Patents by Inventor Pierre Lecourtois

Pierre Lecourtois 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).

  • Orientation device for orientating a sensor probe
    Patent number: 9505098
    Abstract: A device for orientating a sensor probe relative to the local normal vector of a work surface, the device comprising: a frame, a moving support element linked to the frame and able to slide in a predetermined direction, a sensor probe able to pivot on an axis of rotation not parallel to the predetermined direction relative to a point of articulation of the support element, pressure means able to move and generate a force on the moving support element in predetermined direction so as to press the sensor probe against the work surface, in which the sensor probe comprising a single convex external sensing surface suitable for being placed in contact with the work surface, the sensing surface having a single equilibrium contact point, the equilibrium contact point being the point on the sensing surface closest to the point of articulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Gaztransport Et Technigaz
    Inventors: Georges Menard, Pierre Lecourtois, Nicolas Laurain, Bruno Deletre
  • ORIENTATION DEVICE FOR ORIENTATING A SENSOR PROBE
    Publication number: 20150107381
    Abstract: A device for orientating a sensor probe relative to the local normal vector of a work surface, the device comprising: a frame, a moving support element linked to the frame and able to slide in a predetermined direction, a sensor probe able to pivot on an axis of rotation not parallel to the predetermined direction relative to a point of articulation of the support element, pressure means able to move and generate a force on the moving support element in predetermined direction so as to press the sensor probe against the work surface, in which the sensor probe comprising a single convex external sensing surface suitable for being placed in contact with the work surface, the sensing surface having a single equilibrium contact point, the equilibrium contact point being the point on the sensing surface closest to the point of articulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Georges Menard, Pierre Lecourtois, Nicolas Laurain, Bruno Deletre