Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Le Claire

Jean-Claude Le Claire 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: 6376935
    Abstract: A method, and a corresponding device, for controlling a power switch in a system with variable structure includes at least a switch capable of being actuated to deliver a given electric signal corresponding to an electric system, based on a control signal taking into account a reference input signal and a feedback signal sampled at the electric system output. The method applies to the control signal an oscillation at a controllable frequency, resulting from the application of a filtering on the feedback signal, the filtering being defined in such a way as to induce a phase shift of −180° between the filtered feedback signal and the electric system input signal, to the controllable frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Ecole Superieure Atlantique d'Ingenieurs en Genie Electrique, ESA Igelec
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Le Claire, Joseph Saillard, Sami Siala, René Le Doeuff