Patents by Inventor Michel Bernard

Michel Bernard 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).

  • Publication number: 20240132121
    Abstract: A vehicle (10) includes: a first row (18) of seats (16), a second row (20) of seats (16), cables (36) extending between the lateral feet (28) of the seats (16), first baseboards (40), each first baseboard (40) extending between the lateral feet (28) of two of the seats (16) of each first row (18) and supporting the cables (36), and second baseboards (42), each second baseboard (42) extending between the lateral feet (28) of two of the seats (16) of each second row (20) and supporting the cables (36). The first baseboards (40) and the second baseboards (42) have identical lengths (L), each first baseboard (40) and/or each second baseboard (42) comprises, on at least one end (44), a portion covered (46) by one of the lateral feet (28) between which the first baseboard (40) and/or the second baseboard (42) is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: David Jérôme MARTIN, Christophe LANDREAUD, Michel LEPETIT, Olivier SANSON, Alexandre BERNARD, Fabien BONDU
  • Patent number: 11903353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-IN5314 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-IN5314 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-IN5314 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Clément Michel Bernard Morice, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Patent number: 11844322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-IN1600 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-IN1600RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-IN1600 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice
  • Patent number: 11802812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for monitoring the degradation of rolling bearings (15a, 15b) in a rotating machine (10) comprising at least two rolling bearings (15a, 15b) each having two concentric rings (16-18) rotating relative to each other, at least one ring (17, 18) of each bearing (15a) being rotationally connected to a ring (17, 18) of another bearing (15b). The device (1) comprises a member (30) for measuring the speed of rotation (?1) of the rotationally connected rings (17, 18), and data processing means suitable for detecting a variation in the speed of rotation (?1) of the rotationally connected rings (17, 18), which variation is representative of degradation of a bearing (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Bernard Paul Chastagnier
  • Publication number: 20230172137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-IN1226 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-IN1226 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-IN1226 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Menno van der Zweep, Clément Michel Bernard Morice
  • Publication number: 20220377997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-IN5408 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-IN5408 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-IN5408 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Clément Michel Bernard Morice, Menno van der Zweep
  • Patent number: 11457584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-941 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-941 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-941 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice
  • Patent number: 11370551
    Abstract: A propulsion unit for an aircraft, including an engine and a propeller shaft and further a propeller with airfoils which is coupled to the propeller shaft and having electrical members consuming electrical power, sealing between a case and the propeller shaft being ensured by a dynamic seal housed between a rotating dynamic seal support secured to the propeller shaft and a dynamic seal support flange secured to an end portion of the case, the rotating dynamic seal support being secured to the propeller shaft and abutted against a bearing for supporting this propeller shaft, it is provided that the propulsion unit, in order to deliver electrical power to the electrical members, having a rotating transformer rotated by the propeller shaft and including a stator, a casing of which is secured to the dynamic seal support flange and a rotor, a casing of which is secured to this propeller shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Mathieu Jean Jacques Santin, Guillaume Julien Beck, Aldric Renaud Gabriel Marie Moreau De Lizoreux, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli, Jean-Michel Bernard Paul Chastagnier, Thomas Turchi
  • Publication number: 20220187166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for monitoring the degradation of rolling bearings (15a, 15b) in a rotating machine (10) comprising at least two rolling bearings (15a, 15b) each having two concentric rings (16-18) rotating relative to each other, at least one ring (17, 18) of each bearing (15a) being rotationally connected to a ring (17, 18) of another bearing (15b). The device (1) comprises a member (30) for measuring the speed of rotation (?1) of the rotationally connected rings (17, 18), and data processing means suitable for detecting a variation in the speed of rotation (?1) of the rotationally connected rings (17, 18), which variation is representative of degradation of a bearing (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Safran Electrical & Power
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Bernard Paul CHASTAGNIER
  • Patent number: 11357188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-858 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-858 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-858 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Clément Michel Bernard Morice, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Publication number: 20220142077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-IN5314 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-IN5314 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-IN5314 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Clément Michel Bernard Morice, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Publication number: 20220104444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-IN1600 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-IN1600RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-IN1600 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice
  • Patent number: 11272675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 84-31 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 84-31 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 84-31 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEI B.V.
    Inventors: Menno van der Zweep, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice
  • Publication number: 20220077749
    Abstract: A smart motor having an electromechanical converter endowed with a rotating portion defining an axial direction and a radial direction, an electronic control unit, an electrical filter and a housing having a cooling device, the electromechanical converter, the electronic control unit and the filter being accommodated inside the housing, and the electronic control unit comprising an electrical converter configured to power the electromechanical converter. The housing is cylindrical and the electrical converter includes one or more electronic board(s) forming a hollow cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Jérémy CUENOT, Olivier BERRY, Julie DANCHIN, Laurent CARTAILLER, Jean-Michel Bernard Paul CHASTAGNIER, José SOLER, Philip INDGE, Samuel LEWIS
  • Patent number: 11259476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-952 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-952 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-952 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Daniël Floris Wander de Jong, Clément Michel Bernard Morice, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Patent number: 11212974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-856 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-856 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-856 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice
  • Patent number: 11197438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-871 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-871 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-871 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Clément Michel Bernard Morice, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Patent number: 11134632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 84-89 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 84-89 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 84-89 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice, Menno van der Zweep
  • Publication number: 20210144946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-858 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-858 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-858 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Clément Michel Bernard Morice, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Publication number: 20210137043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-941 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-941 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-941 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice