Patents by Inventor Pascal Guignard

Pascal Guignard 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: 20240147526
    Abstract: In an 802.11ax network with an access point, a trigger frame offers scheduled and random resource units to nodes for data uplink communication to the access point. To avoid the overall energy level seen by legacy nodes for a communication channel to drop below a detection threshold, the invention provides two tools. First, the scheduled and random resource units may be interleaved over communication channels. Second, unused resource units may be detected, and a node or the access point may send a padding signal on them to increase the overall energy level. The latter may be evaluated during a monitoring period before deciding to emit the signal. As the overall energy level seen by legacy nodes is increased, the risk that such legacy nodes do not detect activity on a 20 MHz channel having only a subpart of its RUs used is reduced. And risks of collisions are consequently reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Pascal VIGER, Patrice NEZOU, Stéphane BARON, Romain GUIGNARD
  • Publication number: 20240098792
    Abstract: In 802.11ax networks with access points, a trigger frame offers scheduled and random resource units to nodes for data uplink communication to the access points. To make more effective the usage of the network, the access point may design the trigger frame to force the nodes to send some categories of data. Resource units may be defined in trigger frames to be dedicated to small packets or to some access category data. Adjusting the time length of the resource units helps restricting the type of data that can be conveyed by the resource units. Also, using various frequency widths for resource units in the same trigger frame helps reducing padding in the resource units when various traffic types coexist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Stéphane BARON, Romain GUIGNARD, Pascal VIGER, Patrice NEZOU
  • Publication number: 20030047977
    Abstract: Vehicle seat underframe comprising a framework provided with a lower guide shoe and with a moving catch comprising a lateral claw that can move between a locked position and a retracted position. The device for operating the catch is connected to a release cam which normally holds a release finger in the effaced position. When the catch is in the retracted position, the release finger moves into an active position in which a lower end of this finger projects downwards with respect to the framework while an upper end of the release finger immobilizes the release cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Lejeune, Pascal Guignard