Patents by Inventor Emmanuel Benoit

Emmanuel Benoit 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).

  • Parametring and automatic compilation of structures using standard representation networks
    Publication number: 20030084228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer device for process modelling having a memory comprising, after process modelling of a user, at least one first-level process representation (A) in the form of a network formed of a plurality of interconnectable first-level tasks and a system mechanism for managing the unfolding of first-level tasks. The first-level process (A) is associated with at least one second-level process (B), each first-level task (M1) being associated with two interconnected successive second-level tasks (E1, E10). One of the two successive second-level tasks (E1) can specify a complex function undertaken by the first-level task, the other task (E10) is a constant task. The system mechanism is a single sequencer which, in order to execute a first-level task, manages at least the two associated second-level tasks (E1, E10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Bernard Hautbergue, Emmanuel Benoit, Stephane Donders
  • Pyrotechnic actuator with a deformable membrane
    Patent number: 6397595
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic actuator comprises a deformable membrane (24) separating a first chamber (20), which is able to receive pyrotechnic combustion gases, from a second chamber (22) containing a control member (32) displaceable by the membrane (24) during the operation of the actuator. In the inoperative state, the membrane (24) is prestressed counter to its deformation controlled by the intake of gases into the first chamber (20). In this way the functional travel is increased, which e.g. makes it possible to open or close a circuit with a larger cross-section without increasing the actuator size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Eads Launch Vehicle
    Inventors: Emmanuel Benoit, Jean-François Beau, Erwan Le Floch
  • Pyrotechnic actuator with a deformable membrane
    Publication number: 20020007634
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic actuator comprises a deformable membrane (24) separating a first chamber (20), which is able to receive pyrotechnic combustion gases, from a second chamber (22) containing a control member (32) displaceable by the membrane (24) during the operation of the actuator. In the inoperative state, the membrane (24) is prestressed counter to its deformation controlled by the intake of gases into the first chamber (20). In this way the functional travel is increased, which e.g. makes it possible to open or close a circuit with a larger cross-section without increasing the actuator size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: EADS LAUNCH VEHICLES
    Inventors: Emmanuel Benoit, Jean-Francois Beau, Erwan Le Floch