Patents by Inventor Eric Villedieu

Eric Villedieu 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: 11460130
    Abstract: A fluidic connector intended to enable the circulation of a fluid and includes two parts configured to be coupled, each of the parts comprising a channel, the two channels communicating when the two parts are coupled, the fluid being intended to be conveyed by the two channels, and a locking mechanism configured to bear on a first of the two parts and to exert a force on a second of the two parts in order to hold the two parts in position when the two parts are coupled, the locking mechanism passing through an opening in the first of the two parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Christian Dechelle, Eric Villedieu
  • Publication number: 20200025313
    Abstract: A fluidic connector intended to enable the circulation of a fluid and includes two parts configured to be coupled, each of the parts comprising a channel, the two channels communicating when the two parts are coupled, the fluid being intended to be conveyed by the two channels, and a locking mechanism configured to bear on a first of the two parts and to exert a force on a second of the two parts in order to hold the two parts in position when the two parts are coupled, the locking mechanism passing through an opening in the first of the two parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Christian DECHELLE, Eric VILLEDIEU
  • Patent number: 7392722
    Abstract: This controller, between a fixed base (1) and a control handle (4), comprises three similar arms (2) of which each comprises three links (5,6,7) jointed between the base and the handle platform by a pivot (8), two rotation joints (9 and 10) and a ball-joint (11). This controller with six degrees of freedom includes force feedback motors at the first and second joints (8 and 9) of which the first is fixed to the base (1) and the second to the first link (5), so that the first is immobile and the other has scarce movement; the third joint (10) is free. The resulting structure is simple and light not requiring any parallelogram, and kinematic singularities are greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Florian Gosselin, Eric Villedieu, Jean-Pierre Friconneau
  • Publication number: 20050081673
    Abstract: This controller, between a fixed base (1) and a control handle (4), comprises three similar arms (2) of which each comprises three links (5,6,7) jointed between the base and the handle platform by a pivot (8), two rotation joints (9 and 10) and a ball-joint (11). This controller with six degrees of freedom includes force feedback motors at the first and second joints (8 and 9) of which the first is fixed to the base (1) and the second to the first link (5), so that the first is immobile and the other has scarce movement; the third joint (10) is free. The resulting structure is simple and light not requiring any parallelogram, and kinematic singularities are greatly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Florian Gosselin, Eric Villedieu, Jean-Pierre Friconneau
  • Publication number: 20030116363
    Abstract: Appliance such as a two-legged robot made up of a system giving ground support and an upper body (30), equipped with a gyroscopic rotor wheel (31) which acts as a fulcrum to balance the appliance when positioned in reverse pendulum. A satisfactory equilibrium is guaranteed, thereby releasing from this function the command system in charge of robot locomotion or pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventor: Eric Villedieu
  • Patent number: 6527071
    Abstract: Appliance such as a two-legged robot made up of a system giving ground support and an upper body (30), equipped with a gyroscopic rotor wheel (31) which acts as a fulcrum to balance the appliance when positioned in reverse pendulum. A satisfactory equilibrium is guaranteed, thereby releasing from this function the command system in charge of robot locomotion or pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique
    Inventor: Eric Villedieu
  • Patent number: 5385102
    Abstract: Vehicle able to lay a specially designed track formed from elements (5, 6, 7) joined end to end. The vehicle (8) advances along the track and carries a track element on the carriage. When it reaches the end of the track, the carriage is lowered so that the element can be fitted into the preceding element. The elements are of different types so as to permit track height and direction changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Eric Villedieu, Daniel Francois
  • Patent number: 5331898
    Abstract: Vehicle able to lay a specially designed track formed from elements (5, 6, 7) joined end to end. The vehicle (8) advances along the track and carries a track element on the carriage. When it reaches the end of the track, the carriage is lowered so that the element can be fitted into the preceding element. The elements are of different types so as to permit track height and direction changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Eric Villedieu, Daniel Francois
  • Patent number: 4951768
    Abstract: Modular element of module (M) for an articulated vehicle formed therefrom. The vehicle must be able to travel over various obstacles (corridors, staircases, level changes). The modules (M) are joined by double hinges (20) and have internal degrees of freedom (flexible chassis, twisting displacement, adjustment of the pitch of the load 69), so that the vehicle is given flexibility and stability. The vehicle is intended to operate in hostile or dangerous environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie Atomique
    Inventors: Francois Littmann, Eric Villedieu
  • Patent number: 4815319
    Abstract: A system determines the movement of a track vehicle along the ground, the track vehicle having at least a first rotatable, endless track for supporting the vehicle on the ground, a drive for causing the movement of the vehicle, and a turning system for changing the direction of the movement of the vehicle. The system has a first traction-improvement device for mounting on the track vehicle. It bears on an inner-surface side of the first track with sufficient pressure for a small-surface portion on the opposite side of the first track to engage the ground with a higher pressure than any other portion of the first track, whereby to locate a pivoting axis of the track vehicle in the vicinity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Protee Groupement d'interet economique
    Inventors: Gilles Clement, Jean-Marie Detriche, Eric Villedieu
  • Patent number: 4709773
    Abstract: The vehicle comprises two tracked bodies and one non-tracked body articulated about a common axis. Each tracked body comprises two laterally positioned tracks. The engines are carried by tracked bodies, one of them supporting an engine or motor driving the tracks located on one side of the vehicle and a motor or engine controlling the articulation of the tracks bodies with respect to one another, whereas the other tracked body supports a motor or engine for driving the tracks located on the other side of the vehicle and an engine or motor controlling the orientation of the non-tracked body about the axis. The non-tracked body supports the main useful load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Gilles Clement, Eric Villedieu