Patents by Inventor François Hugues GAUTHIER

François Hugues GAUTHIER 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).

  • Proximity fuze, and projectile provided with such a proximity fuze
    Patent number: 10234255
    Abstract: A fuze for detecting an obstacle in proximity, an obstacle in proximity defined as being an obstacle exhibiting a minimum distance from the fuze, wherein the fuze comprises at least: an emission device emitting a light beam directed forward of the fuze; a reception device detecting the luminous fluxes in a cone directed forward of the fuze, the light beam and the cone having relative orientations such that they cross one another; a detection volume being the volume where the light beam crosses the cone so that when an obstacle is in the detection volume, the light emitted by the emission device is backscattered toward the detection device, an obstacle in proximity being detected by detecting the maximum of backscattered power, the reception cone is centered on the axis of the fuze.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: THALES, JUNGHANS T2M SAS
    Inventors: Christian Adjemian, Max Perrin, Pascal Rousseau, Ludovic Perruchot, François Hugues Gauthier
  • PROXIMITY FUZE, AND PROJECTILE PROVIDED WITH SUCH A PROXIMITY FUZE
    Publication number: 20170045347
    Abstract: A fuze for detecting an obstacle in proximity, an obstacle in proximity defined as being an obstacle exhibiting a minimum distance from the fuze, wherein the fuze comprises at least: an emission device emitting a light beam directed forward of the fuze; a reception device detecting the luminous fluxes in a cone directed forward of the fuze, the light beam and the cone having relative orientations such that they cross one another; a detection volume being the volume where the light beam crosses the cone so that when an obstacle is in the detection volume, the light emitted by the emission device is backscattered toward the detection device, an obstacle in proximity being detected by detecting the maximum of backscattered power, the reception cone is centered on the axis of the fuze.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicants: THALES, JUNGHANS T2M SAS
    Inventors: Christian ADJEMIAN, Max PERRIN, Pascal ROUSSEAU, Ludovic PERRUCHOT, François Hugues GAUTHIER