Patents by Inventor Sylvain Lainé

Sylvain Lainé 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).

  • Cable transportation system comprising a station and method for operating such cable transportation system
    Patent number: 11590990
    Abstract: A station for a cable transportation system comprising a plurality of transporting units supported and driven outside the station by at least one cable, the station comprising an inlet and an outlet for the transporting units; a guiding device for guiding the transporting units uncoupled from the cable inside the station; an advancing auxiliary device for moving the transporting units along the guiding device; a control unit configured for controlling the advancing auxiliary device so that the advancing auxiliary device can switch, with no service interruption, from a first configuration, wherein the transporting units are individually arranged equidistant from each other and the boarding and landing occur inside the station without stopping the advancing movement, to a second configuration, wherein the transporting units are arranged in equidistant compact groups of at least two units and the boarding and landing occur inside the station by temporarily stopping the transporting units, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LEITNER S.P.A.
    Inventors: Sylvain Lainé, Denis Ribot
  • CABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM COMPRISING A STATION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH CABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210101627
    Abstract: A station for a cable transportation system comprising a plurality of transporting units supported and driven outside the station by at least one cable, the station comprising an inlet and an outlet for the transporting units; a guiding device for guiding the transporting units uncoupled from the cable inside the station; an advancing auxiliary device for moving the transporting units along the guiding device; a control unit configured for controlling the advancing auxiliary device so that the advancing auxiliary device can switch, with no service interruption, from a first configuration, wherein the transporting units are individually arranged equidistant from each other and the boarding and landing occur inside the station without stopping the advancing movement, to a second configuration, wherein the transporting units are arranged in equidistant compact groups of at least two units and the boarding and landing occur inside the station by temporarily stopping the transporting units, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Sylvain Lainé, Denis Ribot