Patents by Inventor Claude Costes

Claude Costes 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: 4560885
    Abstract: A steering wheel switching circuit is provided which is capable of controlling component parts on a car body side through the use of a small quantity of coupling devices in cooperation with a controlling part by connecting a switching part installed on the steering wheel and two sets of series circuits installed on the car body part in parallel with a power supply. The switching portion includes a switch circuit having diodes electrically short-circuited across two terminals in both the positive and the negative direction. These two sets of series circuits have load resistances and switching elements with control terminals with the controlling part applying opposite polarity signals to the control terminals of the switching elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignees: Stanley Electric Co. Ltd., Regie Nationale des Usines Renault
    Inventors: Hidehiko Naete, Chihiro Funaoka, Daniel Augello, Jean Claude Coste
  • Patent number: 4373149
    Abstract: An electric pulse-controlled unit for a window raiser designed especially for use on an automobile, including a motor to raise and lower the window, a power circuit to activate this motor, a motor control capable of being moved from a cutoff position into first and second active positions in which the motor is activated respectively to raise and lower the window, and a mechanical control switch enabling selection of one of the active positions in order to operate the motor in the desired direction. Between each active position of the mechanical control switch and the power circuit for controlling the motor for raising and lowering the window, there is provided two circuits in parallel, each having a control flip-flop with a respective reset input connected in parallel by means of an OR logic circuit to a set of circuits comprising in particular: a delay circuit, a double control detection circuit, and a voltage loading detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: Regie National des Usines Renault
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Coste
  • Patent number: 4186629
    Abstract: The device comprises a ring gear mounted on the outer surface of the nut and a gear pinion in mesh with the crown gear. The pinion is rotatably mounted on a fixed pin and has a cavity for receiving a device for driving the pinion in rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1980
    Assignee: Union Siderurgique de Nord et du l'est de la France
    Inventor: Claude Costes