Patents by Inventor Javier Rios--Quesada

Javier Rios--Quesada 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: 10643773
    Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator has a stroke c, with at least one stable position in one of the ends of the stroke, and includes: an armature made of a soft magnetic material, the armature being movable in an axial direction Y and having a length Hm in the direction Y, the armature having a symmetrical shape at the axis Y, and a stationary stator yoke made of a soft magnetic material and holding at least one electric coil. The actuator also includes at least one stationary permanent magnet that is magnetized along a transverse axis X perpendicular to the direction Y. The magnet is transversely placed between the movable armature and the electric coil. The magnet has a length Ha in the direction Y. The stationary yoke and the movable armature define therebetween at least one axial air gap. Ha+c is of the order of magnitude of Hm. The length Hm is such that 0.9×(Ha+c)<Hm<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)
    Inventors: Guillaume Loussert, Javier Rios-Quesada, Stéphane Biwersi, Michaël Delbaere
  • Patent number: 10491092
    Abstract: A positioning assembly includes a position sensor and a magnetic actuator, the actuator including a stator assembly formed of at least one ferromagnetic stator bearing at least one electric power supply coil and a yoke able to move relative to the stator assembly, the actuator having a geometry that is of revolution or periodic about an axis referred to as the main axis passing through the yoke, the sensor having at least one permanent magnet secured to the yoke and at least one magneto-sensitive probe that is fixed in relation to the magnet and able to measure the amplitude or direction of the magnetic field emitted by the magnet. The yoke has an interior recess including the main axis of the actuator, and the magnet is positioned inside the recess and secured to the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)
    Inventors: Javier Rios-Quesada, Michaël Delbaere, Guillaume Loussert
  • Patent number: 10389197
    Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator includes a stator excited by at least one electric coil arranged around an axis of symmetry and two ferromagnetic stator poles positioned axially on either side of the coil, as well as at least two independent moving members, each of the moving members being formed of a ferromagnetic material, where the linear electromagnetic actuator includes at least three magnetized poles arranged inside the coil, with respectively a first magnetized pole positioned in the vicinity of the median plane separating the two moving members and containing the axis of the coil, and a second and third magnetized pole arranged laterally on either side of the moving members, between the moving members and the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)
    Inventors: Stéphane Biwersi, Javier Rios-Quesada, Michaél Delbaere, Guillaume Loussert, Gael Andrieux
  • Publication number: 20180301263
    Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator has a stroke c, with at least one stable position in one of the ends of the stroke, and includes: an armature made of a soft magnetic material, the armature being movable in an axial direction Y and having a length Hm in the direction Y, the armature having a symmetrical shape at the axis Y, and a stationary stator yoke made of a soft magnetic material and holding at least one electric coil. The actuator also includes at least one stationary permanent magnet that is magnetized along a transverse axis X perpendicular to the direction Y. The magnet is transversely placed between the movable armature and the electric coil. The magnet has a length Ha in the direction Y. The stationary yoke and the movable armature define therebetween at least one axial air gap. Ha+c is of the order of magnitude of Hm. The length Hm is such that 0.9×(Ha+c)<Hm<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)
    Inventors: Guillaume LOUSSERT, Javier RIOS-QUESADA, Stéphane BIWERSI, Michaël DELBAERE
  • Patent number: 9935536
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic actuator of the type producing a force due to the current that remains substantially constant over the entirety of its useful travel Y and that has a low force in the absence of current, including at least one stator structure, at least one electrical supply coil, and a moving member, the stator structure having, on the one hand, a central pole running perpendicular to the direction of the travel Y and having a width YC1 in the direction of the travel and terminating at its end in a width YC2 that is greater than or equal to the travel Y of the moving member, YC2 being greater than YC1, and, on the other hand, two lateral poles having widths YL1 in the direction of the travel and terminating at their end in a width YL2 greater than YL1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)
    Inventors: Javier Rios-Quesada, Guillaume Loussert, Michaël Delbaere
  • Publication number: 20160352168
    Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator includes a stator excited by at least one electric coil arranged around an axis of symmetry and two ferromagnetic stator poles positioned axially on either side of the coil, as well as at least two independent moving members, each of the moving members being formed of a ferromagnetic material, where the linear electromagnetic actuator includes at least three magnetized poles arranged inside the coil, with respectively a first magnetized pole positioned in the vicinity of the median plane separating the two moving members and containing the axis of the coil, and a second and third magnetized pole arranged laterally on either side of the moving members, between the moving members and the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)
    Inventors: Stéphane BIWERSI, Javier RIOS-QUESADA, Michaël DELBAERE, Guillaume LOUSSERT, Gael ANDRIEUX
  • Publication number: 20150048694
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic actuator of the type producing a force due to the current that remains substantially constant over the entirety of its useful travel Y and that has a low force in the absence of current, including at least one stator structure, at least one electrical supply coil, and a moving member, the stator structure having, on the one hand, a central pole running perpendicular to the direction of the travel Y and having a width YC1 in the direction of the travel and terminating at its end in a width YC2 that is greater than or equal to the travel Y of the moving member, YC2 being greater than YC1, and, on the other hand, two lateral poles having widths YL1 in the direction of the travel and terminating at their end in a width YL2 greater than YL1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)
    Inventors: Javier Rios-Quesada, Guillaume Loussert, Michaël Delbaere
  • Publication number: 20140203669
    Abstract: A positioning assembly includes a position sensor and a magnetic actuator, the actuator including a stator assembly formed of at least one ferromagnetic stator bearing at least one electric power supply coil and a yoke able to move relative to the stator assembly, the actuator having a geometry that is of revolution or periodic about an axis referred to as the main axis passing through the yoke, the sensor having at least one permanent magnet secured to the yoke and at least one magneto-sensitive probe that is fixed in relation to the magnet and able to measure the amplitude or direction of the magnetic field emitted by the magnet. The yoke has an interior recess including the main axis of the actuator, and the magnet is positioned inside the recess and secured to the yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)
    Inventors: Javier Rios--Quesada, Michaël Delbaere, Guillaume Loussert