Patents by Inventor Damien SALLÉ

Damien SALLÉ 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).

  • Application and method for positioning and orientating a load
    Patent number: 10427919
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for positioning and orientating a load includes a support structure movable in a first direction a tendon system having at least six winches mounted on the structure and at least six tendons connected to the winches, and a lifting mechanism mounted on the structure. The lifting mechanism includes another tendon and is movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first. The apparatus includes a component suspending the load from above and is connected to a second end of each of the tendons and to a free end of the additional tendon. The apparatus further includes a control module for translating synchronously and independently an instruction regarding the load in an actuation over the winches, over the lifting mechanism and the support structure, such that at least 51% of the load is sustained by the lifting mechanism and the load is suspended from the further tendon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUNDACIÓN TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
    Inventors: María de la O Rodríguez Mijangos, Cédric Baradat, Jean-Baptiste Izard, Micaël Michelin, Hai Yang, Damien Sallé
  • APPLICATION AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AND ORIENTATING A LOAD
    Publication number: 20170129749
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for positioning and orientating a load includes a support structure movable in a first direction a tendon system having at least six winches mounted on the structure and at least six tendons connected to the winches, and a lifting mechanism mounted on the structure. The lifting mechanism includes another tendon and is movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first. The apparatus includes a component suspending the load from above and is connected to a second end of each of the tendons and to a free end of the additional tendon. The apparatus further includes a control module for translating synchronously and independently an instruction regarding the load in an actuation over the winches, over the lifting mechanism and the support structure, such that at least 51% of the load is sustained by the lifting mechanism and the load is suspended from the further tendon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: María de la O RODRÍGUEZ MIJANGOS, Cédric BARADAT, Jean-Baptiste IZARD, Micaël MICHELIN, Hai YANG, Damien SALLÉ