Patents by Inventor Christophe Cester

Christophe Cester 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: 7352594
    Abstract: The rectification stage (18) having: an autotransformer (40) for twelve-phase rectification; two rectifiers (50A, 50B) each of which is connected at the input to three separate phases of the autotransformer (40); two interphase inductors (51A, 51B); and a filtration stage (54) which receives at the input the centre points of the two interphase inductors (51A, 51B). The two interphase inductors (51A, 51B) have a common core (52) which defines a magnetic circuit and all the windings of the two interphase inductors (51A, 51B) are wound on this common core for the magnetic coupling thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Technofan
    Inventor: Christophe Cester
  • Publication number: 20060152949
    Abstract: The rectification stage (18) comprises: an autotransformer (40) for twelve-phase rectification; two rectifiers (50A, 50B) each of which is connected at the input to three separate phases of the autotransformer (40); two interphase inductors (51A, 51B); and a filtration stage (54) which receives at the input the centre points of the two interphase inductors (51A, 51B). The two interphase inductors (51A, 51B) comprise a common core (52) which defines a magnetic circuit and all the windings of the two interphase inductors (51A, 51B) are wound on this common core for the magnetic coupling thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventor: Christophe Cester
  • Patent number: 7005840
    Abstract: The power supply interface (10) includes a rectification stage (18), having an autotransformer (40) connected to a power supply network (12), and a signal conditioning stage (20) having an output (28) supplying power to a load (14). The conditioning stage (20) includes a power module (22), for conditioning the power supply signal, and a control module (24) designed to control the power module (22). An autotransformer (40) includes at least one additional winding (62A, 62B, 62C; 64A, 64B, 64C) connected to the control module (24) to supply it with electrical power, the or each additional winding being magnetically coupled to at least one primary winding (44A, 44B, 44C) of the autotransformer (40). The power is supplied to a motor in an airplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Technofan
    Inventor: Christophe Cester
  • Publication number: 20050077886
    Abstract: The power supply interface (10) includes a rectification stage (18) having an autotransformer (40) connected to the power supply network (12) and a signal conditioning stage (20) having an output (28) supplying power to the load (14). The conditioning stage (20) includes a power module (22) for conditioning the power supply signal and a control module (24) designed to control the power module (22). The autotransformer (40) includes at least one additional winding (62A, 62B, 62C; 64A, 64B, 64C) connected to the control module (24) to supply it with electrical power, the or each additional winding being magnetically coupled to at least one primary winding (44A, 44B, 44C) of the autotransformer (40). An application is that of supplying power to a motor in an airplane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventor: Christophe Cester
  • Patent number: 6480404
    Abstract: A device for producing electricity, the device comprising a three-phase alternator comprising three windings, a rectifier for converting the AC delivered by the alternator into rectified current, and a voltage-raising chopper using the self-inductance of the alternator to raise the voltage. The device includes a switch unit enabling the three windings to be connected either in a star configuration when the alternator is being rotated to produce electricity, or else to the respective phases of a three-phase network when the alternator is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: RĂ©gis Giraud, Christian Andrieux, Christophe Cester
  • Publication number: 20020105819
    Abstract: A device for producing electricity, the device comprising a three-phase alternator comprising three windings, a rectifier for converting the AC delivered by the alternator into rectified current, and a voltage-raising chopper using the self-inductance of the alternator to raise the voltage. The device includes a switch unit enabling the three windings to be connected either in a star configuration when the alternator is being rotated to produce electricity, or else to the respective phases of a three-phase network when the alternator is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Regis Giraud, Christian Andrieux, Christophe Cester