Patents by Inventor Benjamin Maurin

Benjamin Maurin 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: 12131287
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for simulating and optimizing loading of a system for transporting loads in order to determine an optimized loading plan. The method includes: a) inputting the previously defined structural and functional parameters of at least one transport system; b) inputting the number and the dimensional and weight parameters of the loads to be transported; c) inputting the spacing between the loads from previously defined values; d) inputting the route and/or the destination of the load to select the previously defined legal constraints during transport; e) carrying out an optimization calculation in real time, taking into account the parameters and constraints of steps a), b), c) and d) to simulate at least one optimized loading plan consistent with all of the constraints; and f) presenting an optimized loading calculated in e) or approximating an initial loading request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LOHR ELECTROMECANIQUE
    Inventors: David Winckel, Benjamin Maurin, Marc Karnoukian
  • Publication number: 20210081881
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for simulating and optimizing loading of a system for transporting loads in order to determine an optimized loading plan. The method includes: a) inputting the previously defined structural and functional parameters of at least one transport system; b) inputting the number and the dimensional and weight parameters of the loads to be transported; c) inputting the spacing between the loads from previously defined values; d) inputting the route and/or the destination of the load to select the previously defined legal constraints during transport; e) carrying out an optimization calculation in real time, taking into account the parameters and constraints of steps a), b), c) and d) to simulate at least one optimized loading plan consistent with all of the constraints; and f) presenting an optimized loading calculated in e) or approximating an initial loading request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: LOHR ELECTROMECANIQUE
    Inventors: David Winckel, Benjamin Maurin, Marc Karnoukian
  • Patent number: 10874871
    Abstract: Disclosed is an FSR sensor compatible with a magnetic stimulation coil and intended to be fixed to a magnetic stimulation coil and including: a first layer made of biocompatible flexible material intended to be applied to the skin of a patient; a second layer including a pattern or an area of force sensitive or resistive ink; a third layer including adhesive material, forming a peripheral spacer element; a fourth layer made of a flexible heat-stable polycarbonate substrate with a printed conductive pattern of a force sensing circuit; and a fifth layer forming an adhesive surface on the bottom face. The pattern of the second layer is carried by a semi-flexible plate of heat-stable polycarbonate material, constituting an intermediate pressure distribution layer, the plate being adhesively stuck to the fourth layer and to the first layer, the peripheral spacer defining an air gap between the second and fourth layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: AXILUM ROBOTICS (SOCIETE PAR ACTIONS SIMPL
    Inventors: Romuald Ginhoux, Benjamin Maurin, Michel Berg
  • Publication number: 20190060659
    Abstract: Disclosed is an FSR sensor compatible with a magnetic stimulation coil and intended to be fixed to a magnetic stimulation coil and including: a first layer made of biocompatible flexible material intended to be applied to the skin of a patient; a second layer including a pattern or an area of force sensitive or resistive ink; a third layer including adhesive material, forming a peripheral spacer element; a fourth layer made of a flexible heat-stable polycarbonate substrate with a printed conductive pattern of a force sensing circuit; and a fifth layer forming an adhesive surface on the bottom face. The pattern of the second layer is carried by a semi-flexible plate of heat-stable polycarbonate material, constituting an intermediate pressure distribution layer, the plate being adhesively stuck to the fourth layer and to the first layer, the peripheral spacer defining an air gap between the second and fourth layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Romuald GINHOUX, Benjamin MAURIN, Michel BERG
  • Patent number: 8840627
    Abstract: A device for supporting and controlling the translational movement of an elongated body, the body extending along the longitudinal axis thereof in the form of a rod, such as a needle intended for a percutaneous medical procedure. The device is designed to be mounted to a support that can be controlled in terms of position and orientation, and includes: (i) a first member for gripping the body, whose movement can be controlled in the translation direction with a pre-determined maximum stroke; and (ii) a second fixed member which can guide the elongated body when the body is moved by the first mobile gripping member and which can maintain the body in position when the body is not engaged with the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Institut National des Sciences Appliquees, Institut de la Recherche sur les Cancers de l'Appareil Digestif (IRCAD), Universite de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Michel De Mathelin, Benjamin Maurin, Bernard Bayle, Jacques Gangloff, Olivier Piccin
  • Patent number: 7881823
    Abstract: The invention relates to a robotic device for the positioning and orientation of a platform that is connected thereto by means of articulated support structures forming parallel mechanical links, each in the form of a serial kinematic chain of articulations that are interconnected by support segments. The inventive device (1) is characterized in that it comprises three articulated parallel mechanical links comprising: (i) two opposing, symmetrical and co-planar support structures (4 and 5), and (ii) a third support structure (6) which is located in a plane that is perpendicular to the plane containing the support structures (4 and 5). According to the invention, the articulated links formed by the three supports structures (4, 5 and 6) enable the controlled movement of points belonging to the platform (2) on a surface corresponding to a spherical or ellipsoidal cap and, preferably, essentially to a half-sphere, thereby providing at least five degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignees: Institut National des Sciences Appliquees, Institut de Recherche sur les Cancers de l'Appareil Digestif - IRCAD, Universite Louis Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Michel Demathelin, Benjamin Maurin, Bernard Bayle, Jacques Gangloff, Olivier Piccin
  • Publication number: 20090143907
    Abstract: The invention relates to a robotic device for the positioning and orientation of a platform that is connected thereto by means of articulated support structures forming parallel mechanical links, each in the form of a serial kinematic chain of articulations that are interconnected by support segments. The inventive device (1) is characterized in that it comprises three articulated parallel mechanical links comprising: (i) two opposing, symmetrical and co-planar support structures (4 and 5), and (ii) a third support structure (6) which is located in a plane that is perpendicular to the plane containing the support structures (4 and 5). According to the invention, the articulated links formed by the three supports structures (4, 5 and 6) enable the controlled movement of points belonging to the platform (2) on a surface corresponding to a spherical or ellipsoidal cap and, preferably, essentially to a half-sphere, thereby providing at least five degrees of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Michel Demathelin, Benjamin Maurin, Bernard Bayle, Jacques Gangloff, Olivier Piccin
  • Publication number: 20080167663
    Abstract: A device for supporting and controlling the translational movement of an elongated body, the body extending along the longitudinal axis thereof in the form of a rod, such as a needle intended for a percutaneous medical procedure. The device is designed to be mounted to a support that can be controlled in terms of position and orientation, and includes: (i) a first member for gripping the body, whose movement can be controlled in the translation direction with a pre-determined maximum stroke; and (ii) a second fixed member which can guide the elongated body when the body is moved by the first mobile gripping member and which can maintain the body in position when the body is not engaged with the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicants: Institut National Des Sciences Appliquees, Institut De Recherche Sur Les Cancers De L'Appareil Digestif (IRCAD), Universite Louis Pasteur, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Michel De Mathelin, Benjamin Maurin, Bernard Bayle, Jacques Gangloff, Olivier Piccin