Patents by Inventor Raymond Mercier

Raymond Mercier 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: 9162870
    Abstract: A linear fluidic actuator comprising an upper actuation deformable surface suitable to induce a displacement in an actuation direction L and a wall delimiting an internal cavity wherein the shape of the actuator is a pillar; the wall, the cavity and the upper surface of a base form the lower part of said pillar, where h1 is the highest dimension of the internal cavity at rest according to the actuation direction L; a part forms the upper part of said pillar where the upper surface of said upper part is the upper actuation deformable surface, the bottom surface of said upper part closes the upper part of the cavity so as to form an upper surface of said cavity and where h2 is the distance at rest from the top of the upper surface of the internal cavity to the upper actuation deformable surface; the height ratio h1/h2 is comprised between 0.2 and 10; a fluidic inlet is provided and suitable for introducing a fluid in the internal cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Thierry Bonnin, Jean Taboury, Raymond Mercier, Sylvain Perrot
  • Patent number: 8995063
    Abstract: An adjustable optical device comprising at least a deformable optical surface activated by linear fluidic actuators comprising: a material layer comprising an upper surface on which the optical surface is provided and a bottom surface; an actuator layer comprising a plurality of linear fluidic actuators separated by at least one cavity, where at least one linear fluidic actuator is a pillar extending in the actuation direction (L) which is non parallel to the bottom surface of the material layer, said pillar comprising a wall delimiting an internal cavity and where an upper surface of said pillar is continuously linked to a zone of the bottom surface of the material layer; fluidic inlets suitable for introducing a fluid in at least one internal cavity of a pillar linear fluidic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Thierry Bonnin, Jean Taboury, Raymond Mercier, Sylvain Perrot
  • Publication number: 20140071541
    Abstract: An adjustable optical device comprising at least a deformable optical surface activated by linear fluidic actuators comprising: a material layer comprising an upper surface on which the optical surface is provided and a bottom surface; an actuator layer comprising a plurality of linear fluidic actuators separated by at least one cavity, where at least one linear fluidic actuator is a pillar extending in the actuation direction (L) which is non parallel to the bottom surface of the material layer, said pillar comprising a wall delimiting an internal cavity and where an upper surface of said pillar is continuously linked to a zone of the bottom surface of the material layer; fluidic inlets suitable for introducing a fluid in at least one internal cavity of a pillar linear fluidic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D' OPTIQUE
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Thierry Bonnin, Jean Taboury, Raymond Mercier, Sylvain Perrot
  • Publication number: 20110192998
    Abstract: A linear fluidic actuator comprising an upper actuation deformable surface suitable to induce a displacement in an actuation direction L and a wall delimiting an internal cavity wherein the shape of the actuator is a pillar; the wall, the cavity and the upper surface of a base form the lower part of said pillar, where h1 is the highest dimension of the internal cavity at rest according to the actuation direction L; a part forms the upper part of said pillar where the upper surface of said upper part is the upper actuation deformable surface, the bottom surface of said upper part closes the upper part of the cavity so as to form an upper surface of said cavity and where h2 is the distance at rest from the top of the upper surface of the internal cavity to the upper actuation deformable surface; the height ratio h1/h2 is comprised between 0.2 and 10; a fluidic inlet is provided and suitable for introducing a fluid in the internal cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Thierry Bonnin, Jean Taboury, Raymond Mercier, Sylvain Perrot
  • Patent number: 4047541
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser connectable between a shower pipe and a shower head to automatically dispense soap or bath oil through the shower head. This shower head liquid dispenser includes a tubular body connecting at opposite ends to the shower pipe and the shower head respectively to form a direct path for water and including an upstream section of smaller transverse cross-section and a downstream section of larger transverse cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1977
    Inventors: Julien Mercier, Real Mercier, Raymond Mercier