Patents by Inventor Gerard Leroux

Gerard Leroux 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: 8523578
    Abstract: An equipment provided with a docking device for receiving an extractable element comprising a housing carrying a pluggable connector and having at least one grounding surface, the equipment comprising a printed circuit card carrying a device including a central body from which there extend two parallel rails for slidably receiving side portions of the housing, and a connector having tabs soldered to the printed circuit while being arranged to co-operate with the pluggable connector of the extractable element in the sliding direction, and at least one contact element comprising a fastener tab soldered to the printed circuit, the contact element being electrically conductive and being arranged to be pressed against the grounding surface while the extractable element is being put into place in the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sagemcom Broadband SAS
    Inventors: Gérard Leroux, Dominique Susini, Didier Venom
  • Publication number: 20110201218
    Abstract: A device for receiving a hard disk having a housing carrying a pluggable connector and having two side portions, at least one of which is provided with at least one grounding surface. The device has a central body from which there extend two parallel rails for slidably receiving the side portions of the housing. The body is provided with a connector for co-operating with the pluggable connector of the hard disk in the sliding direction, and at least one of the rails is provided with an electrically conductive contact element that is arranged to be pressed against the grounding surface of the side portion received in said rail while the hard disk is being put into place in the device. An equipment fitted with such a device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Gérard Leroux, Dominique Susini, Didier Venom
  • Patent number: 6421531
    Abstract: The invention concerns a mobile telephone comprising a housing containing an electrical circuit and a bearing a cover fixed in articulation to this housing a comprising a microphone, revolving contact being integrated in one of the two hinges linking the cover to the housing, for providing electric connections between the electric circuit and the microphone. The hinges articulate the housing to the cover comprise two contacts integrated with the housing, each including a contact arm, the ends of the two contact arms elastically resting on the two conductive pads separated by an insulating material and integrated in the articulating part of the cover, such that when the cover rotates, the ends of the two contact arms define circular paths on the two conductive pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Framatome Connectors International
    Inventors: Christophe Dehan, Gerard Leroux, Jean-Claude Prunier