Patents by Inventor Alain Picart

Alain Picart 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).

  • Method and device for preparing a fuel, particularly for diesel engines, by on-line mixture of its components
    Patent number: 6155101
    Abstract: A C.F.R. engine (26) is alternately supplied with a fuel being manufactured (22), sampled from the discharge line of the mixer and, through a line (24), with a reference product (25) of which the cetane number is known, by two separate supply circuits (22, 24) each having a high pressure fuel pump (33, 34), the C.F.R. engine (26) operating at a constant compression ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Total Raffinage Distribution S.A.
    Inventors: Francois Renault, Daniel Lebreton, Jean-Pierre Drouault, Alain Picart