Patents by Inventor François BAPTISTE

François BAPTISTE 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: 20250092721
    Abstract: A vehicle door locking mechanism includes a lock cylinder for locking or unlocking a vehicle door by rotating a control paddle linked to a door latch. The vehicle door locking mechanism also includes a slidable stopper which can be manually actuated from inside the door between a first position allowing rotation of the control paddle and a second position in which the stopper blocks rotation of the control paddle preventing therefore opening of the vehicle door from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Minebea AccessSolutions France
    Inventors: François DEBROUCKE, Jean-Baptiste GRISLAIN, Jean-Philippe HOCHART
  • Publication number: 20250092720
    Abstract: A vehicle door locking mechanism includes a lock cylinder for locking or unlocking a vehicle door by rotating a control paddle linked to a door latch, a kinematic lever provided on an inner door handle frame and linked to the door latch to allow opening of the door from inside a passenger cabin by rotation of an inner door handle, and a stopper knob supported by the inner door handle frame and a displaceable stopper which can be manually actuated by the stopper knob between a first position allowing rotation of the control paddle and a second position in which the stopper blocks the rotation of the control paddle preventing therefore opening of the vehicle door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Minebea AccessSolutions France
    Inventors: François DEBROUCKE, Jean-Baptiste GRISLAIN, Jean-Philippe HOCHART
  • Patent number: 12246845
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for mounting a gas turbine engine are described. An apparatus for mounting a gas turbine engine to a pylon, the gas turbine including an upstream section and a downstream section, the gas turbine defining a roll axis, a yaw axis, and a pitch axis, the apparatus including: a first mount to couple the upstream section of the gas turbine engine to the pylon; a second mount to couple the upstream section of the gas turbine engine to the pylon, the second mount downstream of the first mount; a thrust linkage to couple the upstream section to the pylon, wherein the downstream section is decouplable from the upstream section without decoupling the first mount, the second mount, and the thrust linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: General Electric Company, Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Michael Cline, Jonathan E. Coleman, Craig W. Higgins, Daniel E. Mollmann, Mark E. Linz, Guillaume Glemarec, Valerio Capasso, Jean-Baptiste Manuel Nicolas Vignes, Nicolas Maurice Hervé Aussedat, Francois Gallet
  • Publication number: 20250026296
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a backrest, a seat pan, and an airbag having two components placed on sides of the seat. Each component includes an airbag cushion and a strap sewn to the airbag cushion. The strap is fixed to an upper area of the backrest and an anti-submarining hump of the seat pan. The backrest includes a seat cushion and a rigid shell surrounding the seat cushion. Each strap passes between the seat cushion and the shell. The seat includes a seat belt provided with a retractor fixed to the backrest and placed inside a receiving portion delimited by a front casing located in a backrest upper area, the shell covers the front casing, thereby forming a space between them to pass the strap of one of the two components in the backrest upper area, and the shell delimiting the receiving portion to the rear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicants: RENAULT S.A.S, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: François LESARTRE, Nicolas RENAUD, Jean-Baptiste ROY, Philippe SOUVILLE
  • Patent number: 9712346
    Abstract: A continuous phase modulation method comprises the following steps: receiving a sequence of digital data symbols a(n) to be emitted; transforming the sequence of symbols a(n) to be emitted into a transformed sequence of symbols b(n), each symbol b(n) of which is equal to the sum of a symbol a(n) to be emitted and of a corrective factor equal to a transformation Tf applied to a plurality of differences (a(n)-a(n?1)) between two consecutive symbols to be emitted, the transformation Tf applied being a combination c of at least two differences between two consecutive symbols of the sequence to be emitted, transformed by the application of a non-linear function f; filtering the sequence of transformed symbols b(n) with a shaping filter and modulating the filtered sequence with a phase modulator; said transformation Tf being defined so as to minimize interference between modulated symbols filtered by a receiving filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: François Baptiste, Adrien Le Naour, Alban Denicourt, Célien Vincent, Valentin Felix
  • Patent number: 9521027
    Abstract: A method for generating a set of symbols, called AGC symbols, for the automatic control of the amplitude of a signal to be transmitted, the signal including the set of AGC symbols and at least one first information symbol modulated with a linear modulation, includes the following steps: recovering at least one modulated information symbol adjacent to the AGC symbols in the signal; and determining each AGC symbol of the set as a function of at least the modulated information symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventor: François Baptiste
  • Patent number: 9425996
    Abstract: An iterative method for synthesizing digital filters comprises the following steps: generation of a transmit filter intended to be applied to a signal to be transmitted; and generation of a receive filter intended to be applied to a received signal. The method comprises the following iteratively executed steps: convolution of the transmit filter and the receive filter in order to generate a transmission filter; determination of a criterion that is representative of the level of intersymbol interference on said transmission filter and whether the level of intersymbol interference is higher than a given level; calculation of an equalizing filter for the intersymbol interference; replacement of the transmit filter with the convoluted transmit filter having the equalizing filter or the replacement of the receive filter with the convoluted receive filter having the equalizing filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventor: Francois Baptiste
  • Publication number: 20160006585
    Abstract: A continuous phase modulation method comprises the following steps: receiving a sequence of digital data symbols a(n) to be emitted; transforming the sequence of symbols a(n) to be emitted into a transformed sequence of symbols b(n), each symbol b(n) of which is equal to the sum of a symbol a(n) to be emitted and of a corrective factor equal to a transformation Tf applied to a plurality of differences (a(n)-a(n?1)) between two consecutive symbols to be emitted, the transformation Tf applied being a combination c of at least two differences between two consecutive symbols of the sequence to be emitted, transformed by the application of a non-linear function ƒ; filtering the sequence of transformed symbols b(n) with a shaping filter and modulating the filtered sequence with a phase modulator; said transformation Tf being defined so as to minimize interference between modulated symbols filtered by a receiving filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: François BAPTISTE, Adrien LENAOUR, Alban DENICOURT, Célien VINCENT, Valentin FELIX
  • Publication number: 20150180698
    Abstract: A method for generating a set of symbols, called AGC symbols, for the automatic control of the amplitude of a signal to be transmitted, the signal comprising the set of AGC symbols and at least one first information symbol modulated with a linear modulation, comprises the following steps: recovering at least one modulated information symbol adjacent to said AGC symbols in the signal; and determining each AGC symbol of the set as a function of at least the modulated information symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: François BAPTISTE
  • Publication number: 20150163076
    Abstract: An iterative method for synthesizing digital filters comprises the following steps: generation of a transmit filter intended to be applied to a signal to be transmitted; and generation of a receive filter intended to be applied to a received signal. The method comprises the following iteratively executed steps: convolution of the transmit filter and the receive filter in order to generate a transmission filter; determination of a criterion that is representative of the level of intersymbol interference on said transmission filter and whether the level of intersymbol interference is higher than a given level; calculation of an equalizing filter for the intersymbol interference; replacement of the transmit filter with the convoluted transmit filter having the equalizing filter or the replacement of the receive filter with the convoluted receive filter having the equalizing filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Francois BAPTISTE