Patents by Inventor Bernard Salvetat

Bernard Salvetat 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).

  • Single-use valve
    Patent number: 9752694
    Abstract: The single-use valve to be installed on a line for transporting a fluid includes a tubular body, which is intended to be placed on the line and contains a mobile element that is able to take up two positions in the tubular body. Each position allows the fluid to pass through the tubular body or not, one being a standby position, while the other is an active position. Inside the tubular body, a driver able to move the mobile element such that the mobile element passes from its standby position to the active position. The driver includes a pretensioned elastic device. Outside the tubular body, a device for maintaining the pretension connects to a controller able to deactivate the device for maintaining the tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: CONSEIL ET TECHNIQUE, CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES CNS
    Inventors: Guy Valembois, Denis Dilhan, Bernard Salvetat
  • SINGLE-USE VALVE
    Publication number: 20150276077
    Abstract: The single-use valve to be installed on a line for transporting a fluid includes a tubular body, which is intended to be placed on the line and contains a mobile element that is able to take up two positions in the tubular body. Each position allows the fluid to pass through the tubular body or not, one being a standby position, while the other is an active position. Inside the tubular body, a driver able to move the mobile element such that the mobile element passes from its standby position to the active position. The driver includes a pretensioned elastic device. Outside the tubular body, a device for maintaining the pretension connects to a controller able to deactivate the device for maintaining the tension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Guy Valembois, Denis Dilhan, Bernard Salvetat