Patents by Inventor Thierry Boucheron

Thierry Boucheron 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).

  • Current limiting switch device
    Patent number: 5146055
    Abstract: A finless current limiting switch apparatus is disclosed, in which the cut-off chamber, containing a fixed contact and mobile contact, has opposite converging walls which lead to a narrow slit where the arc is subjected to narrowing of its section after natural or assisted development thereof along a conducting deflection piece which is connected to the fixed contact and has an end located in the slit or in the vicinity of the slit. The conducting deflecting piece defines a conductive path of movement for the arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Thierry Boucheron, Blanchard Christian, Michel Lauraire
  • Circuit and apparatus for the protected supply of a load by means of static and electromechanical switches
    Patent number: 4888661
    Abstract: A circuit and apparatus are provided for the protected supply of a load using static and electromechanical switches. A switch apparatus having current limiting properties is opened by remote control means after a very short delay, following disabling of a static switch system placed in series therewith and connected in parallel across a voltage limiting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: La Telemecanique Electrique
    Inventors: Elie Belbel, Thierry Boucheron, Michel Lauraire, Jean-Paul Riotte