Patents Assigned to TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
  • Patent number: 11933403
    Abstract: A metallic sealing assembly between a rotating shaft and a fixed frame comprises: a flexible metallic seal having two tori, inner and outer, that are concentric and of different average diameters, comprising a metal envelope which encases and holds the inner and outer tori; a shaft rotating about an axis of rotation, comprising an annular shoulder against which the seal comes to press; a counter-face, comprising a contact face against which the seal comes to press; a wedge block positioned around the rotating shaft such that the seal is held between the wedge block and the contact face, the wedge block mounted to slide on the rotating shaft; a metal part which forms a cap through which the rotating shaft passes and which is secured to the frame and/or to the counter-face, the rotating shaft being free to rotate with respect to the cap and axially secured to the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Laurent Guimet, Jean-François Juliaa, Michel Lefrancois, Christophe Darles, Olivier Constant
  • Patent number: 11821517
    Abstract: A static metal seal comprising an outer sealing layer, wherein the outer sealing layer comprises a textured surface that is configured to come into contact with the surfaces that are to be sealed, the textured surface comprising a network of depressions spaced apart from one another on the textured surface, wherein the depressions are blind, do not pass all the way through the outer sealing layer, and do not communicate with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Florent Ledrappier, Jean-François Juliaa, Marin Teissier, Michel Lefrancois, Thierry David, Tony Zaouter
  • Patent number: 11644103
    Abstract: A metal sealing system for a triple eccentricity butterfly valve includes a dynamic metal seal, having a metal core surrounded by an external coating; a metal case with an external surface that has an inclined conical shape, including a first housing inside which the dynamic metal seal is mounted; a metal cover fixed to the metal case to allow it to close by flush fitting of the upper or lower faces of the metal cover and the metal case, the metal case having a second housing into which the metal cover fits, the dynamic metal seal being located between the metal cover and the surface of the metal case defining the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Laurent Guimet, Michel Lefrancois, Etienne Boyer, Marin Tessier, Jean-Jacques Darque, Bertrand Thevenon
  • Publication number: 20220090685
    Abstract: The main purpose of the invention is a metal sealing system (6) for a triple eccentricity butterfly valve (30) comprising: a dynamic metal seal (21), comprising a metal core surrounded by an external coating; a metal case (15) with an external surface that has an inclined conical shape, comprising a first housing inside which the dynamic metal seal (21) is mounted; a metal cover (29) fixed to the metal case (15) to allow it to close by flush fitting of the upper or lower faces of the metal cover (29) and the metal case (15), the metal case comprising a second housing into which the metal cover fits, the dynamic metal seal (21) being located between the metal cover (29) and the surface of the metal case (15) defining the first housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Laurent GUIMET, Michel LEFRANCOIS, Etienne BOYER, Marin TESSIER, Jean-Jacques DARQUE, Bertrand THEVENON
  • Patent number: 10428959
    Abstract: An annular assembly for compressing a seat of a ball-valve, including: a valve body or insert, including an annular internal counter-bore that defines an inner counter-bore diameter; a sleeve inserted into the annular internal counter-bore, defining at least one outer diameter of the sleeve; the body or the insert defining with the sleeve an annular housing in which the assembly includes, in succession: a downstream stack of head rings, an annular head shim, a stack of mechanisms of compression, an annular base shim, and an upstream stack of base rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMTQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Laurent Guimet, Florent Ledrappier, Michel Lefrancois
  • Patent number: 9890860
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a seal inserted between two elements having different coefficients of thermal expansion, the seal includes a first and a second metallic contact portion spaced along an axial stacking direction orthogonal with respect to a radial direction. Tight connection means between the first and second contact portions allow a relative movement between the first and second contact portions along the radial direction. A first and a second sliding part are respectively coupled in translation along the radial direction with the first and second contact portions and are stacked so as to be able to slide in relation to each other along the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Magali Reytier, Jacques Besson, Lionel Bruguiere, Jean-François Juliaa
  • Publication number: 20170299071
    Abstract: An annular assembly for compressing a seat of a ball-valve, including: a valve body or insert, including an annular internal counter-bore that defines an inner counter-bore diameter; a sleeve inserted into the annular internal counter-bore, defining at least one outer diameter of the sleeve; the body or the insert defining with the sleeve an annular housing in which the assembly includes, in succession: a downstream stack of head rings, an annular head shim, a stack of mechanisms of compression, an annular base shim, and an upstream stack of base rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Laurent GUIMET, Florent LEDRAPPIER, Michel LEFRANCOIS
  • Patent number: 9157531
    Abstract: The seal comprises a casing made of two portions (1, 2) crimped into one another with an accurate hermetic position adjustment at interfaces (15, 6b) and a composite structure comprising inside the casing an advantageously flexible and resilient core (24) and a winding (20) of brush bristles. This structure directly extends facing internal faces (9, 10) facing each other in the casing, which compresses the same and has an arcuate shape having a slightly higher radius of curvature. The composite structure is held at an accurate position, firmly but free of constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Laurent Guimet, Frédéric Sauvinet, Olivier Constant, Philippe Reynaud, Christophe Mengelle, Michel Lefrancois
  • Publication number: 20150226331
    Abstract: The seal comprises a casing made of two portions (1, 2) crimped into one another with an accurate hermetic position adjustment at interfaces (15, 6b) and a composite structure comprising inside the casing an advantageously flexible and resilient core (24) and a winding (20) of brush bristles. This structure directly extends facing internal faces (9, 10) facing each other in the casing, which compresses the same and has an arcuate shape having a slightly higher radius of curvature. The composite structure is held at an accurate position, firmly but free of constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Technetics Group France SAS
    Inventors: Laurent Guimet, Frédéric Sauvinet, Olivier Constant, Philippe Reynaud, Christophe Mengelle, Michel Lefrancois
  • Patent number: 8840117
    Abstract: A static sealing element (1) includes an elastic tapered washer (10) the deformation of which enables a force to be transmitted, a casing (18) to establish the seal, and two supporting washers (27 and 28) which transmit the forces originating from the elastic washer (10) to the curved edges (20, 21) of the casing (18) so as to exert on them a pressure which maintains the seal. The casing (18) made thus be manufactured from a ductile material, but one which is less deformable than the customary elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Technetics Group France SAS
    Inventors: Laurent Guimet, Ludovic Morice, Michel Lefrancois, Jean-François Juliaa
  • Publication number: 20140030633
    Abstract: The seal comprises a centre layer (5) of electrically insulating material, two metal outer layers (6, 7) bearing patterns (8, 9) able to be deformed by flattening out on the bearing faces (2, 3) to be sealed, so as to hold the seal while providing a sealing barrier to the connections, and intermediate layers (10, 11) of glassy material to provide connection thereto while absorbing deformations due to differential expansions. Applicable to high temperature electrolysis or fuel cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Francois Palermo, Lionel Bruguiere
  • Publication number: 20130292910
    Abstract: Compression between two blocks (5, 6) forming a dynamic seal (13) between a rotor (2) and a stator (1) is applied by an inflatable seal (7) located in a groove. When blocks (5 and 6) must be cuttable, in other words divided into two parts to be assembled around the shaft (2), the originally linear seal (7) is wound in the groove and its ends are in contact with each other. It applies a uniform compression around the circumference and its placement does not require major disassembly of the equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Grégory Tocheport, Jean-Jacques Darque, David Lombard, Stéphane Guignard, Laurent Guimet, Bruno Rouchouze, Jean-François Juliaa
  • Publication number: 20130026715
    Abstract: A static sealing element (1) includes an elastic tapered washer (10) the deformation of which enables a force to be transmitted, a casing (18) to establish the seal, and two supporting washers (27 and 28) which transmit the forces originating from the elastic washer (10) to the curved edges (20, 21) of the casing (18) so as to exert on them a pressure which maintains the seal. The casing (18) made thus be manufactured from a ductile material, but one which is less deformable than the customary elastomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Laurent Guimet, Ludovic Morice, Michel Lefrancois, Jean-Francois Juliaa
  • Publication number: 20120258384
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seal (10) inserted between two elements (4?, 6) having different coefficients of thermal expansion, said seal comprising: a first and a second metallic contact portion (16a, 16b) spaced along an axial stacking direction (8) orthogonal with respect to a radial direction (20); tight connection means (14) between the portions (16a, 16b), allowing a relative movement between same along a radial direction; and a first and a second sliding part (24a, 24b) respectively coupled in translation along the radial direction with the portions (16a, 16b), and stacked so as to be able to slide in relation to each other along the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: TECHNETICS GROUP FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Magali Reytier, Jacques Besson, Lionel Bruguiere, Jean-François Juliaa