Patents by Inventor Jean-Francois Schwab

Jean-Francois Schwab 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: 4782706
    Abstract: A holding device for mounting a shear strain gauge 14 in an airplane axle 1 in which the shear strain gauge 14 consists of a coil part 18 with two magnet coils 19 spaced apart from each other and of a disk part 20. The disk part 20 has a disk 21 which, in normal position, extends equidistant between the magnet coils 19. The holding device has two holding rings 16 and 17 arranged axially at a given distance from each other, the coil part being adapted to be fastened to the one holding ring 16 thereof and the disk part 20 to the other holding ring 17. The holding rings 16 and 17 are developed with radial resilience and with a smaller outside diameter than the inside diameter of the airplane axle. They have radially protruding holding lugs 23 which rest under initial spring tension against the inner wall of the airplane axle 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1988
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Horst Kister, Jean-Francois Schwab, Michael Quenzer, Klaus Schult, Hans-Norbert Patzig
  • Patent number: 4340828
    Abstract: A single phase stepping motor, particularly for clocks, with a rotor having several pole teeth and a stator, the latter being made of two stator parts connected with one another via a bridge part, the latter carrying the excitation winding, of which each stator part on its free end has an equal or smaller number (in comparison to the rotor pole number) of stator pole teeth as well as a passage opening for the rotor shaft, the stator pole teeth being directed towards the face sides of the rotor. Each rotor pole tooth comprises a main pole and an auxiliary pole extending in the direction of rotation formed on the main pole, and between the stator pole teeth, a permanent magnetic circuit is provided, by means of which circuit the rest position of the rotor is determined during the unexcited stator condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: Quarz-Zeit AG
    Inventors: Roland Sudler, Jean-Francois Schwab
  • Patent number: 4315328
    Abstract: A battery-driven clock with a timing stage which emits a control signal of a certain frequency to an electromechanical or electronic indicator stage, and a warning stage establishing the end of the service life of the battery. In the warning situation the warning stage influences the frequency of the control signal in the sense of advancing the clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1982
    Assignee: Quarz-Zeit AG
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Schwab
  • Patent number: 4267472
    Abstract: A single phase stepping motor, particularly for clocks, having a disc-like axially magnetized rotor with a number of rotor poles and a stator, which stator is made of at least two stator parts connected with one another via a bridge part carrying the excitation winding. Each stator part on its free end has a smaller number (in comparison to the number of rotor poles) of stator poles, the latter being directed toward the face side of the rotor. In the rest condition of the rotor, a rotor pole with its main part is disposed in the range of a stator pole and with an edge part in the range of the following stator pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Quarz-Zeit AG
    Inventors: Roland Sudler, Jean-Francois Schwab
  • Patent number: 4233680
    Abstract: An electric clock with a quartz oscillator, a frequency divider connected following the latter and an output stage driven by the latter, in the output of the output stage there being disposed a single phase stepping motor which acts on a clockwork gear train driving the hour indicator and the minute indicator, as well as a storage battery supplying the operating voltage and a charging circuit for the battery. The single phase stepping motor and the clockwork gear train form a self-contained construction assembly. The quartz oscillator, the frequency divider, the output stage and the charging circuit are arranged on a single printed circuit board. The printed circuit board and the construction assembly are connected with one another via two electrically conducting pins secured on the excitation coil. The printed circuit board and the construction assembly are secured in common on a carrier plate, the latter having an opening for the hour tube and the minute tube, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Roland Sudler, Peter Kupferschmidt, Jean-Francois Schwab
  • Patent number: 4206376
    Abstract: A single phase stepping motor, particularly for clocks, with a rotor having several pole teeth and a stator, the latter being made of two stator parts connected with one another via a bridge part, the latter carrying the excitation winding, of which each stator part on its free end transfers into an equal or smaller number (in comparison to half the rotor pole number) of stator pole teeth, the stator pole teeth being directed towards the face side of the rotor. Both stator parts are arranged in a first plane at least in the region of the stator pole teeth and the rotor rotates in a second plane parallel thereto. The pole teeth of the rotor each comprises a main pole and an auxiliary pole, the latter extending in the direction of rotation and formed on the main pole, and between the stator pole teeth, there is provided a permanent magnetic circuit, by means of which circuit the rest position of the rotor is determined during the unexcited condition of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Quarz-Zeit AG
    Inventors: Roland Sudler, Jean-Francois Schwab