Patents by Inventor Vincent Peyrony

Vincent Peyrony 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).

  • Cyclonic flow separator
    Patent number: 7967991
    Abstract: The separator has a cylindrical separator chamber and an impeller on the same axis and driven in rotation. The impeller has a core, an inlet for receiving an axial flow of fluid, an outlet for injecting the fluid into the separator chamber, and guide channels formed between the inlet and the outlet of the impeller at the periphery of the core. The core has a portion of diameter equal to or greater than the inner diameter of the separator chamber. In this portion, the guide channels extend longitudinally, and they then continue as far as the outlet from the impeller, which outlet is cylindrical in shape and of diameter equal to the inner diameter of the separator chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Total SA, Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yves Lecoffre, Vincent Peyrony
  • CYCLONIC FLOW SEPARATOR
    Publication number: 20090026151
    Abstract: The separator has a cylindrical separator chamber and an impeller on the same axis and driven in rotation. The impeller has a core, an inlet for receiving an axial flow of fluid, an outlet for injecting the fluid into the separator chamber, and guide channels formed between the inlet and the outlet of the impeller at the periphery of the core. The core has a portion of diameter equal to or greater than the inner diameter of the separator chamber. In this portion, the guide channels extend longitudinally, and they then continue as far as the outlet from the impeller, which outlet is cylindrical in shape and of diameter equal to the inner diameter of the separator chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: YVES LECOFFRE, VINCENT PEYRONY