Patents by Inventor Pascal Martinelli

Pascal Martinelli 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: 20220347041
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motorized walker (1) comprising a frame (10) having a front portion (10a) and a rear portion (10b), a pair of wheels (11), with one wheel arranged to support the front portion of the frame, one of the wheels being coupled to a traveling motor (20), said motorized walker (1) being characterized in that: the frame (10) is equipped with two verticalization ramps (100) having a longitudinal axis forming an angle with an axis perpendicular to the ground, between 20° and 40°, each being associated with an electronic handle (200) movable in translation, it comprises at least one verticalization motor (30) arranged to allow movement of the electronic handles (200), and at least one of the electronic handles (200) comprises one or more sensors coupled to a control module (40) configured to control the verticalization motor (30) and the traveling motor (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Viviane PASQUI, Pascal MARTINELLI
  • Publication number: 20220347039
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic handle (1) or a walking assistance apparatus equipped with such a handle, said electronic handle being arranged so as to allow the measurement of at least one component of a force applied thereto, said handle (1) comprising a central part (10) and an outer jacket (20), said electronic handle (1) being characterized in that it comprises a first photoelectric cell (30) and a first shutter element (40), arranged so that a force applied to the electronic handle (1) is capable of causing a change in the amount of photons received by a first receiver (32), said change being proportional to a first component of the force applied to the electronic handle (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Viviane PASQUI, Pascal MARTINELLI
  • Patent number: 10737739
    Abstract: A self-balancing scooter having a platform that includes a footstep, two wheels, and a gyroscopic stabilizing element that acts on wheel driving motors in such a way as to ensure that the self-balancing scooter is balanced and moves. The self-balancing scooter has a housing which accommodates a battery supplying power to the motors and is closed by a lid, the housing being removably accommodated on the platform of the self-balancing scooter such that the lid forms a footstep of the self-balancing scooter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITE PARIS SUD
    Inventors: Pascal Martinelli, Gilles Raynaud
  • Publication number: 20190291806
    Abstract: A self-balancing scooter having a platform that includes a footstep, two wheels, and a gyroscopic stabilizing element that acts on wheel driving motors in such a way as to ensure that the self-balancing scooter is balanced and moves. The self-balancing scooter has a housing which accommodates a battery supplying power to the motors and is closed by a lid, the housing being removably accommodated on the platform of the self-balancing scooter such that the lid forms a footstep of the self-balancing scooter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE PARIS SUD
    Inventors: Pascal MARTINELLI, Gilles RAYNAUD
  • Patent number: 8333342
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flapping-wing flying vehicle, the vehicle including a frame having two pivots mounted thereon to pivot about two parallel hinge axes (X), each pivot carrying a respective wing, the vehicle including a first oscillation generator for causing the pivots to oscillate in order to cause the wings to flap, said first oscillation generator comprising: two arms (6), each secured to a respective pivot (2); two cranks (9), each hinged to the end of a respective one of the arms about respective axes (X1) parallel to the hinge axes (X) of the pivots; a connecting rod (10) hinged to the ends of the two cranks about axes (X2) parallel to the hinge axes (X) of the pivots; synchronization means (4) for synchronizing the rotation of the two pivots such that the rotations of the pivots are equal and opposite; two electric motors (7), each placed to cause one of the cranks to rotate relative to the associated arm; and control means (50) for controlling and synchronizing the speeds of rotation of the m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignees: Universite Paris Sud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6)
    Inventors: Pascal Martinelli, Thomas Ravasi, Christophe Grand, Stephane Doncieux, Jean-Baptiste Mouret, Emmanuel De Margerie
  • Publication number: 20100308159
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flapping-wing flying vehicle, the vehicle including a frame having two pivots mounted thereon to pivot about two parallel hinge axes (X), each pivot carrying a respective wing, the vehicle including a first oscillation generator for causing the pivots to oscillate in order to cause the wings to flap, said first oscillation generator comprising: two arms (6), each secured to a respective pivot (2); two cranks (9), each hinged to the end of a respective one of the arms about respective axes (X1) parallel to the hinge axes (X) of the pivots; a connecting rod (10) hinged to the ends of the two cranks about axes (X2) parallel to the hinge axes (X) of the pivots; synchronization means (4) for synchronizing the rotation of the two pivots such that the rotations of the pivots are equal and opposite; two electric motors (7), each placed to cause one of the cranks to rotate relative to the associated arm; and control means (50) for controlling and synchronizing the speeds of rotation of the m
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE PARIS SUD, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE
    Inventors: Pascal Martinelli, Thomas Ravasi, Christophe Grand, Stephane Doncieux, Jean-Baptiste Mouret, Emmanuel De Margerie