Patents by Inventor Francis Chauvet
Francis Chauvet 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).
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Patent number: 11451264Abstract: A system for short-distance radio-frequency communications between a master module and a plurality of detachable slave modules, the communications system including a main electrical line connected to the master module and having a plurality of coupling points, wherein the communications system further includes a plurality of secondary electrical lines each having a first coupling area for a directional coupling between the secondary line and the main line at a coupling point, and a second coupling area for a directional coupling between the secondary line and a slave module, the second coupling area being distinct from the first coupling area.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Denis Dessales, Francis Chauvet
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Publication number: 20210314027Abstract: A system for short-distance radio-frequency communications between a master module and a plurality of detachable slave modules, the communications system including a main electrical line connected to the master module and having a plurality of coupling points, wherein the communications system further includes a plurality of secondary electrical lines each having a first coupling area for a directional coupling between the secondary line and the main line at a coupling point, and a second coupling area for a directional coupling between the secondary line and a slave module, the second coupling area being distinct from the first coupling area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Denis Dessales, Francis Chauvet
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Patent number: 10658133Abstract: A push-button with a receptacle and a cover plate, an actuating button actuatable in translation between two positions, a rest position and a pushed-in position, the cover plate being arranged at the periphery of the actuating button, a device for guiding the actuating button in translation between the two positions, and a return device for returning the actuating button from the pushed-in position toward the rest position. The guiding device include at least a pin including a bent rod shaped to have a first part pivotally mounted on a fastening unit of the actuating button and a second part pivotally mounted on a fastening unit of the cover plate, and the return device are designed to act on the pin by mechanical or magnetic effect.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Bertrand Fruchard, Francis Chauvet
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Patent number: 10579133Abstract: A control module for a human-machine dialogue system, the system including a plurality of human-machine dialogue members, each human-machine dialogue member including a functional element that includes at least one electrical contact and/or a signalling indicator. The control module is configured to operate in a write mode to attribute a state to each signalling indicator of each human-machine dialogue member and in a read mode to read a state of the electrical contact of each human-machine dialogue member.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Herve Dallet, Francis Chauvet
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Publication number: 20190164701Abstract: A push-button with a receptacle and a cover plate, an actuating button actuatable in translation between two positions, a rest position and a pushed-in position, the cover plate being arranged at the periphery of the actuating button, a device for guiding the actuating button in translation between the two positions, and a return device for returning the actuating button from the pushed-in position toward the rest position. The guiding device include at least a pin including a bent rod shaped to have a first part pivotally mounted on a fastening unit of the actuating button and a second part pivotally mounted on a fastening unit of the cover plate, and the return device are designed to act on the pin by mechanical or magnetic effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Bertrand FRUCHARD, Francis CHAUVET
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Patent number: 10256064Abstract: An emergency stop device including a control assembly which can be actuated in translation along a control axis between a released position and an actuated position, a locking element cooperating with the control assembly and able to assume a locking position to hold the control assembly in its actuated position, a read device configured to generate a command for authorising unlocking of the control assembly, an unlocking actuator configured to act on the locking device to release the control assembly from its actuated position, an actuating element which can be actuated in movement to generate a mechanical energy, and an energy generator configured to convert the mechanical energy supplied by a movement of the actuating element into an electrical energy intended to power the read device.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Francis Chauvet, Tewfik Meftah, Dominique Benni
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Publication number: 20190094953Abstract: A control module for a human-machine dialogue system, the system including a plurality of human-machine dialogue members, each human-machine dialogue member including a functional element that includes at least one electrical contact and/or a signalling indicator. The control module is configured to operate in a write mode to attribute a state to each signalling indicator of each human-machine dialogue member and in a read mode to read a state of the electrical contact of each human-machine dialogue member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Herve DALLET, Francis CHAUVET
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Patent number: 10089839Abstract: A control module and a human-machine dialog system including the control module. The human-machine dialog system includes one or more human-machine dialog devices connected in series, a human-machine dialog device including a functional element including at least one electrical contact, an indicator or a combination of at least one electrical contact and of an indicator. The control module includes a microcontroller, a common terminal designed to be connected to each functional element and several terminals each dedicated to the individual control of the functional element of each human-machine dialog device.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Bertrand Fruchard, Francis Chauvet
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Patent number: 10067573Abstract: The invention relates to a device for control/command of a plurality of man-machine dialog facilities which are linked in series in such a way as to form a network. This device comprises a wire interconnection block linked by a point-to-point link to each dialog facility via a network of twisted cables.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Dominique Benni, Francis Chauvet
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Patent number: 10055025Abstract: A human-machine dialog system including a first part including a data processing unit and an electrical power supply unit, a second part including a number of human-machine dialog members each provided with a human-machine dialog interface, and a fastening support arranged to accommodate each human-machine dialog member in a removable and interchangeable manner, and a communication and power supply bus linking the power supply unit and the processing unit of the first part to each human-machine dialog member.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Dominique Benni, Francis Chauvet, Alain Tardivon, Eric Lemasson
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Patent number: 10019876Abstract: The invention relates to a signalling device comprising a cover, a light source (22) mounted on a support circuit board (20) and a vibrating generator (25, 26) intended to emit sound waves, the cover forming an outer wall (11) that is at least partly translucent, characterized in that: the light source (22) is positioned between the vibrating generator (25, 26) and the outer wall (11); the cover comprises a connecting column (12) that passes through the support circuit board (20) and to which the vibrating generator (25, 26) is fixed.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Bertrand Fruchard, Francis Chauvet
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Patent number: 9906970Abstract: A method for monitoring a communication between a transmitting equipment item and a receiving equipment item, said transmitting equipment item transmitting control frames (TC_i) to the receiving equipment item. The method makes it possible to take account of the fact that the control frames (TC_i) are not necessarily transmitted at fixed frequency and to adapt the transmission of the diagnostic frames (TDx_i) to the frequency of transmission of the control frames. Upon a significant variation of this transmission frequency, if no diagnostic frame has been transmitted between the two control frames, the instant of transmission of the next diagnostic frame will take account of this aspect.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Alain Tardivon, Mireille Roger, Herve Dallet, Francis Chauvet
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Publication number: 20170309141Abstract: The invention relates to a signalling device comprising a cover, a light source (22) mounted on a support circuit board (20) and a vibrating generator (25, 26) intended to emit sound waves, the cover forming an outer wall (11) that is at least partly translucent, characterized in that: the light source (22) is positioned between the vibrating generator (25, 26) and the outer wall (11); the cover comprises a connecting column (12) that passes through the support circuit board (20) and to which the vibrating generator (25, 26) is fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Bertrand FRUCHARD, Francis CHAUVET
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Patent number: 9750143Abstract: A control system including: a stationary control console and a first emergency stop button positioned on the control console, a mobile control unit including a mobile holder and a second emergency stop button arranged on the mobile holder, the control console including at least one cavity, the mobile holder configured to assume a first position in which the second emergency stop button is located inside the cavity to be hidden from a view of a user, and a second position in which the second emergency stop button is outside the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Tewfik Meftah, Francis Chauvet, Dominique Benni
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Publication number: 20170228039Abstract: The invention relates to a device for control/command of a plurality of man-machine dialogue facilities which are linked in series in such a way as to form a network. This device comprises a wire interconnection block linked by a point-to-point link to each dialogue facility via a network of twisted cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Dominique BENNI, Francis CHAUVET
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Publication number: 20160277950Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a communication between a transmitting equipment item and a receiving equipment item, said transmitting equipment item transmitting control frames (TC_i) to the receiving equipment item. Said method makes it possible to take account of the fact that the control frames (TC_i) are not necessarily transmitted at fixed frequency and to adapt the transmission of the diagnostic frames (TDx_i) to the frequency of transmission of the control frames. Upon a significant variation of this transmission frequency, if no diagnostic frame has been transmitted between the two control frames, the instant of transmission of the next diagnostic frame will take account of this aspect.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Alain TARDIVON, Mireille Roger, Herve Dallet, Francis Chauvet
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Patent number: 9411370Abstract: The invention concerns a human-machine dialog system (1) comprising: a support (3) having a plurality of identical docking stations (30), each docking station (30) being associated with a universal human-machine dialog device (4), each universal human-machine dialog device (4) comprising at least a display member (41) and a sensor member (40), a plurality of modular members (2), each modular member (2) being arranged to be positioned in a docking station (30) in a removable and interchangeable manner and comprising a human-machine dialog interface (20) arranged to cooperate with said display member (41) and/or said sensor member (40).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Dominique Benni, Francis Chauvet, Alain Guillot
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Patent number: 9349550Abstract: An emergency stop device including a body, a control button that is translatably movable along a control axis, at least one set of electric contacts that are normally closed and which include a mobile electric contact and a stationary electric contact, a flexible blade having a first free end and a second free end, and an actuation push member that can be translatably actuated, by the control button, between a rest position and an actuated position, and which is configured to engage with the flexible blade. The flexible blade includes a bearing area for the actuation push member, and the flexible blade is shaped to rigidify the bearing area.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Dominique Benni, Alain Tardivon, Francis Chauvet, Eric Lemasson
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Publication number: 20160125708Abstract: A control module and a human-machine dialogue system including the control module. The human-machine dialogue system includes one or more human-machine dialogue devices connected in series, a human-machine dialogue device including a functional element including at least one electrical contact, an indicator or a combination of at least one electrical contact and of an indicator. The control module includes a microcontroller, a common terminal designed to be connected to each functional element and several terminals each dedicated to the individual control of the functional element of each human-machine dialogue device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Bertrand FRUCHARD, Francis CHAUVET
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Publication number: 20160012992Abstract: An emergency stop device including a control assembly which can be actuated in translation along a control axis between a released position and an actuated position, a locking element cooperating with the control assembly and able to assume a locking position to hold the control assembly in its actuated position, a read device configured to generate a command for authorising unlocking of the control assembly, an unlocking actuator configured to act on the locking device to release the control assembly from its actuated position, an actuating element which can be actuated in movement to generate a mechanical energy, and an energy generator configured to convert the mechanical energy supplied by a movement of the actuating element into an electrical energy intended to power the read device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Francis CHAUVET, Tewfik MEFTAH, Dominique BENNI