Patents by Inventor Thierry Vicol

Thierry Vicol 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).

  • Railway guide system including sensors fixed to a rail
    Patent number: 10556605
    Abstract: A guide system including a railway rail extending along an axis and including an upper element having a rolling face; a lower element having a bearing face; a connecting element between the lower and upper elements, at least one lateral recess being formed between the lower and upper elements; at least first and second attitude sensors fixed to the rail by glue at respective positions offset along the axis of the rail, the attitude sensors being housed at least partially in the lateral recess; a processing circuit configured to recover attitude measurements supplied by the first and second attitude sensors and configured to calculate a deformation of the railway rail relative to the axis as a function of the recovered attitude measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Mikael Carmona, Laurent Jouanet, Thierry Vicol, Stephane Neveu
  • RAILWAY RAIL GUIDE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180154914
    Abstract: A guide system including a railway rail extending along an axis and including an upper element having a rolling face; a lower element having a bearing face; a connecting element between the lower and upper elements, at least one lateral recess being formed between the lower and upper elements; at least first and second attitude sensors fixed to the rail by glue at respective positions offset along the axis of the rail, the attitude sensors being housed at least partially in the lateral recess; a processing circuit configured to recover attitude measurements supplied by the first and second attitude sensors and configured to calculate a deformation of the railway rail relative to the axis as a function of the recovered attitude measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Commissariat a I'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Mikael CARMONA, Laurent Jouanet, Thierry Vicol, Stephane Neveu