Patents by Inventor Raphael De Matos

Raphael De Matos 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: 11530756
    Abstract: An electric actuator comprises a motor and a plate, wherein the motor has an electric contact in electrical contact with the plate. An intermediate shaft is in contact with the plate. A controller is fixed to an upper part of the actuator. The controller has an electrical output electrically communicating with the electric contact of the motor through the intermediate shaft and the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Raphael De Matos, Julien Cambillard, François Lacouture, Alen Halepovic
  • Patent number: 11143116
    Abstract: A valve comprises a kinematic chain having a rotary driving member, a rotary driven member, and an intermediate member. The driving member has a driving contact element in flat or linear abutment on a complementary driving contact element of the intermediate member. The driven member has a driven contact element in flat or linear abutment on a complementary driven contact element of the intermediate member. The complementary driving contact element and the complementary driven contact element (49) together form an angle between 45° and 135°. A driving elastic member urges the driving contact element against the complementary driving contact element. A driven elastic member urges the driven contact element against the complementary driven contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Gilbert Delplanque, Raphael De Matos, Alain Mercier, Jean-Pierre Leon
  • Patent number: 10920678
    Abstract: A valve comprises a body having a gas inlet and outlet, a flap in the body,—a drive shaft which is rigidly connected to the flap, an actuator having a motor shaft, and a coupling of the motor shaft and the drive shaft. A mounting for the actuator on the body comprises a side wall defining a cavity and closed in part at angular sectors facing towards the inlet and towards the outlet. The wall has openings for circulating air between the inside and the outside of the cavity. A thermally insulating partition is between the body and the actuator and has a surface area which is greater than 50% of a cross section of the wall taken in a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the shaft, and has an opening for receiving the shaft with a gap. A plate is connected to the shaft, which is axially interposed between the partition and the actuator, and covers the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Gilbert Delplanque, Raphael De Matos, Alain Mercier
  • Publication number: 20200284209
    Abstract: A valve comprises a body having a gas inlet and outlet, a flap in the body, a drive shaft which is rigidly connected to the flap, an actuator having a motor shaft, and a coupling of the motor shaft and the drive shaft. A mounting for the actuator on the body comprises a side wall defining a cavity and closed in part at angular sectors facing towards the inlet and towards the outlet. The wall has openings for circulating air between the inside and the outside of the cavity. A thermally insulating partition is between the body and the actuator and has a surface area which is greater than 50% of a cross section of the wall taken in a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the shaft, and has an opening for receiving the shaft with a gap. A plate is connected to the shaft, which is axially interposed between the partition and tire actuator, and covers the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Gilbert DELPLANQUE, Raphael DE MATOS, Alain MERCIER
  • Publication number: 20200116262
    Abstract: An exhaust valve includes a body defining a passage section and extending along an extension axis from an upstream inlet able to be connected to an upstream pipe to a downstream outlet able to be connected to a downstream pipe. A flap is positioned in the body, across the passage section, and rotates around a rotation axis secant to the extension axis between a closed orientation where the flap closes the passage section and an open orientation where the flap frees the passage section. A transmission member is aligned along the rotation axis and is secured to the flap by a first end, and the second end of which is positioned outside the body. A rotating actuator drives the flap via the second end of the transmission member. A fastening element is used to fasten the actuator on the outside of the body (2). The valve further includes at least one fin positioned between the body and the actuator. Also, an exhaust line includes such a valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Raphael DE MATOS, Julien CAMBILLARD, Francois LACOTURE, Alen HALEPOVIC, Francois THOMMELIN
  • Publication number: 20200088113
    Abstract: A valve comprises a kinematic chain having: a rotary driving member, a rotary driven member, and an intermediate member. The driving member has a driving contact element in flat or linear abutment on a complementary driving contact element of the intermediate member. The driven member has a driven contact element in flat or linear abutment on a complementary driven contact element of the intermediate member. The complementary driving contact element and the complementary driven contact element (49) together form an angle between 45° and 135°. A driving elastic member urges the driving contact element against the complementary driving contact element. A driven elastic member urges the driven contact element against the complementary driven contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Gilbert Delplanque, Raphael De Matos, Alain Mercier, Jean-Pierre Leon