Patents by Inventor Stephane Biwersi
Stephane Biwersi 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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Patent number: 11657943Abstract: An actuator for controlling the movement of an element between two stable positions with pulsed electrical control without a change in polarity comprises: a ferromagnetic mobile mass, at least one electrically controlled wire coil that is fixed with respect to the mobile mass, at least two ferromagnetic poles that are fixed with respect to the mobile mass and on either side of the mobile mass. The actuator comprises at least one permanent magnet that attracts the mobile mass in order to achieve the two stable positions. The mobile mass defines, with the ferromagnetic poles, at least two variable air gaps during the movement of the mobile apparatus. The magnetic flux of the permanent magnet opposes the magnetic flux generated by the at least one coil regardless of the position of the mobile mass.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Moving Magnet TechnologiesInventors: Guillaume Loussert, Stéphane Biwersi
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Patent number: 11431235Abstract: A rotary actuator with a moving frame includes an electrical coil that moves on an angular travel about an axis of rotation A, the shape of the coil being an elliptical cylinder and the axis of winding B being orthogonal to the axis of rotation A, the coil being placed in the magnetic field of a fixed magnet. The fixed magnet surrounds the coil and includes two semicylindrical portions, the generatrices of which are orthogonal to the axis of rotation A, the first of the semicylindrical portions having a north pole directed toward the coil, orthogonally to the direction of the generatrices and being positioned outside the coil, the second having a south pole directed toward the coil, orthogonally to the direction of the generatrices and also being positioned outside the coil opposite the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)Inventors: Guillaume Loussert, Stéphane Biwersi
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Publication number: 20220005639Abstract: An actuator for controlling the movement of an element between two stable positions with pulsed electrical control without a change in polarity comprises: a ferromagnetic mobile mass, at least one electrically controlled wire coil that is fixed with respect to the mobile mass, at least two ferromagnetic poles that are fixed with respect to the mobile mass and on either side of the mobile mass. The actuator comprises at least one permanent magnet that attracts the mobile mass in order to achieve the two stable positions. The mobile mass defines, with the ferromagnetic poles, at least two variable air gaps during the movement of the mobile apparatus. The magnetic flux of the permanent magnet opposes the magnetic flux generated by the at least one coil regardless of the position of the mobile mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Guillaume Loussert, Stéphane Biwersi
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Patent number: 10643773Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator has a stroke c, with at least one stable position in one of the ends of the stroke, and includes: an armature made of a soft magnetic material, the armature being movable in an axial direction Y and having a length Hm in the direction Y, the armature having a symmetrical shape at the axis Y, and a stationary stator yoke made of a soft magnetic material and holding at least one electric coil. The actuator also includes at least one stationary permanent magnet that is magnetized along a transverse axis X perpendicular to the direction Y. The magnet is transversely placed between the movable armature and the electric coil. The magnet has a length Ha in the direction Y. The stationary yoke and the movable armature define therebetween at least one axial air gap. Ha+c is of the order of magnitude of Hm. The length Hm is such that 0.9×(Ha+c)<Hm<1.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)Inventors: Guillaume Loussert, Javier Rios-Quesada, Stéphane Biwersi, Michaël Delbaere
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Patent number: 10389197Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator includes a stator excited by at least one electric coil arranged around an axis of symmetry and two ferromagnetic stator poles positioned axially on either side of the coil, as well as at least two independent moving members, each of the moving members being formed of a ferromagnetic material, where the linear electromagnetic actuator includes at least three magnetized poles arranged inside the coil, with respectively a first magnetized pole positioned in the vicinity of the median plane separating the two moving members and containing the axis of the coil, and a second and third magnetized pole arranged laterally on either side of the moving members, between the moving members and the coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)Inventors: Stéphane Biwersi, Javier Rios-Quesada, Michaél Delbaere, Guillaume Loussert, Gael Andrieux
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Publication number: 20180375416Abstract: A rotary actuator with a moving frame includes an electrical coil that moves on an angular travel about an axis of rotation A, the shape of the coil being an elliptical cylinder and the axis of winding B being orthogonal to the axis of rotation A, the coil being placed in the magnetic field of a fixed magnet. The fixed magnet surrounds the coil and includes two semicylindrical portions, the generatrices of which are orthogonal to the axis of rotation A, the first of the semicylindrical portions having a north pole directed toward the coil, orthogonally to the direction of the generatrices and being positioned outside the coil, the second having a south pole directed toward the coil, orthogonally to the direction of the generatrices and also being positioned outside the coil opposite the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Guillaume LOUSSERT, Stéphane BIWERSI
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Patent number: 10164486Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mono- or polyphase electric motor including a stator carrying at least three coils and consisting of 12×N straight teeth extending radially, N being an integer greater than or equal to 1, and of an equal peak divergence alpha, measured at their end from the center of the motor, and a rotor exhibiting P pairs of magnetized poles such that P=5+2×R, P being a non-multiple of three, R being an integer greater than or equal to 0, alpha lying between 360°(12×N)/3 and 360°(12×N)/2.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2013Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)Inventors: Arnaud Hyppias, Stéphane Tavernier, Stéphane Biwersi
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Publication number: 20180301263Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator has a stroke c, with at least one stable position in one of the ends of the stroke, and includes: an armature made of a soft magnetic material, the armature being movable in an axial direction Y and having a length Hm in the direction Y, the armature having a symmetrical shape at the axis Y, and a stationary stator yoke made of a soft magnetic material and holding at least one electric coil. The actuator also includes at least one stationary permanent magnet that is magnetized along a transverse axis X perpendicular to the direction Y. The magnet is transversely placed between the movable armature and the electric coil. The magnet has a length Ha in the direction Y. The stationary yoke and the movable armature define therebetween at least one axial air gap. Ha+c is of the order of magnitude of Hm. The length Hm is such that 0.9×(Ha+c)<Hm<1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Guillaume LOUSSERT, Javier RIOS-QUESADA, Stéphane BIWERSI, Michaël DELBAERE
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Patent number: 10050487Abstract: An electrical machine includes a tubular rotor magnetised to have circumferential polar alternations, and a stator including a body that is traversed by a channel having an inner transverse section that substantially corresponds to the outer transverse section of the rotor, the body carrying a plurality of windings, the stator being surrounded by an outer ferromagnetic envelope, the body being extended by three, four or six radial projections made from an electrically insulating material having, in the transverse cross section, a longitudinal core for receiving a winding, the core being extended by a peripheral extension having an outer surface that matches the inner surface of the envelope and covers the wound area. A method for producing such an electrical machine is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)Inventors: Stéphane Biwersi, Lionel Billet
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Publication number: 20170338726Abstract: A polyphase electric motor includes a stator having at least three coils and made up of 12.K radially extending teeth, and a rotor having 5.K pairs of magnetic poles, K being equal to 1 or 2. The rotor includes a core made of a ferromagnetic material and has an alternation of 5K magnetized poles, and 5K non-magnetized salient poles. The stator has teeth with rectangular or trapezoidal cross-sections converging towards the center of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: MMT SAInventors: Pierre GANDEL, Mathieu AUBERTIN, Stéphane TAVERNIER, Stéphane BIWERSI
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Patent number: 9714849Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a position-indicating module including a position sensor consisting of a mobile element, able to be driven directly by an operator or by a mechanical or electromechanical drive element, and of a detection assembly delivering electrical information dependent on the position of the mobile assembly, as well as at least one illumination element including at least one light source, wherein the mobile assembly includes a zone able to allow through the light beam issuing from the illumination element and the illumination element is situated opposite the zone.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Stéphane Biwersi, Michael Delbaere
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Publication number: 20160352168Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator includes a stator excited by at least one electric coil arranged around an axis of symmetry and two ferromagnetic stator poles positioned axially on either side of the coil, as well as at least two independent moving members, each of the moving members being formed of a ferromagnetic material, where the linear electromagnetic actuator includes at least three magnetized poles arranged inside the coil, with respectively a first magnetized pole positioned in the vicinity of the median plane separating the two moving members and containing the axis of the coil, and a second and third magnetized pole arranged laterally on either side of the moving members, between the moving members and the coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Stéphane BIWERSI, Javier RIOS-QUESADA, Michaël DELBAERE, Guillaume LOUSSERT, Gael ANDRIEUX
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Publication number: 20160233734Abstract: An electrical machine includes a tubular rotor magnetised to have circumferential polar alternations, and a stator including a body that is traversed by a channel having an inner transverse section that substantially corresponds to the outer transverse section of the rotor, the body carrying a plurality of windings, the stator being surrounded by an outer ferromagnetic envelope, the body being extended by three, four or six radial projections made from an electrically insulating material having, in the transverse cross section, a longitudinal core for receiving a winding, the core being extended by a peripheral extension having an outer surface that matches the inner surface of the envelope and covers the wound area. A method for producing such an electrical machine is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Stéphane BIWERSI, Lionel BILLET
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Patent number: 9316482Abstract: The disclosure relates to a magnetic device for detecting the absolute position of an input shaft capable of rotating more than 360°, the device including a main magnetic sensor, a motion reducer, and a secondary magnetic sensor, wherein the main magnetic sensor is connected to a rotor, measures the rotation of the shaft for ranges of angles of less than 360°, and includes a main magnet, the motion reducer converts the rotation of the shaft into a reduced rotation, the maximum amplitude of which is equal to no more than 360°, and the secondary magnetic sensor measures the reduced rotation and includes a secondary magnet. According to the disclosure, the secondary magnet is arranged between the upper and lower planes of the main rotor, and the main magnet has P pairs of poles, where P is greater than 1.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Michaël Delbaere, Gérald Masson, Yannick Ronnat, Stéphane Biwersi
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Patent number: 9207100Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnetic position sensor with field direction measurement and a flux collector. The disclosure proposes to measure two magnetic induction components at one and the same point, harmonizing the amplitude of the two magnetic induction components using flux collectors so as to have a ratio of the amplitudes of these two components close to one. For this purpose, the disclosure provides a contactless position sensor including at least one permanent magnet, emitting a magnetic field, at least one detection element sensitive to the direction of the magnetic field, and at least one pair of flux collectors, the permanent magnet being capable of moving in a direction of displacement and having a direction of magnetization that can be continuously varied according to the direction of displacement. Each flux collector has at least one portion, provided with an end, extending substantially along the direction of displacement of the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Didier Frachon, Gérald Masson, Stéphane Biwersi
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Publication number: 20150263572Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mono- or polyphase electric motor including a stator carrying at least three coils and consisting of 12×N straight teeth extending radially, N being an integer greater than or equal to 1, and of an equal peak divergence alpha, measured at their end from the centre of the motor, and a rotor exhibiting P pairs of magnetized poles such that P=5+2×R, P being a non-multiple of three, R being an integer greater than or equal to 0, alpha lying between 360°(12×N)/3 and 360°(12×N)/2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Arnaud Hyppias, Stéphane Tavernier, Stéphane Biwersi
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Publication number: 20150123651Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a position-indicating module including a position sensor consisting of a mobile element, able to be driven directly by an operator or by a mechanical or electromechanical drive element, and of a detection assembly delivering electrical information dependent on the position of the mobile assembly, as well as at least one illumination element including at least one light source, wherein the mobile assembly includes a zone able to allow through the light beam issuing from the illumination element and the illumination element is situated opposite the zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Stéphane Biwersi, Michael Delbaere
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Patent number: 8963541Abstract: The invention relates to a contactless magnetic sensor for detecting a linear or angular position, comprising a moveable ferromagnetic element (1) the position of which is detected, and a stator assembly (2) itself, comprising two ferromagnetic parts (3, 4), defining with the moveable ferromagnetic element (1) two respective air gaps (7, 8), a permanent magnet (5) and a magneto-sensitive element (6) subjected to a magnetic field that depends on the position of the moveable ferromagnetic element (1) and designed to deliver a measurement signal that depends on the magnetic field to which it is subjected. According to the invention, the two ferromagnetic parts (3, 4) define therebetween a third air gap (9), the permanent magnet (5) being rigidly connected only to the first ferromagnetic part (3) and the magneto-sensitive element (6) being placed in the third air gap (9).Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)Inventors: Didier Frachon, Stephane Biwersi
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Patent number: 8890514Abstract: The disclosure relates to a magnetic position sensor including at least one permanent magnet. The disclosure also relates to a magnetic device for detecting a torque between a first shaft and a second shaft that are connected via a torsion bar. The aim of the disclosure is to provide a device for determining the multi-periodic absolute position of a magnetized unit. The subject of the disclosure is therefore a magnetic position sensor including at least the following: a magnetized unit, a first magnetosensitive probe and a second magnetosensitive probe. The second magnetosensitive probe is capable of measuring a number of complete rotations of the magnetic field in an absolute, incremental and reversible manner so as to determine a second datum relating to the position of the magnet, whether or not this second magnetosensitive probe is powered.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Moving Magnet Technologies (MMT)Inventors: Gérald Masson, Stéphane Biwersi
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Publication number: 20130169270Abstract: The disclosure relates to a magnetic device for detecting the absolute position of an input shaft capable of rotating more than 360°, the device including a main magnetic sensor, a motion reducer, and a secondary magnetic sensor, wherein the main magnetic sensor is connected to a rotor, measures the rotation of the shaft for ranges of angles of less than 360°, and includes a main magnet, the motion reducer converts the rotation of the shaft into a reduced rotation, the maximum amplitude of which is equal to no more than 360°, and the secondary magnetic sensor measures the reduced rotation and includes a secondary magnet. According to the disclosure, the secondary magnet is arranged between the upper and lower planes of the main rotor, and the main magnet has P pairs of poles, where P is greater than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES (MMT)Inventors: Michaël Delbaere, Gérald Masson, Yannick Ronnat, Stéphane Biwersi