Patents by Inventor Francois GARDIEN

Francois GARDIEN 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: 12265185
    Abstract: An acoustic, preferably ultrasonic, wave emission and/or reception device, including a wave emitter configured to transmit waves at an emission frequency, and a receiver of preferably ultrasonic waves, separate from the emitter, having a resonance frequency, and configured to receive waves generated by the emitter and including direct waves and reflected waves, wherein the device includes a resonance frequency modulator of the receiver and a control unit configured to control the resonance frequency modulator during a predetermined time period, so as to reduce the sensitivity of the receiver during the predetermined time period by moving the resonance frequency of the receiver away from the emission frequency of the emitter. The acoustic device relates to the field of ultrasonic sensors, particularly PMUTs or CMUTs, having a high quality factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: François Gardien, François Blard, Bruno Fain
  • Publication number: 20240192482
    Abstract: A reflector device that includes a support, a light source arranged to emit a principal light beam, N mirrors, partially transparent, assembled on the support, and delimited by a partially reflective front face, and a rear face, the mirrors are arranged from a first position to an Nth position, so that the principal light beam is incident on the front face of the mirror in the first position, and interacts successively, in the order, with each mirror to form a beam reflected by the front face and a beam transmitted by the rear face, the beam reflected by the front face of a mirror in a position i resulting from the reflection of the beam transmitted by the rear face of the mirror in position i?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Laurent MOLLARD, Laurent FREY, François GARDIEN, Jean HUE
  • Patent number: 11914214
    Abstract: A reflector device reflects luminous radiation of wavelength ?. The device is provided with a supporting base whereon are assembled a partially transparent mirror having a partially reflective front face and luminous radiation scattering and/or absorption structure to scatter and/or absorb luminous radiation liable to be transmitted by a rear face, opposite the front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Laurent Mollard, Christel Dieppedale, Laurent Frey, Francois Gardien, Jean Hue
  • Publication number: 20230028853
    Abstract: An acoustic, preferably ultrasonic, wave emission and/or reception device, including a wave emitter configured to transmit waves at an emission frequency, and a receiver of preferably ultrasonic waves, separate from the emitter, having a resonance frequency, and configured to receive waves generated by the emitter and including direct waves and reflected waves, wherein the device includes a resonance frequency modulator of the receiver and a control unit configured to control the resonance frequency modulator during a predetermined time period, so as to reduce the sensitivity of the receiver during the predetermined time period by moving the resonance frequency of the receiver away from the emission frequency of the emitter. The acoustic device relates to the field of ultrasonic sensors, particularly PMUTs or CMUTs, having a high quality factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: François GARDIEN, François BLARD, Bruno FAIN
  • Publication number: 20200333547
    Abstract: A reflector device reflects luminous radiation of wavelength ?. The device is provided with a supporting base whereon are assembled a partially transparent mirror having a partially reflective front face and luminous radiation scattering and/or absorption structure to scatter and/or absorb luminous radiation liable to be transmitted by a rear face, opposite the front face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Laurent MOLLARD, Christel DIEPPEDALE, Laurent FREY, Francois GARDIEN, Jean HUE
  • Patent number: 10391865
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical system comprising: —terminals (V+, V?) capable of being connected to an installed electrical power source (4) capable of delivering an electrical voltage between said terminals; —a circuit for detecting an electrical insulation fault between the electrical power source and a housing (14) forming a floating electrical ground. The detection circuit comprises: •a controllable voltage generator (40) capable of polarizing the housing and the single first terminal at different potentials; •a current measurement device (44) measuring current entering on said first terminal and leaving at a point of the source; •a control unit (46) capable of calculating a value of at least one insulation resistance from said at least one measured current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: François Gardien, Thibaut Journet, Yves Le Vourch, Michael Palmieri, Sophie Rivet
  • Publication number: 20180154776
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical system comprising: —terminals (V+, V?) capable of being connected to an installed electrical power source (4) capable of delivering an electrical voltage between said terminals; —a circuit for detecting an electrical insulation fault between the electrical power source and a housing (14) forming a floating electrical ground. The detection circuit comprises: •a controllable voltage generator (40) capable of polarising the housing and the single first terminal at different potentials; •a current measurement device (44) measuring current entering on said first terminal and leaving at a point of the source; •a control unit (46) capable of calculating a value of at least one insulation resistance from said at least one measured current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: François Gardien, Thibaut Journet, Yves Le Vourch, Michael Palmieri, Sophie Rivet