Patents by Inventor Stephane Auffret

Stephane Auffret 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).

  • Method and device for controlling the operating mode of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9828928
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, the internal combustion engine including components which are each operated in an operating mode established by an operating mode coordinator, and it being in particular provided that the operating mode coordinator carries out the aforementioned establishment of at least one operating mode based on further operating aspects of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Stephane Auffret, Bettina Weber
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATING MODE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, IN PARTICULAR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160230692
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, the internal combustion engine including components which are each operated in an operating mode established by an operating mode coordinator, and it being in particular provided that the operating mode coordinator carries out the aforementioned establishment of at least one operating mode based on further operating aspects of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Stephane Auffret, Bettina Weber
  • MAGNETIC MULTILAYER DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A DEVICE, MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR, MAGNETIC MEMORY AND LOGIC GATE USING SUCH A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080151615
    Abstract: This magnetic multilayer device comprises, on a substrate, an alternating sequence of magnetic metallic layers M and oxide, hydride or nitride layers O. The number of layers M equals at least two. The layers M are continuous. There is interfacial magnetic anisotropy perpendicular to the plane of the layers at the level of the M/O interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Bernard Rodmacq, Stephane Auffret, Bernard Dieny, Jerome Moritz
  • Multi-layer structure and sensor and manufacturing process
    Patent number: 6013365
    Abstract: This invention relates to a multilayered magnetic structure comprising an alternate stack of:layers (6, 16) of a first type based on magnetic materials,layers (12) of a second type, made of Ag or an Ag rich alloy,a thin interface layer (8, 14) of Co or a Co rich alloy being located at the interface between layers of the first type and layers of the second type.The invention also relates to a process for making this type of structure.Applications to sensors based on magnetoresistive effects, such as current sensors or magnetic heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Commissariat A L'Atomique
    Inventors: Bernard Dieny, Stephane Auffret, Christophe Cowache, Franck Berthet