Patents by Inventor Pierre Balthasart

Pierre Balthasart 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: 11435164
    Abstract: A boresighting device to equip a turret provided with a barrel and one or several sight system(s) each with an optical system includes: a deflection target intended to be positioned outside the barrel, at a muzzle brake of the barrel; a housing intended to be positioned outside the barrel, at a shaft of the barrel. The housing includes: a first optics system provided with a deflection camera, the first optics system being used to determine a parallelism error between a firing line from the shaft and that from the muzzle brake; and a second optics system provided with a boresighting camera, the second optics system being used to determine a parallelism error between the firing line from the shaft and an optics line from the sight system(s). The deflection target integrates a geometric figure serving as a reference point for the first optics system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CMI DEFENCE S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Clermont, Pierre Balthasart, Igor Loiselle, Tristan Lilet, Philippe Laurent
  • Patent number: 11162762
    Abstract: An immersive simulation method for coaching and training a crew in the use of an armoured vehicle turret having a control computer, acquisition interfaces for commanding equipment units of the turret, and rendering interfaces for presentation of data to the crew, the control computer, acquisition interfaces, and rendering interfaces being connected to each other by computer bus, includes: connecting the control computer to a simulation computer, to which the control computer communicates a status of the turret; producing, using the simulation computer, a virtual environment, and presenting, using the rendering interfaces, the virtual environment at least in part to the crew. One or more motorised equipment units of the turret are in operation. Commands entered by the crew via the acquisition interfaces are transmitted to the operating motorised equipment units. Movements of the equipment units brought about by the commands are used to produce optical, auditory, and/or acceleration sensations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CMI DEFENCE S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Clermont, Pierre Balthasart, Patrice Bastiaens
  • Publication number: 20200370869
    Abstract: A boresighting device to equip a turret provided with a barrel and one or several sight system(s) each with an optical system includes: a deflection target intended to be positioned outside the barrel, at a muzzle brake of the barrel; a housing intended to be positioned outside the barrel, at a shaft of the barrel. The housing includes: a first optics system provided with a deflection camera, the first optics system being used to determine a parallelism error between a firing line from the shaft and that from the muzzle brake; and a second optics system provided with a boresighting camera, the second optics system being used to determine a parallelism error between the firing line from the shaft and an optics line from the sight system(s). The deflection target integrates a geometric figure serving as a reference point for the first optics system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Bernard CLERMONT, Pierre BALTHASART, Igor LOISELLE, Tristan LILET, Philippe LAURENT
  • Patent number: 10215533
    Abstract: An armored vehicle has a turret having a gun; a targeting system which is arranged inside the turret and is provided with a day channel, a night or thermal channel and a laser range-finder, a power control system for controlling the movement of the turret in azimuth and the movement of the gun in elevation; a device for guiding missiles using lasers, which generates a laser guiding line; and a turret controller which determines the mode for guiding the missile, wherein the turret has gyrostabilizer for gyrostabilizing the laser-guiding line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: CMI DEFENCE S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Rondeux, Pierre Balthasart
  • Publication number: 20180356187
    Abstract: An immersive simulation method for coaching and training a crew in the use of an armoured vehicle turret having a control computer, acquisition interfaces for commanding equipment units of the turret, and rendering interfaces for presentation of data to the crew, the control computer, acquisition interfaces, and rendering interfaces being connected to each other by computer bus, includes: connecting the control computer to a simulation computer, to which the control computer communicates a status of the turret; producing, using the simulation computer, a virtual environment, and presenting, using the rendering interfaces, the virtual environment at least in part to the crew. One or more motorised equipment units of the turret are in operation. Commands entered by the crew via the acquisition interfaces are transmitted to the operating motorised equipment units. Movements of the equipment units brought about by the commands are used to produce optical, auditory, and/or acceleration sensations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Bernard CLERMONT, Pierre BALTHASART, Patrice BASTIAENS
  • Publication number: 20170138699
    Abstract: An armored vehicle has a turret having a gun; a targeting system which is arranged inside the turret and is provided with a day channel, a night or thermal channel and a laser range-finder, a power control system for controlling the movement of the turret in azimuth and the movement of the gun in elevation; a device for guiding missiles using lasers, which generates a laser guiding line; and a turret controller which determines the mode for guiding the missile, wherein the turret has gyrostabilizer for gyrostabilizing the laser-guiding line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Christian RONDEUX, Pierre BALTHASART
  • Publication number: 20070059699
    Abstract: This invention is related to a method for detecting toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria. The method comprises that nucleic acid from a biological sample is brought into contact with an oligonucleotide designed to be specific for the mcy gene, in particular mcyE and/or mcyD, and with an oligonucleotide designed to be specific for 16SrDNA, and the presence or absence of toxic cyanobacteria is detected by a suitable molecular biology method. The invention is related also to oligonucleotides used in the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Kaarina Sivonen, Anne Rantala, Leo Rouhianinen, David Fewer, Pirjo Rajaniemi, Annick Wilmotte, Christophe Boutte, Stana Grubisic, Pierre Balthasart, Gianluca De Bellis, Ermanno Rizzi, Andrea Frosini, Bianca Castiglioni, Stefano Ventura, Maria Mugnai