Patents by Inventor Pierre Parrot

Pierre Parrot 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: 9180980
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system in space for reinforcing photosynthesis on earth, comprising a satellite with at least one first optical assembly intended for collecting sunlight, the position of which is stationary; a second optical assembly, smaller in size and with less inertia than the first optical element, intended for retransmitting the collected light with higher density of the retransmitted flux density than the collected flux density, and with an adjustable orientation; a remotely controllable means capable of adjusting the orientation of the second optical assembly; and a light-transmitting means which transmits the collected light from the first optical assembly to the second optical assembly. The second optical assembly retransmits light only in specified frequency hands around 450 nm and 660 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: ASTRIUM SAS
    Inventors: Robert André Lainé, Pierre Parrot
  • Publication number: 20110211250
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system in space for reinforcing photosynthesis on earth, comprising a satellite with at least one first optical assembly intended for collecting sunlight, the position of which is stationary; a second optical assembly, smaller in size and with less inertia than the first optical element, intended for retransmitting the collected light with higher density of the retransmitted flux density than the collected flux density, and with an adjustable orientation; a remotely controllable means capable of adjusting the orientation of the second optical assembly; and a light-transmitting means which transmits the collected light from the first optical assembly to the second optical assembly. The second optical assembly retransmits light only in specified frequency hands around 450 nm and 660 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Robert André Lainé, Pierre Parrot
  • Patent number: 5511747
    Abstract: Arrangement for the thermal protection of an object, particularly a space vehicle, such as a space missile, including a frame structure covered with thermal insulating material, wherein the material is made of an aggregate of carbon or silica short fibers, the fibers being linked together by means of a binder made of the same constituent and possibly of an appropriate resin. The aggregate is in the form of at least one monobloc element, which is accordingly shaped and dimensioned, and adhered onto the frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Pierre Parrot, Philippe Lalanne, Philippe Herman, Jean-Louis Tisne