Patents by Inventor Philippe Noël

Philippe Noël 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).

  • Publication number: 20070276556
    Abstract: A system and method for starting an ICE of a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle having a generator with a rotor rotating at an angular speed and a clutch provided between the ICE and the rotor. The method includes steps of disengaging the clutch so that the rotor and the ICE can operate independently; increasing the angular speed; upon the angular speed reaching a predetermined speed, engaging the clutch; allowing the ICE to crank; and starting the ICE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: TM4 INC.
    Inventors: Philippe Noel, Ghislain Lambert, Maalainine El Yacoubi, Jean-Marc Cyr, Martin Houle
  • Publication number: 20060025951
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a relative position sensor in an electric machine having a rotor, a stator and a relative position sensor associated with both the rotor and the stator is described. The method associates the relative angular position of the rotor with respect to the stator in an electric machine with the relative angular position measured. To that effect, the rotor is positioned at a plurality of ideal positions and the position is read from the position sensor at each of these positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventor: Philippe Noel
  • Patent number: 6984949
    Abstract: A method and system for preventing the movements of an electric vehicle in a direction opposite a desired direction are described herein. The electric vehicle comprises an electric motor linked to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The method comprises detecting the direction of the desired movement; detecting a movement of the vehicle in the direction opposite the desired direction; calculating a torque to be applied by the motor to the at least one wheel to counteract the movement of the vehicle in the undesired direction; and applying the counteracting torque to the at least one wheel via the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: TM4 Inc.
    Inventors: Serge Sarraillon, Philippe Noël
  • Publication number: 20040239270
    Abstract: A method and system for preventing the movements of an electric vehicle in a direction opposite a desired direction are described herein. The electric vehicle comprises an electric motor linked to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The method comprises detecting the direction of the desired movement; detecting a movement of the vehicle in the direction opposite the desired direction; calculating a torque to be applied by the motor to the at least one wheel to counteract the movement of the vehicle in the undesired direction; and applying the counteracting torque to the at least one wheel via the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Serge Sarraillon, Philippe Noel
  • Patent number: 5288073
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a device to assist in the teaching of a golfer's swing and includes a rigid rod having one end mounted to a vertical surface attachment and an opposite end on which slides, through an appropriate connecting member, the shaft of a golf club or simulated club. The connection between rod and shaft allows a pivotal movement therebetween while that part of the connecting member in which is mounted the rod, allows it to freely slide longitudinally thus allowing an instructor or the golfer himself or herself to have an indication, as a result of the location of the connecting member on the rod, whether the golf swing is proper or improper for a given golfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Inventor: Philippe Noel
  • Patent number: D531047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Xavier Claude Hiolin, Philippe Noel Margolles, Sébastien Philippe Rigault