Patents Assigned to IFOTEC
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Patent number: 11860005Abstract: The position detector of an object includes a body defining an input receiving an optical fibre delivering a light signal, and an output delivering a signal representative of the position of the object. A mirror is mounted to move between first and second positions in the body with respect to the input. The first position or the second position ensures transmission of the light signal from the input to the output. The other of the first position and the second position prevents transmission of the light signal to the output. A spring is mounted in the body in order to place the mirror in the first position. A tip is movable relative to the body between a first position and a second position along a direction of movement and is intended to cooperate with the object to be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: IFOTEC, RIDGEMOUNT TECHNOLOGIES LTDInventors: Christopher Peters, Mark Limbert, Pierre Bonomini, Christian Sillans, Gilles Billet
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Publication number: 20210404794Abstract: The position detector of an object comprises a body defining an input receiving an optical fibre delivering a light signal, and an output delivering a signal representative of the position of the object. A mirror is mounted to move between first and second positions in the body with respect to the input. The first position or the second position ensures transmission of the light signal from the input to the output. The other of the first position and the second position prevents transmission of the light signal to the output. A spring is mounted in the body in order to place the mirror in the first position. A tip is movable relative to the body between a first position and a second position along a direction of movement and is intended to cooperate with the object to be monitored.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicants: IFOTEC, RIDGEMOUNT TECHNOLOGIES LTDInventors: Christopher PETERS, Mark LIMBERT, Pierre BONOMINI, Christian SILLANS, Gilles BILLET
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Patent number: 10547919Abstract: The Ethernet switch for an optic fiber network includes: a first light emitter designed to transmit a light signal in the optic fiber, first photodetector configured to transform a light signal coming from the optic fiber into an electric signal, at least one communication port of electric signals with a terminal, a power supply circuit configured to supply power to the light emitter and to the first photodetector, a wake-up circuit connected to the first photodetector and to the communication port configured to generate an electric wake-up signal on receipt of a light signal by the first photodetector and/or of an electric signal on the communication port, the wake-up circuit being connected to the power supply circuit to trigger power supply of the first light emitter and of the communication port.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: IFOTECInventors: Gilles Billet, Christian Sillans, Michaël Masselot
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Publication number: 20180014094Abstract: The Ethernet switch for an optic fiber network includes: a first light emitter designed to transmit a light signal in the optic fiber, first photodetector configured to transform a light signal coming from the optic fiber into an electric signal, at least one communication port of electric signals with a terminal, a power supply circuit configured to supply power to the light emitter and to the first photodetector, a wake-up circuit connected to the first photodetector and to the communication port configured to generate an electric wake-up signal on receipt of a light signal by the first photodetector and/or of an electric signal on the communication port, the wake-up circuit being connected to the power supply circuit to trigger power supply of the first light emitter and of the communication port.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2016Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: IFOTECInventors: Gilles BILLET, Christian SILLANS, Michaël MASSELOT
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Publication number: 20050041936Abstract: The optical interconnection module (1) between a fiber (2) and an electro-optical component (3) comprises a body (5) made of transparent plastic material, wherein one end of the fiber is held. The component (3) is arranged at least partially in a cavity (6) of the module. Positioning of the end of the fiber with respect to the component is performed by plastic deformation of the body (5) of the module caused by localized heating of the body (5). The heated part of the body can be formed by a thin annular wall bounding, at the top part of a non-deformable central part of the body, the cavity wherein the electro-optical component (3) is positioned. An insert (7) made of ferromagnetic material arranged in an intermediate zone of the body of the module, between the end of the fiber and the electro-optical component, can also enable deformation of the body (5) when heated by induction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2002Publication date: February 24, 2005Applicants: IFOTEC, Optique et Microsystemes SAInventors: Gilles Billet, Jean-Michel Burry