Patents by Inventor Patrice Fremanteau

Patrice Fremanteau 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: 7364009
    Abstract: A loudspeaker mounting frame (1) for an electronic appliance has a central opening for receiving a loudspeaker membrane (24), and a plurality of through holes (11) surrounding said central opening for receiving fixing means (25). The through holes (11) are tapered so as to accommodate the fixing means (25) in varying orientations. Spherical bosses (6) surrounding said through holes (11) are formed at a rear side (5) of the mounting frame (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Cornelius Sperle, Patrice Fremanteau, Gilles Bourgoin
  • Patent number: 7221772
    Abstract: An electronic device has a loudspeaker unit and a casing with a support, which receives the loudspeaker unit, and with a wall perpendicular to the mounting direction of the loudspeaker unit in the support. A vibration absorbing body forms a spacer between the loudspeaker unit and the support. An abutment protruding from the wall in the mounting direction contacts the vibration absorbing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Michel Evenisse, Patrice Fremanteau, Cornelius Sperle
  • Patent number: 7120265
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a first casing member, a second casing member and a loudspeaker unit adapted to be mounted to the second casing member. The two casing members are designed to be assembled by moving the first casing member towards the second casing member along a given trajectory into a fixing position and fixing it to the second casing member. The loudspeaker unit is held between the first and second casing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Cornelius Sperle, Michel Evenisse, Patrice Fremanteau
  • Publication number: 20050241876
    Abstract: A loudspeaker mounting frame (1) for an electronic appliance has a central opening for receiving a loudspeaker membrane (24), and a plurality of through holes (11) surrounding said central opening for receiving fixing means (25). The through holes (11) are tapered so as to accommodate the fixing means (25) in varying orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Cornelius Sperle, Patrice Fremanteau, Gilles Bourgoin
  • Publication number: 20030138123
    Abstract: An electronic device has a loudspeaker unit and a casing with a support, which receives the loudspeaker unit, and with a wall perpendicular to the mounting direction of the loudspeaker unit in the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Michel Evenisse, Patrice Fremanteau, Cornelius Sperle
  • Publication number: 20030076971
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a first casing member, a second casing member and a loudspeaker unit adapted to be mounted to the second casing member. The two casing members are designed to be assembled by moving the first casing member towards the second casing member along a given trajectory into a fixing position and fixing it to the second casing member. The loudspeaker unit is held between the first and second casing members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Cornelius Sperle, Michel Evenisse, Patrice Fremanteau
  • Patent number: 5654891
    Abstract: Normally, speed control is carried out by police using radar and camera. The speed of a car can also be recorded in a tachograph. According to the invention car speed is controlled and/or limited using driver-specific smart-cards and millimeter wave communications. When a car (13) enters the sector of a new transmitter (11), its card reader receives a signal telling the reader to consider the time information (t.sub.1) received from the transmitter as a starting time. When the car exits this first sector and penetrates the perimeter of a second transmitter (12), the reader receives over the air a second time information (t.sub.2) and other information (v.sub.1, d.sub.1) from which the speed is calculated and recorded within the card reader. The police can check the recorded information by inserting a special card into the reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics S.A
    Inventors: David Naccache, Patrice Fremanteau, Wolfgang Hartnack
  • Patent number: 5625368
    Abstract: An antenna system for receiving radiowaves includes a Lundeburg-type lens which reflects radiowaves to a focal point of the lens. A helical primary feed is located in the proximity of the focal point. Electronic circuitry for processing the radiowaves in a desired manner and the primary feed are supported in a hollow support structure in the proximity of the focal point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, S.A.
    Inventors: Christopher Howson, Masahiro Fujimoto, Patrice Fremanteau, David Harrison
  • Patent number: 5434917
    Abstract: Memory cards are cheap and contain memory means, but can be forged and duplicated easily. Smart-cards contain also a microprocessor and can be used for cryptographic purposes, but are much more expensive. The plastic support of the card contains randomly distributed ferrite particles (eg. small steel marbles, introduced into the plastic paste during the melting process). This random distribution of the particles is assumed to be impossible to control or influence during the process of fabrication. For personalizing a card, the issuing authority scans the plastic support of the card with a magnetic inductance detector, thereby reading the emplacement of the ferrite particles as a number p. Then the authority computes s=SIG(ID,p), where "SIG" denotes any secure public-key digital signature algorithm and ID the identification details of the card's owner. Finally, s and ID are recorded in the memory means of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics S.A.
    Inventors: David Naccache, Patrice Fremanteau