Patents by Inventor Fabrice Petit

Fabrice Petit 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: 20240116549
    Abstract: A movement device for moving a load provided with wheels and rolling on railway rails, including at least: a geared motor of which the shaft has a horizontal axis of rotation, a drive roller rotated by the shaft of the geared motor, and two support rollers rotated by adhesion by the drive roller. The movement device includes at least: an arm secured by one of its ends to the shaft of the geared motor and extending horizontally and perpendicularly to the axis of rotation, and a brake shoe secured to the free end of the arm and configured so as to be placed in the vicinity of the wheel of the load to be moved on the side opposite to the drive roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: GILLET GROUP
    Inventors: Fabrice PETIT, Antoine DETOURBET
  • Patent number: 11890970
    Abstract: A slide rail for a vehicle seat comprises first and second slide members lockable by a lock which comprises several locking members suitable for entering holes that are part of the first slide member. The lock is mounted on the second slide member so as to provide translational clearance between the lock and the second slide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Fabrice Petit, Vincent Nardin, Olivier Kircher
  • Publication number: 20240034199
    Abstract: A system for locking at least one continuous-adjustment slide for a vehicle seat, comprising; the at least one slide, an over-center locking system comprising: a rail, fixed relative to the first slide element, resilient means generating return forces configured to provide a switchover to locking of a first locking member so as to provide an over-center of the first locking member on the rail and a switchover to locking of a second locking member providing an over-center of the second locking member on the rail. According to the present disclosure, an unlocking mechanism comprises an electric actuator and a transmission configured to provide the switchover to unlocking of the first locking member and the switchover to unlocking of the second locking member, against the return forces of the resilient means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Fabrice PETIT, Vincent NARDIN, Olivier KIRCHER
  • Patent number: 11590874
    Abstract: A vehicle seat support comprising two rails extending in a longitudinal direction, a central module slidably mounted on the rails and suitable for supporting the vehicle seat, a footrest slidably mounted on the rails in front of the central module and suitable for receiving the feet of an occupant seated on the seat, a first actuation system able to cause the central module to slide along the rails, and a second actuation system able to cause the footrest to slide along the rails independently of the central module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Fabrice Petit, Michel Timon, Guillaume Petot, Franck Jeunehomme, Philippe Marcq, Pascal Glautin
  • Patent number: 11554691
    Abstract: The device for covering a rail of a vehicle seat comprises a cover strip for the rail and a guide support for guiding the sliding of the cover strip above the rail, the at least one guide support supporting the cover strip on side of said strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Guillaume Petot, Fabrice Petit
  • Publication number: 20220402405
    Abstract: A system for locking a slide rail for a vehicle seat with continuous adjustment, comprises a fixed rail, and two blocking members urged towards each other by an elastic member to ensure their bracing on the rail, as well as to an unlocking mechanism comprising an unlocking member ensuring the release of the sliding of the slide rail by a separation of the two blocking members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Fabrice PETIT, Vincent NARDIN, Olivier KIRCHER, Dan STOIA
  • Patent number: 11498459
    Abstract: A rail for a vehicle seat having first and second sliding rail members driven by a motorized drive mechanism. The rail further comprises a mechanical lock actuated by a relative movement between the motorized drive mechanism and the second rail member in the event of an accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventor: Fabrice Petit
  • Publication number: 20220212571
    Abstract: A track for a vehicle seat comprising: a female rail; a male rail, mounted sliding relative to the female rail where the female rail comes to surround the male rail with a substantially flat wall of the female rail located across from a substantially flat wall of the male rail; a position sensor for the male rail relative to the female rail, received inside a case. The case is fixed to the male rail at least partially extending into the volume of the male rail, such that the position sensor is located across from the substantially flat wall of the female rail, after having been inserted and slid through at least one opening arranged in the substantially flat wall of the male rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Bertrand PLANCON, Fabrice PETIT, Guillaume PETOT
  • Publication number: 20220097570
    Abstract: A slide for a vehicle seat, comprising a female rail having at least one vertical side wall, a male rail also having at least one vertical side wall, mounted to slide relative to the female rail, the female rail surrounding the male rail with the vertical side wall of the female rail facing the vertical side wall of the male rail, a position sensor comprising a means for measuring the surrounding magnetic field fixed to the vertical side wall of the male rail by means of a spring member, and arranged between the substantially planar wall of the male rail and the substantially planar wall of the female rail and oriented towards the substantially planar wall of the female rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Guillaume PETOT, Fabrice PETIT, Wang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220097571
    Abstract: A slide for a vehicle seat, comprising a female rail having at least one substantially planar wall, a male rail also having at least one substantially planar wall, mounted to slide relative to the female rail, the female rail surrounding the male rail with the substantially planar wall of the female rail facing the substantially planar wall of the male rail, and a position sensor integral with the substantially planar wall of the male rail and provided between the substantially planar wall of the male rail and the substantially planar wall of the female rail, protruding from the substantially planar wall of the male rail towards the substantially planar wall of the female rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Fabrice PETIT, Guillaume PETOT, Wang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210206303
    Abstract: A vehicle seat support comprising two rails extending in a longitudinal direction, a central module slidably mounted on the rails and suitable for supporting the vehicle seat, a footrest slidably mounted on the rails in front of the central module and suitable for receiving the feet of an occupant seated on the seat, a first actuation system able to cause the central module to slide along the rails, and a second actuation system able to cause the footrest to slide along the rails independently of the central module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Fabrice PETIT, Michel TIMON, Guillaume PETOT, Franck JEUNEHOMME, Philippe MARCQ, Pascal GLAUTIN
  • Publication number: 20210129710
    Abstract: A slide rail for a vehicle seat comprises first and second slide members lockable by a lock which comprises several locking members suitable for entering holes that are part of the first slide member. The lock is mounted on the second slide member so as to provide translational clearance between the lock and the second slide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Fabrice PETIT, Vincent NARDIN, Olivier KIRCHER
  • Patent number: 10889209
    Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for a motor vehicle seat includes first and second sensors, which are mounted on a first component of the adjustment mechanism, and protuberances provided on the second component of the adjustment mechanism. The first and second sensors are mounted facing the protuberances, with the sensors being positioned so that there is a phase difference between the signals detected by the two sensors. The mechanism includes an electronic control unit that determines a direction of movement of the components, based on the detected phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÈGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Didier Duriez, Medhi Biyjeddiguen, Fabrice Petit
  • Patent number: 10759311
    Abstract: A rail for vehicle seat that has first and second sliding rail members driven by a motorized drive mechanism. The rail further includes a mechanical latch actuated when crash conditions are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIEGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Fabrice Petit, Vincent Nardin, Ludovic Ferre
  • Publication number: 20200215937
    Abstract: The device for covering a rail of a vehicle seat comprises a cover strip for the rail and a guide support for guiding the sliding of the cover strip above the rail, the at least one guide support supporting the cover strip on side of said strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Guillaume PETOT, Fabrice PETIT
  • Publication number: 20200207242
    Abstract: A rail for a vehicle seat having first and second sliding rail members driven by a motorized drive mechanism. The rail further comprises a mechanical lock actuated by a relative movement between the motorized drive mechanism and the second rail member in the event of an accident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Fabrice PETIT
  • Patent number: 10518392
    Abstract: A riveting device for mutual assembly of two parts each including a bore, where the device includes a non-deformable external rivet having a tubular body suitable for being inserted into said bores and provided on one of the longitudinal ends thereof with a lip, and an internal rivet having a solid deformable cylindrical body and issuing substantially perpendicular from a flange, said tubular body having an external diameter slightly less than the diameter of said bores and a length D between the rear face of the lip thereof and the opposite end thereof at most equal to the sum of the thicknesses of the parts, said cylindrical body having an external homothetic transverse cross-section slightly less than the internal transverse cross-section of the tubular body, and a length slightly greater than that of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: GILLET GROUP
    Inventors: Fabrice Petit, Pascal Gillet
  • Patent number: 10513860
    Abstract: The wire twisting pliers include a reversible transformation device including a casing, a double helix pin, separate right-hand and left-hand guiding elements, housed in a single drum and radially movable between a drive position in which one is directly and forcefully engaged in said right-hand or left-hand helix and couples said casing to said drum, the other is free to retract from said right-hand or left-hand helix, said casing being movable between right- and left-hand positions in which said right-hand and left-hand guiding elements are respectively in the drive position of same, free or vice versa. A reversible wire twisting pliers including such a transformation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: GILLET GROUP
    Inventors: Pascal Gillet, Fabrice Petit
  • Publication number: 20190084453
    Abstract: A rail for vehicle seat that has first and second sliding rail members driven by a motorized drive mechanism. The rail further includes a mechanical latch actuated when crash conditions are detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Fabrice PETIT, Vincent NARDIN, Ludovic FERRE
  • Publication number: 20190077280
    Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for a motor vehicle seat includes first and second sensors, which are mounted on a first component of the adjustment mechanism, and protuberances provided on the second component of the adjustment mechanism. The first and second sensors are mounted facing the protuberances, with the sensors being positioned so that there is a phase difference between the signals detected by the two sensors. The mechanism includes an electronic control unit that determines a direction of movement of the components, based on the detected phase difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Didier DURIEZ, Medhi BIYJEDDIGUEN, Fabrice PETIT