Patents by Inventor Samuel Mottier

Samuel Mottier 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: 11025152
    Abstract: An interface apparatus for releasably attaching a primary part of a linear motor to a carriage includes an attachment module configured to attach the primary part of the linear motor to the interface apparatus. At least one insertion portion is configured to permit insertion into a holding portion of the carriage along an axial direction of the linear motor. At least one blocking apparatus is configured to releasably block the at least one insertion portion in the holding portion of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ETEL S.A.
    Inventors: Samuel Mottier, Jean-Pierre Morel
  • Publication number: 20200204055
    Abstract: An interface apparatus for releasably attaching a primary part of a linear motor to a carriage includes an attachment module configured to attach the primary part of the linear motor to the interface apparatus. At least one insertion portion is configured to permit insertion into a holding portion of the carriage along an axial direction of the linear motor. At least one blocking apparatus is configured to releasably block the at least one insertion portion in the holding portion of the carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel Mottier, Jean-Pierre Morel
  • Patent number: 9669730
    Abstract: A magnetic track system for a transport device for moving a rotor along the magnetic track system includes a plurality of linear sections having an even number of magnets of alternating polarity, which are disposed on a support in each case, the magnetic orientation of the magnets reversing itself at regular intervals across abutting sections n the linear regions of the magnetic track system. In the curved regions of the magnetic track system, on the other hand, the polarity of two adjacent magnets of different sections is the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: ETEL S.A.
    Inventors: Ralph Coleman, Samuel Mottier
  • Publication number: 20150283916
    Abstract: A magnetic track system for a transport device for moving a rotor along the magnetic track system includes a plurality of linear sections having an even number of magnets of alternating polarity, which are disposed on a support in each case, the magnetic orientation of the magnets reversing itself at regular intervals across abutting sections n the linear regions of the magnetic track system. In the curved regions of the magnetic track system, on the other hand, the polarity of two adjacent magnets of different sections is the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Ralph Coleman, Samuel Mottier
  • Patent number: 7692465
    Abstract: In a method for generating a PWM-signal to drive the power transistors of a half-bridge of a converter with the aid of a digital circuit, a digital reference value is compared to the counter content of a digital counting ramp, and a logic state of the PWM-signal is dependent upon whether the reference value is greater than the counter content of the counting ramp. In this context, at least two counters count counter contents of the counting ramp following one another in alternation, and the logic state of the PWM-signal is dependent upon whether the reference value is greater than the counter contents of counting ramps of each of the at least two counters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: ETEL S.A.
    Inventor: Samuel Mottier
  • Publication number: 20090091365
    Abstract: In a method for generating a PWM-signal to drive the power transistors of a half-bridge of a converter with the aid of a digital circuit, a digital reference value is compared to the counter content of a digital counting ramp, and a logic state of the PWM-signal is dependent upon whether the reference value is greater than the counter content of the counting ramp. In this context, at least two counters count counter contents of the counting ramp following one another in alternation, and the logic state of the PWM-signal is dependent upon whether the reference value is greater than the counter contents of counting ramps of each of the at least two counters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Samuel Mottier