Patents by Inventor ANDRE CHAVAND

ANDRE CHAVAND 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: 6288650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for monitoring the operation of an industrial installation (3) comprising functional members (5), the said device (1) comprising groups (G1, G2 . . . Gn) of detectors (D1,1, . . . Dn,j) that defect the operating status of the installation (3) these each being associated with a particular aspect of the monitoring, and a display unit (11) comprising means (13) of communicating the operating statuses picked up by the said detectors (D1,1, . . . Dn,j). The device comprises, arranged between the said detectors (D1,1, . . . Dn,j) and the display unit (11), means (15) for processing the operating statuses picked up by the said detectors (D1,1, . . . Dn,j) and for controlling the selective displaying, on the said display unit (11), of information relating to overall operating statuses of predetermined groups (G1, G2 . . . Gn) of detectors (D1,1, . . . Dn,j).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Alpes Systeme Automation
    Inventor: André Chavand
  • Publication number: 20010013832
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for monitoring the operation of an industrial installation (3) comprising functional members (5), the said device (1) comprising groups (G1, G2 . . . Gn) of detectors (D1,1, . . . Dn,j) that defect the operating status of the installation (3) these each being associated with a particular aspect of the monitoring, and a display unit (11) comprising means (13) of communicating the operating statuses picked up by the said detectors (D1,1, . . . Dn,j). The device comprises, arranged between the said detectors (D1,1, . . . Dn,j) and the display unit (11), means (15) for processing the operating statuses picked up by the said detectors (D1,1, . . . Dn,j) and for controlling the selective displaying, on the said display unit (11), of information relating to overall operating statuses of predetermined groups (G1, G2 . . . Gn) of detectors (D1,1, . . . Dn,j).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventor: ANDRE CHAVAND
  • Patent number: 6273129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for distributing a working gas, comprising a series of pipes connected to at least one source of working gas and to at least one outlet pipe for conveying the working gas towards a consumer station, functional members (25, 25A); and a command-control unit (35, 35A) comprising means (37) for communicating with the said functional members (35, 35A), means (39) for controlling tasks relating to the said functional members (25, 25A) and means (45) for operating the control means (39), which can be actuated by an operator of the distribution device. The operating means (45) comprise a touch-sensitive screen (47) which has main control zones associated with the control of corresponding tasks, which main control zones are delimited by graphics associated with the said tasks and displayed permanently on the said touch-sensitive screen (47).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: André Chavand, Marc Bourgeois, Norbert Fanjat