Patents by Inventor Alain Monnier

Alain Monnier 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).

  • Publication number: 20240094427
    Abstract: The invention concerns a shoe scanning system for a full-body scanners canning an individual before access to a restricted access area. The system comprises a detection unit (10) comprising: a detector for sensing a metal and/or unauthorized object located above a surface (111) onto which the individual can walk; a communication unit for transmitting a message to an indication unit for providing instructions to the individual and/or to an assistant; and a processing unit connected to the detector by a data link for receiving data and controlling the communication unit for sending a detection signal when the detector indicates a presence of a metal and/or unauthorized object. The detector comprises a short-range sensing element (122) and a long-range sensing element (123) for detecting a metal and/or unauthorized object up to a maximal distance (1231) greater than the maximal distance of the short-range sensing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Sedect SA
    Inventors: Frédéric Monnier, Marc Lany, Luis Filipe Soldado Granadeiro Rosado, Gilles Santi, Bernard Revaz, Alain Berthoud
  • Patent number: 4998672
    Abstract: An installation for spraying a coating product includes a manually controlled pneumatic sprayer operated by a trigger. The compressed air flowrate is varied according to the position of the trigger. The coating product feed system can include a gear pump driven at variable speed by a motor controlled by an electric signal representing the position of the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: Sames S.A.
    Inventors: Pascal Bordaz, Laurent Giraud, Alain Monnier, Eric Prus