Patents by Inventor Laurent Auger

Laurent Auger 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).

  • Patent number: 10626736
    Abstract: A power generator for generating power using a liquid that can alternatively flow at a lower flow rate and at a higher flow rate. The power generator includes a conduit and a rotor mounted in the conduit so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis. The rotor includes a top set of blades provided in a conduit top portion and configured for rotating about the rotation axis when the liquid flows at the higher flow rate in the conduit. The rotor also includes a bottom set of blades provided in a conduit bottom portion and configured for rotating about the rotation axis when the liquid flows at the lower flow rate in the conduit. An output shaft protrudes from the conduit and is rotatable by at least one of the top and bottom sets of blades. The top and bottom blades have different configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Laurent Auger
  • Publication number: 20190128125
    Abstract: A power generator for generating power using a liquid that can alternatively flow at a lower flow rate and at a higher flow rate. The power generator includes a conduit and a rotor mounted in the conduit so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis. The rotor includes a top set of blades provided in a conduit top portion and configured for rotating about the rotation axis when the liquid flows at the higher flow rate in the conduit. The rotor also includes a bottom set of blades provided in a conduit bottom portion and configured for rotating about the rotation axis when the liquid flows at the lower flow rate in the conduit. An output shaft protrudes from the conduit and is rotatable by at least one of the top and bottom sets of blades. The top and bottom blades have different configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Laurent Auger
  • Patent number: 9415702
    Abstract: A swiveling assembly comprising a swivel, the swivel comprising a swivel bottom element and a swivel top element rotatable relative thereto; a gear provided with gear teeth along at least a portion thereof, the gear being mounted to the swivel top element; an actuator operatively coupled to the gear teeth for selectively rotating the gear relative to the swivel bottom element; at least one spacer element mounted to the gear and extending away therefrom; and a seat support mounted to the at least one spacer element so as to be spaced apart from the gear, a vehicle seat being mountable to the seat support. The at least one spacer element raises the seat support so that the vehicle seat is above a doorstep when the swiveling assembly is operatively mounted to a vehicle floor and the vehicle seat is operatively mounted to the swiveling assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Inventor: Laurent Auger
  • Publication number: 20150137572
    Abstract: A swivelling assembly comprising a swivel, the swivel comprising a swivel bottom element and a swivel top element rotatable relative thereto; a gear provided with gear teeth along at least a portion thereof, the gear being mounted to the swivel top element; an actuator operatively coupled to the gear teeth for selectively rotating the gear relative to the swivel bottom element; at least one spacer element mounted to the gear and extending away therefrom; and a seat support mounted to the at least one spacer element so as to be spaced apart from the gear, a vehicle seat being mountable to the seat support. The at least one spacer element raises the seat support so that the vehicle seat is above a doorstep when the swivelling assembly is operatively mounted to a vehicle floor and the vehicle seat is operatively mounted to the swivelling assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Laurent Auger
  • Patent number: 7590489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for guiding a vehicle (Ve) provided with an off-board navigation system relative to an external navigation server (S). It consists in transmitting (A) from the positioning module of the vehicle (Ve) to the server (S) position coordinates of the vehicle, calculating (B) the initial latency time (T1) and the return latency time (T2) between the vehicle and server, estimating (C) the distances covered (X1, Y2) by the vehicle (Ve) during the initial latency time and the return latency time, correcting (D) the position coordinates of the vehicle at the current moment by the value of the covered distances (X1, X2) in order to generate corrected coordinates (XC, YC), and triggering (E) the transmission of a guidance command if the corrected data corresponds to a positioning of the vehicle (Ve) allowing an appropriate reaction of the user of the vehicle. Application in the industry of off-board guidance systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Jean-Laurent Auger, Christophe Lemee, Jean-Michel Magret
  • Publication number: 20050203677
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for guiding a vehicle (Ve) provided with an off-board navigation system relative to an external navigation server (S). It consists in transmitting (A) from the positioning module of the vehicle (Ve) to the server (S) position coordinates of the vehicle, calculating (B) the initial latency time (T1) and the return latency time (T2) between the vehicle and server, estimating (C) the distances covered (X1, Y2) by the vehicle (Ve) during the initial latency time and the return latency time, correcting (D) the position coordinates of the vehicle at the current moment by the value of the covered distances (X1, X2) in order to generate corrected coordinates (XC, YC), and triggering (E) the transmission of a guidance command if the corrected data corresponds to a positioning of the vehicle (Ve) allowing an appropriate reaction of the user of the vehicle. Application in the industry of off-board guidance systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Jean-Laurent Auger, Christophe Lemee, Jean-Michel Magret