Patents by Inventor Pierre Scotto

Pierre Scotto 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: 11143560
    Abstract: Various embodiments include an electronic circuit for driving a thermocouple element comprising: contact electrodes for connecting cold-end electrodes of the thermocouple element; and a measurement circuit to measure a thermo-voltage generated by the thermocouple element. One of the electrodes is connected to a supply voltage and a ground potential over a voltage divider having resistors with pre-defined resistance values such that a common mode voltage between the contact electrode and the ground potential is in a pre-defined range. If a leakage resistance effective between the contact electrode and the ground potential is greater than a pre-defined threshold, a processor compares the common mode voltage to the pre-defined range and generates a calibration value for the measurement circuitry if the common mode voltage is outside the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventor: Pierre Scotto
  • Publication number: 20190285485
    Abstract: Various embodiments include an electronic circuit for driving a thermocouple element comprising: contact electrodes for connecting cold-end electrodes of the thermocouple element; and a measurement circuit to measure a thermo-voltage generated by the thermocouple element. One of the electrodes is connected to a supply voltage and a ground potential over a voltage divider having resistors with pre-defined resistance values such that a common mode voltage between the contact electrode and the ground potential is in a pre-defined range. If a leakage resistance effective between the contact electrode and the ground potential is greater than a pre-defined threshold, a processor compares the common mode voltage to the pre-defined range and generates a calibration value for the measurement circuitry if the common mode voltage is outside the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: CPT Group GmbH
    Inventor: Pierre Scotto
  • Patent number: 4582239
    Abstract: A compound sonotrode for an ultrasonic welding tool includes a carrier block or adaptor mounted on an ultrasonic machine, and secondary sonotrodes or concentrators fixed to the carrier block by pins tuned to the resonance frequency of the assembly, so as not to disturb the vibratory mode of operation of the compound sonotrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Assignee: Mecasonic
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Scotto