Patents by Inventor Corinne Zuppiger-Lachat

Corinne Zuppiger-Lachat 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).

  • Method for connecting an electric actuator to a printed circuit board
    Patent number: 7937831
    Abstract: A method of connecting an electric actuator to a printed circuit by metal contacts having an open contact zone. The metal contacts are soldered to the printed circuit using an SMD-type automated method performed at a high speed and at a high temperature, and the electrical connection pins of the actuator can be mechanically connected to the metal contacts without soldering by butting the contact zone of the metal contacts against the connection pins of the actuator once the connection pins have been inserted through the contact zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Sonceboz SA
    Inventors: Daniel Sigg, Corinne Zuppiger-Lachat
  • Universal actuator particularly for dashboards
    Patent number: 7503278
    Abstract: An electric dashboard actuator including an electric motor driving an indicator. The electric motor includes a hollow output shaft of which the ends are located at and flush with two opposite surfaces of the motor, and the indicator includes a male coupling member with a cross-section matching the cross-section of the hollow motor output shaft. One motor surface includes a male or female coupling perpendicular to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sonceboz SA
    Inventors: Daniel Sigg, Corinne Zuppiger-Lachat
  • METHOD FOR THE SOLDERLESS CONNECTION OF AN ELECTRIC ACTUATOR TO A PRINTED CIRCUIT, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE DASHBOARDS
    Publication number: 20090042416
    Abstract: A method of connecting an electric actuator to a printed circuit by metal contacts having an open contact zone. The metal contacts are soldered to the printed circuit using an SMD-type automated method performed at a high speed and at a high temperature, and the electrical connection pins of the actuator can be mechanically connected to the metal contacts without soldering by butting the contact zone of the metal contacts against the connection pins of the actuator once the connection pins have been inserted through the contact zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Sonceboz SA
    Inventors: Daniel Sigg, Corinne Zuppiger-Lachat
  • Universal actuator particularly for dashboards
    Publication number: 20070189025
    Abstract: An electric dashboard actuator including an electric motor driving an indicator. The electric motor includes a hollow output shaft of which the ends are located at and flush with two opposite surfaces of the motor, and the indicator includes a male coupling member with a cross-section matching the cross-section of the hollow motor output shaft. One motor surface includes a male or female coupling perpendicular to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Sonceboz SA
    Inventors: Daniel Sigg, Corinne Zuppiger-Lachat