Patents by Inventor Pierre Yves Torrent

Pierre Yves Torrent 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: 10605499
    Abstract: The energy system includes a heat exchanger absorbing heat energy from its environment, and a heat pump transferring energy from the heat exchanger to a heat-consuming circuit. The heat pump includes a regulator arranged so as to regulate a temperature of the heat exchanger at a temperature below a liquefaction and/or freezing temperature of the water vapor of the ambient air. The regulator is also arranged so as to regulate the temperature according to weather conditions, which the heat exchanger is exposed to, such as rain, wind, and sun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: DATATECHNIC INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Pierre-Yves Torrent
  • Publication number: 20170038103
    Abstract: The energy system includes a heat exchanger absorbing heat energy from its environment, and a heat pump transferring energy from the heat exchanger to a heat-consuming circuit. The heat pump includes a regulator arranged so as to regulate a temperature of the heat exchanger at a temperature below a liquefaction and/or freezing temperature of the water vapor of the ambient air. The regulator is also arranged so as to regulate the temperature according to weather conditions, which the heat exchanger is exposed to, such as rain, wind, and sun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: Pierre-Yves TORRENT
  • Patent number: 9391492
    Abstract: The facility for transforming heat energy includes an energy-storage device including an HT vat containing a heat-transfer fluid HT in pressurized gaseous phase, a PCM vat containing a phase-change material, as PCM material, the PCM vat and the HT vat being positioned relative to one another such as to enable a transfer of heat energy between the PCM material and the HT fluid. There is a first electric generator connected to the HT vat by a fluid forward channel and a fluid backward channel, the generator generating power from a kinetic energy of the pressurized gaseous fluid, and a heat pump, transferring heat energy from a cold source to the energy-storage device in order to heat the HT fluid contained in the HT vat and/or to provide energy to the PCM material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: LI-MITHRA ENGINEERING
    Inventor: Pierre Yves Torrent
  • Publication number: 20150188388
    Abstract: The facility for transforming heat energy includes an energy-storage device including an HT vat containing a heat-transfer fluid HT in pressurized gaseous phase, a PCM vat containing a phase-change material, as PCM material, the PCM vat and the HT vat being positioned relative to one another such as to enable a transfer of heat energy between the PCM material and the HT fluid, a first electric generator connected to the HT vat by a fluid forward channel and a fluid backward channel, the generator generating power from a kinetic energy of the pressurized gaseous fluid, and a heat pump, transferring heat energy from a cold source to the energy-storage device in order to heat the HT fluid contained in the HT vat and/or to provide energy to the PCM material. The invention can be used for the general supply of energy, heat, domestic hot water or electricity of a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LI-MITHRA ENGINEERING
    Inventor: Pierre Yves Torrent