Patents by Inventor Joeri Fryns

Joeri Fryns 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).

  • Circuit and method for contact-less transmission
    Patent number: 7639095
    Abstract: A system includes a first and second circuit electromagnetically coupled to establish a contact-less transmission, for example, between a vehicle body and a removable seat of the vehicle body. The first circuit includes a first inductor and the second circuit includes a second inductor. In order to detect in the first circuit the status of one or more input signals of the second circuit, the second circuit includes a signal generating portion including a resistor and a capacitor that generates, a time-pulsed signal. The second circuit is adapted to set a value of at least one of the resistor and the capacitor based on a sensed parameter and sets a duty cycle of the time-pulsed signal based on a value of at least one of the resistor and the capacitor. The time-pulsed signal changes a load of the second circuit over time which can be detected in the first circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Belgium EC N.V.
    Inventors: Tom Ocket, Joeri Fryns, Jan Van Cauwenberge, Michael Siotto
  • Circuit and method for contact-less transmission
    Publication number: 20070070951
    Abstract: A system includes a first and second circuit electromagnetically coupled to establish a contact-less transmission, for example, between a vehicle body and a removable seat of the vehicle body. The first circuit includes a first inductor and the second circuit includes a second inductor. In order to detect in the first circuit the status of one or more input signals of the second circuit, the second circuit includes a signal generating portion including a resistor and a capacitor that generates, a time-pulsed signal. The second circuit is adapted to set a value of at least one of the resistor and the capacitor based on a sensed parameter and sets a duty cycle of the time-pulsed signal based on a value of at least one of the resistor and the capacitor. The time-pulsed signal changes a load of the second circuit over time which can be detected in the first circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Tom Ocket, Joeri Fryns, Jan Cauwenberge, Michael Siotto