Patents by Inventor Fabrice Charra

Fabrice Charra 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: 20230406180
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat cushion extending substantially along a plane defined by a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, with the seat cushion including a cushion part and a cushion part support that includes a first lateral part, a second lateral part opposite the first lateral part in the transverse direction, and an intermediate part located between the first and second lateral parts in the transverse direction. The intermediate part is recessed relative to the lateral parts in an elevation direction and the cushion part is mounted on the cushion part support and extends at least partly into an accommodating space of the cushion part delimited by the first lateral part, the second lateral part, and the intermediate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mathieu Cluet, Jérôme Planson, Fabrice Charras
  • Publication number: 20230302975
    Abstract: A support element for a vehicle seat, the support element including: a shell, a cover mounted on the shell, the cover defining a front surface for receiving a passenger, and a rear surface opposite the front surface, and a padding arranged between the shell and the cover. The cover has a plurality of fastening loops fastened on the rear surface of the cover. The shell has a plurality of through-openings arranged substantially facing the fastening loops, the fastening loops passing through the through-openings and mechanically cooperating with the shell so as to keep the cover rigidly connected to the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Mathieu CLUET, Fabrice CHARRAS, Cesar KNUSMANN, Marc THIEL
  • Patent number: 11738707
    Abstract: A seat backrest having a frame and a cover extending around at least part of the frame, the cover defining at least part of the outer surface of the backrest. The seat backrest includes an airbag module, having a housing receiving an airbag, that is attached to the frame in an attachment area. At least in the attachment area, the cover is in direct contact with the frame and extends between the frame and the housing of the airbag module. The housing is attached to the frame through the cover and extends entirely to the side of the outer surface of the backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Piederriere, Mathieu Cluet, Benoit Gazaniol, Fabrice Charras
  • Patent number: 11718213
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle seat that includes: a padding element, a support element, and a connector attached to the support element, with the support element assembled on the padding element. The assembly has an assembly member extending from a surface of the padding element, or formed by at least a portion of the support element, with the connector and the padding element each defining a first contact surface and a second contact surface, respectively, in contact with the first contact surface. The first contact surface and the second contact surface are substantially complementary, with the support element being assembled on the padding element by means of the assembly member, in an assembly direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Mathieu Cluet, Jérôme Planson, Fabrice Charras, Vincent Leguernic
  • Publication number: 20220410834
    Abstract: A seat backrest having a frame and a cover extending around at least part of the frame, the cover defining at least part of the outer surface of the backrest. The seat backrest includes an airbag module, having a housing receiving an airbag, that is attached to the frame in an attachment area. At least in the attachment area, the cover is in direct contact with the frame and extends between the frame and the housing of the airbag module. The housing is attached to the frame through the cover and extends entirely to the side of the outer surface of the backrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jean-Yves PIEDERRIERE, Mathieu CLUET, Benoit GAZANIOL, Fabrice CHARRAS
  • Publication number: 20220371486
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle seat that includes: a support element defining a through opening, a padding element attached at least in part to the support element, and a ventilation system assembled to the support element in fluidic communication with the through opening. An inner surface of the support element and/or an inner surface of the padding element define at least one groove. An inner surface of the groove, the inner surface of the support element, and an inner surface of the padding element define an internal volume there between in fluidic communication with the through opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Mathieu CLUET, Jerome PLANSON, Fabrice CHARRAS, Vincent LEGUERNIC
  • Publication number: 20220227276
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle seat that includes: a padding element, a support element, and a connector attached to the support element, with the support element assembled on the padding element. The assembly has an assembly member extending from a surface of the padding element, or formed by at least a portion of the support element, with the connector and the padding element each defining a first contact surface and a second contact surface, respectively, in contact with the first contact surface. The first contact surface and the second contact surface are substantially complementary, with the support element being assembled on the padding element by means of the assembly member, in an assembly direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mathieu Cluet, Jérôme Planson, Fabrice Charras, Vincent Leguernic
  • Patent number: 9784761
    Abstract: The invention relates to an active probe for near-field optical microscopy, characterized in that it includes a metal or metallized tip (PM) at the apex of which a nanoscale body (NB) is located, the body having a polymer matrix capable of, or containing a host (MH) capable of, emitting under illumination, light (SH) at a wavelength different from that of the illumination. A process for manufacturing such a probe is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Céline Fiorini, Fabrice Charra, Ludovic Douillard
  • Publication number: 20160077127
    Abstract: The invention relates to an active probe for near-field optical microscopy, characterized in that it includes a metal or metallized tip (PM) at the apex of which a nanoscale body (NB) is located, the body having a polymer matrix capable of, or containing a host (MH) capable of, emitting under illumination, light (SH) at a wavelength different from that of the illumination. A process for manufacturing such a probe is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Céline Fiorini, Fabrice Charra, Ludovic Douillard
  • Patent number: 8664400
    Abstract: Triphenylamine derivatives useful as fluorophores in biology, in particular for two-photon microscopy; and compositions comprising these derivatives, to the use of these compositions and of the derivatives themselves for labelling biological molecules (or “biomolecules”) such as nucleic acids, oligonucleotides, proteins, polypeptides, plasmids, and the like, for their examination in particular by two-photon microscopy, and to biomolecules labelled with the said derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Clémence Allain, Fabrice Charra, Céline Fiorini-Debuisschert, Rémy Lartia, Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou
  • Patent number: 8377306
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for treating a fluid. According to the invention, the fluid is contacted with a substrate at the surface of which there is a network of organic molecules, hereafter referred to as “network molecules”. There is a central core and at least one lateral arm, the molecules being adsorbed at the surface of the substrate. The invention also concerns a two-dimensional molecular sieve formed by the substrate at the surface of which a network of network molecules is adsorbed. The invention further concerns a module for treating a fluid including a circulating device for the fluid to be treated, the device containing one or more two-dimensional molecule sieves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Andre-Jean Attias, Fabrice Charra, Ludovic Douillard, Celine Fiorini, David Kreher, Fabrice Mathevet, Guillaume Schull
  • Patent number: 8006315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an indirect-gap semiconductor substrate, the gap being greater than that of silicon and preferably greater than 1.5 eV, to its use for imaging a specimen by photon-emission scanning tunnel microscopy, and to a photon-emission scanning tunnel imaging method using such an indirect-gap semiconductor substrate. Advantageously, the indirect-gap semiconductor substrate is made of silicon carbide. The present invention also relates to devices for implementing the imaging method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Universite Paris SUD (Paris II)
    Inventors: Fabrice Charra, Matthieu Silly, Patrick Soukiassian
  • Publication number: 20100072472
    Abstract: Nanostructures with 0, 1, 2 and 3 dimensions, with negative differential resistance and method for making these nanostructures. A nanostructure according to the invention may notably be used in nanoelectronics. It comprises at least one structure (32) or at least one plurality of said at least one structure, at the surface of a silicon carbide substrate (30), the structure being selected from quantum dots, atomic segments, atomic lines and clusters, and at least one metal deposit (34), this metal deposit covering at least the structure or at least the plurality of said at least one structure, or of the combination of two or more of these nanostructures with 0, 1, 2 or 3 dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Patrick Soukiassian, Mathieu Studio Silly, Fabrice Charra
  • Publication number: 20100012587
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for treating a fluid. According to the invention, the fluid is contacted with a substrate at the surface of which there is a network of organic molecules, hereafter referred to as “network molecules”, having a central corre and at least one lateral arm, said molecules being adsorbed at the surface of the substrate. The invention also concerns a two-dimensional molecular sieve consisting of substrate at the surface of which a network of network molecules is adsorbed. The invention further concerns a module for treating a fluid comprising means for circulating the fluid to be treated and containing one or more two-dimensional molecule sieves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: Andre-Jean Attias, Fabrice Charra, Ludovic Douillard, Celine Fiorini, David Kreher, Fabrice Mathevet, Guillaume Schull
  • Publication number: 20090314990
    Abstract: Triphenylamine derivatives useful as fluorophores in biology, in particular for two-photon microscopy; and compositions comprising these derivatives, to the use of these compositions and of the derivatives themselves for labelling biological molecules (or “biomolecules”) such as nucleic acids, oligonucleotides, proteins, polypeptides, plasmids, and the like, for their examination in particular by two-photon microscopy, and to biomolecules labelled with the said derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Clémence Allain, Fabrice Charra, Céline Fiorini-Debuisschert, Rémy Lartia, Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou
  • Publication number: 20090300805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an indirect-gap semiconductor substrate, the gap being greater than that of silicon and preferably greater than 1.5 eV, to its use for imaging a specimen by photon-emission scanning tunnel microscopy, and to a photon-emission scanning tunnel imaging method using such an indirect-gap semiconductor substrate. Advantageously, the indirect-gap semiconductor substrate is made of silicon carbide. The present invention also relates to devices for implementing the imaging method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicants: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Universite Paris SUD (Paris 11)
    Inventors: Fabrice Charra, Matthieu Silly, Patrick Soukiassian
  • Patent number: 7237839
    Abstract: The automobile vehicle seat features a seat back hinged on the seat pan and device for blocking the seat back with respect to the seat pan in the event of forward impact. The automobile vehicle seat features a height adjustment mechanism. The device for blocking the seat back includes a cam pivot-mounted on the shaft, and a weight joined to the cam, with the cam arranged so upon impact the cam, pivots by the inertia of the weight and the cam engages with a lower edge of the seat back frame, such that pivoting of the seat back is prevented by bracing of the cam against the lower edge and such that this produces a high radial force on the height adjustment shaft, thereby limiting the possibilities of rotation of the height adjustment shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Christophe Aufrere, Fabrice Charras, Slawomir Klukowski, Gérald Thevenot
  • Patent number: 7152923
    Abstract: Vehicle seat comprising a cushion and a backrest pivoting with respect to the cushion about a horizontal pivot axis by means of an articulation between a range of erect positions of use, a folded-flat position and an intermediate folded-down position. This seat comprises a first, a second and a third control member connecting the cushion to the backrest, one of the first, second and third control members being distinct from the other two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Faurecia Sieges d'automobile S.A.
    Inventors: Fabrice Charras, Jean-François Pierrey, Gérald Thevenot, Yann Reubeuze, Jean-Gabriel Saint Supery, David Panet, Emmanuel Lardais, Xavier Lelaure, Cédric Legras
  • Publication number: 20050023870
    Abstract: The automobile vehicle seat features a seat back hinged on the seat pan and means for blocking the seat back with respect to the seat pan in the event of forward impact. It features a height adjustment mechanism. The seat back blocking means comprise a cam pivot-mounted on the shaft, and a weight joined to the cam, with the cam arranged so upon impact, it is caused to pivot by the inertia of the weight, it engages with a lower edge of the seat back frame, such that pivoting of the seat back is prevented by bracing of the cam against the said lower edge and such that this produces a high radial force (F) on the height adjustment shaft, thereby limiting the possibilities of rotation of the said height adjustment shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Christophe Aufrere, Fabrice Charras, Slawomir Klukowski, Gerald Thevenot
  • Publication number: 20030080601
    Abstract: Vehicle seat comprising a cushion and a backrest pivoting with respect to the cushion about a horizontal pivot axis by means of an articulation between a range of erect positions of use, a folded-flat position and an intermediate folded-down position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Fabrice Charras, Jean-Francois Pierrey, Gerald Thevenot, Yann Reubeuze, Jean-Gabriel Saint Supery, David Panet, Emmanuel Lardais, Xavier Lelaure, Cedric Legras