Patents by Inventor Marie-Dominique Bruni

Marie-Dominique Bruni 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: 6825512
    Abstract: An active part of a sensor is formed, for example, by micro-machined silicon wafers bearing electronic elements, electrical conductors, connection pads, and pins. The pads are electrically connected to the pin ends by conductive elements. Then the wafer and the pin ends are plunged into an electrolytic bath to make an electrolytic deposit of conductive metal on the pin ends, the pads, and the conductive elements that connect them. Finally, this metal is oxidized or nitrized to form an insulating coat on the pin ends, the pads, and the conductive elements that connect them. Such a sensor may find particular application as a sensor designed to work in harsh environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Bertrand Leverrier, Marie-Dominique Bruni-Marchionni
  • Patent number: 6647759
    Abstract: A sensor of physical quantities, such as a pressure sensor or an acceleration sensor, and more specifically to the mounting of the active part of the sensor on a base bearing connection pins. An active part of the sensor includes, for example, micro-machined silicon wafers bearing electronic elements, electrical conductors, and connection pads. A base is also prepared, provided with pins whose upper ends are spatially arranged, with each pin facing a respective connection pad. The face bearing the connection pads is applied to the upper part of the pins, and the unit is dipped into an electrolytic bath to deposit metal that rigidly solders the pins to the connection pads. Preferably, the conductive parts, pins, and connection pads of the unit are then covered with an insulator to prevent electrical leakage between pins subjected to different potentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Bertrand Leverrier, Marie-Dominique Bruni-Marchionni
  • Publication number: 20020152798
    Abstract: The invention relates to sensors of physical quantities such as pressure sensors or acceleration sensors, and more specifically to the mounting of the active part of the sensor on a base (30) bearing connection pins (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Bertrand Leverrier, Marie-Dominique Bruni-Marchionni
  • Patent number: 5834883
    Abstract: A cathode includes microtips for flat display screens, of the type including cathode conductors, between a substrate and a gate, the gate including holes inside meshes defined by the cathode conductors. An insulating layer, including wells facing the holes, is interposed between the cathode conductors and the gate. Microtips are deposited in the wells, onto a resistive layer. The cathode conductors are deposited over the resistive layer and are coated with an auxiliary insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Pixel International SA
    Inventors: Marie-Dominique Bruni, Jean-Frederic Clerc
  • Patent number: 5785570
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an anode of a flat display screen that includes at least three series of alternated parallel strips of anode conductors is available. For each series of anode conductor strips, there is a single electrically connection pad, each pad being accessible through conductive paths from a same surface level of the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Pixtech S.A.
    Inventor: Marie-Dominique Bruni
  • Patent number: 5679044
    Abstract: According to this process a structure is produced comprising an insulating substrate (32), at least one cathode conductor (34), an insulating layer (36), a grid layer (40) and holes (42) are formed through the grid layer and the insulating layer, on the grid layer using a wet chemical deposition method is produced a lift-off layer (44), followed by the deposition on the assembly of an electron emitting material layer (52) and the elimination of the lift-off layer. Application to the manufacture of flat screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Robert Meyer, Michel Borel, Marie-Dominique Bruni