Patents by Inventor Thomas Ledoux

Thomas Ledoux 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).

  • Publication number: 20170322117
    Abstract: A system for evaluating a state of a tire on a vehicle is provided. The system includes a housing, first and second sensors, and control electronics. The housing is located on a ground surface. The first sensor is installed in the housing and measures a first characteristic of a tire passing over the housing. The second sensor is installed in the housing and measures a second characteristic of a tire passing over the housing. The first and the second sensors are positioned such that instants of passage of the vehicle rolling over the housing at positionings of the sensors are distinct from each other. The control electronics determines a direction of rolling of the vehicle over the housing based on each of the positionings of the sensors in the housing and on the instants of passage of the vehicle over the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: THOMAS LEDOUX, DENIS MARTIN, GUILLAUME HEREDIA, ALEXANDRE PERNOT
  • Publication number: 20170038278
    Abstract: A system, which is structured to evaluate a condition of a tire, includes a housing, a tire-wear detector, a tire-presence detector, and an electronic activator. The housing, when the system is deployed, is placed on a ground surface. The tire-presence detector detects a presence of a tire on the housing. The electronic activator activates the tire-wear detector when the tire-presence detector detects the presence of the tire on the housing. The tire-wear detector, when activated, detects a wear condition of the tire when the tire passes over the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: THOMAS LEDOUX, ALEXANDRE PERNOT, DENIS MARTIN, ALEXANDRE PAGÈS, TIMOTHÉE FORISSIER, GUILLAUME HEREDIA, FRANK CLAEYSSEN
  • Publication number: 20160169657
    Abstract: A system is provided for measuring a thickness of a rubber layer of a tire. The layer includes a joined face, which is joined to an adjacent metallic reinforcement, and a free face in contact with air. The system includes a casing with an application face for contacting the free face, and a sensor positioned in the casing and structured to measure a distance d between the joined face and the free face. The sensor includes a source coil element, which is a source of an alternating magnetic field, and a sensitive coil element, which is an element sensitive to a variation in a magnetic flux density in a vicinity of the source coil element. A frequency and an excitation power of the source coil element are such that the magnetic flux density between the adjacent metallic reinforcement and the source coil element increases as the distance d decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas LEDOUX, Denis MARTIN, Patrick MENEROUD
  • Publication number: 20160161243
    Abstract: A system is provided for measuring a thickness of rubber layer of a tire. The layer includes a joined face, which is joined to an adjacent metal reinforcement, and a free face in contact with air. The system includes a casing with an application face for contacting the free face, and a sensor positioned in the casing and structured to measure a distance d between the joined face and the free face. The sensor includes a source coil and an adjacent sensing element. The source coil is a source of an alternating magnetic field. The sensing element includes a sensing device configured to produce an output signal that is dependent on an induced local magnetic field. An excitation power and a frequency of the source coil are such that the local magnetic field induced between the reinforcement and the source coil increases in strength as the distance d decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas LEDOUX, Grégory MICHAUD, Denis MARTIN, Patrick MENEROUD
  • Publication number: 20160153763
    Abstract: A system for measuring a thickness of a layer of rubber material of a tyre includes a sensor. The layer includes a joined face, which is joined to an adjacent metal reinforcement, and a free face, which is in contact with air. The sensor, which measures a distance d between the joined face and the free face, includes a source of a static magnetic field and a sensitive element whose output signal is a function of a level of a local magnetic field. The sensor is positioned in such a way that a magnetic field strength measured by the sensitive element varies when the distance d decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas LEDOUX, Denis MARTIN, Patrick MENEROUD, Grégory MICHAUD
  • Patent number: 8098066
    Abstract: A magnetometric device for evaluating a physical parameter (D, K), comprising a circuit (1) which is sensitive to a magnetic field, a measurement circuit (2) and a magnetic field generator (3), the sensitive circuit (1) being subjected to a magnetic field which varies with the physical parameter to be measured and having an electrical characteristic which is evaluated by the measurement circuit and which varies as a function of the magnetic field. The field generator (3) is designed to reverse the polarity of the applied magnetic field, the evaluation of the physical parameter thus being able to be corrected of the parasitic influence of the terrestrial magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Ledoux, Nathalie Levain, Denis Martin
  • Publication number: 20090165573
    Abstract: A magnetometric device for evaluating a physical parameter (D, K), comprising a circuit (1) which is sensitive to a magnetic field, a measurement circuit (2) and a magnetic field generator (3), the sensitive circuit (1) being subjected to a magnetic field which varies with the physical parameter to be measured and having an electrical characteristic which is evaluated by the measurement circuit and which varies as a function of the magnetic field. The field generator (3) is designed to reverse the polarity of the applied magnetic field, the evaluation of the physical parameter thus being able to be corrected of the parasitic influence of the terrestrial magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Ledoux, Nathalie Levain, Denis Martin