Patents by Inventor Jean-Mathieu Boris

Jean-Mathieu Boris 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).

  • Detection module and positioning, holding or gripping device for a piece of automobile body work
    Patent number: 6403951
    Abstract: A device for positioning, holding or gripping pieces of automobile body work, includes a body having a slot permitting the passage of a target or a flag to be detected. The body is provided with a detection module having at least two optical transmission detectors to detect the position of a target or flag and the slot has a width less than the width of transmission of the optical detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Genus Technologies
    Inventors: Jean-Mathieu Boris, Fabrice Roudier
  • Device for positioning, holding or gripping
    Patent number: 6189877
    Abstract: A gripping device, particularly for vehicle body work, comprises a housing 1 containing a moveable equipment 26 displaceable in translation. One end 26a of the moveable equipment 26 is connected to an actuator 25 and the other end 27 of the moveable equipment 26 is connected to a gripping member 24. The housing 1 has two separate and spaced openings 8, 9 adapted each to receive a detector 18, 19 of the position of the moveable equipment 26 or of a rod 25a of the actuator 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Genus Technologies
    Inventors: Jean-Mathieu Boris, Fabrice Roudier