Patents by Inventor Francis Abdesselam

Francis Abdesselam 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).

  • Patent number: 11757372
    Abstract: A measurement device configured to deliver a voltage corresponding to an overlay of an input voltage applied to the terminals of the measurement device and of an image voltage of a current circulating in a first capacitor to the terminals of which the input voltage is applied, the measurement device includes a shunt filter intended to be mounted in parallel with the first capacitor and comprising a second capacitor and a first resistor mounted in series with the second capacitor, a second resistor mounted in parallel with the second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventor: Francis Abdesselam
  • Publication number: 20230283272
    Abstract: A power stage includes a power transistor and a driver, the power transistor comprising a collector, a gate and an emitter and being configured to change over from a saturated state to an off state and vice versa in accordance with a control from the driver, the power stage comprising a resistor Rg positioned between the driver and the gate, the power stage comprising a circuit for compensating for delays that is positioned in parallel with the resistor Rg, comprising: a circuit for compensating for turn-on initialization delays, which is configured to divert the current from the resistor Rg when a saturation of the power transistor is initialized, a circuit for compensating for turn-off initialization delays, which is configured to divert the current from the resistor Rg when a switching-off of the power transistor is initialized, a circuit for compensating for delays that is configured to divert the current from the resistor Rg when the power transistor is close to the saturated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Francis ABDESSELAM
  • Patent number: 11695346
    Abstract: An inverter device intended to convert a DC voltage into three phases of a polyphase AC voltage with a predetermined frequency, the inverter device comprising three single-phase inverters, each of the three single-phase inverters being able to deliver one of the three phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventor: Francis Abdesselam
  • Publication number: 20230146986
    Abstract: A power stage includes a power transistor controlled via a driver, the power transistor comprising three terminals, including a collector c, an emitter e and a gate g linked to the driver, the power stage comprising a detection device for detecting a short-circuit current cc between the collector c and the emitter e, the detection device comprising a voltage sensor capable of detecting a voltage Vge at the gate g of the power transistor outside of a predefined voltage range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Francis ABDESSELAM
  • Publication number: 20230014264
    Abstract: A power stage includes a control device and a power transistor, the control device comprising a primary circuit comprising: a control module able to generate a control current, a primary circuit malfunction detector able to detect a malfunction, a pulse transformer comprising a primary winding connected to the primary circuit, comprising a secondary winding connected to the secondary circuit, magnetically coupled to the primary winding and able to generate, from the control current, an induced pulse current making it possible to drive the power transistor, a secondary circuit comprising: a power and fault detection controller able to detect a malfunction of the secondary circuit or of the power transistor, the power and fault detection controller being able to communicate the malfunction of the secondary circuit or of the power transistor to the primary circuit malfunction detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Francis ABDESSELAM
  • Patent number: 11456591
    Abstract: An emulating device for emulating a bimetallic strip, the emulating device comprising a current sensor capable of measuring a line current (IP) flowing through the emulating device, the emulating device being capable of providing a value representative of a cumulative thermal state over time t, which value is referred to as cumulative thermal state, by recursively adding a value representative of an initial thermal state, which value is referred to as initial thermal state, and a value representative of a present thermal state, which value is referred to as present thermal state, which is determined on the basis of the line current (IP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventor: Francis Abdesselam
  • Publication number: 20220190740
    Abstract: A measurement device configured to deliver a voltage corresponding to an overlay of an input voltage applied to the terminals of the measurement device and of an image voltage of a current circulating in a first capacitor to the terminals of which the input voltage is applied, the measurement device includes a shunt filter intended to be mounted in parallel with the first capacitor and comprising a second capacitor and a first resistor mounted in series with the second capacitor, a second resistor mounted in parallel with the second capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Francis ABDESSELAM
  • Patent number: 11349407
    Abstract: An AC-AC matrix converter that converts an input multiphase periodic voltage includes N input voltages that are out of phase into an output multiphase periodic voltage comprising N output voltages that are out of phase, the converter comprising a square matrix array comprising N2 switches. The converter comprises command and control electronics that periodically perform the following two functions: storing N! voltage summations, each voltage summation corresponding to one switch configuration, each switch configuration relating one and only one out-of-phase input voltage and one and only one out-of-phase reference voltage, each voltage summation being the summation of the N differences in absolute value between one and only one out-of-phase input voltage and one and only one out-of-phase reference voltage; switching the matrix array of switches to apply the configuration corresponding to the lowest voltage summation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventor: Francis Abdesselam
  • Publication number: 20210376752
    Abstract: An inverter device intended to convert a DC voltage into three phases of a polyphase AC voltage with a predetermined frequency, the inverter device comprising three single-phase inverters, each of the three single-phase inverters being able to deliver one of the three phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Francis ABDESSELAM
  • Publication number: 20210273444
    Abstract: The invention relates to an emulating device (EMU) for emulating a bimetallic strip, the emulating device (EMU) comprising a current sensor (CC) capable of measuring a line current (IP) flowing through the emulating device (EMU), the emulating device (EMU) being capable of providing a value representative of a cumulative thermal state (Eth_n) over time t, which value is referred to as cumulative thermal state (Eth_n), by recursively adding a value representative of an initial thermal state (Eth_i), which value is referred to as initial thermal state (Eth_i), and a value representative of a present thermal state (Eth_on, Eth_off), which value is referred to as present thermal state (Eth_on, Eth_off), which is determined on the basis of the line current (IP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Francis ABDESSELAM
  • Publication number: 20210203206
    Abstract: A cooling structure intended to cool a rotating electrical machine (ME). The cooling structure includes a solid metal body (CM) having an overall tubular form delimited radially by a first contact surface, intended to completely radially surround the electrical machine and to be in physical contact with the electrical machine, and by a second contact surface completely radially surrounding the first contact surface and intended to be in physical contact with a first power module of the set of at least one power module so as to be able to cool the electrical machine and the power module, the cooling structure comprising a set of at least one cooling channel (CR1, CR2, CR3, CR4) formed in the solid metal body (CM), at a distance from the first contact surface and from the second contact surface, wherein a coolant is intended to circulate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Francis ABDESSELAM
  • Publication number: 20210184589
    Abstract: An AC-AC matrix converter that converts an input multiphase periodic voltage includes N input voltages that are out of phase into an output multiphase periodic voltage comprising N output voltages that are out of phase, the converter comprising a square matrix array comprising N2 switches. The converter comprises command and control electronics that periodically perform the following two functions: storing N! voltage summations, each voltage summation corresponding to one switch configuration, each switch configuration relating one and only one out-of-phase input voltage and one and only one out-of-phase reference voltage, each voltage summation being the summation of the N differences in absolute value between one and only one out-of-phase input voltage and one and only one out-of-phase reference voltage; switching the matrix array of switches to apply the configuration corresponding to the lowest voltage summation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Francis ABDESSELAM
  • Patent number: 11025048
    Abstract: An electrical transformer includes a first winding, called primary, at least one second winding, called secondary, switches, and a current detection system, wherein it comprises at least one metal screen having a connection point linked to a neutral potential of the primary winding or intended to be linked to an electrical ground and placed between the primary winding and the at least one secondary winding, the screen being made of an electrically conductive material having a melting point higher than that of the materials constituting the windings; in that the primary winding comprises an input intended to be linked to an external energy source, the switches are placed at the input of the primary winding so as to be able to isolate the primary winding from the external energy source and in that the current detection system is configured to detect a current at the input of the primary winding or a current at the connection point and to close or open the switches based on the detection of the current, the dete
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Rémy Biaujaud, Mathieu Mairie, Prithu Mariadassou, Frédéric Lacaux, Francis Abdesselam
  • Patent number: 10712209
    Abstract: The monitoring of an electrical equipment item includes two electrically insulated circuits, a screen in the form of a film arranged between the two circuits, the screen comprising a substrate and a conductive filament arranged on the substrate, a module configured to circulate a current in the conductive filament and to monitor the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Francis Abdesselam, Joël Devautour
  • Publication number: 20200153229
    Abstract: An electrical transformer includes a first winding, called primary, at least one second winding, called secondary, switches, and a current detection system, wherein it comprises at least one metal screen having a connection point linked to a neutral potential of the primary winding or intended to be linked to an electrical ground and placed between the primary winding and the at least one secondary winding, the screen being made of an electrically conductive material having a melting point higher than that of the materials constituting the windings; in that the primary winding comprises an input intended to be linked to an external energy source, the switches are placed at the input of the primary winding so as to be able to isolate the primary winding from the external energy source and in that the current detection system is configured to detect a current at the input of the primary winding or a current at the connection point and to close or open the switches based on the detection of the current, the dete
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Rémy BIAUJAUD, Mathieu MAIRIE, Prithu MARIADASSOU, Frédéric LACAUX, Francis ABDESSELAM
  • Publication number: 20190187006
    Abstract: The monitoring of an electrical equipment item includes two electrically insulated circuits, a screen in the form of a film arranged between the two circuits, the screen comprising a substrate and a conductive filament arranged on the substrate, a module configured to circulate a current in the conductive filament and to monitor the current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Francis ABDESSELAM, Joël DEVAUTOUR
  • Publication number: 20120067547
    Abstract: Device for protecting an electronic system, comprising a case (2) intended to receive the electronic system and to be mounted in a rack (3) of a storage system (1) that can receive a number of cases (2), said metallic case (2) comprising a first opening (5) situated on a first of its faces, a second opening on a second of its faces, and a cooling system (8) comprising a duct linking the openings (5). The wall of the duct is air-tight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ECE
    Inventor: Francis Abdesselam