Patents by Inventor Stéphane Pierre Yves Douget

Stéphane Pierre Yves Douget 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).

  • SIM card reader and mobile telephone equipped with same
    Patent number: 6665544
    Abstract: A reader (18) for a smart card (S) for a mobile telephone (10) includes a baseplate (40), carrying conducting contacts suitable for engaging with corresponding conducting contacts on the card (S), and a device for guiding and actuating the card (S) for translational movement thereof in a direction of installation (D1) of the card, between a card-gripping position in which the card is accessible and a use position in which the card (S) is held in place with respect to the baseplate (40). The device for guiding and actuating the card includes a movable slide-in unit (42) for supporting the card (S) and a device for immobilizing the card (S) in the direction of installation (D1). The slide-in unit (42) slides with respect to the baseplate (40) between an engaged position in which the card (S) is in a use position and a disengaged position in which the card (S) is in a gripping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric France
    Inventors: Stéphane Michel, Koji Matsuda, Laurent Steenackers, Yann Naslain, Stéphane Pierre Yves Douget, Herve Jean Guy Beauchaud, Hiroshi Ozaki