Patents by Inventor Francois Lemaitre

Francois Lemaitre 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: 11585927
    Abstract: A LIDAR-type device for a remote spectroscopy of a matter includes an optical emission channel that includes a laser source and an optical waves frequency generator to generate a first comb, a second comb, and a local comb. Each comb includes at least one stripe. A transmit telescope emits an emission signal. A reception channel includes a receive telescope that receives a signal reflected by the matter traversed by the emission signal and a detection system that detects a first beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding first stripe of the first reflected comb, a second beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding second stripe of the second reflected comb, and a third beat signal of the at least one first beat signal with the at least one second beat signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES, CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES
    Inventors: Philippe Hebert, Francois Lemaitre, Nicolas Cezard
  • Patent number: 11079323
    Abstract: A method of generating frequency combs composed of a predetermined number of rays, wherein the method includes the modulation of a main ray generated by a laser source (20), by a first radiofrequency signal at a first frequency value, by a second radio frequency signal at a second frequency value, and by a third radio frequency signal at a third frequency value. The second frequency value is equal to twice the first frequency value. The third frequency value is equal to three times the first frequency value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES, OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES
    Inventors: Philippe Hébert, François Lemaître, Xavier Orlik, Thibault Dartigalongue
  • Publication number: 20190383940
    Abstract: A LIDAR-type device for a remote spectroscopy of a matter includes an optical emission channel that includes a laser source and an optical waves frequency generator to generate a first comb, a second comb, and a local comb. Each comb includes at least one stripe. A transmit telescope emits an emission signal. A reception channel includes a receive telescope that receives a signal reflected by the matter traversed by the emission signal and a detection system that detects a first beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding first stripe of the first reflected comb, a second beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding second stripe of the second reflected comb, and a third beat signal of the at least one first beat signal with the at least one second beat signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicants: OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES (ONERA), Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
    Inventors: Philippe HEBERT, Francois LEMAITRE, Nicolas CEZARD
  • Patent number: 10466105
    Abstract: Disclosed is a remote spectroscopy device of the LIDAR type including a module for generating an emission signal, an emission module for sending the emission signal toward a targeted material, a receiving module for receiving a response signal and a module for postprocessing of the response signal to determine a composition of the targeted material. The generating module includes at least two laser sources, each laser source being able to generate a laser signal at a predetermined wavelength, an upstream mixer able to mix the laser signals generated by the different laser sources, and a first modulator able to modulate the composite signal at a first modulation frequency to form the emission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES, Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales
    Inventors: Philippe Hébert, François Lemaître, Xavier Orlik, Thibault Dartigalongue
  • Patent number: 10247843
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of seismology and volcanology, especially the monitoring of the sites in question, called “unstable sites”, and more specifically the monitoring of a fault on such a site. In this respect, the invention especially relates to a reflective assembly to be arranged on a monitored site, the site being monitored from an observation point from which an electromagnetic wave is directed towards the reflective assembly. The invention also relates to a method for monitoring a site by means of such a reflective assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES (ONERA)
    Inventor: Francois Lemaitre
  • Publication number: 20180340885
    Abstract: A method of generating frequency combs composed of a predetermined number of rays, wherein the method includes the modulation of a main ray generated by a laser source (20), by a first radiofrequency signal at a first frequency value, by a second radio frequency signal at a second frequency value, and by a third radio frequency signal at a third frequency value. The second frequency value is equal to twice the first frequency value. The third frequency value is equal to three times the first frequency value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Philippe HÉBERT, François LEMAÎTRE, Xavier ORLIK, Thibault DARTIGALONGUE
  • Publication number: 20180340829
    Abstract: Disclosed is a remote spectroscopy device of the LIDAR type including a module for generating an emission signal, an emission module for sending the emission signal toward a targeted material, a receiving module for receiving a response signal and a module for postprocessing of the response signal to determine a composition of the targeted material. The generating module includes at least two laser sources, each laser source being able to generate a laser signal at a predetermined wavelength, an upstream mixer able to mix the laser signals generated by the different laser sources, and a first modulator able to modulate the composite signal at a first modulation frequency to form the emission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Philippe HÉBERT, François LEMAÎTRE, Xavier ORLIK, Thibault DARTIGALONGUE
  • Publication number: 20160306064
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of seismology and volcanology, especially the monitoring of the sites in question, called “unstable sites”, and more specifically the monitoring of a fault on such a site. In this respect, the invention especially relates to a reflective assembly to be arranged on a monitored site, the site being monitored from an observation point from which an electromagnetic wave is directed towards the reflective assembly. The invention also relates to a method for monitoring a site by means of such a reflective assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Francois LEMAITRE
  • Patent number: 8091828
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a structural element intended for aeronautical construction, at least a first and second metal block are made available, the limit of elasticity under compression of the first metal block being greater than that of the second metal block. The first metal block is machined in such a manner as to obtain a first machined monolithic part which has a first web portion and at least one stringer element whose height is such that a stringer portion extends beyond the first web portion. There is prepared, by shaping the second metal block, at least one second part having at least a second web portion capable of co-operating with the first web portion to form the web. The first monolithic part and the second part are assembled by placing the first and second web portions end-to-end over their entire common length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Sjoerd Van Der Veen, Jean-Christophe Ehrstrom, Henri Gerard, Francois Lemaitre
  • Publication number: 20080265094
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a structural element intended for aeronautical construction, at least a first and second metal block are made available, the limit of elasticity under compression of the first metal block being greater than that of the second metal block. The first metal block is machined in such a manner as to obtain a first machined monolithic part which has a first web portion and at least one stringer element whose height is such that a stringer portion extends beyond the first web portion. There is prepared, by shaping the second metal block, at least one second part having at least a second web portion capable of co-operating with the first web portion to form the web. The first monolithic part and the second part are assembled by placing the first and second web portions end-to-end over their entire common length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: AIRBUS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Sjoerd Van Der Veen, Jean-Christophe Ehrstrom, Henri Gerard, Francois Lemaitre