Patents by Inventor Marc Boyeau

Marc Boyeau 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: 11913604
    Abstract: Corrugated fluid-tight membrane fluid-tight wall (1) including two series of parallel corrugations forming a plurality of nodes (5) at the crossings of said series of corrugations, wave reinforcements (11) being arranged under the corrugations (3) of the first series of corrugations (3), two successive wave reinforcements (11) in a corrugation (3) each including a hollow sole (15) and a reinforcement portion (16) disposed above the sole (15), the two wave reinforcements (11) being developed in the corrugation (3) on either side of a node (5), a connecting member (13) at the level of the node (5) being nested in the soles (15) of said two wave reinforcements (11) in such a manner as to assemble the two wave reinforcements (11) in an aligned position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Gaztransport Et Technigaz
    Inventors: Mohamed Sassi, Marc Boyeau, Antoine Philippe, Sébastien Delanoe, Vincent Berger, Johan Bougault
  • Patent number: 11821587
    Abstract: A tank includes a secondary insulation barrier, a secondary sealing membrane resting on the secondary insulation barrier, a primary insulation barrier resting on the secondary sealing membrane, a primary sealing membrane resting on the primary insulation barrier, and a primary reinforcing member. The primary sealing membrane includes primary corrugations and the secondary sealing membrane includes secondary corrugations projecting toward the interior of the tank. The primary and secondary corrugations are superimposed along a thickness direction. The primary insulation barrier has passages, and the secondary corrugations are accommodated in the passages. A dimension of the primary insulation barrier is less than a dimension of the secondary corrugations along the thickness direction, so the secondary corrugations extend through the passages and are partially accommodated in the primary corrugations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Mohammed Oulalite, Pierre Charbonnier, Mohamed Sassi, Marc Boyeau, Bruno Deletre, Raphaël Prunier
  • Publication number: 20230288028
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing fluid, comprising, from the outside to the inside of the tank, a secondary thermally insulating barrier and a secondary sealing membrane, the secondary sealing membrane being secured to the secondary thermally insulating barrier, a primary thermally insulating barrier resting against the secondary sealing membrane and a primary sealing membrane resting against the primary thermally insulating barrier, the tank comprising a duct that extends along a longitudinal direction, the duct being delimited on one hand by the secondary thermally insulating barrier and on the other hand by the secondary sealing membrane, a bottom of the duct being at least in part formed by the secondary thermally insulating barrier, the tank further comprising a pressure-drop stopper that is arranged in the duct and extends between the bottom of the duct and the sealing membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Gaztransport et Technigaz
    Inventors: Bruno DELETRE, Alain TESSIER, Vincent LORIN, Marc BOYEAU, Vincent BERGER
  • Patent number: 11073241
    Abstract: A Sealed and thermally insulated tank has a tank wall on a carrier structure. The tank wall has an insulating barrier, sealed barrier and an anchoring member. The sealed barrier has a first undulating metal membrane and a second undulating metal membrane which are located at one side and the other of the anchoring member, along an assembly edge which is oriented parallel with a longitudinal direction of the anchoring member. The first and the second membrane undulate with a first series of undulations which intersect with the assembly edge Terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the first membrane extend in a direction transverse to the assembly edge in the direction of the second membrane, beyond the terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the second membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Gaztransport ET Technigaz
    Inventors: Sebastien Delanoe, Marc Boyeau, Mickael Herry, Antoine Philippe, Virginie Longuet, Fabien Pesquet
  • Publication number: 20210140586
    Abstract: A tank includes a secondary insulation barrier, a secondary sealing membrane resting on the secondary insulation barrier, a primary insulation barrier resting on the secondary sealing membrane, a primary sealing membrane resting on the primary insulation barrier, and a primary reinforcing member. The primary sealing membrane includes primary corrugations and the secondary sealing membrane includes secondary corrugations projecting toward the interior of the tank. The primary and secondary corrugations are superimposed along a thickness direction. The primary insulation barrier has passages, and the secondary corrugations are accommodated in the passages. A dimension of the primary insulation barrier is less than a dimension of the secondary corrugations along the thickness direction, so the secondary corrugations extend through the passages and are partially accommodated in the primary corrugations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Mohammed Oulalite, Pierre Charbonnier, Mohamed Sassi, Marc Boyeau, Bruno Deletre, Raphaël Prunier
  • Publication number: 20210071817
    Abstract: Corrugated fluid-tight membrane fluid-tight wall (1) including two series of parallel corrugations forming a plurality of nodes (5) at the crossings of said series of corrugations, wave reinforcements (11) being arranged under the corrugations (3) of the first series of corrugations (3), two successive wave reinforcements (11) in a corrugation (3) each including a hollow sole (15) and a reinforcement portion (16) disposed above the sole (15), the two wave reinforcements (11) being developed in the corrugation (3) on either side of a node (5), a connecting member (13) at the level of the node (5) being nested in the soles (15) of said two wave reinforcements (11) in such a manner as to assemble the two wave reinforcements (11) in an aligned position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Mohamed SASSI, Marc BOYEAU, Antoine PHILIPPE, Sébastien DELANOE, Vincent BERGER, Johan BOUGAULT
  • Publication number: 20190331297
    Abstract: A Sealed and thermally insulated tank has a tank wall on a carrier structure. The tank wall has an insulating barrier, sealed barrier and an anchoring member. The sealed barrier has a first undulating metal membrane and a second undulating metal membrane which are located at one side and the other of the anchoring member, along an assembly edge which is oriented parallel with a longitudinal direction of the anchoring member. The first and the second membrane undulate with a first series of undulations which intersect with the assembly edge Terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the first membrane extend in a direction transverse to the assembly edge in the direction of the second membrane, beyond the terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the second membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastien Delanoe, Marc Boyeau, Mickael Herry, Antoine Philippe, Virginie Longuet, Fabien Pesquet
  • Patent number: 10415755
    Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulated tank for storage of a fluid, having a plurality of multilayer walls. A first of the walls has a secondary thermally insulating barrier including a first insulating panel along the intersection between the load-bearing structure of first wall and the load-bearing structure of an adjacent second wall. A second insulating panel is juxtaposed with the first insulating panel along one edge of the first panel opposing the second wall. The first wall has a secondary sealing membrane including a first corrugated metal sheet welded to a small metal plate of the first insulating panel; and a second corrugated metal sheet welded to the small metal plate of the second insulating panel. The first metal sheet and the second metal sheet are welded together via a joggled edge permitting the first and the second metal sheets to be lap welded to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Marc Boyeau, Antoine Philippe, Sébastien Delanoe
  • Patent number: 10378694
    Abstract: A Sealed and thermally insulated tank has a tank wall on a carrier structure. The tank wall has an insulating barrier, sealed barrier and an anchoring member. The sealed barrier has a first undulating metal membrane and a second undulating metal membrane which are located at one side and the other of the anchoring member, along an assembly edge which is oriented parallel with a longitudinal direction of the anchoring member. The first and the second membrane undulate with a first series of undulations which intersect with the assembly edge. Terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the first membrane extend in a direction transverse to the assembly edge in the direction of the second membrane, beyond the terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the second membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Gaztransport ET Technigaz
    Inventors: Sebastien Delanoe, Marc Boyeau, Mickael Herry, Antoine Philippe, Virginie Longuet, Fabien Pesquet
  • Patent number: 10364940
    Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating tank wherein the distance between two adjacent corrugations of the corrugated metal sheets of the sealing membrane is equal to a predetermined corrugation interval io, the sealing membrane comprising, around a through-element: two notched rectangular metal plates 3io wide in the first direction and 7io long in the second direction, which are symmetrical to one another, each notched rectangular metal plate having three outer edges disposed in line with a plurality of anchor plates and welded onto the first plurality of anchor plates and an inner edge having a notch formed to avoid cutting a square window through which the through-element passes, and two metal retrofit plates disposed between the non-notched portions of the inner edges of the two notched rectangular metal plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Hilarion Givoloup, Edouard Ducloy, Marc Boyeau, Antoine Philippe
  • Patent number: 10072798
    Abstract: The invention concerns a sealed and thermally insulating vessel for storing a fluid, comprising a secondary thermal insulation barrier and a secondary sealing membrane, the secondary sealing membrane comprising a plurality of corrugated metal sheets sealingly welded to each other and each comprising at least two perpendicular corrugations, the secondary thermal insulation barrier comprising a plurality of juxtaposed insulating panels, each insulating panel having an inner face, opposite the bearing wall, provided with metal plates to which the corrugated metal sheets are welded, each insulating panel being associated with the adjacent insulating panels via a plurality of bridging elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Mickael Herry, Marc Boyeau, Bruno Deletre, Antoine Philippe
  • Publication number: 20180180223
    Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulated tank for storage of a fluid, having a plurality of multilayer walls. A first of the walls has a secondary thermally insulating barrier including a first insulating panel along the intersection between the load-bearing structure of first wall and the load-bearing structure of an adjacent second wall. A second insulating panel is juxtaposed with the first insulating panel along one edge of the first panel opposing the second wall. The first wall has a secondary sealing membrane including a first corrugated metal sheet welded to a small metal plate of the first insulating panel; and a second corrugated metal sheet welded to the small metal plate of the second insulating panel. The first metal sheet and the second metal sheet are welded together via a joggled edge permitting the first and the second metal sheets to be lap welded to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Marc BOYEAU, Antoine PHILIPPE, Sébastien DELANOE
  • Publication number: 20180073678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealed and thermally insulating tank wherein the distance between two adjacent corrugations of the corrugated metal sheets of the sealing membrane is equal to a predetermined corrugation interval io, the sealing membrane comprising, around a through-element: two notched rectangular metal plates 3io wide in the first direction and 7io long in the second direction, which are symmetrical to one another, each notched rectangular metal plate having three outer edges disposed in line with a plurality of anchor plates and welded onto the first plurality of anchor plates and an inner edge having a notch formed to avoid cutting a square window through which the through-element passes, and two metal retrofit plates disposed between the non-notched portions of the inner edges of the two notched rectangular metal plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hilarion GIVOLOUP, Edouard DUCLOY, Marc BOYEAU, Antoine PHILIPPE
  • Patent number: 9862463
    Abstract: Sealed and thermally insulating tank in which a first tank wall and an adjacent second tank wall form an edge, the tank further including a sealed corner piece fixed in a sealed manner to the sealing membrane of the first tank wall and of the second tank wall, the corner piece including a sheet metal corner angle-iron situated in line with the edge, a first reinforcing flange, a second reinforcing flange, a first locking piece, a second locking piece wherein the locking pieces are fixed to the insulating barrier, the first reinforcing flange and the second reinforcing flange each include a tab fixed to the lower face of the first and second locking pieces, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Gaztransport ET Technigaz
    Inventor: Marc Boyeau
  • Publication number: 20170276295
    Abstract: The invention concerns a sealed and thermally insulating vessel for storing a fluid, comprising a secondary thermal insulation barrier and a secondary sealing membrane, the secondary sealing membrane comprising a plurality of corrugated metal sheets sealingly welded to each other and each comprising at least two perpendicular corrugations, the secondary thermal insulation barrier comprising a plurality of juxtaposed insulating panels, each insulating panel having an inner face, opposite the bearing wall, provided with metal plates to which the corrugated metal sheets are welded, each insulating panel being associated with the adjacent insulating panels via a plurality of bridging elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Mickael HERRY, Marc BOYEAU, Bruno DELETRE, Antoine PHILIPPE
  • Patent number: 9677711
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing a fluid, said sealed tank comprising an outer support structure, a thermal insulating barrier retained on the support structure, and a sealing barrier supported by the thermal insulating barrier. In one embodiment, the thermal insulating barrier comprises a corner structure positioned at an intersection between a first and a second wall of the support structure, the corner structure comprising a first and a second insulating panel, each having an outer surface positioned facing the support structure, an inner surface provided with a member for securing the sealing membrane, and lateral edges, the first panel having an outer surface resting against the first wall of the support structure and a lateral edge resting against the second wall of the support structure, the second panel having an outer surface resting against the second wall of the support structure and a lateral edge resting against the outer surface of the first panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Gaztransport Et Technigaz
    Inventors: Marc Boyeau, Sebastien Delanoe, Johan Bougault
  • Publication number: 20160252211
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing a fluid, said sealed tank comprising an outer support structure, a thermal insulating barrier retained on the support structure, and a sealing barrier supported by the thermal insulating barrier. In one embodiment, the thermal insulating barrier comprises a corner structure positioned at an intersection between a first and a second wall of the support structure, the corner structure comprising a first and a second insulating panel, each having an outer surface positioned facing the support structure, an inner surface provided with a member for securing the sealing membrane, and lateral edges, the first panel having an outer surface resting against the first wall of the support structure and a lateral edge resting against the second wall of the support structure, the second panel having an outer surface resting against the second wall of the support structure and a lateral edge resting against the outer surface of the first panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Gaztransport Et Technigaz
    Inventors: Marc Boyeau, Sebastien Delanoe, Johan Bougault
  • Publication number: 20160200402
    Abstract: Sealed and thermally insulating tank in which a first tank wall and an adjacent second tank wall form an edge, the tank further including a sealed corner piece fixed in a sealed manner to the sealing membrane of the first tank wall and of the second tank wall, the corner piece including a sheet metal corner angle-iron situated in line with the edge, a first reinforcing flange, a second reinforcing flange, a first locking piece, a second locking piece wherein the locking pieces are fixed to the insulating barrier, the first reinforcing flange and the second reinforcing flange each include a tab fixed to the lower face of the first and second locking pieces, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: Marc Boyeau
  • Publication number: 20160069514
    Abstract: Sealed and thermally insulated tank comprising a tank wall on a carrier structure, the tank wall comprising an insulating barrier, sealed barrier and an anchoring member, the sealed barrier comprising: a first undulating metal membrane which is arranged on a first portion of the insulating barrier, a second undulating metal membrane which is arranged on a second portion of the insulating barrier, which are located at one side and the other of the anchoring member, along an assembly edge which is orientated parallel with a longitudinal direction of the anchoring member, the first and the second membrane undulating with a first series of undulations which intersect with the assembly edge, terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the first membrane extending in a direction transverse to the assembly edge in the direction of the second membrane, beyond the terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the second membra
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Sébastien Delanoe, Marc Boyeau, Mickaël Herry, Antoine Philippe, Virginie Longuet, Fabien Pesquet