Patents by Inventor Jean-François Morand

Jean-François Morand 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).

  • Publication number: 20030062994
    Abstract: The invention relates to the in-service monitoring of the condition of a tire of a wheel of a vehicle. To this end it proposes a process and, in particular, a device comprising: a sensor (4) mounted on the wheel, coupling means (BVF2, BRF2) for transmitting to the vehicle indications derived from this sensor (4), and electrical energizing means (BVF1, BRF1). According to the invention, the sensor (4) is a miniature acceleration-sensitive sensor implanted in the tread of the tire or in the vicinity of the tread. The coupling means, mounted on the wheel, then transmit indications relating to the measurements made at the moment at which the tread is in contact with the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Morand, Jacques Sirven
  • Patent number: 6538566
    Abstract: The invention relates to the in-service monitoring of the condition of a tire of a wheel of a vehicle. To this end it proposes a process and, in particular, a device comprising: a sensor (4) mounted on the wheel, coupling means (BVF2, BRF2) for transmitting to the vehicle indications derived from this sensor (4), and electrical energizing means (BVF1, BRF1). According to the invention, the sensor (4) is a miniature acceleration-sensitive sensor implanted in the tread of the tire or in the vicinity of the tread. The coupling means, mounted on the wheel, then transmit indications relating to the measurements made at the moment at which the tread is in contact with the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Thomson CSF Detexis
    Inventors: Jean-François Morand, Jacques Sirven
  • Patent number: 5061064
    Abstract: A detector of pulses of electromagnetic radiation, especially of laser pulses, comprising as sensor at least one cylindrical body of material translucent to the electromagnetic radiation having a capture window on its surface of revolution. The cylindrical body is provided with an internal metallization delimiting the cylindrical body in two parts subject to selective photodetection, to obtain a sensitivity in bearing and/or in elevation. The body is extended at one end by a non-diffusing transparent part, likewise traversed by the internal metallization. The extension is externally metallized and serves for the link with photodetectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Electronique Serge Dassault
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Morand, Henri Robin, Jacques Thibault