Patents Assigned to Total
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Publication number: 20220250898Abstract: The dispensing system comprises a transportable container and, inside the container, comprises at least a first vessel containing a urea solution, at least a second vessel containing an additive for the urea solution, and at least a first set of fluidic circuits, comprising a first fluidic circuit, connecting the first vessel to a junction, at least a second fluidic circuit, connecting the second vessel to the junction, the second fluidic circuit comprising a valve that can be configured between an open position, in which the first and second fluidic circuits are in fluid communication, and a closed position, and a first dispensing circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICESInventors: Pierre DAVERAT, Olivier GUÉNA, Romain BUTAUD, Jean-Michel HIÉRONIMUS
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Patent number: 11399580Abstract: A barrier system, device, and method protects medical professionals and patients from exposure to contaminants and bodily fluids is provided. The system includes a head unit shaped to be worn over the head of the wearer; a hood positioned over the head unit; one or more sensors configured to produce one or more sensor-output signals; and a controller connected to the one or more sensors and configured to produce one or more controller-output signals based on the one or more sensor-output signals. Further, a device inside a barrier system is controlled by (a) sensing one or more characteristics; (b) producing one or more sensor signals based on the sensed one or more characteristics; (c) converting and/or processing the one or more sensor signals to produce one or more controller-output signals; and (d) controlling the device based on the one or more controller-output signals.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: THI TOTAL HEALTHCARE INNOVATION GMBHInventors: Giorgio Rosati, Paul Gruber, Richard Nickl, David Lee Cargille
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Publication number: 20220228083Abstract: Use of a guanidinium-based ionic liquid as detergent in a lubricant composition, notably for lubricating marine engines. A lubricant composition including a guanidinium-based ionic liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICESInventors: Modestino DE FEO, Thomas SCHUBERT, Boyan ILIEV
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Publication number: 20220232193Abstract: A system including a point monitor case including a point monitoring case port electrically coupled to a confined space monitoring device for acquiring monitoring data from a confined space. A centralized monitoring station cabinet communicatively connected to the point monitor case includes a display device, a processor, and a centralized monitoring application. The centralized monitoring application executes instructions on the processor to display: a number of workers in proximity to the confined space, a camera feed from a camera located at a confined space, a control button configured to control the confined space monitoring device, and gas sensor indicators. A hub is communicatively interposed between the point monitor case and the centralized monitoring station cabinet. The hub includes a cableless access point, an aggregator, and a graphical user interface configured to display an aggregated current state of the confined space, including a combination of data streams aggregated by the aggregator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Total Safety U.S., Inc.Inventors: Gunter Jano Emiel Vancraybex, Dusan Rakic, Jeremy Daniel St. Germain, Binu Oommen Joy
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Patent number: 11389793Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a microfluidic device, in particular, a sol-gel method for producing a microfluidic device in hybrid silica glass. The invention also relates to a microfluidic device obtainable by the method as described above and to microfluidic device in hybrid silica glass comprising at least one microchannel having a depth of at least 1 ?m, preferably between 1 ?m and 1 mm, and more preferably between 10 and 100 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: TOTAL SA, ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS-, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1Inventors: Michael Levant, Denis Bartolo, Stéphane Parola, Denis Chateau
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Patent number: 11389764Abstract: A method for treating a natural gas containing carbon dioxide using membrane modules which are assigned to a first treatment stage or a second treatment stage and are fluidically connected to a retentate mode or a permeate mode. When evolution in the operating conditions results in one of the processing levels requiring less membrane surface for gas processing and the other processing level requiring more membrane surface for gas processing, then the method allows for reassignment of needed membrane modules assigned from one processing level requiring less membrane surface to another processing level requiring more membrane surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: TOTAL SEInventors: Phuc-Tien Thierry, Denis Chretien, Claire Weiss, Salim Azzi, Aneke Igwume
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Patent number: 11390789Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for cooling a propulsion system of an electric or hybrid vehicle including at least one battery, comprising: (i) at least one base oil or at least one hydrocarbon-based fluid with a boiling point of greater than or equal to 50° C.; (ii) at least one fire retardant corresponding to formula (I) RF-L-RH??(I) in which RF is a perfluorinated or partially fluorinated group, RH is a hydrocarbon-based group, and L is a linker; and (iii) at least one fluoro compound with a boiling point of between 50 and 250° C. The invention also relates to the use of at least one fluoro compound with a boiling point of between 50° C. and 250° C. for promoting the contact between a fire retardant corresponding to formula (I) and an element of a propulsion system of an electric or hybrid vehicle, when thermal runaway is observed, said fire retardant of formula (I) being formulated in a base oil, or a hydrocarbon-based fluid with a boiling point of greater than or equal to 50° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Total Marketing ServicesInventors: Eric Lacroix, Philippe China, Francis Rondelez
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Patent number: 11390959Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system for catalyzing conversion of carbon dioxide into multi-carbon compounds comprising a boron-doped copper catalytic material and associated methods.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: TOTAL SE, The Governing Council of the University of TorontoInventors: Edward Sargent, Phil De Luna, Fanglin Che, Yansong Zhou
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Patent number: 11383129Abstract: A device for training and rehabilitation of a limb is provided. The device provides a board with a plurality of movement tracks to allow for controlled movement of the limb in various directions. Blockers and other controlling structures may be arranged on the device to limit range of motion of the movement of the limb.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: My Total Shoulder, Inc.Inventor: Micolene Boddie
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Publication number: 20220213402Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a copolymer (C) comprising repeat units corresponding to alkyl methacrylate monomers, said monomers comprising at least one or more monomer(s) (A), the same or different, selected from among (C6-C10) alkyl methacrylate monomers; one or more monomer(s) (B), the same or different, selected from among (C10-C18) alkyl methacrylate monomers, in a lubricant composition comprising at least one base oil for reducing and/or controlling abnormal gas combustion in an engine, preferably a marine engine or a controlled-ignition engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICESInventor: Valérie DOYEN
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Patent number: 11377618Abstract: Compositions resulting from the mixing of at least one oligomer A1, resulting from the copolymerization of at least one monomer functionalized by diol functions with at least a second monomer, and at least one compound A2 including at least two boronic ester functions. The compositions exhibit very varied rheological properties, depending on the proportion of the compounds A1 and A2 used. A composition also results from mixing at least one lubricating oil with such a composition of associative and exchangeable polymers, and to the use of this composition to lubricate a mechanical part.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICESInventors: Gregory Descroix, Fanny Briand
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Patent number: 11378704Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for generating an image of a subsurface of an area of interest from seismic data. The method comprises providing seismic wavefields, providing a zero-offset seismic wavefield dataset, determining a seismic velocity parameter model w(x) comprising an initial model w0(x), a low frequency perturbation term ?mb(x) and a high frequency perturbation term ?mr(x), determining an optimal seismic velocity parameter model wopt(x) by computing a plurality of iterations, each iteration comprising calculating and optimizing a cost function, said cost function being dependent on the zero-offset seismic wavefield and on the low frequency perturbation term ?mb(x) as a parameter in the optimization of the cost function, the high frequency perturbation term ?mr(x) being related to the velocity parameter model w(x) to keep the provided zero-offset seismic wavefield data invariant with respect to the low frequency perturbation term ?mb(x).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: TOTAL SEInventors: Raphaël Valensi, Reda Baina
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Patent number: 11378717Abstract: It is proposed a method which comprises providing a geomechanical model of the geological environment, measurements of a first geological attribute each performed at a respective first position of the geological environment, constraints on a second geological attribute related to a yield criterion and each assigned to a respective second position of the geological environment, and a geomechanical simulator. The method also comprises determining the stress field derivable from the data outputted by the geomechanical simulator taking as input the geomechanical model and an optimal set of one or more boundary conditions. This provides an improved solution for estimating in situ stress field of a geological environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignees: TOTAL SE, ASSOCIATION SCIENTIFIQUE POUR LA GEOLOGIE ET SES APPLICATIONSInventors: Pierre Thore, Antoine Mazuyer
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Publication number: 20220201989Abstract: A tank for water has a bottom and a surrounding wall with an inside and an outside. In a lower portion, the wall is provided with a hatch casing positioned in a hatch opening extending through the wall for access by personnel from the outside to the inside of the tank. The hatch casing is provided with a hatch with an inside and an outside. The hatch in a closed position closes the hatch opening in a liquid-tight manner. The inside of the hatch is flush with the inside of the wall when the hatch is in the closed position. A method for giving personnel access to the tank through the hatch opening is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Total Betong ASInventors: Olav BANG-HAAGENSEN, Einar ASKØ, Ole Roger SEM
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Patent number: 11370806Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a solid catalyst for propylene polymerization, and more specifically, a method for preparing a solid catalyst for propylene polymerization including (1) first reacting dialkoxy magnesium and titanium halide compound under the presence of an organic solvent; (2) adding two kinds of non-aromatic internal electron donors to a product of the step (1) and reacting the mixture; and (3) second reacting the product of the step (2) with a titanium halide compound and washing a reaction product. The catalyst prepared according to the method as described in the present disclosure not only may provide high catalytic activity, but also may provide a propylene polymer having excellent stereoregularity.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: HANWHA TOTAL PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Il Kim, Jin Woo Lee
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Patent number: 11370977Abstract: The invention provides for a fluid having a boiling point in the range of from 100 to 400° C. and comprising more than 95% isoparaffins and containing less than 100 ppm aromatics, obtainable by the process comprising the step of catalytically hydrogenating a feed comprising more than 95% by weight of a hydrodeoxygenated isomerized hydrocarbon biomass feedstock, at a temperature from 80 to 180° C. and at a pressure from 50 to 160 bars. The invention also provides for a fluid having a boiling point in the range of from 100 to 400° C. and a boiling range below 80° C., said fluid comprising more than 95% isoparaffins and less than 3% of naphthens by weight and having a ratio of isoparaffins to n-paraffins of at least 12:1, a biodegradability at 28 days of at least 60%, as measured according to the OECD 306 standard, a biocarbon content of at least 95% by weight, and containing less than 100 ppm aromatics by weight. The invention finally provides for uses of the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICESInventors: Laurent Germanaud, Clarisse Doucet
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Patent number: 11374145Abstract: Methods of fabricating solar cells using UV-curing of light-receiving surfaces of the solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, are described herein. In an example, a method of fabricating a solar cell includes forming a passivating dielectric layer on a light-receiving surface of a silicon substrate. The method also includes forming an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer below the passivating dielectric layer. The method also includes exposing the ARC layer to ultra-violet (UV) radiation. The method also includes, subsequent to exposing the ARC layer to ultra-violet (UV) radiation, thermally annealing the ARC layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: SunPower Corporation, Total Marketing ServicesInventors: Yu-Chen Shen, Périne Jaffrennou, Gilles Olav Tanguy Sylvain Poulain, Michael C. Johnson, Seung Bum Rim
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Patent number: 11374137Abstract: Approaches for foil-based metallization of solar cells and the resulting solar cells are described. For example, a method of fabricating a solar cell involves locating a metal foil above a plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions disposed in or above a substrate. The method also involves laser welding the metal foil to the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The method also involves patterning the metal foil by laser ablating through at least a portion of the metal foil at regions in alignment with locations between the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The laser welding and the patterning are performed at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: SunPower Corporation, Total Marketing ServicesInventors: Taeseok Kim, Gabriel Harley, John Wade Viatella, Perine Jaffrennou
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Patent number: 11365317Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a binder, in divided form, that is solid at ambient temperature, including at least one oil selected from a hydrocarbon oil of petroleum or synthetic origin and mixtures of same, and at least one chemical organogelator additive, for the production of asphalt mixes from recycled asphalt mix aggregates. The solid-at-ambient-temperature binder can be used for the production of asphalt mixes obtained from recycled asphalt mix aggregates, said binder including at least one oil selected from a hydrocarbon oil of petroleum or synthetic origin and mixtures of same, at least one pitch and at least one chemical organogelator additive.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICESInventor: Régis Vincent
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Patent number: 11365366Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for cooling a propulsion system of an electric or hybrid vehicle, comprising: (i) at least one base oil, or at least one hydrocarbon-based fluid with a boiling point of greater than or equal to 50° C.; and (ii) at least one fire retardant corresponding to formula (I) RF-L-RH??(I) in which RF is a perfluorinated or partially fluorinated group, RH is a hydrocarbon-based group, and L is a linker, said fire retardant of formula (I) being at least partially in an encapsulated form. The invention also relates to the use of at least one fire retardant of formula (I) which is at least partially in an encapsulated form in a composition for cooling a propulsion system of an electric or hybrid vehicle, including at least one battery, to give it ignition-resistance properties.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICESInventors: Eric Lacroix, Philippe China, Francis Rondelez, Marie-Pierre Krafft