Patents by Inventor Alex Portal

Alex Portal 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: 7516927
    Abstract: A device for locking an electric apparatus to a supporting rail with two opposite raised edges, the device including a first attachment unit configured to be connected with a first raised edge of the supporting rail; a second attachment unit configured to be connected with a second opposite raised edge of the supporting rail, configured to be movable in an unlocked position; and an operating element connected to the first and second attachment units and configured to convert a translation movement of the first attachment unit into a rotary movement of the second attachment unit, the second attachment unit including a rod that is configured to perform the rotary movement when actuated by the translation movement of the operating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventor: Alex Portal
  • Publication number: 20060175489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for locking an electric apparatus (1) onto a supporting rail (2) with two opposite raised edges (23, 24), said device having at least two attachment means, a first attachment means intended to come into contact with one raised edge (23) of the supporting rail (2) and a second attachment means intended to come into contact with the opposite raised edge (24) of the supporting rail (2), these attachment means being mobile and able to take a locked position on their respective raised edge (23, 24) of the supporting rail (2) or an unlocked position. This device comprises operating means (3) connecting the first attachment means (36) to the second attachment means (5, 6) and capable of converting a translation movement of the first attachment means into a rotary movement of the second attachment means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventor: Alex Portal
  • Patent number: 5694298
    Abstract: An electronic device for inserting an electronic card. The device has a fixed housing with a slot at the back for a connector and a slot at the front for engaging the card. A gripping device carries the electronic card. The gripping device includes a receptacle into which the card is inserted at its front end, with the back of the receptacle covering the card insertion slot. The gripping device also cooperates with an extraction device placed along the card. The extraction device includes a shoulder that comes into contact with the back end of the card to extract the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: AEG Schneider Automation
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Chabert, Alex Portal