Patents by Inventor Christophe Duret

Christophe Duret 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).

  • Publication number: 20230288273
    Abstract: A system for determining a torque includes a test body having two bushings, an encoder having two multipolar tracks with a polar width Lpi and Lpe respectively, a sensor having a first (20) - respectively a second (21) - pattern of sensitive elements disposed at a reading distance ei - respectively ee - from the internal track (7) - respectively from the external track (8), and a device for comparing the signals delivered by the sensor to determine an angle between the bushings which depends on the applied torque, the trackshaving an identical number of pairs of poles which are radially aligned, the reading distances ee and ei between the patterns of sensitive elements and the tracks being such that: : e e L p e = e i L p i .
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Cécile Flammier, Christophe Duret
  • Publication number: 20230273079
    Abstract: A test body for a system for determining a torque applied between two rotating members, the test body having an internal bushing and an external bushing connected by a deformable structure which is arranged so as to transmit the torque between the members while enabling an angular displacement between the bushings according to the applied torque, the test body being equipped with two rings each carrying a magnetic track which is able to emit a signal representative of the rotational movement of the ring, the rings being fastened respectively on one bushing and the magnetic tracks being magnetized concentrically so that they have a common axis of revolution so as to respectively form an internal magnetic track and an external magnetic track of an encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Cécile Flammier, Christophe Duret
  • Patent number: 11598825
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a coder that has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions extending along a helix of pitch p and of angle ?, the magnetic track having Npp pairs of North and South poles and a polar width Lp measured along a normal to the transitions which are: Npp=?a/l and Lp=p·cos ?. The invention also includes at least one sensor able to detect the rotating magnetic field in a plane perpendicular to the magnetic track and to the transitions by means of a mounting of at least two sensitive magnetic elements. The mounting being disposed at a radial reading distance from the magnetic track and being arranged to deliver signals in quadrature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NTN-SNR Roulements
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier, Etienne Vandamme
  • Publication number: 20230016570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a coder that has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions extending along a helix of pitch p and of angle ?, the magnetic track having Npp pairs of North and South poles and a polar width Lp measured along a normal to the transitions which are: Npp=?a/l, and Lp=p·cos ?. The invention also includes at least one sensor able to detect the rotating magnetic field in a plane perpendicular to the magnetic track and to the transitions by means of a mounting of at least two sensitive magnetic elements. The mounting being disposed at a radial reading distance from the magnetic track and being arranged to deliver signals in quadrature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier, Etienne Vandamme
  • Patent number: 11204260
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a coder that has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions extending along an helix of pitch p and of angle ?. The invention having Npp pairs of North and South poles and a polar width Lp measured along a normal (N) to the transitions which are: Npp=?a/I and Lp=p.cos ?. The invention also includes a sensor able to detect the period magnetic field emitted by the coder by means of at least two sensitive magnetic elements which are disposed at a radial reading distance from the magnetic track. The sensitive elements are disposed in relation to one another to deliver signals in quadrature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NTN-SNR Roulements
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier, Etienne Vandamme
  • Patent number: 11103501
    Abstract: A spray dried-powder composition for inhalation comprising particles (X) containing (a) between 5 and 50% by weight of at least one azole derivative in amorphous state but not in crystalline structure and (b) at least one matricial agent to the composition selected from a group consisting of polyol such as sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol; a monosaccharides such as glucose and arabinose; disaccharide such as lactose, maltose, saccharose and dextrose; cholesterol, and any mixture thereof, wherein the composition provides a dissolution rate of said azole derivative of at least, 5% within 10 minutes, 10% within 20 minutes and 40% within 60 minutes when tested in the dissolution apparatus type 2 of the United States Pharmacopoeia at 50 rotation per minute, 37° C. in 900 milliliters of an aqueous dissolution medium adjusted at pH 1.2 and containing 0.3% of sodium laurylsulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Arthur Deboeck, Francis Vanderbist, Philippe Baudier, Thami Sebti, Christophe Duret, Karim Amighi
  • Patent number: 10969252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system having a coder with a magnetic track that exhibits an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by i Archimedean spiral transitions. The invention also includes a rotation sensor able to detect the periodic magnetic field emitted by the coder using several sensitive elements, the sensitive elements being distributed angularly along the magnetic track while forming between at least two sensitive elements an angle ? which is designed so that the signals delivered by the elements are in quadrature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NTN-SNR Roulements
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier
  • Patent number: 10859402
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly comprising an encoder (1) secured in rotation to the member, said encoder comprising a primary magnetic track (2) and a secondary magnetic track (3) and a sensor (4) having two patterns (5) of sensitive elements which are suitable for detecting the signals supplied by the tracks (2, 3) of the encoder (1), each pattern (5) being arranged at reading distance from a track (2, 3) to form a representative signal of the position of said track, the sensitive elements of a first pattern (5) are based on a magnetoresistive material wherein the resistance varies according to the magnetic signal of the track (2, 3) to be detected, said first pattern being arranged at reading distance from a second track (3) having 2N?1 magnetic pole pairs, the sensitive elements of the second pattern (5) being based on an anisotropic magnetoresistive material, said second pattern being arranged at reading distance from a primary track (2) having N magnetic pole pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: NTN-SNR Roulements
    Inventor: Christophe Duret
  • Publication number: 20200292634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a coder that has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions extending along a helix of pitch p and of angle ?, the magnetic track having Npp pairs of North and South poles and a polar width Lp measured along a normal to the transitions which are: Npp=?a/l and Lp=p·cos ?. The invention also includes at least one sensor able to detect the rotating magnetic field in a plane perpendicular to the magnetic track and to the transitions by means of a mounting of at least two sensitive magnetic elements. The mounting being disposed at a radial reading distance from the magnetic track and being arranged to deliver signals in quadrature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier, Etienne Vandamme
  • Publication number: 20200292352
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a coder that has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions extending along an helix of pitch p and of angle ?. The invention having Npp pairs of North and South poles and a polar width Lp measured along a normal (N) to the transitions which are: Npp=?a/I and Lp=p.cos ?. The invention also includes a sensor able to detect the period magnetic field emitted by the coder by means of at least two sensitive magnetic elements which are disposed at a radial reading distance from the magnetic track. The sensitive elements are disposed in relation to one another to deliver signals in quadrature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier, Etienne Vandamme
  • Patent number: 10775196
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising: an encoder the magnetic track of which has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions in Archimedean spiral, a rotation sensor able to detect the periodic magnetic field emitted by the encoder using a plurality of magnetic sensitive elements, distributed angularly along the magnetic track. Each magnetic sensitive element delivers a signal representative to the rotation of the encoder. The sensor further comprises a device for subtracting the signals (V1, V2) delivered by two sensitive elements forming therebetween an angle ? that is such that: 0.55?<?·Npp, <0.83?, modulo 2? or 1.17?<?·Npp<1.45?, modulo 2?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NTN-SNR Roulements
    Inventor: Christophe Duret
  • Publication number: 20190277659
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising: an encoder the magnetic track of which has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by i transitions in Archimedean spiral, a rotation sensor able to detect the periodic magnetic field emitted by the encoder using a plurality of magnetic sensitive elements, distributed angularly along the magnetic track. Each magnetic sensitive element delivers_a signal representative to the rotation of the encoder. The sensor further comprises a device for subtracting the signals (V1, V2) delivered by two sensitive elements forming therebetween an angle ? that is such that: 0.55?<?·Npp, <0.83?, modulo 2? or 1.17?<?·Npp<1.45, modulo 2?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Christophe Duret
  • Publication number: 20190265073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system having a coder with a magnetic track that exhibits an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by i Archimedean spiral transitions. The invention also includes a rotation sensor able to detect the periodic magnetic field emitted by the coder using several sensitive elements, the sensitive elements being distributed angularly along the magnetic track while forming between at least two sensitive elements an angle ? which is designed so that the signals delivered by the elements are in quadrature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier
  • Publication number: 20190025085
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly comprising an encoder (1) secured in rotation to the member, said encoder comprising a primary magnetic track (2) and a secondary magnetic track (3) and a sensor (4) having two patterns (5) of sensitive elements which are suitable for detecting the signals supplied by the tracks (2, 3) of the encoder (1), each pattern (5) being arranged at reading distance from a track (2, 3) to form a representative signal of the position of said track, the sensitive elements of a first pattern (5) are based on a magnetoresistive material wherein the resistance varies according to the magnetic signal of the track (2, 3) to be detected, said first pattern being arranged at reading distance from a second track (3) having 2N?1 magnetic pole pairs, the sensitive elements of the second pattern (5) being based on an anisotropic magnetoresistive material, said second pattern being arranged at reading distance from a primary track (2) having N magnetic pole pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Christophe Duret
  • Patent number: 10168186
    Abstract: A sensor including a measuring assembly integrating at least one magnetoresistive element having a stack of two conductive magnetic layers, respectively reference and sensitive, the reference layer having magnetic anisotropy in the direction X and the sensitive layer having a direction Y, a polarization permanent magnet having a surface extending in a plane of directions X and Y and having a symmetry plane of directions X and Z, the measuring assembly being disposed with respect to the symmetry plane of the polarization magnet so that the layers of the magnetoresistive element are disposed in a plane parallel to the surface while being offset from said plane in the direction Y by a distance (?y) that is arranged so that the magnetic field of the polarization magnet orients the magnetisation of the sensitive layer in the direction Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: NTN-SNR ROULEMENTS
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cyril Peterschmitt
  • Publication number: 20180104239
    Abstract: A spray dried-powder composition for inhalation comprising particles (X) containing (a) between 5 and 50% by weight of at least one azole derivative in amorphous state but not in crystalline structure and (b) at least one matricial agent to the composition selected from a group consisting of polyol such as sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol; a monosaccharides such as glucose and arabinose; disaccharide such as lactose, maltose, saccharose and dextrose; cholesterol, and any mixture thereof, wherein the composition provides a dissolution rate of said azole derivative of at least, 5% within 10 minutes, 10% within 20 minutes and 40% within 60 minutes when tested in the dissolution apparatus type 2 of the United States Pharmacopoeia at 50 rotation per minute, 37° C. in 900 milliliters of an aqueous dissolution medium adjusted at pH 1.2 and containing 0.3% of sodium laurylsulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: GALEPHAR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur DEBOECK, Francis Vanderbist, Philippe Baudier, Thami Sebti, Christophe Duret, Karim Amighi
  • Publication number: 20170284831
    Abstract: A sensor including a measuring assembly integrating at least one magnetoresistive element having a stack of two conductive magnetic layers, respectively reference and sensitive, the reference layer having magnetic anisotropy in the direction X and the sensitive layer having a direction Y, polarization permanent magnet having a surface extending in a plane of directions X and Y and having a symmetry plane of directions X and Z, the measuring assembly being disposed with respect to the symmetry plane of the polarization magnet so that the layers of the magnetoresistive element are disposed in a plane parallel to the surface while being offset from said plane in the direction Y by a distance (?y) that is arranged so that the magnetic field of the polarization magnet orients the magnetisation of the sensitive layer in the direction Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cyril Peterschmitt
  • Publication number: 20170087154
    Abstract: A spray dried-powder composition for inhalation comprising particles (X) containing (a) between 5 and 50% by weight of at least one azole derivative in amorphous state but not in crystalline structure and (b) at least one matricial agent to the composition selected from a group consisting of polyol such as sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol; a monosaccharides such as glucose and arabinose; disaccharide such as lactose, maltose, saccharose and dextrose; cholesterol, and any mixture thereof, wherein the composition provides a dissolution rate of said azole derivative of at least, 5% within 10 minutes, 10% within 20 minutes and 40% within 60 minutes when tested in the dissolution apparatus type 2 of the United States Pharmacopoeia at 50 rotation per minute, 37° C. in 900 milliliters of an aqueous dissolution medium adjusted at pH 1.2 and containing 0.3% of sodium laurylsulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: GALEPHAR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur DEBOECK, Francis VANDERBIST, Philippe BAUDIER, Thami SEBTI, Christophe DURET, Karim AMIGHI
  • Publication number: 20150017244
    Abstract: A spray dried-powder composition for inhalation comprising particles (X) containing (a) between 5 and 50% by weight of at least one azole derivative in amorphous state but not in crystalline structure and (b) at least one matricial agent to the composition selected from a group consisting of polyol such as sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol; a monosaccharides such as glucose and arabinose; disaccharide such as lactose, maltose, saccharose and dextrose; cholesterol, and any mixture thereof, wherein the composition provides a dissolution rate of said azole derivative of at least, 5% within 10 minutes, 10% within 20 minutes and 40% within 60 minutes when tested in the dissolution apparatus type 2 of the United States Pharmacopoeia at 50 rotation per minute, 37° C. in 900 milliliters of an aqueous dissolution medium adjusted at pH 1.2 and containing 0.3% of sodium laurylsulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: GALEPHAR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur Deboeck, Francis Vanderbist, Philippe Baudier, Thami Sebti, Christophe Duret, Karim Amighi
  • Patent number: 8112234
    Abstract: A method is provided for estimating the components of the force torsor that are applied to a bearing, which method provides for the measurement of a vector (Vm) of N deformations and for the use of a physical model linking a vector (Q) of at most N representative values of the components of the torsor with a deformation measurement vector, the method comprises the following iterative steps: introduction of a vector (Q) of representative values into the model in order to calculate a deformation measurement vector (Vc); and carrying out a pertinence test (T) between the deformation measurement vector (Vc) which is calculated and the measured vector (Vm); if the test (T) is negative, establishing at least one new vector (Q) of representative values to be introduced into the model according to the result of the test; or if the test (T) is positive, storing the vector (Q) of introduced values; wherein the estimated components of the force torsor are established according to at least one stored vector (Q) of values
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: SNR Roulements
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, David Kwapisz, Alexandre Laurent