Patents by Inventor Pierre-Yves Boitard

Pierre-Yves Boitard 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: 5373099
    Abstract: A fixing device for fixing an electronic component (10) against a first wall (11) of a heatsink (12) includes at least one end branch engaged in a recess (81) provided in a second wall (82) of the heatsink (12) at right angles to the first wall (11). An abutment segment or support section opposite to the end branch is designed to bear against the front face of the component (10) and is connected to the end branch by a resilient segment so that a spring biased pressure is exerted on the front face of the component (10). The end branch is substantially freely engaged in the recess (81), which recess is in a direction perpendicular to the second wall (82). The end branch is held inside the recess (81) by being braced therein when the abutment segment presses the component (10) against the first wall (11) of the heatsink (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Alcatel Converters
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Boitard, Bernard Furier
  • Patent number: 5276421
    Abstract: Transformer coil consisting of an insulating ribbon comprising electrically conducting patterns making it possible to produce paralleling of the patterns when this ribbon is accordion folded.According to the invention, one side of the insulating ribbon (25) alternately comprises one face (34; 36) with pattern (26; 27) and one face (35; 37) without pattern, each pattern (26, 27) comprising two paralleling pads (28, 29; 30, 31) prolonging each of its extremities beyond a separation line (P1, P3) in order to overlap onto the face (35; 37) without pattern in such a way that the paralleling pads (28, 29; 30, 31) of each pattern (26, 27) come into electrical contact with the extremities of the neighbouring pattern (26, 27) when the ribbon (25) is accordion folded, in such a way as to produce paralleling of the patterns (26, 27).The invention applies especially to the production of high-frequency transformers used in switched-mode power supplies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Alcatel Converters
    Inventor: Pierre-Yves Boitard