Patents by Inventor Antoine Durand

Antoine Durand 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).

  • Publication number: 20230007035
    Abstract: Embodiments include a method of detecting anomalies within a blockchain network including a plurality of nodes, the method including for at a measured node, of the blockchain network, measuring at least one operational parameter of the measured node. The method also includes injecting at least one measured value of at least one operational parameter into at least one predetermined heuristic model signaling a possible anomaly within the blockchain network based on the at least one measured value. Embodiments also include a computer program including computer instructions, which, when they are executed by a computer device, implement the method. Embodiments also include a block chain network configured to implement the method of detecting anomalies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: BULL SAS
    Inventors: David LEPORINI, Guillaume HEBERT, Antoine DURAND
  • Patent number: 10558223
    Abstract: There is provided an autonomous vehicle for pushing feed lying on a floor, comprising a frame; a skirt rotatably connected to the frame, wherein a bottom portion of the skirt continuously contacts the floor to push the feed. The vehicle comprises a sensor assembly for detecting a magnetic field emitted from a magnetic guiding element inserted in the floor and a control unit mounted for directing rotation of the skirt and for guiding the vehicle along a predetermined path formed by the magnetic guiding element. Also provided is an autonomous vehicle with a skirt drive mechanism mounted to the frame for driving rotation of the skirt, and an autonomous vehicle comprising a prism-shaped skirt rotatably connected to the frame. There is also provided methods for installing a magnetically guided autonomous vehicle and for pushing feed using an autonomous vehicle, as well as systems and kits comprising said vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: ROVIBEC INC.
    Inventors: Francis Leclair, Pascal Leclerc, Marc-Antoine Durand, Richard Fleurent, Marjolaine Marcotte, Yvon Therrien, Jean-Pierre Malleret, Kevin Rousseau, Victor Rousseau, Martin Rousseau, Claude Beauregard
  • Publication number: 20190129443
    Abstract: There is provided an autonomous vehicle for pushing feed lying on a floor, comprising a frame; a skirt rotatably connected to the frame, wherein a bottom portion of the skirt continuously contacts the floor to push the feed. The vehicle comprises a sensor assembly for detecting a magnetic field emitted from a magnetic guiding element inserted in the floor and a control unit mounted for directing rotation of the skirt and for guiding the vehicle along a predetermined path formed by the magnetic guiding element. Also provided is an autonomous vehicle with a skirt drive mechanism mounted to the frame for driving rotation of the skirt, and an autonomous vehicle comprising a prism-shaped skirt rotatably connected to the frame. There is also provided methods for installing a magnetically guided autonomous vehicle and for pushing feed using an autonomous vehicle, as well as systems and kits comprising said vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Francis LECLAIR, Pascal LECLERC, Marc-Antoine DURAND, Richard FLEURENT, Marjolaine MARCOTTE, Yvon THERRIEN, Jean-Pierre MALLERET, Kevin ROUSSEAU, Victor ROUSSEAU, Martin ROUSSEAU, Claude BEAUREGARD
  • Patent number: 8011698
    Abstract: A tubular joint in which radial expansion caused by the passage of an expander, inclined shoulder fittings formed respectively on a peripheral surface of the female element facing radially inwards and on a peripheral surface of the male element facing radially outwards, are subjected to a relative axial displacement towards each other to be urged into sealed mutual contact with radial interference. The tubular joint is, for example, useful in hydrocarbon wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Eric Verger, Albert Bruneau, Antoine Durand
  • Publication number: 20100171310
    Abstract: A tubular joint in which radial expansion caused by the passage of an expander, inclined shoulder fittings formed respectively on a peripheral surface of the female element facing radially inwards and on a peripheral surface of the male element facing radially outwards, are subjected to a relative axial displacement towards each other to be urged into sealed mutual contact with radial interference. The tubular joint is, for example, useful in hydrocarbon wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Eric Verger, Albert Bruneau, Antoine Durand
  • Patent number: 7699361
    Abstract: A tubular joint in which radial expansion caused by the passage of an expander, inclined shoulder fittings formed respectively on a peripheral surface of the female element facing radially inwards and on a peripheral surface of the male element facing radially outwards, are subjected to a relative axial displacement towards each other to be urged into sealed mutual contact with radial interference. The tubular joint is, for example, useful in hydrocarbon wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Eric Verger, Albert Bruneau, Antoine Durand
  • Patent number: 7588270
    Abstract: A tubular joint for hydrocarbon wells including a male tubular element and a female tubular element including respective sealing faces configured to come into mutual sealing-tight contact after sliding over one another during assembly and/or during radial expansion of the joint. At least one of the sealing faces is equipped with an adhesive coating of a more ductile material than the material of the substrate and of a thickness greater than 17 ?m, capable of increasing the effective contact area of the sealing faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Antoine Durand, Andrei G. Filippov
  • Patent number: 7581766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-performance threaded tubular joint comprising a first, male tubular element (11) and a second, female tubular element (12) made up together by screwing. One of the tubular elements (11; 12) has a non-threaded lip (38; 5) extending between its thread and its free end and having a sealing surface (40; 7) in sealing-tight contact with the opposite surface (41; 8) of the other element after screwing together, diametric expansion, and then generation of springback forces of the first and second tubular elements. The joint has a tubular sleeve (34; 36) threaded over the second element (12) before screwing together and positioned to extend axially substantially opposite to the lip (3; 5) and, after diametric expansion, generating a springback force which is added to that of the second element in order to counteract the springback force of the first element, thus effecting at least the shrink-fitting of the tubular sleeve over the second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Eric Verger, Albert Bruneau, Antoine Durand
  • Publication number: 20050212290
    Abstract: A tubular joint for hydrocarbon wells including a male tubular element and a female tubular element including respective sealing faces configured to come into mutual sealing-tight contact after sliding over one another during assembly and/or during radial expansion of the joint. At least one of the sealing faces is equipped with an adhesive coating of a more ductile material than the material of the substrate and of a thickness greater than 17 ?m, capable of increasing the effective contact area of the sealing faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Antoine Durand, Andrei Filippov
  • Publication number: 20050172472
    Abstract: A tubular joint in which radial expansion caused by the passage of an expander, inclined shoulder fittings formed respectively on a peripheral surface of the female element facing radially inwards and on a peripheral surface of the male element facing radially outwards, are subjected to a relative axial displacement towards each other to be urged into sealed mutual contact with radial interference. The tubular joint is, for example, useful in hydrocarbon wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Eric Verger, Albert Bruneau, Antoine Durand
  • Publication number: 20050087983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-performance threaded tubular joint comprising a first, male tubular element (11) and a second, female tubular element (12) made up together by screwing. One of the tubular elements (11; 12) has a non-threaded lip (38; 5) extending between its thread and its free end and having a sealing surface (40; 7) in sealing-tight contact with the opposite surface (41; 8) of the other element after screwing together, diametric expansion, and then generation of springback forces of the first and second tubular elements. The joint has a tubular sleeve (34; 36) threaded over the second element (12) before screwing together and positioned to extend axially substantially opposite to the lip (3; 5) and, after diametric expansion, generating a springback force which is added to that of the second element in order to counteract the springback force of the first element, thus effecting at least the shrink-fitting of the tubular sleeve over the second element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Eric Verger, Albert Bruneau, Antoine Durand