Patents by Inventor Philippe Lacoste

Philippe Lacoste 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: 8007549
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a system for electric coupling of a plane connection (64, 67) to the electrodes of the same polarity of an electrochemical bundle (63) comprising an alternating sequence of at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode framing a separator, each electrode comprising a metal strip less than 50 ?m thick, serving as current collector, at least one surface of which is coated with a paste containing the electrochemically active material, the strips of the electrodes of each polarity comprising a non-coated lateral band emerging respectively from the opposite ends of said bundle, characterized in that the lateral bands of the strips of the same polarity are folded in a direction approximately perpendicular to their initial direction at a height at least equal to the distance separating them from the adjacent strips of the same polarity in order to form an approximately plane and continuous base (65, 68) to which said plane connection is welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Saft Groupe SA
    Inventors: Dominique Ligeois, Philippe Lacoste, Franck Fargeas
  • Publication number: 20090139082
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a system for electric coupling of a plane connection (64, 67) to the electrodes of the same polarity of an electrochemical bundle (63) comprising an alternating sequence of at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode framing a separator, each electrode comprising a metal strip less than 50 ?m thick, serving as current collector, at least one surface of which is coated with a paste containing the electrochemically active material, the strips of the electrodes of each polarity comprising a non-coated lateral band emerging respectively from the opposite ends of said bundle, characterized in that the lateral bands of the strips of the same polarity are folded in a direction approximately perpendicular to their initial direction at a height at least equal to the distance separating them from the adjacent strips of the same polarity in order to form an approximately plane and continuous base (65, 68) to which said plane connection is welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: SAFT GROUP SA
    Inventors: Dominique LIGEOIS, Philippe LACOSTE, Franck FARGEAS
  • Publication number: 20050008933
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a system for electric coupling of a plane connection (64, 67) to the electrodes of the same polarity of an electrochemical bundle (63) comprising an alternating sequence of at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode framing a separator, each electrode comprising a metal strip less than 50 ?m thick, serving as current collector, at least one surface of which is coated with a paste containing the electrochemically active material, the strips of the electrodes of each polarity comprising a non-coated lateral band emerging respectively from the opposite ends of said bundle, characterized in that the lateral bands of the strips of the same polarity are folded in a direction approximately perpendicular to their initial direction at a height at least equal to the distance separating them from the adjacent strips of the same polarity in order to form an approximately plane and continuous base (65, 68) to which said plane connection is welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Dominique Ligeois, Philippe Lacoste, Franck Fargeas
  • Patent number: 5186416
    Abstract: A system for reducing the forces applied to the wings of an aircraft in flight includes an accelerometer for measuring the vertical acceleration of the aircraft and generators for generating signals to control the aerodynamic surfaces in the wings of the aircraft as a function of the acceleration measured by the accelerometer. The control signal generator is not activated except when the vertical acceleration exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Pierre Fabre, Xavier Le Tron, Philippe Lacoste