Patents by Inventor Jean-Yves Ricot

Jean-Yves Ricot 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).

  • Method for securing and confining the gasket plane of a vessel of a nuclear reactor and a gasket for applying this method
    Patent number: 8594266
    Abstract: A method including placing around the shoulder of the lid a ring-shaped gasket formed by a metal strip maintained on the vertical wall of the shoulder by self-maintaining members firmly attached to the strip, placing the lid bearing the ring-shaped gasket above the vessel by positioning it at a determined height, carrying out a cleanliness inspection of the gasket plane, lowering and laying the lid on the vessel so that the end side edges of the strip will come into contact with a horizontal wall of the lid and of the vessel flange respectively and attaching this lid on the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Areva NP
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Ricot, Florent Ledrappier, Ludovic Morice, David Lombard, Jean-François Juliaa
  • Method for Securing and Confining the Gasket Plane of a Vessel of a Nuclear Reactor and a Gasket for Applying this Method
    Publication number: 20110116588
    Abstract: A method including placing around the shoulder of the lid a ring-shaped gasket formed by a metal strip maintained on the vertical wall of the shoulder by self-maintaining members firmly attached to the strip, placing the lid bearing the ring-shaped gasket above the vessel by positioning it at a determined height, carrying out a cleanliness inspection of the gasket plane, lowering and laying the lid on the vessel so that the end side edges of the strip will come into contact with a horizontal wall of the lid and of the vessel flange respectively and attaching this lid on the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: AREVA NP
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Ricot, Florent Ledrappier, Ludovic Morice, David Lombard, Jean-Francois Juliaa