Patents by Inventor Laurent Geron
Laurent Geron 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).
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Patent number: 11336223Abstract: The present invention provides a building exterior cladding. The panel includes an upper overlap area, a lower overlap area and a central part, covered by at least one photovoltaic module. A perforation is located in the lower overlap area and traversed by an electrical cable connecting one of two electrical poles of the photovoltaic module to an electrical plug located on the reverse side of the panel in the lower overlap area. An opening is located in the upper overlap area, into which is inserted an electrical junction box connected to another electrical pole of the photovoltaic module by an electrical cable.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: ArcelorMittalInventors: Renaud Vignal, Laurent Geron
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Publication number: 20210175847Abstract: A panel equipped with a photovoltaic device including an even number of columns of photovoltaic modules, the columns being aligned essentially parallel to a longitudinal edge of the panel. Each column includes an electrical pole on each extremity. The polarity of an electrical pole of one extremity being the inverse of that of the electrical pole of the other extremity and the poles of two adjacent columns being of inverse polarity. An assembly of panels, an electrical device connected to a converter including an assembly and a method for the electrical connection to a converter of the panels of the assembly is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Renaud Vignal, Laurent Geron
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Patent number: 10879841Abstract: The present invention provides a panel equipped with a photovoltaic device including an even number of columns of photovoltaic modules, the columns being aligned essentially parallel to a longitudinal edge of the panel. Each column includes an electrical pole on each of extremity. The polarity of an electrical pole of one extremity being the inverse of that of the electrical pole of the other extremity, the poles of two adjacent columns being of inverse polarity, the electrical pole being in the form of a male connector when it is of one polarity and in the form of a female connector when it is of the inverse polarity. The male connectors and female connectors arranged so that they interlock with one another when the lower transverse edge of an upper panel overlaps the upper transverse edge of a lower panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: ArcelorMittalInventors: Renaud Vignal, Laurent Geron
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Patent number: 10483907Abstract: The present invention provides a building exterior cladding panel. The panel includes an upper overlap area, a lower overlap area, and a central part covered by at least one photovoltaic module. A perforation is located in the lower overlap area and traversed by an electrical cable connecting one of two electrical poles of the photovoltaic module to an electrical plug located on the reverse side of the panel in the lower overlap area. An opening is located in the upper overlap area, into which is inserted an electrical junction box connected to another electrical pole of the photovoltaic module by an electrical cable.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: ArcelorMittalInventors: Renaud Vignal, Laurent Geron, Lionel Fourdrinier
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Patent number: 10270382Abstract: The present invention provides a panel. The panel includes an upper transverse edge having an upper overlap area intended to be covered by an adjacent panel and a lower transverse edge having a lower overlap area intended to covered by an adjacent panel. The panel also includes a first longitudinal edge having a first longitudinal rib, a central part, extending from the first longitudinal rib, having a recess located in the upper overlap area which has an opening for flush mounting an electrical junction box and a perforation located in the lower overlap area for passing through an electrical connector. The panel further includes a second longitudinal edge extending from the central part and having a second longitudinal rib. The first longitudinal rib and the second longitudinal rib have shapes enabling them to overlap.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: ArcelorMittalInventors: Renaud Vignal, Laurent Geron, Paul Wouters
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Publication number: 20180159462Abstract: The present invention provides a panel. The panel includes an upper transverse edge having an upper overlap area intended to be covered by an adjacent panel and a lower transverse edge having a lower overlap area intended to covered by an adjacent panel. The panel also includes a first longitudinal edge having a first longitudinal rib, a central part, extending from the first longitudinal rib, having a recess located in the upper overlap area which has an opening for flush mounting an electrical junction box and a perforation located in the lower overlap area for passing through an electrical connector. The panel further includes a second longitudinal edge extending from the central part and having a second longitudinal rib. The first longitudinal rib and the second longitudinal rib have shapes enabling them to overlap.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Renaud VIGNAL, Laurent GERON, Paul WOUTERS
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Publication number: 20180152136Abstract: The present invention provides a building exterior cladding. The panel includes an upper overlap area, a lower overlap area and a central part, covered by at least one photovoltaic module. A perforation is located in the lower overlap area and traversed by an electrical cable connecting one of two electrical poles of the photovoltaic module to an electrical plug located on the reverse side of the panel in the lower overlap area. An opening is located in the upper overlap area, into which is inserted an electrical junction box connected to another electrical pole of the photovoltaic module by an electrical cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Renaud VIGNAL, Laurent GERON
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Publication number: 20180152135Abstract: The present invention provides a building exterior cladding panel. The panel includes an upper overlap area, a lower overlap area, and a central part covered by at least one photovoltaic module. A perforation is located in the lower overlap area and traversed by an electrical cable connecting one of two electrical poles of the photovoltaic module to an electrical plug located on the reverse side of the panel in the lower overlap area. An opening is located in the upper overlap area, into which is inserted an electrical junction box connected to another electrical pole of the photovoltaic module by an electrical cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Renaud VIGNAL, Laurent GERON, Lionel FOURDRINIER
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Publication number: 20170155359Abstract: The present invention provides a panel equipped with a photovoltaic device including an even number of columns of photovoltaic modules, the columns being aligned essentially parallel to a longitudinal edge of the panel. Each column includes an electrical pole on each of extremity. The polarity of an electrical pole of one extremity being the inverse of that of the electrical pole of the other extremity, the poles of two adjacent columns being of inverse polarity, the electrical pole being in the form of a male connector when it is of one polarity and in the form of a female connector when it is of the inverse polarity. The male connectors and female connectors arranged so that they interlock with one another when the lower transverse edge of an upper panel overlaps the upper transverse edge of a lower panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Renaud Vignal, Laurent Geron
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Publication number: 20170155357Abstract: The present invention provides a panel equipped with a photovoltaic device including an even number of columns of photovoltaic modules, the columns being aligned essentially parallel to a longitudinal edge of the panel. Each column includes an electrical pole on each extremity. The polarity of an electrical pole of one extremity being the inverse of that of the electrical pole of the other extremity and the poles of two adjacent columns being of inverse polarity. The present invention further provides an assembly of panels, an electrical device connected to a converter including an assembly and a method for the electrical connection to a converter of the panels of the assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Renaud Vignal, Laurent Geron
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Patent number: 7582256Abstract: The invention relates to an appliance for the continuous photocatalytic purification of the air in a room, said appliance preferably being in the form of a wall (1) and comprising an external steel structure, an opening (11) for the admission of the air to be processed, an internal metallic framework (4) to which a plurality of UVA lamps (3) are fixed, a photocatalytic filter (2), and an opening (12) for discharging the purified air. The inventive appliance is characterised in that the photocatalytic filter comprises at least one metal grating (2) covered by a film containing titanium dioxide (TiO2), mainly in an anatase phase, in order to maximise the surface of the photocatalyst illuminated by the UVA light.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Arcelormittal FranceInventors: Laurent Geron, René Winand, Leila Dehbi