Patents by Inventor Stéphane Bouton

Stéphane Bouton 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).

  • Level sensor
    Publication number: 20050150294
    Abstract: A level sensor (2) comprising a support (6) with a bearing (11) for a lever arm (3) with a float (4) and a guide rail (16) pointing in the direction of the bearing (11). The lever arm (3) has a stirrup (5) made of plastic and a lever wire (7) clipped thereto. The stirrup has two guide elements (12,13) which are arranged next to each other and which engage with the guide rail (16), thereby preventing the dual contact (10) of the stirrup (5) from rising above the slideways (9) of a potentiometer (8) which are disposed on the support (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephane Bouton, Christophe Gette, Otto Korst
  • Fuel tank for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6276201
    Abstract: In a fuel tank (1) for a motor vehicle, a carrier (12) of a fuel level sensor (8) is manufactured in one piece with a wall of the baffle (4). As a result, the fuel tank (1) is composed of a very small number of components and can be mounted in a particularly simple way. In the region of a mounting for a lever arm (9) carrying a float (10), the carrier (12) is spaced from the baffle (4). The lever arm (9) can thereby engage round the mounting. The filling level sensor (8) has high stability as a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Christophe Gette, Stéphane Bouton, Otto Korst