Patents Assigned to PHLOX
  • Autonomous apparatus and system comprising such an apparatus
    Patent number: 10116166
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus (40) comprising: an inductor; a rectifier coupled to the inductor; a voltage converter coupled to the rectifier; a battery coupled to the voltage converter; a load coupled to the voltage converter; and a control unit coupled to the voltage converter and arranged to cause either the battery to be charged by the rectifier, or the load to be powered by the rectifier, or the load to be powered by the battery, as a function of the state of a switch for controlling powering of the load and as a function of the output voltage of the rectifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Phlox
    Inventor: Christophe Blanc
  • AUTONOMOUS APPARATUS AND SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH AN APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160197507
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus (40) comprising: an inductor; a rectifier coupled to the inductor; a voltage converter coupled to the rectifier; a battery coupled to the voltage converter; a load coupled to the voltage converter; and a control unit coupled to the voltage converter and arranged to cause either the battery to be charged by the rectifier, or the load to be powered by the rectifier, or the load to be powered by the battery, as a function of the state of a switch for controlling powering of the load and as a function of the output voltage of the rectifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: PHLOX
    Inventor: Christophe BLANC
  • Backlighting apparatus
    Patent number: 7125154
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lightguide in the form of a plate (1), a first surface of which is provided with first straight parallel grooves (8) (diffusing the light circulating in the guide). The inventive lightguide is characterized by the fact that it is provided with second straight parallel grooves (9) (diffusing the light circulating in the guide) which extend in an oblique direction, particularly in an orthogonal direction, relative to the first grooves such that the guide diffuses in a uniform manner the light that is introduced into the guide via three or four edges thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: PHLOX
    Inventor: Christophe Blanc
  • Backlighting apparatus
    Publication number: 20050174804
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lightguide in the form of a plate (1), a first surface of which is provided with first straight parallel grooves (8) (diffusing the light circulating in the guide). The inventive lightguide is characterized by the fact that it is provided with second straight parallel grooves (9) (diffusing the light circulating in the guide) which extend in an oblique direction, particularly in an orthogonal direction, relative to the first grooves such that the guide diffuses in a uniform manner the light that is introduced into the guide via three or four edges thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: PHLOX
    Inventor: Christophe Blanc