Patents by Inventor Etienne Lebreton
Etienne Lebreton 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).
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Patent number: 11633258Abstract: A powder chamber, in particular for powder polishing devices, including a casing and two functional sectors, whereby the two functional sectors are arranged to be opposite to each other, and whereby at least one functional sector is designed to provide an opening for a working medium such as air or a mixture of powder and air, and whereby the two functional sectors are designed to allow the powder chamber to be locked. The two functional sectors are preferably arranged along an axis and are rotationally symmetric.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: FERTON HOLDING S.A.Inventors: Etienne Lebreton, Florent Jean-Claude Georges Beani, Bertolote Tiago, Marcel Donnet
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Publication number: 20230066307Abstract: A tool (1) for a medical treatment, in particular for a dental treatment, comprising: —a handpiece (40) having an ultrasound vibration source (30), —a moving part (10), performing, in an operating state, a vibration movement in a vibration direction (VD), and —a tool tip (20), in particular a scaler tip, being connected to the moving part (10) in an interface section (15), wherein in a non-vibrating state the tool tip extends in an extending direction, being slanted to the vibration direction of the moving part (10), in the interface section (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Alex BIENAIMÉ, Romain VUILLET, Etienne LEBRETON, Laurent MOSIMANN, Florent BEANI
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Patent number: 11419697Abstract: A foot pedal for wireless control of a medical device, in particular a dental device, including a housing with a housing base, a cover element, which is mounted so as to be vertically displaceable relative to the housing base along an actuating direction and/or inclinable relative to the housing base, and a transmitting device arranged in the housing for wireless communication with the medical device, wherein the housing is at least partially made of a non-metallic material and the cover element is made of a metallic material, wherein in an initial state the cover element is spaced apart from the housing base and in a lowered state the cover element is offset in height with respect to the initial state in the operating direction, where the housing, in particular the housing base, is configured such that, in the lowered state, a signal transmission region arranged below the cover element, viewed in the actuating direction, is provided as a communication channel for a signal emitted from the transmitting deviceType: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: FERTON HOLDING S.A.Inventors: Etienne Lebreton, Antoine Mareschal de Charentenay
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Patent number: 11413115Abstract: Teeth cleaning system, in particular dental powder jet cleaning system, including a powder container having an inlet for compressed air, and where the powder container has an outlet for a powder/air mixture, and where the outlet communicates with a pipe system via which a fluid is passed, in particular a powder/air mixture which is formed in the powder container and from which powder container can be led, where a flow resistance of the inlet is configured relative to a flow resistance of the outlet and/or of the pipepipe system in such a way that a predetermined pressure loss is set across the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: FERTON HOLDING S.A.Inventors: Etienne Lebreton, Florent Jean-Claude Georges Beani, Tiago Bertolote, Marcel Donnet
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Publication number: 20220133434Abstract: A nozzle element (1) for a dental treatment device, in particular for a dental treatment device intended for a subgingival cleaning of at least a part of a surface of a root of a tooth (3), comprising: a basic body (2) being elongated in a longitudinal direction (L) and configured to be introduced at least partially into a periodontal pocket (7) a first feed channel (10) for transporting a powder-gas-mixture (12), wherein said first feed channel (10) is incorporated inside the basic body (2), a first outlet opening (11) of said first feed channel (10) in an end region (E) of the elongated basic body (2) for ejecting the powder-gas-mixture (12), wherein said first outlet opening (11) is preferably configured for a lateral ejection of the powder-gas-mixture (12) in a first ejection (E1) direction being slanted relative to the longitudinal direction (L), wherein the nozzle element (1) is configured for providing at least a part of at least one pressure relief channel at the end region (E) of the basic body (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Florent BEANI, Tiago BERTOLOTE, Marcel DONNET, Maxime FOURNIER, Etienne LEBRETON
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Publication number: 20220001520Abstract: Torque wrench for connecting a replaceable instrument tip to a hand piece that carries the replaceable instrument tip in operation, a base element having a receiving region for placing the instrument tip inside the receiving region at least during connecting the instrument tip to the hand piece, a torque wrench mechanism for applying a certain torque when connecting the instrument tip to the hand piece and a housing surrounding the instrument tip being arranged in the receiving region, the housing being preferably transparent, wherein the torque wrench has a guiding structure for aligning the torque wrench relative to the hand piece during arranging the torque wrench on the hand piece, in particular in an interface region of the hand piece, and/or where the housing has an inner surface and an outer surface being concentric to each other over a complete primary region extending at least from the base element to the end of the instrument tip, when the torque wrench is equipped with the instrument tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Etienne LEBRETON, Maxime FOURNIER
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Publication number: 20210275280Abstract: Teeth cleaning system, in particular dental powder jet cleaning system, including a powder container having an inlet for compressed air, and where the powder container has an outlet for a powder/air mixture, and where the outlet communicates with a pipe system via which a fluid is passed, in particular a powder/air mixture which is formed in the powder container and from which powder container can be led, where a flow resistance of the inlet is configured relative to a flow resistance of the outlet and/or of the pipepipe system in such a way that a predetermined pressure loss is set across the inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Etienne Lebreton, Florent Jean-Claude Georges Beani, Tiago Bertolote, Marcel Donnet
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Patent number: 11109943Abstract: A powder-blasting device for cleaning the surfaces of teeth via application with a powder-gas mixture, including a stationary unit having a connection region for a mixing chamber for producing the powder-gas mixture, a hand part having a nozzle device for blasting the powder-gas mixture onto a surface of a tooth, and a joining unit for joining the hand part to the stationary unit wherein the joining unit has at least one joining guide between the stationary unit and the hand part, and wherein a tube section that can be blocked via elastic deformation is arranged in a powder-gas line between the mixing chamber and the nozzle device, wherein the joining unit is detachably joined to the stationary unit and the lockable tube section is arranged in the detachable joining unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: FERTON HOLDING S.A.Inventors: Etienne Lebreton, Martin Limon, Florent Jean-Claude Georges Beani, Pierre Fridez, Marcel Donnet
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Patent number: 10777373Abstract: A foot pedal for controlling a medical device, in particular a dental device, including a housing with a housing base, a cover element which is mounted so as to be vertically displaceable with respect to the housing base along an actuating direction and so as to be inclinable with respect to the housing base, a first switch for initiating a first functionality on the medical device and a second switch for initiating a second functionality on the medical device, and an actuating device which is vertically displaceable along the actuating direction and which actuates the first switch during a movement in the actuating direction within a first height offset section and actuates the second switch within a second height offset section, the actuating device being configured in such a way, in that it is in a first state in the first height offset section and in a second state in the second height offset section, where the foot pedal being configured such that, at a predeterminable angle of inclination of the cover eType: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: FERTON HOLDING S.A.Inventors: Etienne Lebreton, Florent Jean-Claude Georges Beani
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Publication number: 20200043682Abstract: A foot pedal for controlling a medical device, in particular a dental device, including a housing with a housing base, a cover element which is mounted so as to be vertically displaceable with respect to the housing base along an actuating direction and so as to be inclinable with respect to the housing base, a first switch for initiating a first functionality on the medical device and a second switch for initiating a second functionality on the medical device, and an actuating device which is vertically displaceable along the actuating direction and which actuates the first switch during a movement in the actuating direction within a first height offset section and actuates the second switch within a second height offset section, the actuating device being configured in such a way, in that it is in a first state in the first height offset section and in a second state in the second height offset section, wherein the foot pedal being configured such that, at a predeterminable angle of inclination of the coverType: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Etienne Lebreton, Florent Jean-Claude Georges Beani
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Publication number: 20200038138Abstract: A foot pedal for wireless control of a medical device, in particular a dental device, including a housing with a housing base, a cover element, which is mounted so as to be vertically displaceable relative to the housing base along an actuating direction and/or inclinable relative to the housing base, and a transmitting device arranged in the housing for wireless communication with the medical device, wherein the housing is at least partially made of a non-metallic material and the cover element is made of a metallic material, wherein in an initial state the cover element is spaced apart from the housing base and in a lowered state the cover element is offset in height with respect to the initial state in the operating direction, where the housing, in particular the housing base, is configured such that, in the lowered state, a signal transmission region arranged below the cover element, viewed in the actuating direction, is provided as a communication channel for a signal emitted from the transmitting deviceType: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2017Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Etienne Lebreton, Antoine Mareschal de Charentenay
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Publication number: 20190038381Abstract: A powder chamber, in particular for powder polishing devices, including a casing and two functional sectors, whereby the two functional sectors are arranged to be opposite to each other, and whereby at least one functional sector is designed to provide an opening for a working medium such as air or a mixture of powder and air, and whereby the two functional sectors are designed to allow the powder chamber to be locked. The two functional sectors are preferably arranged along an axis and are rotationally symmetric.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: FERTON HOLDING S.A.Inventors: Etienne LEBRETON, Florent Jean-Claude Georges BEANI, Bertolote TIAGO, Marcel DONNET
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Publication number: 20180036098Abstract: A powder-blasting device for cleaning the surfaces of teeth via application with a powder-gas mixture, including a stationary unit having a connection region for a mixing chamber for producing the powder-gas mixture, a hand part having a nozzle device for blasting the powder-gas mixture onto a surface of a tooth, and a joining unit for joining the hand part to the stationary unit wherein the joining unit has at least one joining guide between the stationary unit and the hand part, and wherein a tube section that can be blocked via elastic deformation is arranged in a powder-gas line between the mixing chamber and the nozzle device, wherein the joining unit is detachably joined to the stationary unit and the lockable tube section is arranged in the detachable joining unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Etienne LEBRETON, Martin LIMON, Florent Jean-Claude Georges BEANI, Pierre FRIDEZ, Marcel DONNET
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Patent number: 9820538Abstract: A timepiece (1) having at least one colored transparent stone (10), and a support (20) with at least one opening (200) for receiving this colored transparent stone (10). The ratio between the height (h) and width (L) of the colored transparent stone (10) is less than 50% , and the support (20) is made from anodised titanium or anodised aluminium. Advantageously, the color of the colored transparent stone (10) in the timepiece (1) is enhanced by that of the support (20).Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Les Ateliers Horlogers Dior SAInventor: Etienne Lebreton
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Patent number: 9256205Abstract: Oscillating weight for automatic watch movement, having a massive peripheral ring in the shape of an arc of circle, a connecting element connecting the peripheral ring to the weight's pivoting center, wherein the connecting element is set with a plurality of stones.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: CHRISTIAN DIOR COUTURE SAInventors: Mathieu Jamin, Mathieu Ferrand, Etienne Lebreton
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Publication number: 20150359303Abstract: A timepiece (1) comprising:—at least one coloured transparent stone (10),—a support (20) comprising at least one opening (200) for receiving this coloured transparent stone (10) characterised in that—the ratio between the height (h) and width (L) of the coloured transparent stone (10) is less than 50%,—the support (20) is made from anodised titanium or anodised aluminium. Advantageously, according to the invention, the colour of the coloured transparent stone (10) in the timepiece (1) according to the invention is enhanced by that of the support (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventor: Etienne LEBRETON
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Patent number: 9104179Abstract: The invention relates to a winding mass (10) for a watch movement, comprising a geometric rotation axis (100), a peripheral portion (10) and a connecting portion (13) between the peripheral portion (10) and the rotation axis (100), the density and the mass of the peripheral portion being greater than those of the connecting portion. The connecting portion (13) is moved by means of bird feather-like portions (20).Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Christian Dior Couture SAInventors: Mathieu Jamin, Vincent Lepoultier, Etienne Lebreton
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Publication number: 20150003216Abstract: The invention relates to a winding mass (10) for a watch movement, comprising a geometric rotation axis (100), a peripheral portion (10) and a connecting portion (13) between the peripheral portion (10) and the rotation axis (100), the density and the mass of the peripheral portion being greater than those of the connecting portion. The connecting portion (13) is moved by means of bird feather-like portions (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Mathleu Jamin, Vincent Lepoultier, Etienne Lebreton
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Publication number: 20120243387Abstract: Oscillating weight for automatic watch movement, having a massive peripheral ring in the shape of an arc of circle, a connecting element connecting the peripheral ring to the weight's pivoting center, wherein the connecting element is set with a plurality of stones.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: CHRISTIAN DIOR COUTURE SAInventors: Mathieu JAMIN, Mathieu FERRAND, Etienne LEBRETON
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Patent number: 7869129Abstract: The invention relates to a retractable display device for a motor vehicle comprising a light source (8) for generating a displayable information and a retractable blade (1) for reflecting information towards the vehicle user. Said blade (1) is mounted on a movable support (2) displaceable between a rest position and at least one display position in such a way that said blade (1) is retracted when the movable support (2) is in the rest position and the blade is unfolded when said movable support (2) is in the display position.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SAInventor: Etienne Lebreton