Patents by Inventor Thierry Hondier

Thierry Hondier 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: 10894636
    Abstract: A device having a base part (1) and a removable member (3) that is mounted in removable manner on the base part (1), the base part (1) and the removable member (3) including a magnetic means (15, 35) that generates axial magnetic attraction between them that is at its maximum in an assembled rest position. The device further includes a mover means (4), distinct from the removable member (3), for moving the removable member (3) axially away from the base part (1), starting from the assembled rest position, by turning an actuator member (7) that forms part of the mover means (4), so as to reduce the magnetic attraction between the base part (1) and the removable member (3), and thus facilitate the removal of the removable member (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frederic Duquet, Thierry Hondier
  • Publication number: 20180290794
    Abstract: A device comprising a base part (1) and a removable member (3) that is mounted in removable manner on the base part (1), the base part (1) and the removable member (3) including magnetic means (15, 35) that are suitable for generating axial magnetic attraction between them that is at its maximum in an assembled rest position; the device being characterized in that it further comprises mover means (4), distinct from the removable member (3), for moving the removable member (3) axially away from the base part (1), starting from the assembled rest position, by turning an actuator member (7) that forms part of the mover means (4), so as to reduce the magnetic attraction between the base part (1) and the removable member (3), and thus facilitate the removal of the removable member (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frederic DUQUET, Thierry HONDIER
  • Patent number: 8336911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety arrangement comprising a module support (1, 10) for an airbag module (2) and an airbag module (2) to be installed in a steering wheel in a vehicle with at least two first and second horn contacts (3, 3?, 4) which are electrically isolated from one another in the installed state and can be electrically contact-connected to one another in the activation state in order to trigger an acoustic horn signal, with at least one of the first or second horn contacts comprising a plurality of horn contact sections (3, 3?) and the airbag module (2) being electrically conductively connected to the horn contact sections (3, 3?) when the airbag module is installed in order to complete the horn contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventor: Thierry Hondier
  • Patent number: 8201847
    Abstract: A safety arrangement includes an airbag housing, a cover and pair of horn contacts for actuating a vehicle horn. The airbag housing mounts to a steering wheel frame. The cover is resiliently mounted on the housing and spaced therefrom such that the cover may be depressed towards the housing to close the horn contacts. The housing and cover are hooked to one another for preventing subsequent disconnection of the cover from the housing upon release of the cover to open the horn contacts. A stop is mounted to one of the cover and the housing for movement between a operable position, in which the stop arrests relative movement of the cover and housing towards one another so as to prevent un-hooking of the cover from the housing, and an assembly position, in which the cover may be depressed sufficiently far towards the housing to allow un-hooking of the cover from the housing and consequent disconnection of the housing and cover upon release of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Thierry Hondier, Rémi Baillivet, Fréderic Langlois, Samuel Vanzieleghem, Jérome Bertrand
  • Publication number: 20110018239
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety arrangement comprising a module support (1, 10) for an airbag module (2) and an airbag module (2) to be installed in a steering wheel in a vehicle with at least two first and second horn contacts (3, 3?, 4) which are electrically isolated from one another in the installed state and can be electrically contact-connected to one another in the activation state in order to trigger an acoustic horn signal, with at least one of the first or second horn contacts comprising a plurality of horn contact sections (3, 3?) and the airbag module (2) being electrically conductively connected to the horn contact sections (3, 3?) when the airbag module is installed in order to complete the horn contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Thierry Hondier
  • Patent number: 7726733
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety apparatus in a motor vehicle having a sensor device in communication with an evaluation unit within which sensor data are evaluated. The evaluation unit is in communication with at least one drive device that can move at least one energy-absorbing element from a rest position to a working position next to the seat or next to an occupant and back again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Werner Balser, Sylvain Langlet, Thierry Hondier, Gilles Garret, Pierre Untersinger, Nicolas Eon
  • Publication number: 20100059971
    Abstract: A safety arrangement includes an airbag housing, a cover and pair of horn contacts for actuating a vehicle horn. The airbag housing mounts to a steering wheel frame. The cover is resiliently mounted on the housing and spaced therefrom such that the cover may be depressed towards the housing to close the horn contacts. The housing and cover are hooked to one another for preventing subsequent disconnection of the cover from the housing upon release of the cover to open the horn contacts. A stop is mounted to one of the cover and the housing for movement between a operable position, in which the stop arrests relative movement of the cover and housing towards one another so as to prevent un-hooking of the cover from the housing, and an assembly position, in which the cover may be depressed sufficiently far towards the housing to allow un-hooking of the cover from the housing and consequent disconnection of the housing and cover upon release of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Thierry Hondier, Rémi Baillivet, Fréderic Langlois, Samuel Vanzieleghem, Jérome Bertrand
  • Publication number: 20070252368
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety apparatus in a motor vehicle having a sensor device in communication with an evaluation unit within which sensor data are evaluated. The evaluation unit is in communication with at least one drive device that can move at least one energy-absorbing element from a rest position to a working position next to the seat or next to an occupant and back again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Werner Balser, Sylvain Langlet, Thierry Hondier, Gilles Garret, Pierre Untersinger, Nicolas Eon