Patents by Inventor Regis Mentzer

Regis Mentzer 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).

  • Winding device for forming an electric coil on a magnetic circuit with an air-gap
    Patent number: 5709353
    Abstract: For forming a cylindrical coil (3) on a rectilinear arm of a magnetic circuit (1) having a very small air-gap (2), a wire guide member (6) has a wire inlet portion (8), a wire outlet portion (9) and an elongated intermediary portion (11) arranged for effecting a rotary movement about the axis (4) of the coil (3) and a reciprocating movement in the axial direction of the coil (3). The intermediary portion of the wire guide member has, over a length at least equal to that of the coil to be formed, a height smaller than the length of the air-gap so that it can move through the air-gap in the longitudinal and in the transverse directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Liaisons Electroniques-Mecaniques LEM S.A.
    Inventors: Frederic Cattaneo, Regis Mentzer, Pierre Strubin
  • Method for the soldering of external connection wires to an electronic component
    Patent number: 4915286
    Abstract: According to the disclosed method for the soldering of wires of components, at least one wire is stamped to make it lose its symmetry of revolution. The result thereof is one or more impressions. A solder strip is crimped by deformation around the wire to form a solder preform held still by the impressions, which leaves free a surface of the wire. The component to be soldered, held against said surface of the wire, is soldered by reflow process. Application: the soldering of components such as disk ceramic capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Compagnie Europeenne de Composants Electroniques LCC
    Inventors: Regis Mentzer, Michel Henry
  • Supporting strip for capacitor connections, strip provided with such connections and its use for the production of capacitors
    Patent number: 4411361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting strip for connections for capacitors or the like, a strip provided with such connections and a process for fixing capacitors to such connections.According to the invention, the connection supporting strip has series of upper and lower slots, which are respectively aligned with one another. Each upper slot is wider than the corresponding lower slot in such a way that the introduction of hairpin-like connections with a base shaped like a U located on the side of the upper slot brings about a progressive tightening of the ends of the arms of said connections.This leads to an improvement of the fixing of clips or tabs for capacitors of the "paving stone" type prior to the welding and coating stages.Application to the production of capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: L.C.C.-C.I.C.E.-Compagnie Europeenne de Composants Electroniques
    Inventor: Regis Mentzer