Patents by Inventor André Renot

André Renot 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: 6244838
    Abstract: The invention is a system and process for pumping fluids in lines, comprising using, on the lines, a pump with at least two alternating fluid pumping units. Each pumping unit (PU1, PU2) comprises a cylinder (2) and a piston (1) alternately displaceable in the cylinder under the action of a power source (M), under the control of a control device (PC), with, for both pistons, imposed displacement functions (f(t), g(t)) suitably phase-shifted in relation to one another so as to obtain a first operating mode corresponding to substantially constant delivery rate. This pump is operated in the same circuit according to the complementary second operating mode corresponding to a substantially constant intake rate by inversion of the direction of displacement of the pistons so as to apply to the pistons displacement functions (−f(t), −g(t)) symmetrical to those corresponding to the first operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignees: Institut du Francais Petrole
    Inventors: François Couillard, André Renot