Patents by Inventor Didier Rossi

Didier Rossi 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: 9310101
    Abstract: A set of heat pipes for solar collectors is provided. The set includes a plurality of heat pipes, each heat pipe being suitable for being laid out in a respective solar collector, and including a heat pipe fluid, a first sheet and a second sheet locally merged with each other and delimiting a reservoir. The reservoir containing the heat pipe fluid extends over a hot part for evaporating the heat pipe fluid and a cold part for condensing the heat pipe fluid, and is formed by an interstice between the two sheets. The reservoirs of at least two heat pipes are delimited by a same first sheet and a same second sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS ENERGIE DEVELOPPEMENT, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Jean-Antoine Gruss, Christian Lenotre, Alain Marechal, Didier Rossi, Michel Wohrer
  • Patent number: 9027347
    Abstract: A solar collector (26) includes: an outer tube (64) of circular cross-section, closed at one of its ends, an absorption layer (52) arranged inside the outer tube (64), for absorbing solar radiation (Rs), and a heat pipe (56) including a hot part (58) laid out inside the outer tube (64), a cold part (60) arranged outside the outer tube (64), and a reservoir (62) containing a heat pipe fluid (63) and extending over the hot part (58) and the cold part (60). The outer tube (64) is hermetically closed around the heat pipe (56) at the other of its ends, a vacuum being formed inside said outer tube (64). For the hot part (58) of the heat pipe (56), the reservoir (62) is applied at least locally against the absorption layer (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Sophia Antipolis Energie Developpement, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Jean-Antoine Gruss, Christian LenĂ´tre, Alain Marechal, Didier Rossi, Michel Wohrer
  • Publication number: 20120124999
    Abstract: A solar collector (26) includes: an outer tube (64) of circular cross-section, closed at one of its ends, an absorption layer (52) arranged inside the outer tube (64), for absorbing solar radiation (Rs), and a heat pipe (56) including a hot part (58) laid out inside the outer tube (64), a cold part (60) arranged outside the outer tube (64), and a reservoir (62) containing a heat pipe fluid (63) and extending over the hot part (58) and the cold part (60). The outer tube (64) is hermetically closed around the heat pipe (56) at the other of its ends, a vacuum being formed inside said outer tube (64). For the hot part (58) of the heat pipe (56), the reservoir (62) is applied at least locally against the absorption layer (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS ENERGIE DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Jean-Antoine Gruss, Christian LenĂ´tre, Alain Marechal, Didier Rossi, Wohrer Michel
  • Publication number: 20120048519
    Abstract: A set of heat pipes for solar collectors includes a plurality of heat pipes (54), each heat pipe (54) being suitable for being laid out in a respective solar collector, and including a heat pipe fluid (58), a first sheet and a second sheet (62) locally merged with each other and delimiting a reservoir (64). The reservoir (64) containing the heat pipe fluid (58) extends over a hot part (66) for evaporating the heat pipe fluid (58) and a cold part (68) for condensing the heat pipe fluid (58), and is formed by an interstice between the two sheets (62). The reservoirs (64) of at least two heat pipes (54) are delimited by a same first sheet and a same second sheet (62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS ENERGIE DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Jean-Antoine Gruss, Christian Lenotre, Alain Marechal, Didier Rossi, Michel Wohrer