Patents by Inventor Philippe MÉNARD

Philippe MÉNARD 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).

  • ARRAY OF POSITION AND TEMPERATURE SENSORS
    Publication number: 20240142313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor array comprising an inductive sensor (30, 31) and at least one temperature sensor (40, 41) for an electric machine, wherein the sensor array is arranged in a housing (10, 51, 52, 53, 54) and a single group of connectors (21) opens out of the housing (10, 20) in order to connect to an inverter of the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SC2N
    Inventors: Gabriel Kopp, Albin Le Sergent, Franck Menard, Philippe Couasse, David Pradier, Aurélien Servettaz
  • Apparatus and method for pitting drupes
    Patent number: 11147304
    Abstract: A device for pitting drupes, the device comprising at least one support member to receive a drupe, the at least one support member having at least one opening; and at least one knife for pitting the drupe, the at least one knife defining an internal bore for permitting a fluid to pass through the tip of the knife and favoring ejection of a pitted element from the drupe; the at least one knife and the at least one support member being movable with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: DESIGN CONCEPT X INC.
    Inventor: Philippe Ménard
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PITTING DRUPES
    Publication number: 20200404959
    Abstract: A device for pitting drupes, the device comprising at least one support member to receive a drupe, the at least one support member having at least one opening; and at least one knife for pitting the drupe, the at least one knife defining an internal bore for permitting a fluid to pass through the tip of the knife and favoring ejection of a pitted element from the drupe; the at least one knife and the at least one support member being movable with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: DESIGN CONCEPT X INC.
    Inventor: Philippe MÉNARD
  • Method and device for automatically managing the separation between two aircraft following one another
    Patent number: 9418563
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for automatically managing the separation between two aircraft following one another. The device (1) comprises a means (6, 7) for automatically calculating, prior to performing a function to acquire and maintain separation, orders for controlling speed that enable a trailing aircraft to acquire and maintain a time separation relative to a target aircraft preceding the former.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Stéphane Marcy, Oksana Medyna, Sabine Vieyres, Philippe Menard, Jean-Christophe Guillermin
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY MANAGING THE SPACING BETWEEN TWO AIRCRAFTS
    Publication number: 20130261945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for automatically managing the separation between two aircraft following one another. The device (1) comprises a means (6, 7) for automatically calculating, prior to performing a function to acquire and maintain separation, orders for controlling speed that enable a trailing aircraft to acquire and maintain a time separation relative to a target aircraft preceding the former.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Stéphane Marcy, Oksana Medyna, Sabine Vieyres, Philippe Menard, Jean-Christophe Guillermin
  • CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) HAVING A COAXIAL INPUT/OUTPUT ARRANGEMENT AND ENHANCED EMBEDDED TORQUE TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20110015031
    Abstract: A dual-cavity toroidal Continuously Variable Transmission provided with co-axial input/output arrangement where a drum assembly is used to transfer torque from a central driven disk of the CVT to the output shaft of the CVT and including at least one embedded resilient member to reduce torque fluctuations present in the CVT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Dionne, Louis-Philippe Menard, Kenneth Huston, Samuel Beaudoin, Jean-Robert Desmeules, Paul Okulov