Patents by Inventor Pierre Foncin

Pierre Foncin 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).

  • Motor-drive device for sensors in a receiver and/or transmitter with spherical electromagnetic lens and receiver and/or transmitter comprising such a device
    Patent number: 6473050
    Abstract: A motor-drive device for sensors around a spherical electromagnetic lens, for example a Luneberg type lens using in a system of transmission and/or reception, comprises, for each module, at least one piezoelectric motor rigidly connected to the module, the module moving in the vicinity of the surface of the lens by the reptation of the piezoelectric motor on this surface. The disclosed device can be applied especially to receivers and/or transmitters carrying out multiple-satellite tracking, for example in the field of communications by orbiting satellites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventor: Pierre Foncin
  • Motor-drive device for sensors in a receiver and/or transmitter with spherical electromagnetic lens and receiver and/or transmitter comprising such a device
    Publication number: 20020024477
    Abstract: A motor-drive device for sensors around a spherical electromagnetic lens, for example a Luneberg type lens using in a system of transmission and/or reception, comprises, for each module, at least one piezoelectric motor rigidly connected to the module, the module moving in the vicinity of the surface of the lens by the reptation of the piezoelectric motor on this surface. The disclosed device can be applied especially to receivers and/or transmitters carrying out multiple-satellite tracking, for example in the field of communications by orbiting satellites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: THOMSON-CSF
    Inventor: Pierre Foncin