Patents by Inventor Michaël Delbaere
Michaël Delbaere 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).
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Patent number: 11573099Abstract: A module for detecting a rotating handle intended to be attached on a tube of a handlebar of a vehicle next to the handle includes a cylindrical magnet, a probe for detecting the magnetic field produced by the magnet, a support for the probe, a printed circuit board whereon the probe is secured, a support for the magnet and a flange used as a housing for the module. The magneto-sensitive probe detects rotation of the magnetic field emitted by the magnet and is secured to the handlebar, with the magnet and magnet holder being secured to the handle. The magnet and magnet holder form a cavity so that the inner radial surface of the magnet is positioned outside and opposite the magneto-sensitive probe. The magnet has a continuously variable magnetization direction so that the total rotation of the angle of the magnetic field generated by the magnet at the measuring point during the mechanical rotation of the handle is greater than 180°.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Moving Magnet TechnologiesInventors: Michaël Delbaere, Yannick Ronnat
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Patent number: 11329531Abstract: The disclosure relates to a valve for controlling the circulation of a fluid, having a valve body and a housing containing an electric motor composed of a stator and of a rotor, a needle, a sealing bell and also a fixed screw or a fixed nut. The fixed screw or the fixed nut is secured to the valve body, and the stator is secured to the valve body via the housing. The sealing bell is positioned at the interface between the rotor and the stator in such a way that the screw/nut, the rotor and the needle are within this bell and submerged in the fluid, the stator being isolated from the fluid. Furthermore, the rotor has the function of a nut or of a screw, and has a helical movement imposed by the fixed screw or the fixed nut and drives the needle axially. The motor is a brushless polyphase motor with radial principal magnetic flux.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Moving Magnet TechnologiesInventors: Lionel Billet, Michaël Delbaere, Valentin Preault, Gaël Andrieux
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Publication number: 20210175777Abstract: The disclosure relates to a valve for controlling the circulation of a fluid, having a valve body and a housing containing an electric motor composed of a stator and of a rotor, a needle, a sealing bell and also a fixed screw or a fixed nut. The fixed screw or the fixed nut is secured to the valve body, and the stator is secured to the valve body via the housing. The sealing bell is positioned at the interface between the rotor and the stator in such a way that the screw/nut, the rotor and the needle are within this bell and submerged in the fluid, the stator being isolated from the fluid. Furthermore, the rotor has the function of a nut or of a screw, and has a helical movement imposed by the fixed screw or the fixed nut and drives the needle axially. The motor is a brushless polyphase motor with radial principal magnetic flux.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Lionel BILLET, Michaël DELBAERE, Valentin PREAULT, Gaël ANDRIEUX
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Publication number: 20200393270Abstract: A module for detecting a rotating handle intended to be attached on a tube of a handlebar of a vehicle next to the handle includes a cylindrical magnet, a probe for detecting the magnetic field produced by the magnet, a support for the probe, a printed circuit board whereon the probe is secured, a support for the magnet and a flange used as a housing for the module. The magneto-sensitive probe detects rotation of the magnetic field emitted by the magnet and is secured to the handlebar, with the magnet and magnet holder being secured to the handle. The magnet and magnet holder form a cavity so that the inner radial surface of the magnet is positioned outside and opposite the magneto-sensitive probe. The magnet has a continuously variable magnetization direction so that the total rotation of the angle of the magnetic field generated by the magnet at the measuring point during the mechanical rotation of the handle is greater than 180°.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Michaël DELBAERE, Yannick RONNAT
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Patent number: 10643773Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator has a stroke c, with at least one stable position in one of the ends of the stroke, and includes: an armature made of a soft magnetic material, the armature being movable in an axial direction Y and having a length Hm in the direction Y, the armature having a symmetrical shape at the axis Y, and a stationary stator yoke made of a soft magnetic material and holding at least one electric coil. The actuator also includes at least one stationary permanent magnet that is magnetized along a transverse axis X perpendicular to the direction Y. The magnet is transversely placed between the movable armature and the electric coil. The magnet has a length Ha in the direction Y. The stationary yoke and the movable armature define therebetween at least one axial air gap. Ha+c is of the order of magnitude of Hm. The length Hm is such that 0.9×(Ha+c)<Hm<1.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)Inventors: Guillaume Loussert, Javier Rios-Quesada, Stéphane Biwersi, Michaël Delbaere
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Compact positioning assembly comprising an actuator and a sensor built into the yoke of the actuator
Patent number: 10491092Abstract: A positioning assembly includes a position sensor and a magnetic actuator, the actuator including a stator assembly formed of at least one ferromagnetic stator bearing at least one electric power supply coil and a yoke able to move relative to the stator assembly, the actuator having a geometry that is of revolution or periodic about an axis referred to as the main axis passing through the yoke, the sensor having at least one permanent magnet secured to the yoke and at least one magneto-sensitive probe that is fixed in relation to the magnet and able to measure the amplitude or direction of the magnetic field emitted by the magnet. The yoke has an interior recess including the main axis of the actuator, and the magnet is positioned inside the recess and secured to the yoke.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Javier Rios-Quesada, Michaël Delbaere, Guillaume Loussert -
Patent number: 10389197Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator includes a stator excited by at least one electric coil arranged around an axis of symmetry and two ferromagnetic stator poles positioned axially on either side of the coil, as well as at least two independent moving members, each of the moving members being formed of a ferromagnetic material, where the linear electromagnetic actuator includes at least three magnetized poles arranged inside the coil, with respectively a first magnetized pole positioned in the vicinity of the median plane separating the two moving members and containing the axis of the coil, and a second and third magnetized pole arranged laterally on either side of the moving members, between the moving members and the coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)Inventors: Stéphane Biwersi, Javier Rios-Quesada, Michaél Delbaere, Guillaume Loussert, Gael Andrieux
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Publication number: 20180301263Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator has a stroke c, with at least one stable position in one of the ends of the stroke, and includes: an armature made of a soft magnetic material, the armature being movable in an axial direction Y and having a length Hm in the direction Y, the armature having a symmetrical shape at the axis Y, and a stationary stator yoke made of a soft magnetic material and holding at least one electric coil. The actuator also includes at least one stationary permanent magnet that is magnetized along a transverse axis X perpendicular to the direction Y. The magnet is transversely placed between the movable armature and the electric coil. The magnet has a length Ha in the direction Y. The stationary yoke and the movable armature define therebetween at least one axial air gap. Ha+c is of the order of magnitude of Hm. The length Hm is such that 0.9×(Ha+c)<Hm<1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Guillaume LOUSSERT, Javier RIOS-QUESADA, Stéphane BIWERSI, Michaël DELBAERE
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Patent number: 9935536Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic actuator of the type producing a force due to the current that remains substantially constant over the entirety of its useful travel Y and that has a low force in the absence of current, including at least one stator structure, at least one electrical supply coil, and a moving member, the stator structure having, on the one hand, a central pole running perpendicular to the direction of the travel Y and having a width YC1 in the direction of the travel and terminating at its end in a width YC2 that is greater than or equal to the travel Y of the moving member, YC2 being greater than YC1, and, on the other hand, two lateral poles having widths YL1 in the direction of the travel and terminating at their end in a width YL2 greater than YL1.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)Inventors: Javier Rios-Quesada, Guillaume Loussert, Michaël Delbaere
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Patent number: 9714849Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a position-indicating module including a position sensor consisting of a mobile element, able to be driven directly by an operator or by a mechanical or electromechanical drive element, and of a detection assembly delivering electrical information dependent on the position of the mobile assembly, as well as at least one illumination element including at least one light source, wherein the mobile assembly includes a zone able to allow through the light beam issuing from the illumination element and the illumination element is situated opposite the zone.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Stéphane Biwersi, Michael Delbaere
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Publication number: 20160352168Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator includes a stator excited by at least one electric coil arranged around an axis of symmetry and two ferromagnetic stator poles positioned axially on either side of the coil, as well as at least two independent moving members, each of the moving members being formed of a ferromagnetic material, where the linear electromagnetic actuator includes at least three magnetized poles arranged inside the coil, with respectively a first magnetized pole positioned in the vicinity of the median plane separating the two moving members and containing the axis of the coil, and a second and third magnetized pole arranged laterally on either side of the moving members, between the moving members and the coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Stéphane BIWERSI, Javier RIOS-QUESADA, Michaël DELBAERE, Guillaume LOUSSERT, Gael ANDRIEUX
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Patent number: 9316482Abstract: The disclosure relates to a magnetic device for detecting the absolute position of an input shaft capable of rotating more than 360°, the device including a main magnetic sensor, a motion reducer, and a secondary magnetic sensor, wherein the main magnetic sensor is connected to a rotor, measures the rotation of the shaft for ranges of angles of less than 360°, and includes a main magnet, the motion reducer converts the rotation of the shaft into a reduced rotation, the maximum amplitude of which is equal to no more than 360°, and the secondary magnetic sensor measures the reduced rotation and includes a secondary magnet. According to the disclosure, the secondary magnet is arranged between the upper and lower planes of the main rotor, and the main magnet has P pairs of poles, where P is greater than 1.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Michaël Delbaere, Gérald Masson, Yannick Ronnat, Stéphane Biwersi
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Publication number: 20150123651Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a position-indicating module including a position sensor consisting of a mobile element, able to be driven directly by an operator or by a mechanical or electromechanical drive element, and of a detection assembly delivering electrical information dependent on the position of the mobile assembly, as well as at least one illumination element including at least one light source, wherein the mobile assembly includes a zone able to allow through the light beam issuing from the illumination element and the illumination element is situated opposite the zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Stéphane Biwersi, Michael Delbaere
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Publication number: 20150048694Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic actuator of the type producing a force due to the current that remains substantially constant over the entirety of its useful travel Y and that has a low force in the absence of current, including at least one stator structure, at least one electrical supply coil, and a moving member, the stator structure having, on the one hand, a central pole running perpendicular to the direction of the travel Y and having a width YC1 in the direction of the travel and terminating at its end in a width YC2 that is greater than or equal to the travel Y of the moving member, YC2 being greater than YC1, and, on the other hand, two lateral poles having widths YL1 in the direction of the travel and terminating at their end in a width YL2 greater than YL1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Javier Rios-Quesada, Guillaume Loussert, Michaël Delbaere
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COMPACT POSITIONING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ACTUATOR AND A SENSOR BUILT INTO THE YOKE OF THE ACTUATOR
Publication number: 20140203669Abstract: A positioning assembly includes a position sensor and a magnetic actuator, the actuator including a stator assembly formed of at least one ferromagnetic stator bearing at least one electric power supply coil and a yoke able to move relative to the stator assembly, the actuator having a geometry that is of revolution or periodic about an axis referred to as the main axis passing through the yoke, the sensor having at least one permanent magnet secured to the yoke and at least one magneto-sensitive probe that is fixed in relation to the magnet and able to measure the amplitude or direction of the magnetic field emitted by the magnet. The yoke has an interior recess including the main axis of the actuator, and the magnet is positioned inside the recess and secured to the yoke.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Javier Rios--Quesada, Michaël Delbaere, Guillaume Loussert -
Publication number: 20130169270Abstract: The disclosure relates to a magnetic device for detecting the absolute position of an input shaft capable of rotating more than 360°, the device including a main magnetic sensor, a motion reducer, and a secondary magnetic sensor, wherein the main magnetic sensor is connected to a rotor, measures the rotation of the shaft for ranges of angles of less than 360°, and includes a main magnet, the motion reducer converts the rotation of the shaft into a reduced rotation, the maximum amplitude of which is equal to no more than 360°, and the secondary magnetic sensor measures the reduced rotation and includes a secondary magnet. According to the disclosure, the secondary magnet is arranged between the upper and lower planes of the main rotor, and the main magnet has P pairs of poles, where P is greater than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Michaël Delbaere, Gérald Masson, Yannick Ronnat, Stéphane Biwersi