Patents by Inventor Jerome Meleard

Jerome Meleard 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).

  • Valve control device
    Patent number: 7205704
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for displacing a moving part along a longitudinal axis relative to a housing, said device being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally relative to the moving part, the device comprising two structures that are secured to said moving part and elements of active material comprising at least two blocks extending between inside walls of each structure, with the elongation directions of the blocks being antisymmetrical about an axis substantially perpendicular to the displacement axis of the moving part, wherein the structures are flexible and suitable for displacing the moving part by deforming as a function of the elongation of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Sagem Defense Securite
    Inventors: Jean Thierry Audren, Etienne Merlet, Jérôme Meleard, Charles Mangeot
  • Valve control device
    Publication number: 20060125350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for displacing a moving part along a longitudinal axis relative to a housing, said device being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally relative to the moving part, the device comprising two structures that are secured to said moving part and elements of active material comprising at least two blocks extending between inside walls of each structure, with the elongation directions of the blocks being antisymmetrical about an axis substantially perpendicular to the displacement axis of the moving part, wherein the structures are flexible and suitable for displacing the moving part by deforming as a function of the elongation of the blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Jean Audren, Etienne Merlet, Jerome Meleard, Charles Mangeot
  • Valve control device
    Patent number: 7026746
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for displacing a moving part along a longitudinal axis relative to a housing, said device being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally relative to the moving part, the device comprising two structures that are secured to said moving part and elements of active material comprising at least two blocks extending between inside walls of each structure, with the elongation directions of the blocks being antisymmetrical about an axis substantially perpendicular to the displacement axis of the moving part, wherein the structures are flexible and suitable for displacing the moving part by deforming as a function of the elongation of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Sagem SA
    Inventors: Jean Thierry Audren, Etienne Merlet, Jérôme Meleard, Charles Mangeot
  • Valve control device
    Publication number: 20050006981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for displacing a moving part along a longitudinal axis relative to a housing, said device being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally relative to the moving part, the device comprising two structures that are secured to said moving part and elements of active material comprising at least two blocks extending between inside walls of each structure, with the elongation directions of the blocks being antisymmetrical about an axis substantially perpendicular to the displacement axis of the moving part, wherein the structures are flexible and suitable for displacing the moving part by deforming as a function of the elongation of the blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jean Audren, Etienne Merlet, Jerome Meleard, Charles Mangeot