Patents by Inventor Sylvain Houel

Sylvain Houel 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: 12054912
    Abstract: A control module configured to be part of a control station inside a cabin of a machine: includes a fixed support, a main body movably mounted on the support between a work position and a retracted position, a locking means to lock the main body in the work position, the locking means can be operated between an unlocked state and a locked state in which they keep the main body in its work position The control module also includes an elastic means which is compressed when the locking means are operated between the unlocked state and an intermediate unstable state, and a sensor enabling activation of at least one power circuit of the machine only when the locking means move from the intermediate unstable state to the locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment AB
    Inventors: Gregory Arnal, Sylvain Houel, Edgar Bond
  • Publication number: 20240117591
    Abstract: Construction equipment includes a framework and at least one electric actuator for moving at least one element of the framework. The actuator includes a ball or roller screw system comprising a threaded rod and a nut forming a helical connection with the threaded rod, an electric motor for driving the rod in rotation around a longitudinal axis, thereby forcing the nut to move axially along the rod; a carriage which is axially connected with the nut, and axial guide means for guiding the movement of the carriage, wherein the guide means are fixed to the framework, at least one support element that connects, directly or indirectly, threaded rod to framework, wherein said support element is designed so that threaded rod can tilt, to some extent, relative to framework around any axis perpendicular to rod longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Volvo Construction Equipment AB
    Inventors: Alexandre GATEAU, Ludovic MAXANT, Gauthier BRUNET, Henrik STRAND, Sylvain HOUEL
  • Publication number: 20220356673
    Abstract: A control module configured to be part of a control station inside a cabin of a machine: includes a fixed support, a main body movably mounted on the support between a work position and a retracted position, a locking means to lock the main body in the work position, the locking means can be operated between an unlocked state and a locked state in which they keep the main body in its work position The control module also includes an elastic means which is compressed when the locking means are operated between the unlocked state and an intermediate unstable state, and a sensor enabling activation of at least one power circuit of the machine only when the locking means move from the intermediate unstable state to the locked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory Arnal, Sylvain Houel, Edgar Bond