Patents by Inventor Alain Larchevesque

Alain Larchevesque 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).

  • Electronic component including a switch that is movable in translation
    Patent number: 5696363
    Abstract: The electronic card of the invention comprises inside a card body, a printed circuit including two spaced-apart electrodes on the bottom of a cavity formed in the card body and having two parallel side faces. A switch actuator is displaceable inside the cavity parallel to the side faces thereof between an active position in which it electrically interconnects the two electrodes and an inactive position in which it leaves the two electrodes electrically isolated from each other. The face of the switch actuator which faces the electrodes has a conductive coating thereon. Complementary stop means are provided by the cavity and the switch actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Solaic
    Inventor: Alain Larchevesque