Patents by Inventor Thomas Lafont

Thomas Lafont 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).

  • Electricity generator
    Patent number: 10014800
    Abstract: An electricity generator including a first converter suitable for converting a variation of an energy to be harvested into a corresponding excess of electrical charges. The generator includes a circuit for collecting the excess of electrical charges, the circuit has a first controllable mechanical switch, and a control device for the first switch designed to control the switching of the switch to its closed position when the excess of electrical charges exceeds a first predetermined threshold. The switch is a magnetic switch and the control device comprises a variable magnetic field source which controls the switching of the first switch to its closed position only at the time when the excess of electrical charges exceeds the first predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Bernard Viala, Gor Lebedev, Jérome Delamare, Lauric Garbuio, Thomas Lafont, Orphée Cugat
  • ELECTRICITY GENERATOR
    Publication number: 20150295519
    Abstract: An electricity generator including a first converter suitable for converting a variation of an energy to be harvested into a corresponding excess of electrical charges. The generator includes a circuit for collecting the excess of electrical charges, the circuit has a first controllable mechanical switch, and a control device for the first switch designed to control the switching of the switch to its closed position when the excess of electrical charges exceeds a first predetermined threshold. The switch is a magnetic switch and the control device comprises a variable magnetic field source which controls the switching of the first switch to its closed position only at the time when the excess of electrical charges exceeds the first predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Commissariat à I'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Bernard Viala, Gor Lebedev, Jérome Delamare, Lauric Garbuio, Thomas Lafont, Orphée Cugat