Patents by Inventor Jean-Baptiste IZARD

Jean-Baptiste IZARD 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).

  • Planar motion device
    Patent number: 10449668
    Abstract: A positioning device includes a planar surface, a mobile platform configured to slide along the planar surface and cables for positioning and moving the mobile platform along the planar surface. The mobile platform includes a planar bearing system located at the side of the mobile platform configured to slide along the planar surface. The planar bearing system includes a component for pushing the mobile platform against the planar surface; and a component for allowing sliding of the planar bearing system with respect to the planar surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: FUNDACIÓN TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Hai Yang, Jean-Baptiste Izard, Cédric Baradat, Sébastien Krut, François Pierrot, Marc Gouttefarde-Tanich, Olivier Company
  • Application and method for positioning and orientating a load
    Patent number: 10427919
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for positioning and orientating a load includes a support structure movable in a first direction a tendon system having at least six winches mounted on the structure and at least six tendons connected to the winches, and a lifting mechanism mounted on the structure. The lifting mechanism includes another tendon and is movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first. The apparatus includes a component suspending the load from above and is connected to a second end of each of the tendons and to a free end of the additional tendon. The apparatus further includes a control module for translating synchronously and independently an instruction regarding the load in an actuation over the winches, over the lifting mechanism and the support structure, such that at least 51% of the load is sustained by the lifting mechanism and the load is suspended from the further tendon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUNDACIÓN TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
    Inventors: María de la O Rodríguez Mijangos, Cédric Baradat, Jean-Baptiste Izard, Micaël Michelin, Hai Yang, Damien Sallé
  • PLANAR MOTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180009103
    Abstract: A positioning device includes a planar surface, a mobile platform configured to slide along the planar surface and cables for positioning and moving the mobile platform along the planar surface. The mobile platform includes a planar bearing system located at the side of the mobile platform configured to slide along the planar surface. The planar bearing system includes a component for pushing the mobile platform against the planar surface; and a component for allowing sliding of the planar bearing system with respect to the planar surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Hai YANG, Jean-Baptiste IZARD, Cédric BARADAT, Sébastien KRUT, François PIERROT, Marc GOUTTEFARDE-TANICH, Olivier COMPANY
  • APPLICATION AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AND ORIENTATING A LOAD
    Publication number: 20170129749
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for positioning and orientating a load includes a support structure movable in a first direction a tendon system having at least six winches mounted on the structure and at least six tendons connected to the winches, and a lifting mechanism mounted on the structure. The lifting mechanism includes another tendon and is movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first. The apparatus includes a component suspending the load from above and is connected to a second end of each of the tendons and to a free end of the additional tendon. The apparatus further includes a control module for translating synchronously and independently an instruction regarding the load in an actuation over the winches, over the lifting mechanism and the support structure, such that at least 51% of the load is sustained by the lifting mechanism and the load is suspended from the further tendon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: María de la O RODRÍGUEZ MIJANGOS, Cédric BARADAT, Jean-Baptiste IZARD, Micaël MICHELIN, Hai YANG, Damien SALLÉ