Patents by Inventor Laurence Mechin

Laurence Mechin 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).

  • Use of superconductor components in thin layers as variable inductance and devices including said components and corresponding control method
    Patent number: 8126523
    Abstract: Use, as a component with variable inductance which is a function of the current passing through it, of an inductive superconductive component having at least two terminals and comprising at least one line segment working with said terminals and integrating at least one of these terminals, this line segment constituting a conductive or superconductive layer within a stack of films alternately superconductive and insulating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Pierre Bernstein, Jean-François Hamet, Laurence Mechin, Nabil Touitou, Séverine Mouchel
  • Tunable-inductance thin-layered superconductor components, method for the production thereof and devices including said components
    Patent number: 7633356
    Abstract: In the field of thin-layered superconductors, particularly those having tunable or adjustable characteristics, a method for the production of such components is provided, in addition to devices including such components. In such a device, is a stack of thin layers alternately consisting of an electrically insulating material and a superconductor material, and turning structure resulting in a resistive link between at least two of the superconductor layers. The inductance of the component can be adjusted by modifying the resistivity of the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Jean-François Hamet, Pierre Bernstein, Laurence Mechin, Nabil Touitou, Séverine Mouchel
  • Use of Superconductor Components in Thin Layers as Variable Inductance and Devices Including Said Components and Corresponding Control Method
    Publication number: 20080119363
    Abstract: Use, as a component with variable inductance which is a function of the current passing through it, of an inductive superconductive component having at least two terminals and comprising at least one line segment working with said terminals and integrating at least one of these terminals, this line segment constituting a conductive or superconductive layer within a stack of films alternately superconductive and insulating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFQUE
    Inventors: Pierre Bernstein, Jean-Francois Hamet, Laurence Mechin, Nabil Touitou, Severine Mouchel
  • Tunable-inductance thin-layered superconductor components, method for the production thereof an devices including said components
    Publication number: 20070164837
    Abstract: In the field of thin-layered superconductors, particularly those having tunable or adjustable characteristics, a method for the production of such components is provided, in addition to devices including such components. In such a device, is a stack of thin layers alternately consisting of an electrically insulating material and a superconductor material, and turning structure resulting in a resistive link between at least two of the superconductor layers. The inductance of the component can be adjusted by modifying the resistivity of the link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Hamet, Pierre Bernstein, Laurence Mechin, Nabil Touitou, Severine Mouchel