Patents by Inventor Alain Boutier

Alain Boutier 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).

  • Velocimeter with an optical fiber mosaic
    Patent number: 4895442
    Abstract: Velocimeter comprises a measuring volume (100) in a particle-laden fluid stream, means for brightly illuminating the measuring volume and means for measuring, based upon the light scattered by said particles when they are illuminated, the velocity of the said fluid stream, having a mosaic of optical fibers (10) and at least one optical system (101) for projecting a plane of the measuring volume onto the mosaic's input plane, the mosaic's outputs being connected to the velocity measuring means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Office National D'Etudes Et De Recherches Aerospatiales (O.N.E.R.A)
    Inventors: Alain Boutier, LeFevre Jean