Patents by Inventor Alain Perrin

Alain Perrin 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: 11495944
    Abstract: A system for managing temperature, that can be adapted to an electrical enclosure, the electrical enclosure delimiting a first volume, the system comprising: a first chamber delimiting a closed second volume and a tank housed in the first chamber and delimiting a closed third volume inside the first chamber, first air transfer means arranged between a first air inlet/outlet connected to the second volume and a second air inlet/outlet intended to be connected to the first volume, second air transfer means arranged between a third air inlet/outlet connected to the third volume and a fourth air inlet/outlet intended to be connected to the first volume, and a control and processing unit intended to apply a mode of operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Abderrahmane Agnaou, Josep Lopez, Alain Perrin
  • Publication number: 20200176958
    Abstract: A system for managing temperature, that can be adapted to an electrical enclosure, the electrical enclosure delimiting a first volume, the system comprising: a first chamber delimiting a closed second volume and a tank housed in the first chamber and delimiting a closed third volume inside the first chamber, first air transfer means arranged between a first air inlet/outlet connected to the second volume and a second air inlet/outlet intended to be connected to the first volume, second air transfer means arranged between a third air inlet/outlet connected to the third volume and a fourth air inlet/outlet intended to be connected to the first volume, and a control and processing unit intended to apply a mode of operation of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Abderrahmane AGNAOU, Josep LOPEZ, Alain PERRIN
  • Patent number: 10443871
    Abstract: A method for determining the level of efficiency of a ventilation system of an electrical enclosure intended to house one or more electrical devices, the method including a learning step including a step for determining a profile of the power dissipated via the Joule effect by each electrical device, an evaluation step for evaluating the level of efficiency of the ventilation system, including a step for determining the average air flow rate of a fan from a profile of the temperature of the air outside the enclosure obtained over an evaluation period, a profile of the temperature of the air at the outlet of the enclosure, and the dissipated power profile determined during the learning step, a step for comparing the average air flow rate with one or more threshold values in order to determine the level of efficiency of the ventilation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Abderrahmane Agnaou, Josep Lopez, Alain Perrin, Philippe Cassan
  • Patent number: 10375851
    Abstract: An electric cabinet that includes a front part and a rear part, and designed to receive removable electric functional units, further including: a separating partition delineating a first thermal area formed by a first space located at the front part of the electric cabinet, the first thermal area being designed to receive first electric apparatuses of the removable electric functional units, and a second thermal area formed by a second space located at the rear part of the cabinet, the second thermal area being designed to receive second electric apparatuses of the removable electric functional units, and the second thermal area is hotter than the first thermal area, and the first electric apparatuses heat more than the second electric apparatuses, the electric cabinet further includes a cooling source; and an actuator allowing air to flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Abderrahmane Agnaou, Olivier Wasner, Alain Perrin, Dominique Socquet, Jerome Laye, Pascal Lepretre
  • Patent number: 10365122
    Abstract: A device for monitoring the temperature and tightening of a screw includes a temperature detector positioned near the screw head for measuring the temperature of the screw, a detector of the tightening of the screw, including a sensor member including a first part, positioned on the screw head so as to be rotationally fixed to the screw, and a second part, fixed relative to the first part and arranged to generate a detection state representing a position of the first part relative to the second part, and a first detection unit connected to the sensor member and arranged to determine a degree of tightening of the screw as a function of the detection state of the sensor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Josep Lopez, Alain Perrin
  • Patent number: 10279296
    Abstract: An air filtering system for an electrical enclosure including at least one filtering element arranged to filter an air flow injected into the inlet of the enclosure by a fan device, the system also including several independent filtering cells Ci, with i ranging from 1 to n and n greater than or equal to 3, each filtering cell Ci having a variable filtering capacity, each filtering cell Ci, with i greater than or equal to 2, is rendered active to filter a part of the air flow when the sum of the filtering capacities of the cells, ranging from C1 to Ci?1, drops below a specific threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Josep Lopez, Alain Perrin
  • Patent number: 10111360
    Abstract: An electrical cabinet for receiving functional electrical units, each including a plurality of electrical devices arranged on a bracket; and a mechanism for attaching the functional electrical units, the attaching mechanism configured to receive the functional electric units along a separation plane defining a first space located toward a front portion, and a second space located toward a back portion; a partition dividing the second space into a first subspace located toward the front portion and a second subspace located toward the rear portion, the partition configured in the electrical cabinet to form at least two passages enabling an airflow to circulate between the first subspace and the second subspace; and a cooling source arranged to be in contact with the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Alain Perrin, Frederic Waterlot, Louis Linares, Pascal Lepretre, Josep Lopez
  • Publication number: 20170219230
    Abstract: A method for determining the level of efficiency of a ventilation system of an electrical enclosure intended to house one or more electrical devices, the method including a learning step including a step for determining a profile of the power dissipated via the Joule effect by each electrical device, an evaluation step for evaluating the level of efficiency of the ventilation system, including a step for determining the average air flow rate of a fan from a profile of the temperature of the air outside the enclosure obtained over an evaluation period, a profile of the temperature of the air at the outlet of the enclosure, and the dissipated power profile determined during the learning step, a step for comparing the average air flow rate with one or more threshold values in order to determine the level of efficiency of the ventilation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Abderrahmane AGNAOU, Josep LOPEZ, Alain PERRIN, Philippe CASSAN
  • Publication number: 20170209822
    Abstract: An air filtering system for an electrical enclosure including at least one filtering element arranged to filter an air flow injected into the inlet of the enclosure by a fan device, the system also including several independent filtering cells Ci, with i ranging from 1 to n and n greater than or equal to 3, each filtering cell Ci having a variable filtering capacity, each filtering cell Ci, with i greater than or equal to 2, is rendered active to filter a part of the air flow when the sum of the filtering capacities of the cells, ranging from C1 to Ci?1, drops below a specific threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Josep LOPEZ, Alain Perrin
  • Publication number: 20170089727
    Abstract: A device for monitoring the temperature and tightening of a screw includes a temperature detector positioned near the screw head for measuring the temperature of the screw, a detector of the tightening of the screw, including a sensor member including a first part, positioned on the screw head so as to be rotationally fixed to the screw, and a second part, fixed relative to the first part and arranged to generate a detection state representing a position of the first part relative to the second part, and a first detection unit connected to the sensor member and arranged to determine a degree of tightening of the screw as a function of the detection state of the sensor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Josep LOPEZ, Alain PERRIN
  • Patent number: 9257824
    Abstract: An electric cabinet comprising an outer frame defining the general shape of the electric cabinet and an inner frame comprising fixing uprights and cross-members, a functional assembly fixed onto the inner frame and comprising a plurality of functional units each equipped with a mounting plate designed to receive one or more electric equipment units. The mounting plates are fixed onto the uprights and fixing cross-members in contiguous manner to form a separating partition delineating a first space located towards the front part and a second space located towards the rear part. The functional assembly comprises at least one support fixed in independent manner onto an upright or a cross-member of the inner frame and a connector arranged on the support, the support being positioned on the upright or fixing cross-member so as to enable the connector to pass through an opening made through the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Jerome Laye, Abderrahmane Agnaou, Olivier Wasner, Alain Perrin, Dominique Socquet
  • Publication number: 20140260397
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric cabinet (1) comprising a front part and a rear part and designed to receive electric functional units (2a), said electric cabinet (1) also comprising a separating partition (20) delineating: a first cold thermal area formed by a first space (E1) located at the front part of the cabinet, and a second hot thermal area formed by a second space (E2) located at the rear part of the cabinet. The electric cabinet (1) comprises a cooling and regulating device of the temperature of the first and second spaces E1, E2, said device comprising: a cooling source (100) positioned in contact with the first space (E1) to cool the latter; heat exchange means (40) enabling cold air to flow between the first space (E1) and the second space (E2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Abderrahmane AGNAOU, Olivier Wasner, Alain Perrin, Dominique Socquet, Jerome Laye, Pascal Lepretre
  • Publication number: 20140262489
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric cabinet comprising an outer frame defining the general shape of the electric cabinet and an inner frame comprising fixing uprights and cross-members, a functional assembly fixed onto the inner frame and comprising a plurality of functional units (20) each equipped with a mounting plate (200) designed to receive one or more electric equipment units, the mounting plates (200) being fixed onto said uprights and fixing cross-members in contiguous manner to form a separating partition (P) delineating a first space (E1) located towards the front part and a second space (E2) located towards the rear part, the functional assembly comprising at least one support (41) fixed in independent manner onto an upright or a cross-member of the inner frame and a connector (40) arranged on said support (41), said support being positioned on the upright or fixing cross-member so as to enable the connector (40) to pass through an opening (207) made through the mounting plate (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Jerome LAYE, Abderrahmane Agnaou, Olivier Wasner, Alain Perrin, Dominique Socquet
  • Publication number: 20140246169
    Abstract: An electrical cabinet for receiving functional electrical units, each including a plurality of electrical devices arranged on a bracket; and a mechanism for attaching the functional electrical units, the attaching mechanism configured to receive the functional electric units along a separation plane defining a first space located toward a front portion, and a second space located toward a back portion; a partition dividing the second space into a first subspace located toward the front portion and a second subspace located toward the rear portion, the partition configured in the electrical cabinet to form at least two passages enabling an airflow to circulate between the first subspace and the second subspace; and a cooling source arranged to be in contact with the airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Alain Perrin, Frederic Waterlot, Louis Linares, Pascal Lepretre, Josep Lopez
  • Publication number: 20080037930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable segment (2) in a communication infrastructure, comprising: several groups (21) of optical fibres, a first connector (22a) situated at one end of the segment (2), presenting connection zones (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d), a second connector (22b) situated at the other end of the segment (2) presenting connection zones (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) complementary to those of the first connector (22a). The groups of optical fibres (21) comprise: one or more groups (21b, 21c, 21d) of continuous optical fibres along the segment, a group (21a) of tap-off optical fibres, each optical fiber (210) of this group being interrupted once so as to form a tapping point (23) of the segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Alain Perrin, Sebastian Schreiber, Hannes Bauer
  • Publication number: 20070274627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable segment (2) and a communication infrastructure comprising such a cable segment (2). This cable segment comprises: several pairs of optical fibres (21), an end connector (22a, 22b) located at each end of the segment (2) and comprising all the pairs (21) of optical fibres, characterized in that each pair (21) of optical fibres is interrupted at least once to form a tapping point (23) comprising two connection points (24a, 24b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Alain Perrin, Sebastian Schreiber, Hannes Bauer
  • Patent number: 6299114
    Abstract: A method of attaching a spring (5) to a brake pressure equalizing device (6) by securing a clamping collar (2) to an attachment bar (1) of a vehicle. The attachment bar (1) has a circular section which connected to a flat (11,12) whereas the clamping collar (2) is an open and deformable ring (20) created by a first lug (21) being joined to a second lug (22). A profiled insert piece (4) has an internal shape which matches the profile of the circular section and flat of the attachment bar and an external shape which matches the deformable ring (20) is inserted between the attachment bar (1) and deformable ring (20). A nut (31) is connected to a screw (3) that extends between the first lug (21) and the second lug (22) and the spring is attached to the second lug (22) and brake pressure equalizing device (6). The clamping collar (2) is rotated on the profile insert piece (4) until a desired tension is achieved in the spring (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Kientz, Alain Perrin
  • Patent number: 5215171
    Abstract: A load-controlled brake compensator for a vehicle possessing a chassis and at least one axle, includes a fixed part (10) solidly attached to the chassis and comprising at least one compensating valve provided with a pivotingly mounted control lever (12) of which one end is associated with the axle via a preloaded spring device (18) whose length is preset by way of a temporary strut (22) before one of its ends (20) is fixed to the axle, the other end of the spring device being solidly attached to a rod (16) capable of sliding in an opening (14) made in the end of the lever (12). It further comprises an elastic mechanism (24) tending to restore the spring device (18) towards the lever and a locking means (28, 29, 30) allowing the sliding movement of the rod (16) in the opening (14) to be prevented after fixing of the spring device (18) to the axle and before removal of the temporary strut (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Bendix Europe Services Techniques
    Inventors: Marc Longuet, Alain Perrin, Lionel Bourgois
  • Patent number: 4892206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refill bottle where a refill is held by two half-shells connected along a substantially medial plane; a stand is securely joined with a lower portion of the first half-shell and the second half-shell includes a boss which securely joins it with the stand or the first half-shell while allowing it to see-saw about the refill bottle in order to close against the first half-shell. A threaded bushing is provided to mate with a one-half male thread portion of a neck to enable the two half-shells to be securely joined in the vicinity of the neck of the refill bottle at the upper portion of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Assignee: Cartier International B.V.
    Inventor: Alain Perrin
  • Patent number: 4637747
    Abstract: Device for mounting a protective cap (18) on a support (12), the support (12) having a base surface (20) intended to be at least partially protected by the cap (18), and a first bearing surface (28, 38, 54), the device incorporating a first rigid component (22, 32, 44), joined to the periphery of the cap (18), and a locking component (26, 40) situated between the first rigid component and the first bearing surface, characterized in that the locking component (26, 40) is inserted by sliding laterally between the first component (22, 32, 44) and the first bearing surface (28, 38, 54) so as to fix the cap (18) in position bearing against the base surface (20) of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme D.B.A.
    Inventors: Alain Perrin, Patrice Moinard