Patents by Inventor Jean-Loup Florens

Jean-Loup Florens 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).

  • Device for controlling a gearbox, in particular for a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20050184598
    Abstract: A device for controlling an automatic gearbox, in particular for a motor vehicle, the device comprising means for actuating a selector shaft pivotally mounted in the gearbox, the actuator means being formed by a flat electric actuator comprising a flat coil mounted to pivot about a stationary pin between two flat permanent magnets carried by a yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Baz, Daniel Guimet, Jean-Loup Florens
  • Modular retroactive keyboard and a flat modular actuator
    Patent number: 5107262
    Abstract: A modular retroactive keyboard fitted with keys permitting to send back to the user a perception characteristic of the key. Each key is an element of an independent flat and parallelepipedic module that includes a motor, a position detector and an electric connector. Each module further includes arrangement for fixing it to the adjacent module, and the keys are connected to a central processing unit for giving them the desired response by acting on the motor and for processing the detector signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Ministere de la Culture, de la Communication, des Grands Travaux et du Bicentenaire
    Inventors: Claude Cadoz, Leszek Lisowski, Jean-Loup Florens