Patents by Inventor Christophe Coutineau

Christophe Coutineau 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).

  • Operation managing system for driving a navigation control device according to a degraded operating mode
    Patent number: 9599736
    Abstract: An operation managing system is provided for managing the operation of a navigation control device. The navigation control device is adapted for controlling the depth and/or the lateral position of a towed acoustic linear antenna and including a body to which is attached a set of wings. The operation managing system operates the navigation control device according to a degraded operating mode, by acting on at least one non-released and motorized wing when detecting that at least one wing of the set of wings has been released or must be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SERCEL
    Inventors: Thierry Roger, Christophe L'Her, Jean-Jacques Vignaux, Christophe Coutineau, Dominique Barbot, Stephane Rousseau
  • Wing releasing system for a navigation control device
    Patent number: 9475553
    Abstract: A wing releasing system is provided for releasing at least one wing of a set of wing or wings of a navigation control device. The navigation control device is adapted for controlling depth and/or lateral position of a towed acoustic linear antenna and includes a body to which is attached the set of wing or wings. The wing releasing system includes: a releasing decision circuit, for generating a release request signal when detecting that a foreign object is caught by at least one wing of the set of wing or wings; and an actuator comprised in the navigation control device, for releasing from the body the at least one wing of the set of wing or wings, when receiving the release request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SERCEL
    Inventors: Thierry Roger, Christophe L'Her, Jean-Jacques Vignaux, Christophe Coutineau, Dominique Barbot, Stephane Rousseau
  • Operation Managing System for Driving a Navigation Control Device According to a Degraded Operating Mode
    Publication number: 20150098303
    Abstract: An operation managing system is provided for managing the operation of a navigation control device. The navigation control device is adapted for controlling the depth and/or the lateral position of a towed acoustic linear antenna and including a body to which is attached a set of wings. The operation managing system operates the navigation control device according to a degraded operating mode, by acting on at least one non-released and motorized wing when detecting that at least one wing of the set of wings has been released or must be released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Thierry Roger, Christophe L'Her, Jean-Jacques Vignaux, Christophe Coutineau, Dominique Barbot, Stephane Rousseau
  • Wing Releasing System for a Navigation Control Device
    Publication number: 20150096484
    Abstract: A wing releasing system is provided for releasing at least one wing of a set of wing or wings of a navigation control device. The navigation control device is adapted for controlling depth and/or lateral position of a towed acoustic linear antenna and includes a body to which is attached the set of wing or wings. The wing releasing system includes: a releasing decision circuit, for generating a release request signal when detecting that a foreign object is caught by at least one wing of the set of wing or wings; and an actuator comprised in the navigation control device, for releasing from the body the at least one wing of the set of wing or wings, when receiving the release request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Thierry Roger, Christophe L'Her, Jean-Jacques Vignaux, Christophe Coutineau, Dominique Barbot, Stephane Rousseau