Patents by Inventor Berengere Houdou

Berengere Houdou 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: 7682415
    Abstract: A device for intermediate storage of condensation water includes a swirl body which causes an inflowing air-water mixture to rotate, and a venturi tube through which the air-water mixture leaves the device. A ring groove in which water accumulates because of the swirl is arranged downstream of the swirl body, and water accumulated in the ring groove is sucked into the venturi tube via one more suction pipes. An expansion zone has an expanded cross-section and a step shaped interior for generating increased surface adhesion. Separating metal sheets in the expansion zone brake the swirl, bind the accumulated gushing water by adhesion forces, and guide it by capillary forces to the interior surface of the expansion zone. Gushing water accumulated at the ends of the separating metal sheets is drained by one or more suction pipes, into the venturi tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: EADS Space Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Mueller, Helmut Westermann, Ulf Wittkamp, Joachim Lucas, Klaus Bockstahler, Johannes Witt, Berengere Houdou
  • Publication number: 20070142198
    Abstract: A device for intermediate storage of condensation water includes a swirl body in the inlet area, which causes the inflowing air-water mixture to rotate, and a venturi tube through which the air-water mixture leaves the device. A ring groove in which water accumulates because of the swirl is arranged downstream of the swirl body, and water accumulated in the ring groove is sucked into the venturi tube via one more suction pipes. Because of a flow rate reduction and because of the swirl splashing water accumulates in an expansion zone which has an expanded cross-section, and which has air interior surface with a step-shaped construction for generating an increased surface adhesion force. Several separating metal sheets in the expansion zone brake the swirl and bind the accumulated gushing water by adhesion forces, and guide it by capillary forces to the interior surface of the expansion zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: EADS Space Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Mueller, Helmut Westermann, Ulf Wittkamp, Joachim Lucas, Klaus Bockstahler, Johannes Witt, Berengere Houdou