Patents by Inventor ALEXANDRE PERNOT
ALEXANDRE PERNOT 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).
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Publication number: 20240042811Abstract: Electronic member comprising: A movement sensor and/or a proximity sensor; A microprocessor coupled to the sensor to form a data signal; A storage area connected to the microprocessor for storing a part of the data signal and an identification information element; An energy source; and A radio transmitter connected to the microprocessor; characterized in that the microprocessor is capable of defining two states of the electronic member, the storage area contains a predetermined change of state which is defined on the basis of the two states, the microprocessor is capable, having detected the predetermined change of state, of transmitting the identification information element via a radiofrequency signal transmitted during a time interval ?T and then stopping the transmission of the radiofrequency signal at the end of said time interval ?T and the time interval ?T is between 20 seconds and 10 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: ALEXANDRE PERNOT, DENIS MARTIN
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Patent number: 10712238Abstract: A system for evaluating a condition of a tire includes a housing placed on a ground surface, a wear detector that detects a wear condition of the tire when the tire passes over the housing, a tire presence detector that detects a presence of the tire over the housing, and an electronic activator that activates the wear detector during detection of the presence of the tire by the tire presence detector.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Thomas Ledoux, Denis Martin, Guillaume Heredia, Alexandre Pernot
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Patent number: 10639945Abstract: A system is provided for assessing a condition of a tire. The system includes first and second individual modules, a data transmission gateway, and a collaboration device. The first and second individual modules are for assessing the condition of the tire. Each of the first and second individual modules includes a housing, which is structured to be placed on a ground surface, and a data transmitter. The housing includes at least one detector arranged to enable a parameter of the tire to be assessed as the tire passes over the housing. The data transmission gateway is structured to transmit data between the first and second individual modules and a remote database. The collaboration device is structured to enable data from the first individual module to be used collaboratively with data from the second individual module.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Thomas Ledoux, Denis Martin, Alexandre Pernot, Guillaume Heredia
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Patent number: 10591376Abstract: A method for detecting an underflation state of a tire fitted on a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining a first contact patch measurement of a first tire fitted on the vehicle, determining a second contact patch measurement of a second tire fitted on the vehicle, and comparing the first and second contact patch measurements. An underinflation situation is inferred if a difference between the first and second contact patch measurements is greater than a predetermined signalling threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Thomas Ledoux, Denis Martin, Guillaume Heredia, Alexandre Pernot
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Patent number: 10527465Abstract: A system for counting wheel revolutions made by a wheel of a vehicle, the system including an electronic counter, a transmitter, a housing, and a connector. The electronic counter counts a number of wheel revolutions made by the wheel. The transmitter transmits data from the electronic counter to a remote database. The housing houses the electronic counter. The connector removably attaches the housing to a nut anti-loosening device installed on the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Thomas Ledoux, Denis Martin, Guillaume Heredia, Alexandre Pernot
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Patent number: 10222299Abstract: A system, which is structured to evaluate a condition of a tire, includes a housing, a tire-wear detector, a tire-presence detector, and an electronic activator. The housing, when the system is deployed, is placed on a ground surface. The tire-presence detector detects a presence of a tire on the housing. The electronic activator activates the tire-wear detector when the tire-presence detector detects the presence of the tire on the housing. The tire-wear detector, when activated, detects a wear condition of the tire when the tire passes over the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Thomas Ledoux, Alexandre Pernot, Denis Martin, Alexandre Pagès, Timothée Forissier, Guillaume Heredia, Frank Claeyssen
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Patent number: 10190863Abstract: A method is provided for measuring a thickness of a layer of rubber-like material. The layer of rubber-like material includes a free face in contact with air and a face joined to an adjacent reinforcement made of elements electrically insulated from one another. Each of the elements includes at least one hysteretic material having a magnetic permeability greater than the magnetic permeability of air. According to the method, a sensitive element, which emits an alternating magnetic field, is brought towards the layer of rubber-like material whose thickness is to be measured, hysteretic losses in the adjacent reinforcement are measured at terminals of the sensitive element, and a thickness of the layer of rubber-like material is evaluated based on the hysteretic losses.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Thomas Ledoux, Denis Martin, Alexandre Pernot, Guillaume Heredia, Patrick Meneroud, Cédric Goeau
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Publication number: 20180215211Abstract: A system is provided for assessing a condition of a tire. The system includes first and second individual modules, a data transmission gateway, and a collaboration device. The first and second individual modules are for assessing the condition of the tire. Each of the first and second individual modules includes a housing, which is structured to be placed on a ground surface, and a data transmitter. The housing includes at least one detector arranged to enable a parameter of the tire to be assessed as the tire passes over the housing. The data transmission gateway is structured to transmit data between the first and second individual modules and a remote database. The collaboration device is structured to enable data from the first individual module to be used collaboratively with data from the second individual module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: THOMAS LEDOUX, DENIS MARTIN, ALEXANDRE PERNOT, GUILLAUME HEREDIA
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Publication number: 20180113010Abstract: A system for counting wheel revolutions made by a wheel of a vehicle includes an electronic counter, a transmitter, a housing, and a removable connector. The electronic counter is structured to count a number of wheel revolutions made by the wheel. The transmitter is structured to transmit data from the electronic counter to a remote database. The housing is structured to receive and house the electronic counter. The removable connector is structured to removably attach the housing to a nut anti-loosening device installed on the wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Thomas LEDOUX, Denis MARTIN, Guillaume HEREDIA, Alexandre PERNOT
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Publication number: 20180009271Abstract: A speed evaluation system is provided for assessing a speed of a vehicle. The speed evaluation system includes a wear measurement system, which assesses a state of a tire of the vehicle. The wear measurement system includes a casing placed on a ground surface. The speed evaluation system further includes a timing device that determines at least two instants of passage of the vehicle over two distinct or non-distinct points of passage of the casing of the wear measurement system, and a processor that calculates, as a function of the instants of passage and of dimensional data of the casing and/or dimensional data of the vehicle, a speed of passage of the vehicle over the casing. A method of implementing the speed evaluation system also is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: THOMAS LEDOUX, DENIS MARTIN, GUILLAUME HEREDIA, ALEXANDRE PERNOT
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Publication number: 20170350792Abstract: The invention relates to a system for evaluating the condition of a tire, the system comprising a first housing placed on the ground and a device for detecting the wear of a tire when the tire passes over said first housing, said system further comprising a first device for detecting the presence of a tire over the first housing, and electronic means for activating the wear detecting device during the detection of the presence of a tire by the presence detecting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: THOMAS LEDOUX, DENIS MARTIN, GUILLAUME HEREDIA, ALEXANDRE PERNOT
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Publication number: 20170350781Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting the underflation state of a tire fitted on a vehicle, the method comprising the following steps: the step of determining a first contact patch measurement of a first tire fitted on the vehicle, the step of determining a second contact patch measurement of a second tire fitted on the vehicle, the step of comparing the first and second contact patch measurements and of inferring an underinflation situation therefrom if the difference between the two measurements is greater than a predetermined signalling threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: THOMAS LEDOUX, DENIS MARTIN, GUILLAUME HEREDIA, ALEXANDRE PERNOT
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Publication number: 20170322012Abstract: A method is provided for measuring a thickness of a layer of rubber-like material. The layer of rubber-like material includes a free face in contact with air and a face joined to an adjacent reinforcement made of elements electrically insulated from one another. Each of the elements includes at least one hysteretic material having a magnetic permeability greater than the magnetic permeability of air. According to the method, a sensitive element, which emits an alternating magnetic field, is brought towards the layer of rubber-like material whose thickness is to be measured, hysteretic losses in the adjacent reinforcement are measured at terminals of the sensitive element, and a thickness of the layer of rubber-like material is evaluated based on the hysteretic losses.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: THOMAS LEDOUX, DENIS MARTIN, ALEXANDRE PERNOT, GUILLAUME HEREDIA, PATRICK MENEROUD, CÉDRIC GOEAU
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Publication number: 20170322117Abstract: A system for evaluating a state of a tire on a vehicle is provided. The system includes a housing, first and second sensors, and control electronics. The housing is located on a ground surface. The first sensor is installed in the housing and measures a first characteristic of a tire passing over the housing. The second sensor is installed in the housing and measures a second characteristic of a tire passing over the housing. The first and the second sensors are positioned such that instants of passage of the vehicle rolling over the housing at positionings of the sensors are distinct from each other. The control electronics determines a direction of rolling of the vehicle over the housing based on each of the positionings of the sensors in the housing and on the instants of passage of the vehicle over the sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: THOMAS LEDOUX, DENIS MARTIN, GUILLAUME HEREDIA, ALEXANDRE PERNOT
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Publication number: 20170038278Abstract: A system, which is structured to evaluate a condition of a tire, includes a housing, a tire-wear detector, a tire-presence detector, and an electronic activator. The housing, when the system is deployed, is placed on a ground surface. The tire-presence detector detects a presence of a tire on the housing. The electronic activator activates the tire-wear detector when the tire-presence detector detects the presence of the tire on the housing. The tire-wear detector, when activated, detects a wear condition of the tire when the tire passes over the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: THOMAS LEDOUX, ALEXANDRE PERNOT, DENIS MARTIN, ALEXANDRE PAGÈS, TIMOTHÉE FORISSIER, GUILLAUME HEREDIA, FRANK CLAEYSSEN