Patents by Inventor Stéphane Retour

Stéphane Retour 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).

  • Household food preparation appliance comprising a working container with a device to heat the contents of the working container
    Patent number: 9895028
    Abstract: An electrical food preparation appliance includes a working container enclosing a tool rotated by a motor, a device for heating the contents of the working container and a removable lid that covers the working container, the lid having an opening for inserting ingredients into the working container, at least one steam exhaust orifice, and a removable measuring cap accommodated into said opening for inserting ingredients. The measuring cap can occupy at least two stable positions in the opening of the lid and in that the motion of the measuring cap from one stable position to the other makes it possible to vary the passage cross-section of the steam exhaust orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Gerard, Stéphane Retour
  • Household Electrical Appliance Control Panel and Method of Manufacturing Such a Control Panel
    Publication number: 20160012987
    Abstract: Household electrical appliance control panel (6) comprising a membrane (7) with blisters (70) defining the keys of the control panel (6) and a backing piece (8) to which the membrane (7) is attached, the backing piece (8) having openings (80) opposite said blisters (70), wherein the membrane (7) and the backing piece (8) are respectively made of a first and a second chemically non-metallizable material and wherein the backing piece (8) comprises at least one part that is not covered by the membrane (7) and onto which a decorative piece (9) of chemically metallizable material is overmoulded, the decorative piece (9) having an external surface which is chemically metallized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Deshayes, Stéphane Retour, Emmanuel Gerard
  • Household Food Preparation Appliance Comprising a Working Container with a Device to Heat the Contents of the Working Container
    Publication number: 20150313414
    Abstract: An electrical food preparation appliance includes a working container enclosing a tool rotated by a motor, a device for heating the contents of the working container and a removable lid that covers the working container, the lid having an opening for inserting ingredients into the working container, at least one steam exhaust orifice, and a removable measuring cap accommodated into said opening for inserting ingredients. The measuring cap can occupy at least two stable positions in the opening of the lid and in that the motion of the measuring cap from one stable position to the other makes it possible to vary the passage cross-section of the steam exhaust orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Gerard, Stéphane Retour