Salomon S.a.

Salomon S.a.s.

Saloman S.a.s.

Laurent Damiani

Pierre Desarmaux

Philippe Miette

Jean-François Merino

Jean-Fran&ccedil;ois Merino

François Convert

Stéphane Lapierre

Christian Brunet

Pierre Jean Arnoux

Marie Pollet-Villard

The invention relates to a heel-piece for binding a boot on a gliding board that includes a frame including a vertical extension; a body rotatably mounted about the extension; at least two rods supported by the body, extending on respective sides of the vertical extension, the two rods each having a free end to cooperate with a housing in the heel of the boot; and a holding mechanism for maintaining a spacing between the free ends of the rods. The vertical extension supports at least one contact zone fixed in relation to the frame. Each rod cooperates with a respective portion of the contact zone, specific to each rod. The contact zone is arranged such that a rotation of the body about the extension, from a descent configuration, causes an increased spacing between the two rods. The invention also relates to a binding system and a gliding board equipped with such a binding.

Heel-piece for binding a boot on a gliding board

Braking device for a gliding board that includes: a base to be affixed to the gliding board; at least one braking arm pivotable about a first substantially transverse axis, the braking arm including a control element extending along an axis substantially parallel to the first axis; a movable support plate including a control element housing, the position of the control element in the guiding housing varying as a function of the angular position of the braking arm; an elastic mechanism acting on the control element along an actuation direction varying as a function of the angular position of the braking arm. The support plate is displaced by an amplitude covering a first positioning range for which the base, the braking arm, the support plate, and the elastic mechanism are arranged so that the elastic mechanism acts on the control element to cause rotation of the braking arm in a first direction, as well as a second positioning range for which the base, the braking arm, the support plate, and the elastic mechanism are arranged so that the elastic mechanism acts on the control element to cause rotation of the braking arm in a second direction, opposite the first direction of rotation.

Braking device for a binding for a gliding board

A safety binding device for retaining a boot on a gliding board including: a module for detecting the forces to which the boot is subjected, the detection module generating an analog signal proportional to the forces; a decision module integrating a mechanism to convert the analog signal into digital information, and a mechanism to process the digital information according to a release-controlling algorithm depending upon the time and parameters determined by the user's characteristics and/or snow conditions and/or type of sports practice, the processing mechanism generating a control signal; and further including a mechanical actuation module controlled by the control signal and allowing the boot to be released.

Safety binding

An assembly for binding a boot to a ski, including a front retaining element that is releasable when the forces to which the front retaining element is subjected are greater than the prestress value of a first spring, a rear retaining element that is releasable when the forces to which the rear retaining element is subjected are greater than the prestress value of a second spring, the rear retaining element being mounted on a slide, and an electronically controllable additional release device. The additional release device includes a rotatable actuation mechanism, in the form of an electric motor. The additional release device includes a bar fixed to the rear retaining element or to the front retaining element, and is capable of moving longitudinally between an open position and a closed position, in reaction to the actuation of the additional release device.

Safety binding for a boot on a ski

A safety binding device for binding a boot on an alpine ski including a releasable retaining mechanism of the mechanical, hydraulic, viscoelastic type, which actuate a release as a function of the forces to which the boot is subjected and as a function of the duration &#x394;t of the application of such forces. The release action occurs as soon as the magnitude of the force is greater than an actual release threshold, Sr, which is dependent upon the duration &#x394;t of the application of force, such that if duration is greater than one second, the actual release threshold is between 50% and 75% of the theoretical release threshold, St, whereby: &#x394;t&#x3e;1 s; 0.75&#xd7;St&#x2267;Sr(&#x394;t)&#x2267;0.5&#xd7;St, with the theoretical release threshold St being determined as a function of the skier's parameters in conformance with ISO standards. In a particular embodiment, the release principle, which defines the actual release threshold as a function of the duration, Sr (&#x394;t), is of the exponential decrease type: Sr(&#x394;t)=a+exp[(b&#x2212;&#x394;t)/c]; whereby a, b, and c are parameters.

A gliding board in the form of a longitudinal beam having a laminated structure that includes a bottom surface layer, possibly borders by lateral running edges, reinforcing layers, a decorating layer, and a central core, the board being equipped with a data exchange label. The data exchange label is positioned at a distance greater than or equal to 2 millimeters from any metallic mass of the stack.

Board of a gliding apparatus and gliding apparatus including such a board

A gliding board including a longitudinal beam having a laminated structure that includes a bottom surface layer possibly edged with lateral running edges, reinforcing layers, a decorating layer, and a central core, the board being equipped with a data exchange label. The data exchange label is positioned at a distance greater than or equal to 2 millimeters from any metallic mass of the stack.

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Villaz, France

Laurent Damiani