Patents by Inventor Etienne Merlet

Etienne Merlet 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).

  • Publication number: 20140118936
    Abstract: An electronics module comprising a box including at least one pair of slideways to define a housing for receiving an electronics card, the slideways being fastened to two opposite faces of the box that are provided with ventilation means arranged to establish a flow of a total stream of air between the two faces. According to the invention, the electronics module includes at least one screen arranged in the housing between one of the slideways and the associated electronics card in order to define a passage for an individual stream of air in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Etienne Merlet, Jean-Marie Courteille, Jean-Eric Besold
  • Publication number: 20140061389
    Abstract: An aeroengine control device including a mount and having pivotally mounted thereon a code wheel together with a main lever and a secondary lever, both for turning the code wheel. Each lever is movable between a rest position and a maximum actuation position. The secondary lever is mounted to pivot on the main lever. Cam paths are mounted on the code wheel and on the mount in such a manner that the main lever can move the code wheel when the main lever is moved while the secondary lever is in the rest position. The secondary lever can move the code wheel when the secondary lever is moved while the main lever is in the rest position, with movement of either lever being prevented when the other lever is clearly away from its rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE
    Inventors: Hafid ELABELLAOUI, Jean-Eric BESOLD, Sebastien PAUTARD, Thierry CARTRY, David ENGLER, Etienne MERLET
  • Publication number: 20140015519
    Abstract: Flow valve comprising a casing (1) containing an electromagnetic assembly (2) for detecting a magnetic field, the electromagnetic assembly being fixed to a pendulum (3) suspended by an articulation (6) from a wall (5) of the casing, the casing containing a liquid for damping the movements of the pendulum, characterized in that the pendulum comprises opposite the articulation a surface (8) which has a spherical cap shape and which extends facing a wall (4) of the casing of complementary shape, defining a space having, dimensions suitable for producing a laminar rolling of the damping liquid between them, when the pendulum is in motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE
    Inventors: Christian Cardoso, Didier Habert, Etienne Merlet, Fabrice Jean, Mickael Magalhaes, Sebastien Pautard
  • Publication number: 20120020030
    Abstract: An electrical housing includes power components grouped together in power modules and control components grouped together in a control module that is separate from the power modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE
    Inventors: Etienne Merlet, Jean-Eric Besold, Marie-Noëlle Besold-Etchechoury
  • Publication number: 20110317374
    Abstract: The electrical card has power modules constituted by power components and by control components that are carried by strips fastened on a support plate comprising an electrical ground plate. The power components are connected firstly to control buses, and secondly to power buses carried by the support plate and extending in a layer adjacent to the electrical ground plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Etienne Merlet, Jean-Eric Besold
  • Publication number: 20100269616
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotolinear actuator that comprises: a central rod having an outer thread and surrounded by a ring with an inner thread, and threaded satellite rollers distributed between the central rod and the outer ring engaged with the threaded faces thereof. The actuator includes means for dispensing by capillarity a liquid lubricant at at least one contact area of at least one satellite roller with the central rod and with the outer ring, wherein the lubricant is economically dispensed by capillarity in an amount that is just sufficient and precisely at the contact locations of the interacting members, from a tank that may be sufficient for the lifetime of the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Sagem Defense Securite
    Inventors: Etienne Merlet, Jean-Eric Besold, Jean-François Weibel
  • Patent number: 7706141
    Abstract: Device with integrated electronic components, that comprises a board forming a support for the said components, a cover mounted on the said board to cover the said components, and a separating partition which extends from the cover to the board substantially perpendicularly to the latter, the said partition separating two distinct zones of the board, wherein it comprises an overcover covering the cover and defining an internal space between the cover and the overcover in which are provided cooling gas division means delimiting two distinct secondary spaces in the internal space, an upstream secondary space into which cooling gas is able to be injected and a downstream secondary space into which cooling gas is able to be discharged so that cooling gas injected into the upstream zone of the board is directed toward the downstream secondary space of the internal space and that cooling gas injected into the upstream secondary space of the internal space is directed toward the downstream zone of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sagem Defense Sécurité
    Inventors: Jean-Eric Besold, Etienne Merlet
  • Publication number: 20080151494
    Abstract: Device with integrated electronic components, that comprises a board forming a support for the said components, a cover mounted on the said board to cover the said components, and a separating partition which extends from the cover to the board substantially perpendicularly to the latter, the said partition separating two distinct zones of the board, wherein it comprises an overcover covering the cover and defining an internal space between the cover and the overcover in which are provided cooling gas division means delimiting two distinct secondary spaces in the internal space, an upstream secondary space into which cooling gas is able to be injected and a downstream secondary space into which cooling gas is able to be discharged so that cooling gas injected into the upstream zone of the board is directed toward the downstream secondary space of the internal space and that cooling gas injected into the upstream secondary space of the internal space is directed toward the downstream zone of the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE
    Inventors: Jean-Eric Besold, Etienne Merlet
  • Patent number: 7209350
    Abstract: A ventilation system for electrical or electronic equipment installed in an enclosure of a box having an air inlet and an air outlet for establishing a flow of air through said enclosure, the ventilation system having at least two air suction sources, namely a primary source and a secondary source, and a chest for mounting on said box beside the air outlet, said chest defining at least two separate cavities, both for connection to the air outlet, namely a primary cavity connected to the primary source, and a secondary cavity connected to the secondary source, in such a manner as to create two separate air exhaust circuits from the outlet of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Sagem SA
    Inventors: Etienne Merlet, Jean-Eric Besold
  • Patent number: 7205704
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for displacing a moving part along a longitudinal axis relative to a housing, said device being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally relative to the moving part, the device comprising two structures that are secured to said moving part and elements of active material comprising at least two blocks extending between inside walls of each structure, with the elongation directions of the blocks being antisymmetrical about an axis substantially perpendicular to the displacement axis of the moving part, wherein the structures are flexible and suitable for displacing the moving part by deforming as a function of the elongation of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Sagem Defense Securite
    Inventors: Jean Thierry Audren, Etienne Merlet, Jérôme Meleard, Charles Mangeot
  • Publication number: 20060125350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for displacing a moving part along a longitudinal axis relative to a housing, said device being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally relative to the moving part, the device comprising two structures that are secured to said moving part and elements of active material comprising at least two blocks extending between inside walls of each structure, with the elongation directions of the blocks being antisymmetrical about an axis substantially perpendicular to the displacement axis of the moving part, wherein the structures are flexible and suitable for displacing the moving part by deforming as a function of the elongation of the blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Jean Audren, Etienne Merlet, Jerome Meleard, Charles Mangeot
  • Patent number: 7026746
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for displacing a moving part along a longitudinal axis relative to a housing, said device being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally relative to the moving part, the device comprising two structures that are secured to said moving part and elements of active material comprising at least two blocks extending between inside walls of each structure, with the elongation directions of the blocks being antisymmetrical about an axis substantially perpendicular to the displacement axis of the moving part, wherein the structures are flexible and suitable for displacing the moving part by deforming as a function of the elongation of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Sagem SA
    Inventors: Jean Thierry Audren, Etienne Merlet, Jérôme Meleard, Charles Mangeot
  • Patent number: 7004833
    Abstract: A system (1) for ventilating a box designed to receive electrical or electronic equipment, the box having a top wall including a ventilator opening (4), the system comprising a ventilator unit (5) for mounting on said wall (3) of the box in register with the ventilator opening (4), said ventilator unit (5) comprising a screen (7) in the form of a cylindrical wall for extending around said ventilator opening (4), said screen (7) being provided with perforations (8) to allow air to pass towards the ventilator opening (4), said screen (7) being extended, at its end remote from the ventilator opening (4) by a solid bottom wall (9) that extends substantially perpendicularly to the screen (7) and forms a vessel for recovering liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Sagem SA
    Inventors: Etienne Merlet, Jean-Eric Besold
  • Publication number: 20050143001
    Abstract: A system (1) for ventilating a box designed to receive electrical or electronic equipment, the box having a top wall including a ventilator opening (4), the system comprising a ventilator unit (5) for mounting on said wall (3) of the box in register with the ventilator opening (4), said ventilator unit (5) comprising a screen (7) in the form of a cylindrical wall for extending around said ventilator opening (4), said screen (7) being provided with perforations (8) to allow air to pass towards the ventilator opening (4), said screen (7) being extended, at its end remote from the ventilator opening (4) by a solid bottom wall (9) that extends substantially perpendicularly to the screen (7) and forms a vessel for recovering liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Etienne Merlet, Jean-Eric Besold
  • Publication number: 20050135058
    Abstract: A ventilation system for electrical or electronic equipment installed in an enclosure of a box having an air inlet and an air outlet for establishing a flow of air through said enclosure, the ventilation system having at least two air suction sources, namely a primary source and a secondary source, and a chest for mounting on said box beside the air outlet, said chest defining at least two separate cavities, both for connection to the air outlet, namely a primary cavity connected to the primary source, and a secondary cavity connected to the secondary source, in such a manner as to create two separate air exhaust circuits from the outlet of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Etienne Merlet, Jean-Eric Besold
  • Publication number: 20050006981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for displacing a moving part along a longitudinal axis relative to a housing, said device being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally relative to the moving part, the device comprising two structures that are secured to said moving part and elements of active material comprising at least two blocks extending between inside walls of each structure, with the elongation directions of the blocks being antisymmetrical about an axis substantially perpendicular to the displacement axis of the moving part, wherein the structures are flexible and suitable for displacing the moving part by deforming as a function of the elongation of the blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jean Audren, Etienne Merlet, Jerome Meleard, Charles Mangeot