Patents by Inventor Philippe Lefeuvre

Philippe Lefeuvre 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).

  • Handrail-forming device for a high-speed moving walkway or the like
    Patent number: 6752255
    Abstract: The device includes a protection and safety assembly which covers the downstream end of said device and which, in said decelerated safety zone, includes a moving member disposed above said handrail elements and adapted to be entrained by a foreign body itself entrained by said handrail elements in the same direction as and at the same speed as said handrail elements along a substantially horizontal path, and detector means adapted to detect predetermined displacement of said member in said direction, and to cause at least said device to stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Inventor: Philippe Lefeuvre
  • Handrail-forming device for a high-speed moving walkway or the like
    Publication number: 20030066732
    Abstract: The device includes a protection and safety assembly which covers the downstream end of said device and which, in said decelerated safety zone, includes a moving member disposed above said handrail elements and adapted to be entrained by a foreign body itself entrained by said handrail elements in the same direction as and at the same speed as said handrail elements along a substantially horizontal path, and detector means adapted to detect predetermined displacement of said member in said direction, and to cause at least said device to stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventor: Philippe Lefeuvre