Patents by Inventor Luc Marnas

Luc Marnas 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: 11661092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cableway installation for transporting persons by disengageable vehicles and carrying cable comprising: a first station (1a) equipped with a first end pulley, a second station (1b) equipped with a second end pulley, a relay structure equipped with a first idler pulley and a second idler pulley, a first cable loop engaged with the first end pulley and the first idler pulley, and a second cable loop engaged with the second end pulley and the second idler pulley. The relay structure comprises a transfer system for transferring vehicles between the first cable loop and the second cable loop and a fixed guiding track supporting a structure translationally moveable with respect to the fixed guiding track, the moveable structure bearing the first idler pulley, the second idler pulley and embarking the vehicle transfer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: POMA
    Inventors: Aurélien Plantard, Luc Marnas
  • Patent number: 10787180
    Abstract: Cable transport installation, including: at least one carrier, a first hauling cable to haul at least one carrier and describing a first closed loop, and a second hauling cable to haul at least one carrier and describing a second closed loop, the second loop surrounding the first loop so as to create a separating space between the first and second hauling cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: POMA
    Inventor: Luc Marnas
  • Patent number: 8899157
    Abstract: An aerial transport installation with back-and-forth movement includes two carrying-hauling ropes extending in two individual closed loops between two end terminals separated from one another by an intermediate station which is provided with a double pulley. The latter is provided with two grooves having different groove root diameters, such that the ratio of the diameters is equal to the ratio respectively of the axial distance between the first bull-wheel and the double pulley and of the axial distance between the second bull-wheel and the double pulley. The speeds of the vehicles are also different in the two loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Pomagalski
    Inventor: Luc Marnas
  • Publication number: 20140020592
    Abstract: An aerial transport installation with back-and-forth movement includes two carrying-hauling ropes extending in two individual closed loops between two end terminals separated from one another by an intermediate station which is provided with a double pulley. The latter is provided with two grooves having different groove root diameters, such that the ratio of the diameters is equal to the ratio respectively of the axial distance between the first bull-wheel and the double pulley and of the axial distance between the second bull-wheel and the double pulley. The speeds of the vehicles are also different in the two loops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: POMAGALSKI
    Inventor: Luc Marnas