Patents by Inventor Bertrand Hoffmann

Bertrand Hoffmann 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: 11930964
    Abstract: A machine (1) for processing a liquid food substance includes: a jug (20) having a container (21) and delimiting a food for containing the liquid food substance; and a base (10) that has one or more walls (11) forming a seat (11?) for removably receiving the container (21). The base (10) and/or the container (21) has one or more thermally insulating spacers (11a) spacing the base wall(s) (11) from thermally conditioned outside container wall(s) (21a) when the container (21) is received in or on the seat (11?) so as to prevent or inhibit thermal transfer from the container (21) into the base (10) via the base wall(s) (11) from the container wall(s) (21a) adjacent the base wall(s) (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Da Mi Byun, Heinz Dercar, Bertrand Guyon, Christian Hoffmann, Marco Restelli, Wolfgang Tuider, Philipp Zavarsky
  • Patent number: 5864272
    Abstract: The switch having at least two stable positions comprises a housing (30), an operating member (5), carried movably by the housing (30), and indexing means (1) partly carried by the operating member (5) and partly by the housing (30). The indexing means (1) comprise a magnetic circuit having at least one permanent magnet (2) associated with at least one counter-target (21) and a target (18) for closing the magnetic field and disposed in facing relationship to the counter-target at each stable position. One of the elements comprising the target and the counter-target with its permanent magnet being carried by the operating member (5), while the other one of the said elements is carried by the housing (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Valeo Electronique
    Inventor: Bertrand Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 5674081
    Abstract: The rotary contactor comprises a first part, referred to here for convenience as the fixed part (101), which is adapted to be fixed to the steering column (4), together with a second part, referred to here for convenience as the moving part (102) and adapted to be coupled in rotation to the steering wheel (7) of the motor vehicle. For the temporary coupling of the fixed part (101) in rotation with the moving part (102), retractable locking devices (83, 84) are interposed between the parts (101, 102). These means comprise a retractable first member (8) carried by the moving part (102) and adapted to engage with a second member (40) carried by the fixed part (101), with the first member including a manoeuvrable portion (82) which is adapted to be manoeuvred by the steering wheel (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Valeo Electronique
    Inventors: Bertrand Hoffmann, Thierry Lecomte