Patents by Inventor Herve Cara

Herve Cara 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: 10135433
    Abstract: The system (21) includes: a power transistor (22), a data medium (60) including data relating to the manufacturing tolerance (Tol) of at least one electric parameter of the transistor (22), an electric circuit (26) for controlling the transistor adapted so as to operate for a reference value of the parameter (VREF), an electric circuit (64) having an inductance of less than 100 nH and such that the assembly (70) formed with the circuit (64) and the transistor (22) has a value for the parameter, for which the deviation in absolute with the reference value is strictly less than the manufacturing tolerance (Tol).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Stephane Richard, Herve Cara, Jean-Marc Nicolai
  • Patent number: 9082240
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting (CAPT) the presence of an object, that comprises at least one detection member (EA, EB) to which is associated a physical value that varies based on the environment in which said detection member (EA, EB) is located. The invention is characterised in that the physical value provides a variable reference level corresponding to the absence of an object and in that it further comprises a saving device (LOG IC) for saving, upon the emission of a low-frequency signal, a value of the reference level measured before the emission of said low-frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: VALEO SECURITE HABITACLE
    Inventors: Herve Cara, Stephane Violleau, Frederic Bocage, Van-Quyn Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20130241605
    Abstract: The system (21) includes: a power transistor (22), a data medium (60) including data relating to the manufacturing tolerance (Tol) of at least one electric parameter of the transistor (22), an electric circuit (26) for controlling the transistor adapted so as to operate for a reference value of the parameter (VREF), an electric circuit (64) having an inductance of less than 100 nH and such that the assembly (70) formed with the circuit (64) and the transistor (22) has a value for the parameter, for which the deviation in absolute with the reference value is strictly less than the manufacturing tolerance (Tol).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Stephane RICHARD, Herve CARA, Jean-Marc NICOLAI
  • Publication number: 20100253141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting (CAPT) the presence of an object, that comprises at least one detection member (EA, EB) to which is associated a physical value that varies based on the environment in which said detection member (EA, EB) is located. The invention is characterised in that the physical value provides a variable reference level corresponding to the absence of an object and in that it further comprises a saving device (LOGIC) for saving, upon the emission of a low-frequency signal, a value of the reference level measured before the emission of said low-frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: VALEO SECURITE HABITACLE
    Inventors: Herve Cara, Stephane Violleau, Frederic Bocage, Van-Quyn Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7301251
    Abstract: The invention concerns an actuator. In a common housing are a motor contained in a metallic casing and an electronic card adapted to control the motor. The casing is electrically connected to a ground. This connection is made by a deformable element, whose deformation provides, by contact, the electrical connection between the casing and the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Hervé Cara, Stéphane Delabriere
  • Publication number: 20050023904
    Abstract: The invention concerns an actuator comprising, in a common housing (8), a motor (7) contained in a metallic casing and an electronic card (1) controlling this motor, the said casing being electrically connected to an earth part. According to the invention, this connection is made by means of a deformable element (5), whose deformation provides by contact the electrical connection between the said casing and the said earth part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Herve Cara, Stephane Delabriere
  • Publication number: 20030048759
    Abstract: A network has a multiplexed bus with a plurality of lines on which several electronic modules are disposed. Each module has a configurating device. Each module includes a connector such that a bus line may be connected to at least one of several terminals of the connector which are reserved to it. Detection of the terminals connected to this bus line ensure coding of a unique address for each of the modules in the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventor: Herve Cara