Patents by Inventor Stéphane XAVIER
Stéphane XAVIER 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).
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Publication number: 20240085163Abstract: This avalanche triggering system includes a portable unit configured to be carried by an operator, the portable unit comprising a gas storage device configured to store an oxidizing gas and a combustible gas; an explosion unit which is configured to be launched by the operator or to be transported by a drone and which includes a flexible envelope configured to be filled with an explosive gas mixture, the flexible envelope being deformable between a rest configuration in which the flexible envelope has a first inner volume and an inflated configuration in which the flexible envelope has a second inner volume which is greater than the first inner volume, the explosion unit further including an ignition device configured to trigger the explosion of the explosive gas mixture contained in the flexible envelope; and a control unit configured to remotely control the ignition device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Olivier RIVOAL, Stéphane CONSTANT, Jean-Marc NEUVILLE, Louis NOEL, Pierre FLEUR, François-Xavier VILLALONGA, Vincent COSTECALDE
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Publication number: 20220407234Abstract: A radiating element of an antenna includes at least one wire-like nanostructure, each wire-like nanostructure extending in the same direction, called common direction, between a first end and a second end, and an inductor connected to each first end of a nanostructure, the inductor being formed from a first conductive material, the inductor extending in a plane normal to the common direction, the first conductive material having an electrical conductivity that varies under the effect of a variation of an electric field applied within the first conductive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Jean CHAZELAS, Charlotte TRIPON-CANSELIET, Afshin ZIAEI, Stéphane XAVIER
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Patent number: 8756770Abstract: A fastening product, in the form of a flexible, sheet-form substrate (102) having a surface (108); a plurality of walls (104) extending from the surface (108) and defining therebetween an array (114) of cells (116) bounded by the walls (104) such that the walls separate adjacent cells of the array, the substrate (102) forming a floor (122) of each cell; and a plurality of fastener elements (106) extending from the surface (108) and interspersed among the cells (116). The fastener elements having heads (130) spaced above the surface (108) to define loop engagement overhangs (134) disposed within the cells. The cells (116) of the array (114) are arranged in columns (124) and rows (126), each column and each row comprising at least three of the cells, such that there exists at least one closed path (136) within the substrate (102) that fully circumscribes at least one of the cells.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.Inventors: Michael Cina, David Nicholaus Zach, Earl Lorne Cowley, Patrick D. Todkill, Daniel Lee Janzen, Stephane Xavier Girard
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Patent number: 8658068Abstract: A touch fastener including an elongated base having multiple segments connected by articulable joints. Each segment has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of touch fastener elements extending from the lower surface of the base. A flexible barrier extends across at least one articulable joint between adjacent base segments. The fastener may include a magnetically attractable material disposed along a center region of the upper surface of the base. The fastener base may define a pair of first and second notches in opposite longitudinal edges of the base at the articulable joint to allow bending of the base. The base may also define a slit extending through the base from a longitudinal edge thereof at the articulable joint.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.Inventors: Kevin Keith Line, Stephane Xavier Girard, David Pubrat, Daniel Lee Janzen, Michael Cina, Kristel L. Ferry, Mark A. Clarner, David P. Kraus, Jr.
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Publication number: 20130000085Abstract: A fastening product, in the form of a flexible, sheet-form substrate (102) having a surface (108); a plurality of walls (104) extending from the surface (108) and defining therebetween an array (114) of cells (116) bounded by the walls 122 (104) such that the walls separate adjacent cells of the array, the substrate (102) forming a floor (122) each cell; and a plurality of fastener elements (106) extending from the surface (108) and interspersed among the cells (116). The fastener elements having heads (130) spaced above the surface (108) to define loop engagement overhangs (134) disposed within the cells. The cells (116) of the array (114) are arranged in columns (124) and rows (126), each column and each row comprising at least three of the cells, such that there exists at least one closed path (136) within the substrate (102) that fully circumscribes at least one of the cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: VELCRO INDUSTRIES B.V.Inventors: Michael Cina, David Nicholaus Zach, Earl Lorne Cowley, Patrick D. Todkill, Daniel Lee Janzen, Stephane Xavier Girard
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Publication number: 20110260360Abstract: A touch fastener including an elongated base having multiple segments connected by articulable joints. Each segment has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of touch fastener elements extending from the lower surface of the base. A flexible barrier extends across at least one articulable joint between adjacent base segments. The fastener may include a magnetically attractable material disposed along a center region of the upper surface of the base. The fastener base may define a pair of first and second notches in opposite longitudinal edges of the base at the articulable joint to allow bending of the base. The base may also define a slit extending through the base from a longitudinal edge thereof at the articulable joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Kevin Keith Line, Stephane Xavier Girard, David Pubrat, Daniel Lee Janzen, Michael Cina, Kristel L. Ferry, Mark A. Clarner, David P. Kraus, JR.
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Patent number: 7971325Abstract: A touch fastener including an elongated base having multiple segments connected by articulable joints. Each segment has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of touch fastener elements extending from the lower surface of the base. A flexible barrier extends across at least one articulable joint between adjacent base segments. The fastener may include a magnetically attractable material disposed along a center region of the upper surface of the base. The fastener base may define a pair of first and second notches in opposite longitudinal edges of the base at the articulable joint to allow bending of the base. The base may also define a slit extending through the base from a longitudinal edge thereof at the articulable joint.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.Inventors: Kevin Keith Line, Stephane Xavier Girard, David Pubrat, Daniel Lee Janzen, Michael Cina, Kristel L. Ferry, Mark A. Clarner, David P. Kraus, Jr.