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus such as an electrical contactor or a terminal block, comprises a casing made of an electrically insulating material, a conductive bar mounted in the casing and at least one push-in type connection terminal. The terminal comprises a contact spring having an elastic portion undergoing an elastic deformation under the action of an external force applied on the contact spring either by an electrical conductor during its insertion at a first aperture of the casing so as to place the electrical conductor in a contact position located between the contact spring and the conductive bar in order to establish an electrical connection between the electrical conductor and the conductive bar, or by a tool inserted into a second aperture of the casing so as to open the contact spring and release the electrical conductor in order to remove it out of its contact position. The electrical apparatus comprises a support clip independent of the casing and of the conductive bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Philippe FRANCE, Romain VILLARD, Moine GEOFFREY
  • Patent number: 9698503
    Abstract: A part (11) of a conducting bar (5) for an electrical apparatus, such as a terminal block, the part (11) of the conductive bar (5) comprising a first planar portion extending along an extension direction (15) of the part (11) of the conducting bar (5), a second planar portion (23) extending along the extension direction (15), the extension plane (25) of the second portion (23) being transversal to the extension plane (21) of the first portion. The part (11) has a first cutout along a first contour arranged in the first portion and a second cutout along a second contour arranged in the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Philippe France, Andre Imperato
  • Patent number: 9431724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a detachable connector (1) for a junction block comprising: an insulating body (2), a connection terminal (10) having a housing (8) for an electrically conductive wire (C) intended to be inserted through a first opening (3) of the insulating body (2) along an insertion direction (D) of the electrically conductive wire (C) in the insulating body (2), a connection plug (20) comprising a socket (21) from which extend two elastic connection branches (22a, 22b) intended to ensure an electrical contact with a complementary plug of the junction block intended to pass through a second opening (4) of the insulating body (2), the detachable connector (1) being characterized in that it comprises a passageway (6) for the electrically conductive wire (C) connecting the first housing (8) of the connection terminal (10) and a second housing (9) formed in the socket (21) of the connection plug (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Philippe France, Romain Villard
  • Patent number: 9306298
    Abstract: A terminal block including at least one housing for a connection terminal, the housing extending at least partly within a volume delimited by: a first plane transverse to two side planes delimiting the insulating body, substantially parallel to a general direction joining a first end and a second end of a fastening member, and passing through a connecting area of the fastening member, and a second plane transverse to the two side planes delimiting the insulating body, substantially parallel to the first plane and passing through a connecting area of the rear face, at least a third plane transverse to the two side planes delimiting the insulating body, substantially transverse to the first plane and to the second plane, and passing through the furthest elastic branch of the fastening means intended to interact with an edge of the support rail, and at least a fourth plane transverse to the two side planes delimiting the insulating body, substantially transverse to the first plane and to the second plane, and pa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Philippe France, Romain Villard
  • Publication number: 20160087355
    Abstract: A part (11) of a conducting bar (5) for an electrical apparatus, such as a terminal block, the part (11) of the conductive bar (5) comprising a first planar portion extending along an extension direction (15) of the part (11) of the conducting bar (5), a second planar portion (23) extending along the extension direction (15), the extension plane (25) of the second portion (23) being transversal to the extension plane (21) of the first portion. The part (11) has a first cutout along a first contour arranged in the first portion and a second cutout along a second contour arranged in the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Philippe FRANCE, Andre IMPERATO
  • Publication number: 20160079698
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is an insulating body (1) for a pluggable connector (10) intended to be connected to a junction block (100), said insulating body (1) comprising a housing (2) for conductive parts (11, 12) comprising a connection terminal (11) for a conductive wire intended to be connected to the pluggable connector (10), said housing (2) comprising a support portion (6) for the connection terminal (11) and being arranged to open on a side wall (3) of the insulating body (1) via an aperture (4) arranged on said side wall (3), the insulating body (1) comprising wedging means (7), said wedging means (7) being disposed in whole or in part within a portion of the housing (2) situated facing the support portion (6) of the housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Philippe FRANCE, Romain VILLARD
  • Publication number: 20150311604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a detachable connector (1) for a junction block comprising: an insulating body (2), a connection terminal (10) having a housing (8) for an electrically conductive wire (C) intended to be inserted through a first opening (3) of the insulating body (2) along an insertion direction (D) of the electrically conductive wire (C) in the insulating body (2), a connection plug (20) comprising a socket (21) from which extend two elastic connection branches (22a, 22b) intended to ensure an electrical contact with a complementary plug of the junction block intended to pass through a second opening (4) of the insulating body (2), the detachable connector (1) being characterized in that it comprises a passageway (6) for the electrically conductive wire (C) connecting the first housing (8) of the connection terminal (10) and a second housing (9) formed in the socket (21) of the connection plug (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Philippe FRANCE, Romain VILLARD
  • Publication number: 20140342618
    Abstract: A terminal block including at least one housing for a connection terminal, the housing extending at least partly within a volume delimited by: a first plane transverse to two side planes delimiting the insulating body, substantially parallel to a general direction joining a first end and a second end of a fastening member, and passing through a connecting area of the fastening member, and a second plane transverse to the two side planes delimiting the insulating body, substantially parallel to the first plane and passing through a connecting area of the rear face, at least a third plane transverse to the two side planes delimiting the insulating body, substantially transverse to the first plane and to the second plane, and passing through the furthest elastic branch of the fastening means intended to interact with an edge of the support rail, and at least a fourth plane transverse to the two side planes delimiting the insulating body substantially transverse to the first plane and to the second plane, and pas
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ABB FRANCE
    Inventors: Philippe FRANCE, Romain VILLARD
  • Publication number: 20090130893
    Abstract: A connection terminal clamping device clamping a conductor wire to a connection conductor bar comprises a part forming a conductor housing provided with at least one upwardly oriented opening for receiving at least one connectable conductor wire and the connection conductor bar, a clamping spring which maintains the conductor wire introduced into a housing-forming part in position against the conductor bar by means of an elastic force and which comprises a first connecting arm formed by the extension of a wall defining said housing-forming part and connected by an elbow to a second clamping arm provided with a free clamping end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: ABB France
    Inventors: Noel Revollon, Philippe France
  • Patent number: 6827614
    Abstract: The connecting spring is made of a flat elastic material with a certain thickness which has a pressing branch which is intended to rest against a conducting strip of a connection terminal, a moving branch, having on a same side of a free end, a more or less flat part with an opening intended for the passage of the end of a conductor that is to be connected and, a rear part facing the pressing branch, and a connecting region connecting the pressing branch to the moving branch, forming a loop. The pressing branch has an elbow toward an inside of the loop forming a first side of the elbow facing the conducting strip so that when the pressing branch is pressed against the conducting strip, a distance separating the first side of the elbow from a second side of the conducting strip facing the elbow is greater than the thickness of the material used to make the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Enetrelec SA
    Inventors: Bernard Bechaz, Philippe France
  • Patent number: 6524129
    Abstract: This comb includes a link bar (5) from which parallel contact plugs (6) extend. Each contact plug is in the form of a tooth (6) pierced by at least one longitudinal window (9) delimiting at least two connection branches (10, 12) which are parallel and deformed transversely in opposite directions one with respect to another and the adjacent edges of which, defined by the parallel edges of the window, are located at a certain distance from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Entrelec S.A.
    Inventors: Sebastien Cote, Philippe France
  • Patent number: 6361352
    Abstract: This slit-type insulation-displacement connector for electrical wire comprises a conducting connection piece (2) with a straight stripping and retaining slit (8) for the core of a wire. The slit is made longitudinally along a profiled part of the conducting piece. This connector furthermore comprises a metal reinforcement (4) made in a resilient material, which follows the shape of conducting piece (2) by surrounding it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Entrelec S.A.
    Inventors: Sylvain Barrat, Bernard Bechaz, Philippe France
  • Publication number: 20020031941
    Abstract: This comb comprises a link bar (5) from which parallel contact plugs (6) extend. Each contact plug is in the form of a tooth (6) pierced by at least one longitudinal window (9) delimiting at least two connection branches (10, 12) which are parallel and deformed transversely in opposite directions one with respect to another and the adjacent edges of which, defined by the parallel edges of the window, are located at a certain distance from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: ENTRELEC S.A.
    Inventors: Sebastien Cote, Philippe France
  • Publication number: 20010049236
    Abstract: This connecting spring is made of a flat elastic material which has a pressing first branch (4) which is intended to rest against a fixed conducting strip (10) of a connection terminal, a moving bent second branch (6), having, on the one hand, at the same end as its free end, a more or less flat part (16) with an opening (20) intended for the passage of the end of a conductor that is to be connected and, on the other hand, a rear part (22) facing the pressing first branch (4), and a connecting region (8) connecting the two branches (4, 6), forming a loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Applicant: ENTRELEC S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Bechaz, Philippe France
  • Publication number: 20010014552
    Abstract: Insulation-displacement connector This slit-type insulation-displacement connector for electrical wire comprises a conducting connection piece (2) with a straight stripping and retaining slit (8) for the core of a wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: SYLVAIN BARRAT, BERNARD BECHAZ, PHILIPPE FRANCE
  • Patent number: 6196883
    Abstract: This spring allows an electrical connection to a stripped wire to be made in a terminal strip. It has bearing branch intended to bear against a conducting fixed part and a rear branch, facing the bearing branch, linked via a springy linking region to the latter and the free end of which is curved toward the bearing branch in order to form a moveable pinching branch having, on the same side as its free end, an appreciably plane part provided with an opening intended for passage of the conducting fixed part and of the stripped wire in such a way that the edge of the opening lying on the same side as the free end of the moveable pinching branch keeps the stripped end of the wire pressed against the conducting fixed part. A linking region springingly links the two branches. On the opposite side from the rear branch, the bearing branch is provided with a guiding region which extends parallel to the pinching branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Entrelec S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Bechaz, Stéphane Prost, Philippe France
  • Patent number: 6183288
    Abstract: This device is made from a flat resilient material, which has a first branch intended to bear against a fixed conducting part of a connection terminal, a moving sharply-angled second branch having, on the side of its free end, an approximately planar part provided with an opening intended for passage of the end of a cable to be connected and a part facing the first branch, as well as a linking region which joins the two branches, thus forming a loop. Each branch has a part which is concave toward the outside of the loop and the two concave parts are approximately facing each other and form a narrows inside the loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Entrelec S.A.
    Inventors: Sylvain Barrat, Bernard Bechaz, Philippe France, Stéphane Prost
  • Patent number: 6146186
    Abstract: This connector comprises:a conducting piece which has a slot intended to accommodate the cable to be connected and which is fitted into an insulating casing having an opening allowing insertion of a cable;means allowing the cable to be stripped locally, these means being made on a piece separate from the conducting piece and facing the slot in the latter; andmovement means for moving the cable from an insertion position to a connection position in which the cable is in the slot in the conducting piece, the cable passing through the means allowing it to be stripped locally during this movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Entrelec S.A.
    Inventors: Sylvain Barrat, Bernard Bechaz, Philippe France
  • Patent number: 6065996
    Abstract: A connector comprises a casing (2) inside which is mounted a conducting piece (9) having a slit (10) for retaining an electrical wire (16). Mounted so as to pivot inside this casing is a cage (8) having a cavity (13) for the engagement of a maneuvering rod and a cavity (15) for the engagement of the conducting wire (16). During the pivoting movement of the cage (8), the wire (16) is stripped locally and introduced into the slit (10), and the cage sits over that end of the conducting piece (9) which has the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Entrelec S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Bechaz, Sylvain Barrat, Philippe France