Patents by Inventor Hugues Chollet

Hugues Chollet 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: 4982671
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle having steerable axles. A track guide icle comprises at least one pair of independent wheel axles, and at least two members (14, 15) for measuring the transverse position of the vehicle relative to the track, and it is characterized in that it includes at least one measuring member (20) for measuring the angle of the axles relative to references related to portions of the vehicle, and at least two actuator members (21) for correcting said angles by bearing against said axles, and a servo-control circuit receiving the signals from said measuring members and generating control signals for said actuator members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignees: Alsthom, Instit National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite
    Inventors: Hugues Chollet, Jean-Louis Maupu, Jean-Michel Petit
  • Patent number: 4943772
    Abstract: A position sensor for measuring the separation, in a givne direction (Oy), between a first part such as a datum element of a railway vehicle axle and a fixed second part such as a rail on which said axles runs, includes magnets (11, 12) for producing a magnetic field above the second part (10) and Hall effect probes (15) for measuring the value of the component of the field in said given direction (Oy) with variation in that value being proportional to the separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignees: Alshtom, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Maupu, Hugues Chollet, Pierre Caroff, Denis Duhot
  • Patent number: 4912406
    Abstract: Apparatus including a magnet (10) having at least one degree of freedom w respect to a first member, tangent to the direction of measurement and cooperating with a magnetic portion associated with a second member, and a sensor (11) for picking up the position of the magnet relative to the first member. Such apparatus is employed in steerable railway vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignees: Alsthom, Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite
    Inventors: Hugues Chollet, Jean-Louis Maupu, Jean-Michel Petit