Patents by Inventor Jacques Dinard

Jacques Dinard 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: 4322683
    Abstract: Digital apparatus for controlling members by eddy currents comprising a sensor constituted by a primary winding and a secondary winding, an exciting sinusoidal voltage generator, a correcting circuit for eliminating the residual voltage supply by the secondary winding of the sensor, a circuit for analyzing the corrected measuring voltage incorporating two samplers and a means for displaying the two signals supplied by the two samplers. The exciting voltage generator is of the digital type and comprises an oscillator, a counter, a memory and a digital-analog converter. The collection circuit comprises a number selection means, a comparator, a counter, a memory and a digital-analog converter. The means for generating control pulses for the samplers comprises a number selection means, a comparator and a digital phase shifter.A particular application is in the field of non-destructive testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: David D. Vieira, Jacques Dinard, Alain Stossel