Patents by Inventor Bernard Noirhomme

Bernard Noirhomme 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).

  • Means for detecting and measuring the concentration of acetylene dissolved in a fluid
    Patent number: 6436257
    Abstract: A fuel cell for generating a current in response to the presence of acetylene in a fluid. The fuel cell comprises first and second gas porous electrode means, and acidic electrolyte means interconnecting the first and second electrode means for facilitating the electrochemical oxidation of the acetylene at the first electrode means and the electrochemical reduction of oxygen in an oxygen-containing gas at the second electrode means so as to generate the current, the first electrode means being a gas porous gold electrode means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Elena Babas-Dornea, Bernard Noirhomme
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring GAS(ES) in a dielectric fluid
    Patent number: 6324891
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring one or more gas components in a fluid wherein either a) a sample gas obtained from the fluid is enriched in at least one target gas which is to be subjected to analysis; b) at least one target gas which is to be subjected to analysis is separated from a sample gas obtained from the fluid; or c) both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Gibeault, Bernard Noirhomme, Renyan Qin