Patents by Inventor Andre Viard

Andre Viard 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).

  • Propulsion chain
    Patent number: 8357019
    Abstract: A propulsion chain (8) for a ship (6) including a main heat engine (18); at least one secondary electrical power house (26) powering a distribution panel (34); at least one transmission line (16) provided with an end propeller (14) and mechanically coupled to the main heat engine (18) to drive the latter; at least one rotating electrical machine (22) mechanically coupled to the transmission line (16) and powered from the distribution panel (34), a mechanical coupler (20) able to be freed from the main heat engine (18) and the rotating electrical machine (22) arranged on the transmission line (16), between the rotating electrical machine (22) and the main heat engine (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Converteam Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Frizon, Andre Viard, Lionel Julliand
  • Propulsion chain
    Publication number: 20110111653
    Abstract: A propulsion chain (8) for a ship (6) including a main heat engine (18); at least one secondary electrical power house (26) powering a distribution panel (34); at least one transmission line (16) provided with an end propeller (14) and mechanically coupled to the main heat engine (18) to drive the latter; at least one rotating electrical machine (22) mechanically coupled to the transmission line (16) and powered from the distribution panel (34), a mechanical coupler (20) able to be freed from the main heat engine (18) and the rotating electrical machine (22) arranged on the transmission line (16), between the rotating electrical machine (22) and the main heat engine (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: CONVERTEAM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Frizon, Andre Viard, Lionel Julliand