Patents by Inventor Michel Niederhauser

Michel Niederhauser 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).

  • Electromagnetic selection device for needles of a knitting machine
    Patent number: 4320635
    Abstract: The device includes a canal having a narrowing entry and a widening outlet, separated by the poles of a pair of opposing electromagnets, and in which selective means, or selectors, are shifted. Two substantially identical, geometrically and magnetically symmetrical selector stations are provided. The entry and the outlet of the canal include a magnetic adherance system, functioning alternately as a stabilizer and as an amplifier of movement, following the direction of the device shifting in relation to the selectors to be selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: Edouard Dubied & Cie. Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Claude Cuche, Rene Jeanneret, Michel Niederhauser