Patents by Inventor Bertrand Torcheux

Bertrand Torcheux 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: 9954298
    Abstract: The electrical connector (122) comprises: a body (124), a first contact (126) fixed to the body (124) and designed to contact a first electrical conductor (123), a second contact (134) fixed to the body (124) and designed to contact a second electrical conductor (112). The electrical connector (122) also comprises a system (142, 144) attaching the electrical connector (122) to the second electrical conductor (112), the attachment system (142, 144) being separate from the second contact (134).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systems de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Bertrand Torcheux, Aurélien Pouilly
  • Patent number: 9716330
    Abstract: The invention relates to a female connector for a connecting blade, which connector is produced from a metal blank and comprises: —a connecting bow (2) comprising at least two contact branches (10, 11) facing one another which define a slot into which to insert the connecting blade and which are intended to clamp the connecting blade, —and at least one fixing base intended to rest against a circuit in order to be fixed thereto, characterized in that the two contact branches (10, 11) each comprise a bowed contact end which is connected by a straight joining segment (30, 30?) to a curved “U”-shaped or “C”-shaped web situated at the opposite end from and facing the insertion slot, said contact end having at least a convex surface oriented towards the inside of the insertion slot, and in that one of the two contact branches (10), referred to as the main branch (10), laterally in the region of the corresponding joining segment (30) bears two fixing assemblies each one comprising a fixing base, the two fixing assem
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Aurélien Pouilly, Bertrand Torcheux, Suriyaprakash Mayavan
  • Publication number: 20170201037
    Abstract: The electrical connector (122) comprises: a body (124), a first contact (126) fixed to the body (124) and designed to contact a first electrical conductor (123), a second contact (134) fixed to the body (124) and designed to contact a second electrical conductor (112). The electrical connector (122) also comprises a system (142, 144) attaching the electrical connector (122) to the second electrical conductor (112), the attachment system (142, 144) being separate from the second contact (134).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Bertrand Torcheux, Aurélien Pouilly
  • Publication number: 20160261062
    Abstract: The invention relates to a female connector for a connecting blade, which connector is produced from a metal blank and comprises:—a connecting bow (2) comprising at least two contact branches (10, 11) facing one another which define a slot into which to insert the connecting blade and which are intended to clamp the connecting blade,—and at least one fixing base intended to rest against a circuit in order to be fixed thereto, characterized in that the two contact branches (10, 11) each comprise a bowed contact end which is connected by a straight joining segment (30, 30?) to a curved “U”-shaped or “C”-shaped web situated at the opposite end from and facing the insertion slot, said contact end having at least a convex surface oriented towards the inside of the insertion slot, and in that one of the two contact branches (10), referred to as the main branch (10), laterally in the region of the corresponding joining segment (30) bears two fixing assemblies each one comprising a fixing base, the two fixing assembl
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Aurélien Pouilly, Bertrand Torcheux, Suriyaprakash Mayavan
  • Publication number: 20070284341
    Abstract: The welding method is for connecting together first and second metal elements (20, 16). The first element (20) forms a support or is for being fitted onto a support (12). During the method, a welding portion (20A) is formed in the first element (20), the welding portion having a connection end (22) connected to a support portion (20B) of the first element (20). A free end face (F) is formed in the welding portion (20A) of the first element (20) remote from the connection end (22). A high-energy beam (24) is directed onto the welding portion (20A) of the first element (20) in such a manner that the axis (X) of the beam (24) passes through the welding portion (20A) from the free end face (F) towards the connection end (22), thereby causing at least a portion of the mass of said first element (20) to melt, the molten mass coming into contact with the second element (16) by said mass collapsing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: VALEO ELECTRONIQUE ET SYSTEMES DE LIAISON
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Gasquet, Jean-Michel Morelle, Alcina Tanghe, Laurent Vivet, Bertrand Torcheux
  • Patent number: 4801913
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bi-metallic strip connected to one electrical contact tab and holding a contact which works together with a fixed contact carried by another electrical contact tab. The mobile contact and the connection of the other tab with the bi-metallic actuator are diametrically opposed along a diameter that is inclined with respect to the median plane where the plane passes through the center of the bi-metallic actuator and between the coplanar connecting tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: DAV
    Inventors: Jacques Weber, Bertrand Torcheux