Patents by Inventor Antoine Laut

Antoine Laut 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: 9981091
    Abstract: A dry powder inhaler including a main body, a plurality of individual reservoirs, such as blisters, each containing a single dose of powder, and disposed one behind another on a flexible strip, and an opening mechanism provided for opening an individual reservoir each time the device is actuated. The device includes first a displacement mechanism adapted to displace an individual reservoir to face the opening mechanism before and/or after each actuation, and a second displacement mechanism adapted to displace an individual reservoir against the opening mechanism on each actuation. The first displacement mechanism having an indexer wheel provided with a recess that receives an individual reservoir, the recess defined by a bottom wall and an inner side wall of said indexer wheel, and by an outer side wall formed on a separate adjustment element assembled on the indexer wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Arnaud Colomb, Matthieu Baillet, Maxime Kirniak, Antoine Laut
  • Publication number: 20150083129
    Abstract: A dry powder inhaler including a main body, a plurality of individual reservoirs, such as blisters, each containing a single dose of powder, and disposed one behind another on a flexible strip, and an opening mechanism provided for opening an individual reservoir each time the device is actuated. The device includes first a displacement mechanism adapted to displace an individual reservoir to face the opening mechanism before and/or after each actuation, and a second displacement mechanism adapted to displace an individual reservoir against the opening mechanism on each actuation. The first displacement mechanism having an indexer wheel provided with a recess that receives an individual reservoir, the recess defined by a bottom wall and an inner side wall of said indexer wheel, and by an outer side wall formed on a separate adjustment element assembled on the indexer wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Arnaud Colomb, Matthieu Baillet, Maxime Kirniak, Antoine Laut
  • Publication number: 20150083128
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device including a main body (10), said device including at least one individual reservoir containing a single dose of fluid, such as powder, opening means (80) being provided for opening an individual reservoir each time the device is actuated, an upper body (101) being mounted in stationary manner on said main body (10), said upper body (101) receiving a mouthpiece (200) that defines a dispenser orifice, said device including an inhalation trigger system (60) that comprises a deformable air chamber (61) that co-operates with said inhalation piece (200), and a trigger element (600) that co-operates with said air chamber (61), such that during inhalation through said inhalation piece (200), said air chamber (61) is deformed and said trigger element (600) actuates said opening means (80), such that during inhalation through the inhalation piece (200), a reservoir is opened by said opening means, the fluid dispenser device being characterized in that said mouthpiece (200) is fastened to said u
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Matthieu Baillet, Maxime Kirniak, Antoine Laut
  • Patent number: 8944053
    Abstract: A counter including a body (460), and first and second rotary counter elements (410, 420) assembled in the body (460). The first counter element (410) co-operating with an actuator member (1430) on each actuation and including an interconnection for interconnecting with the second counter element (420). The interconnection is actuated on every tenth actuation. The first counter element (410) is provided with a first peripheral edge portion (412) including counter indices and a first set of teeth. The second counter element (420) is provided with a second peripheral edge portion (422) including counter indices and with a third set of teeth. The peripheral edge portions (412, 422) are radially coplanar and have a different axis. The counter elements (410, 420) have offset and parallel axes of rotation offset and are urged into contact with each other at a point that is situated at a common counter and/or display zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventor: Antoine Laut
  • Patent number: 8596495
    Abstract: A dose counter (100) for counting the number of doses of fluid or powder that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from a fluid dispenser device (200), said counter including a first rotary counter element forming a units wheel, and a second rotary counter element forming a tens wheel, said first and second counter elements co-operating with each other to define and to display, in a viewing window (151), said number of doses, said first counter element co-operating with an actuator member that is adapted to cause said first counter element to turn each time said actuator member is actuated, said counter including a base body that incorporates a pivot pin for said first and second counter elements and an opening, said counter possibly being pre-assembled in said base body so as to form a pre-assembled counter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventor: Antoine Laut
  • Patent number: 8348095
    Abstract: A dose counter for a fluid dispenser device, said counter including a first rotary counter element (410) forming a units wheel, and a second rotary counter element (420) forming a tens wheel, said first counter element (410) co-operating with an actuator member (430) that is adapted to cause said first counter element (410) to turn each time said actuator member (430) is actuated, said first rotary counter element (410) including means (418, 419) that are adapted to cause said second counter element (420) to turn on every tenth actuation of said actuator member (430), said actuator member (430) including an opening that is mounted in rotary manner on said pivot pin (461), a substantially rigid and substantially rectilinear tab (431) extending radially from said opening, said tab (431) co-operating with the first counter element (410) on each actuation, said tab (431) being extended on the other side of said pivot pin by a substantially rigid and substantially rectilinear portion, that is itself connected to a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventors: Antoine Laut, Lila Graine
  • Patent number: 8342362
    Abstract: A dose counter for counting the number of doses of fluid or powder that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from a fluid dispenser device, said counter including a first rotary counter element (110) forming a units wheel, and a second rotary counter element (120) forming a tens wheel, said first and second counter elements co-operating with each other to define and to display, in a viewing window, said number of doses, said first counter element co-operating with an actuator member (130) that is adapted to cause said first counter element to turn each time said actuator member is actuated, said counter including an intermediate rotary element (140) that is adapted to cause said second counter element to turn on every tenth actuation of said actuator member, said first and second counter elements turning about a common first pivot pin (161), and said intermediate element turning about a second pivot pin (162) that is offset and parallel to said first pivot pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventor: Antoine Laut
  • Publication number: 20120103331
    Abstract: A counter including a body (460), and first and second rotary counter elements (410, 420) assembled in the body (460). The first counter element (410) co-operating with an actuator member (1430) on each actuation and including an interconnection for interconnecting with the second counter element (420). The interconnection is actuated on every tenth actuation. The first counter element (410) is provided with a first peripheral edge portion (412) including counter indices and a first set of teeth. The second counter element (420) is provided with a second peripheral edge portion (422) including counter indices and with a third set of teeth. The peripheral edge portions (412, 422) are radially coplanar and have a different axis. The counter elements (410, 420) have offset and parallel axes of rotation offset and are urged into contact with each other at a point that is situated at a common counter and/or display zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventor: Antoine Laut
  • Publication number: 20120012612
    Abstract: A dose counter for a fluid dispenser device, said counter including a first rotary counter element (410) forming a units wheel, and a second rotary counter element (420) forming a tens wheel, said first counter element (410) co-operating with an actuator member (430) that is adapted to cause said first counter element (410) to turn each time said actuator member (430) is actuated, said first rotary counter element (410) including means (418, 419) that are adapted to cause said second counter element (420) to turn on every tenth actuation of said actuator member (430), said actuator member (430) including an opening that is mounted in rotary manner on said pivot pin (461), a substantially rigid and substantially rectilinear tab (431) extending radially from said opening, said tab (431) co-operating with the first counter element (410) on each actuation, said tab (431) being extended on the other side of said pivot pin by a substantially rigid and substantially rectilinear portion, that is itself connected to a
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventors: Antoine Laut, Lila Graine
  • Publication number: 20110266306
    Abstract: A dose counter (100) for counting the number of doses of fluid or powder that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from a fluid dispenser device (200), said counter including a first rotary counter element forming a units wheel, and a second rotary counter element forming a tens wheel, said first and second counter elements co-operating with each other to define and to display, in a viewing window (151), said number of doses, said first counter element co-operating with an actuator member that is adapted to cause said first counter element to turn each time said actuator member is actuated, said counter including a base body that incorporates a pivot pin for said first and second counter elements and an opening, said counter possibly being pre-assembled in said base body so as to form a pre-assembled counter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventor: Antoine Laut
  • Publication number: 20110266305
    Abstract: A dose counter for counting the number of doses of fluid or powder that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from a fluid dispenser device, said counter including a first rotary counter element (110) forming a units wheel, and a second rotary counter element (120) forming a tens wheel, said first and second counter elements co-operating with each other to define and to display, in a viewing window, said number of doses, said first counter element co-operating with an actuator member (130) that is adapted to cause said first counter element to turn each time said actuator member is actuated, said counter including an intermediate rotary element (140) that is adapted to cause said second counter element to turn on every tenth actuation of said actuator member, said first and second counter elements turning about a common first pivot pin (161), and said intermediate element turning about a second pivot pin (162) that is offset and parallel to said first pivot pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventor: Antoine Laut