Patents by Inventor Michel Rochard

Michel Rochard 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: 6774326
    Abstract: A switch including a switch box housing an electrical switching assembly, the box having a front part, a middle part and a back part that has two lateral wing-shaped walls, with a detection head located in the front part and a removable cable connector located in the back part for connecting a cable to output contacts, wherein the removable cable connector is located in the switch box between the wing-shaped walls, and has a body having at least one surface for releasable attachment to the switch box by the locking mechanism, and the electrical switching assembly and the body of the removable cable connector are substantially identical in width and depth to a transverse cross-sectional dimension of the switch box, and are housed for removable insertion one behind the other lengthwise in the switch box for electrical connection therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Michel Rochard, Didier Severac
  • Patent number: 6627827
    Abstract: A position switch whose box houses a switch assembly that can be maneuvered by an activation head holding a push button and located in a recess on one surface of the box so that it can be angularly adjusted at regular intervals. The head has a tubular bearing surface facing the box and in which a plunger slides for actuating the switch assembly. The bearing surface has notches at regular intervals for alignment with corresponding notches in the box recess. A lockable fork retains the head in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Kok Kiong Low, Michel Rochard, Didier Severac
  • Publication number: 20030070906
    Abstract: Position switch whose box houses a switch assembly that can be manoeuvred by an activation head using a push button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELEC. IND. SAS
    Inventors: Kok Kong Liow, Michel Rochard, Didier Severac
  • Publication number: 20030070907
    Abstract: Switch, more specifically a position switch, whose box is roughly prismatic. The box 10 has wings 15a,16a,13a at the back that define the external template of the box and the wings of a housing A in which a connector 30 fits. The connector is fitted so that it is detachable from the housing and has a built-in body between the wings 15a,16a,13a and has at least one surface 35,36 defining the external template of the box. A quarter-turn fixing device 40 is associated with the connector 30, and has latching tongues 43,44 that fit into the slots 15b,16b provided in the opposite fitting wings 15a,16a of box 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELEC. INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Michel Rochard, Didier Severac
  • Patent number: 5219416
    Abstract: Elastic devices (3) abruptly actuate a contact carrier (9) in the upward direction when a push-member (1) reaches a tensioning position (E) from a position of rest (R). In the event of any blockage preventing such abrupt movement a lever (24) constrainedly produces the movement when the push-member (1) continues its movement as far as a constrained actuation position (A). The push-member carries colored zones (101, 102). The contact carrier carries a colored zone (104). From the relative position of these zones viewed through a window in the casing (100), the user can adjust the positioning of the limit switch with respect to a movable member intended to actuate it so that the two phases of the actuation take place at the required points. The user can also check whether the contact carrier moves in response to the elastic devices or in response to the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Michel Rochard, Jean-Pierre Guymard, Pierre Neau