Patents by Inventor Bruno Bellin

Bruno Bellin 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).

  • Patent number: 9084370
    Abstract: The electronic computer according to the invention comprises: a storage case comprising a housing including an air inlet and an air outlet for the circulation of a flow of cooling air through the housing, an electronic motherboard comprising a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being provided with connectors for receiving electronic daughterboards, and an air channeling system configured so as to channel the air hitting the first surface of the electronic motherboard to bring it to the side of the second surface of the electronic motherboard. According to one aspect of the invention, the air channeling system is configured to spray the electronic daughterboards, so as to cool said electronic daughterboards through convection of the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Bruno Bellin, Francoise Brehin
  • Patent number: 8542485
    Abstract: This housing comprises rackable electronic equipment modules (2) housed in a bay. A module (2) has both internal (12, 13) and external (45) thermal radiators cooled by natural and forced ventilation. The internal thermal radiators (12, 13) are placed in thermal contact with the hot spots of the electronic equipment placed in the module (2) via hear collectors (40, 41) connected by heat pipe (42, 43) to the external thermal radiators (45) arranged outside on the edge (44) of the module (2). The internal thermal radiators (12, 13) are sized to be sufficient to cool the electric equipment when the forced ventilation is functioning normally. The external thermal radiators (45) are sized to complement the cooling provided by the internal radiators (12, 13) should the forced ventilation be lost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Gerard Nemoz, Bruno Bellin, Pilippe Bieth
  • Patent number: 8322917
    Abstract: The operational reliability of a heat pipe 200 provided for carrying heat dissipated by an electronic component 101 to a heat exchanger 300 is tested by using the heat pipe in the reverse direction, by providing energy in the form of heat at the exchanger 300, and by measuring the propagation time ?P of the heat from the exchanger to the electronic component. Application to heat pipe tests in onboard computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Marc Gatti, Gerard Nemoz, Bruno Bellin, Christian Pitot
  • Patent number: 8094451
    Abstract: The present invention proposes an onboard computer equipped with a stand-alone aeraulic cooling device. Its main benefit is that it improves the effectiveness of the aeraulic cooling of onboard computers, thanks to the provision of ducts (N1, N2, N3) routing a cool air stream (FA) to the hot spots of the electronic modules (E1, E2, E3, E4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Bruno Bellin, Gerard Nemoz, Serge Bernadac, Jean-Michel Civadier
  • Patent number: 8035969
    Abstract: The invention proposes a new aeraulic cooling design for ARINC series 600 computers. Using a network of ducts (N) and holes (HM) on an intermediate plate (M) situated just above the bottom place (B) through which a stream of cool air (AF) is injected into said computer (C), the present invention makes it possible to effectively cool the dissipative areas and the identified hot spots on the electronic modules (E) that it contains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Bruno Bellin, Patrick Manesse
  • Patent number: 7869209
    Abstract: This rack (1) houses rackable electronic gear modules (2, 3) and has cooling by natural convection thanks to ventilation orifices (20, 21) provided in its bottom (10) and top (11) walls and forced air cooling thanks to internal air distribution ramps (30) fed with air under pressure through the intermediary of a distribution box (31) connected to a forced air circulation duct (37). The use of internal distribution ramps for the forced air makes it possible to produce a pulsed air circulation providing only a slight obstacle to the air circulation obtained by natural convection. Compared to usual configurations, this makes it possible to lower the operating temperature reached by the equipment in the event of loss of the forced ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Gerard Nemoz, Bruno Bellin
  • Publication number: 20100302727
    Abstract: The present invention proposes an onboard computer equipped with a stand-alone aeraulic cooling device. Its main benefit is that it improves the effectiveness of the aeraulic cooling of onboard computers, thanks to the provision of ducts (N1, N2, N3) routing a cool air stream (FA) to the hot spots of the electronic modules (E1, E2, E3, E4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Thales
    Inventors: Bruno Bellin, Gerard Nemoz, Serge Bernadac, Jean-Michel Civadier
  • Publication number: 20100033920
    Abstract: The invention proposes a new aeraulic cooling design for ARINC series 600 computers. Using a network of ducts (N) and holes (HM) on an intermediate plate (M) situated just above the bottom place (B) through which a stream of cool air (AF) is injected into said computer (C), the present invention makes it possible to effectively cool the dissipative areas and the identified hot spots on the electronic modules (E) that it contains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Thales
    Inventors: Bruno Bellin, Patrick Manesse
  • Publication number: 20100008025
    Abstract: This rack (1) houses rackable electronic gear modules (2, 3) and has cooling by natural convection thanks to ventilation orifices (20, 21) provided in its bottom (10) and top (11) walls and forced air cooling thanks to internal air distribution ramps (30) fed with air under pressure through the intermediary of a distribution box (31) connected to a forced air circulation duct (37). The use of internal distribution ramps for the forced air makes it possible to produce a pulsed air circulation providing only a slight obstacle to the air circulation obtained by natural convection. Compared to usual configurations, this makes it possible to lower the operating temperature reached by the equipment in the event of loss of the forced ventilation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Thales
    Inventors: Gerard Nemoz, Bruno Bellin
  • Publication number: 20090318071
    Abstract: This housing comprises rackable electronic equipment modules (2) housed in a bay. A module (2) has both internal (12, 13) and external (45) thermal radiators cooled by natural and forced ventilation. The internal thermal radiators (12, 13) are placed in thermal contact with the hot spots of the electronic equipment placed in the module (2) via hear collectors (40, 41) connected by heat pipe (42, 43) to the external thermal radiators (45) arranged outside on the edge (44) of the module (2). The internal thermal radiators (12, 13) are sized to be sufficient to cool the electric equipment when the forced ventilation is functioning normally. The external thermal radiators (45) are sized to complement the cooling provided by the internal radiators (12, 13) should the forced ventilation be lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Gérard Nemoz, Bruno Bellin, Philippe Bieth
  • Publication number: 20090161721
    Abstract: The operational reliability of a heat pipe 200 provided for carrying heat dissipated by an electronic component 101 to a heat exchanger 300 is tested by using the heat pipe in the reverse direction, by providing energy in the form of heat at the exchanger 300, and by measuring the propagation time ?P of the heat from the exchanger to the electronic component. Application to heat pipe tests in onboard computers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Marc Gatti, Gerard Nemoz, Bruno Bellin, Christian Pitot