Patents by Inventor Patrick Pignot

Patrick Pignot 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: 8044626
    Abstract: An actuation assembly (INST) of a screen (SCR) for closure, solar protection or privacy, comprising, on the one hand, a motorized actuator (ACT) furnished with wireless control command receiving means (RCU) and, on the other hand, a standalone power supply assembly (PWU) furnished with at least one rechargeable accumulator (BAT) and with a power supply connector (PR), designed to be connected to the motorized actuator (ACT) via an electric connection line (LIN) for the latter to be supplied with power by the energy of the accumulator (BAT), wherein the power supply assembly (PWU) comprises a man-machine interface (MMI) whose activation allows the transmission of information to the actuator, this information relating to the control of the wireless control command receiving means (RCU) of the actuator (ACT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: SIMU
    Inventors: Mélanie Adamus, Valérie Bourgeois, Emmanuel Carvalheiro, Floriant Lallemand, Régis Leuvrey, Guillaume Pailleret, Patrick Pignot, Claude Vitali
  • Publication number: 20080150461
    Abstract: An actuation assembly (INST) of a screen (SCR) for closure, solar protection or privacy, comprising, on the one hand, a motorized actuator (ACT) furnished with wireless control command receiving means (RCU) and, on the other hand, a standalone power supply assembly (PWU) furnished with at least one rechargeable accumulator (BAT) and with a power supply connector (PR), designed to be connected to the motorized actuator (ACT) via an electric connection line (LIN) for the latter to be supplied with power by the energy of the accumulator (BAT), wherein the power supply assembly (PWU) comprises a man-machine interface (MMI) whose activation allows the transmission of information to the actuator, this information relating to the control of the wireless control command receiving means (RCU) of the actuator (ACT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Melanie Adamus, Valerie Bourgeois, Emmanuel Carvalheiro, Floriant Lallemand, Regis Leuvrey, Guillaume Pailleret, Patrick Pignot, Claude Vitali
  • Patent number: 7151867
    Abstract: An optical coupler (1) comprises two optical fibers (2, 3). Each of the optical fibers connects a sender unit (4) to a first end (9, 10). Then each of these fibers is connected independently to two independent receivers (6, 8). At the sender unit (4), the fibers are bared to be inserted into the same sleeve (15) which may be presented before the optical beam sent out by the sender unit. The bared intermediate zone between the sleeve and the non-bared cable portion is protected by a first sheath inside which the bared optical fibers are floating, and by a second protective sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Souriau
    Inventors: Patrick Pignot, Xavier Salmon
  • Publication number: 20050259913
    Abstract: An optical coupler (1) comprises two optical fibers (2, 3). Each of the optical fibers connects a sender unit (4) to a first end (9, 10). Then each of these fibers is connected independently to two independent receivers (6, 8). At the sender unit (4), the fibers are bared to be inserted into the same sleeve (15) which may be presented before the optical beam sent out by the sender unit. The bared intermediate zone between the sleeve and the non-bared cable portion is protected by a first sheath inside which the bared optical fibers are floating, and by a second protective sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: SOURIAU
    Inventors: Patrick Pignot, Xavier Salmon
  • Patent number: 6705766
    Abstract: An optical connector comprising a housing and a channel in this housing to receive an optical cable therein is preferably mounted in an optical contact having several parts, including a front part constituted by a connection ferrule and a sleeve used to prevent the rotation of the optical fiber inside the channel. The retention of the optical contact inside the channel is provided by a catch which has, for example, a bayonet mounted around the optical fiber that co-operates with a recess of an inner wall of the channel. A spring is positioned around the optical fiber to hold the bayonet in a return of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Fabrice Lecomte, Jean-Max Badeau, Patrick Pignot
  • Publication number: 20030138217
    Abstract: An optical connector comprising a housing and a channel in this housing to receive an optical cable therein is preferably mounted in an optical contact having several parts, including a front part constituted by a connection ferrule and a sleeve used to prevent the rotation of the optical fiber inside the channel. The retention of the optical contact inside the channel is provided by a catch which has, for example, a bayonet mounted around the optical fiber that co-operates with a recess of an inner wall of the channel. A spring is positioned around the optical fiber to hold the bayonet in a return of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Fabrice Lecomte, Jean-Max Badeau, Patrick Pignot