Patents by Inventor Benjamin LEGRAND

Benjamin LEGRAND 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).

  • Linear motor system guide
    Patent number: 12184148
    Abstract: A guide assembly includes an annular guide body defining a cavity, and a plurality of roller assemblies mounted within the guide body. Each roller assembly includes an annular roller mounted onto a pin and arranged to rotate around the pin. The pins are arranged such that their axes define a ring around the interior of the guide body and the annular rollers arranged to protrude through respective openings in the guide body into the cavity. Each annular roller has a concave outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventors: Arnaud De La Chevasnerie, Benjamin Legrand
  • LINEAR MOTOR SYSTEM GUIDE
    Publication number: 20220407381
    Abstract: A guide assembly includes an annular guide body defining a cavity, and a plurality of roller assemblies mounted within the guide body. Each roller assembly includes an annular roller mounted onto a pin and arranged to rotate around the pin. The pins are arranged such that their axes define a ring around the interior of the guide body and the annular rollers arranged to protrude through respective openings in the guide body into the cavity. Each annular roller has a concave outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Arnaud DE LA CHEVASNERIE, Benjamin LEGRAND
  • Actuator
    Patent number: 10844938
    Abstract: An actuator is provided with means for controlling whether or not forces are transferred between a cylinder 12 (controlled by a motor of the actuator) and an output shaft 14. The output shaft 14 is located between the cylinder 12 and the control rod 18, 38. The cylinder 12 coaxially surrounds the output shaft 14, and the output shaft 14 in turn coaxially surrounds the control rod 18, 38. The control rod 18, 38 has one or more splines 20 on its outer surface facing the output shaft 12. The output shaft 14 has one or more holes 15, each containing a ball bearing 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventors: Benjamin Legrand, Arnaud De la Chevasnerie
  • ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20180180144
    Abstract: An actuator is provided with means for controlling whether or not forces are transferred between a cylinder 12 (controlled by a motor of the actuator) and an output shaft 14. The output shaft 14 is located between the cylinder 12 and the control rod 18, 38. The cylinder 12 coaxially surrounds the output shaft 14, and the output shaft 14 in turn coaxially surrounds the control rod 18, 38. The control rod 18, 38 has one or more splines 20 on its outer surface facing the output shaft 12. The output shaft 14 has one or more holes 15, each containing a ball bearing 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin LEGRAND, Arnaud De la CHEVASNERIE