Patents by Inventor Sébastien Flichy

Sébastien Flichy 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).

  • Electric arc furnace for the production of steel and method of operating this furnace
    Patent number: 6229838
    Abstract: An electric arc furnace is provided for the production of steel by melting metal between electrodes. The electric arc furnace comprises gas injectors provided with respective cooling chambers placed in a wall of the furnace, wherein at least one single chamber is associated with at least two injectors in order to cool each injector. Each injector is angled in a manner appropriate with respect to a corresponding gas injected thereby and to a corresponding function thereof, wherein the orientation axes of the injectors are not parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Sébastien Flichy, Jacky Laurent, Frédéric Viraize, Marc Bremont, Jean-Claude Vuillermoz