Patents by Inventor Stéphane Font

Stéphane Font 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: 6927550
    Abstract: To eliminate unwanted vibrations caused by synchronous disturbances, such as synchronous disturbances caused by an imbalance, for example, the invention proposes a compensation device for closed loop compensation of a synchronous disturbance in a rotating machine comprising a rotor (64) magnetically suspended by at least one radial magnetic bearing (63) comprising electromagnets (631, 632) driven by amplifiers (61, 62), a radial detector device (633, 634) for sensing the axial position of the rotor, and a closed loop servocontrol circuit connected to said detector device and to said electromagnets and comprising a control circuit (5) for controlling the energization of the electromagnets that supplies a control signal (u) to said amplifiers in response to signals supplied by the detector device to maintain the rotor in a predetermined axial position. The compensation device comprises means (100; 200; 300) for generating a signal for compensating the synchronous disturbance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Societe de Mecanique Magnetique
    Inventors: Vincent Tamisier, François Carrere, Stéphane Font
  • Publication number: 20040257023
    Abstract: To eliminate unwanted vibrations caused by synchronous disturbances, such as synchronous disturbances caused by an imbalance, for example, the invention proposes a compensation device for closed loop compensation of a synchronous disturbance in a rotating machine comprising a rotor (64) magnetically suspended by at least one radial magnetic bearing (63) comprising electromagnets (631, 632) driven by amplifiers (61, 62), a radial detector device (633, 634) for sensing the axial position of the rotor, and a closed loop servocontrol circuit connected to said detector device and to said electromagnets and comprising a control circuit (5) for controlling the energization of the electromagnets that supplies a control signal (u) to said amplifiers in response to signals supplied by the detector device to maintain the rotor in a predetermined axial position. The compensation device comprises means (100; 200; 300) for generating a signal for compensating the synchronous disturbance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Vincent Tamisier, Francois Carrere, Stephane Font