Patents by Inventor Gérard Dubois

Gérard Dubois 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).

  • Publication number: 20240369358
    Abstract: A watch (2) including a memory (4) and a detection device (6), which device includes an acceleration sensor (8) for measuring an acceleration vector of the watch in a three-dimensional coordinate frame linked to the watch, and an electronic unit (12) that processes measurements supplied by the acceleration sensor. The electronic unit (12) detects, in association with the memory, at least for a rocket of a given type, crossing of the Kármán line by the rocket, solely by means of the watch on board the rocket. Crossing of the Kármán line by the watch is detected by detection device based on periodic measurements carried out by the acceleration sensor from rocket take-off until the crossing of the Kármán line, as defined before the space flight, and based on a corresponding reference value stored in the memory. The Kármán line is defined by a given altitude or a selectable altitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Laurent CHRISTE, Andréa DARDANELLI, Gérard SURMELY, Fabian DUBOIS, Jean-Luc BOVET
  • Patent number: 10886322
    Abstract: A multi-spectral photodetector is provided, comprising: a plurality of N photodetectors where N is an integer such that N?2, each photodetector comprising an anode and a cathode separated from one another by a region of interest, all produced in a semiconductor material; at least one electrical contact for all of the N anodes; and an electrical contact associated with each of the N cathodes; said photodetectors being stacked on top of one another such that the anodes and the cathodes and finally the regions of interest of two consecutive photodetectors in the stack are arranged face to face, this stack making it possible to define a face, termed the active face of the multi-spectral photodetector, common to all the photodetectors of the stack, defined by the face of the first region of interest of the first photodetector of the stack via which photons are intended to enter the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ
    Inventors: Mohamed Ben Chouikha, Gérard Dubois
  • Publication number: 20190312078
    Abstract: A multi-spectral photodetector is provided, comprising: a plurality of N photodetectors where N is an integer such that N?2, each photodetector comprising an anode and a cathode separated from one another by a region of interest, all produced in a semiconductor material; at least one electrical contact for all of the N anodes; and an electrical contact associated with each of the N cathodes; said photodetectors being stacked on top of one another such that the anodes and the cathodes and finally the regions of interest of two consecutive photodetectors in the stack are arranged face to face, this stack making it possible to define a face, termed the active face of the multi-spectral photodetector, common to all the photodetectors of the stack, defined by the face of the first region of interest of the first photodetector of the stack via which photons are intended to enter the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ
    Inventors: Mohamed Ben Chouikha, Gérard Dubois
  • Patent number: 8926442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable and ergonomic instrument for storing golf balls and tees and for automatically positioning a tee in the ground at a predetermined height and a ball in balance thereon, by means of a movement of one hand on the part of the player in the standing position. Said instrument consists primarily of a main body (10) serving as a storage unit (12) for balls (Bn), a multi-purpose shuttle (20) and a retaining clamp (P). After setting the desired height of the ball on the thumbwheel (50), the alternating movement of the shuttle (20) from abutment to abutment, using the knob (21), first upward, then downward and finally upward, enables the result to be achieved. Any golfer who has difficulty bending down or squatting, and those who do not wish to bend down or squat, may be interested in owning such an instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Gérard Dubois
  • Patent number: 8823147
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate (100) has three doped zones (1), (2) and (3), forming a P-N junction (101), the third zone being located between the first zone and the second zone. The P-N junction of the substrate further has a fourth doped zone (4) having a first portion (4A) in contact with the first zone; and a second portion (4B) in contact with the third zone (3), said second portion (4B) extending in the direction of the second zone (2), and not being in contact with the second zone (2); where the fourth zone (4) being doped with the same type of doping as that of the first zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Altis Semiconductor
    Inventors: Olivier Philippe Kellener, Gérard Dubois, Mehdi Mohamed Kanoun, Stephen McArdle
  • Publication number: 20130331194
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable and ergonomic instrument for storing golf balls and tees and for automatically positioning a tee in the ground at a predetermined height and a ball in balance thereon, by means of a movement of one hand on the part of the player in the standing position. Said instrument consists primarily of a main body (10) serving as a storage unit (12) for balls (Bn), a multi-purpose shuttle (20) and a retaining clamp (P). After setting the desired height of the ball on the thumbwheel (50), the alternating movement of the shuttle (20) from abutment to abutment, using the knob (21), first upward, then downward and finally upward, enables the result to be achieved. Any golfer who has difficulty bending down or squatting, and those who do not wish to bend down or squat, may be interested in owning such an instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Gérard Dubois
  • Publication number: 20130026611
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate (100) has three doped zones (1), (2) and (3), forming a P-N junction (101), the third zone being located between the first zone and the second zone. The P-N junction of the substrate further has a fourth doped zone (4) having a first portion (4A) in contact with the first zone; and a second portion (4B) in contact with the third zone (3), said second portion (4B) extending in the direction of the second zone (2), and not being in contact with the second zone (2); where the fourth zone (4) being doped with the same type of doping as that of the first zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Olivier Philippe Kellener, Gérard Dubois, Mehdi Mohamed Kanoun, Stephen McArdle
  • Patent number: 6524372
    Abstract: A novel compound which can be used in the field of separation and purification of gases is disclosed. The compound can be incorporated into a silica gel incorporating polyazacycloalkane structural units for separating a predetermined gas from a mixture of gases. The mixture of gases is brought into contact with a metallated hybrid gel under conditions which make possible the absorption of the gas to be separated, followed by a phase of desorption of the attached gas, and the recovery of the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: L′Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme a Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance pour l′Etude et l′Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Robert Corriu, Catherine Reye, Ahmad Mehdi, Gérard Dubois, Claude Chuit, Franck Denat, Bruno Roux-Fouillet, Roger Guilard, Gilles Lagrange, Stéphane Brandes
  • Patent number: 4293018
    Abstract: A tire for two-wheel vehicle comprising a casing formed of a crown with a tread and two sidewalls each terminating in a bead intended to rest on a tire rim and an inner tube glued in manually removable manner to the inner wall of the casing in the region of the crown is improved due to the fact that the inner tube is glued under circumferential tension to the casing so that its inside equatorial radius is greater than the outside radius of the flanges of the rim. The adhesive used may have self-sealing properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventor: Gerard Dubois