Patents by Inventor Didier Blanc

Didier Blanc 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: 8860354
    Abstract: The control circuit of an electric motor, which has at least one phase supplied with high voltage and has a defined high-voltage zone, is provided with a control for the supply current of the phase with a setpoint-value current, and has devices for measuring the supply current which generate a first analog signal whose value corresponds to the measured current, an electronic control unit being disposed in a low-voltage zone, and having an analog-to-digital converter for converting the first analog signal or another analog signal acting as the first analog signal, into a corresponding digital signal which is supplied to the electronic control unit. The measuring devices are formed by a bleeder resistor, which is disposed in series with the phase, as well as by a differential amplifier whose two inputs, respectively, are connected to two contacts of the bleeder resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Etel S.A.
    Inventors: Didier Blanc, Ralph Coleman, Jean-Marc Vaucher, Claude Froidevaux
  • Patent number: 8720297
    Abstract: A parallel robot of the SCARA type includes a base or a body to which two articulated elements are attached, each including an arm and a forearm that are connected by a joint and are mounted in a manner allowing rotation about one and the same geometrical axis. The two articulated elements are attached to two annular segments, respectively, that form two movable parts of a circular motor whose stator at least partially forms the body, these two movable parts being assigned to one and the same circular path of the stator. Preferably, the two movable parts are guided through one and the same guideway in order to ensure that these two movable parts rotate very precisely about the same geometrical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Etel S.A.
    Inventors: Hervé Stämpfli, Ralph Coleman, Didier Blanc
  • Publication number: 20130181652
    Abstract: The control circuit of an electric motor, which has at least one phase supplied with high voltage and has a defined high-voltage zone, is provided with a control for the supply current of the phase with a setpoint-value current, and has devices for measuring the supply current which generate a first analog signal whose value corresponds to the measured current, an electronic control unit being disposed in a low-voltage zone, and having an analog-to-digital converter for converting the first analog signal or another analog signal acting as the first analog signal, into a corresponding digital signal which is supplied to the electronic control unit. The measuring devices are formed by a bleeder resistor, which is disposed in series with the phase, as well as by a differential amplifier whose two inputs, respectively, are connected to two contacts of the bleeder resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Didier Blanc, Ralph Coleman, Jean-Marc Vaucher, Claude Froidevaux
  • Publication number: 20110271785
    Abstract: A parallel robot of the SCARA type includes a base or a body to which two articulated elements are attached, each including an arm and a forearm that are connected by a joint and are mounted in a manner allowing rotation about one and the same geometrical axis. The two articulated elements are attached to two annular segments, respectively, that form two movable parts of a circular motor whose stator at least partially forms the body, these two movable parts being assigned to one and the same circular path of the stator. Preferably, the two movable parts are guided through one and the same guideway in order to ensure that these two movable parts rotate very precisely about the same geometrical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Hervé Stämpfli, Ralph Coleman, Didier Blanc