Patents by Inventor Bruno Estibals

Bruno Estibals 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: 9627893
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic management system (5) for electricity generating cells (3), the system comprising: cell connection terminals to be connected to n associated electricity generating cells (3), n being a positive integer number, outputs to be connected to m associated static converters (9); m being a positive integer number and at least m=2, an energy routing module (13) adapted for routing energy flows from and between said cell connection terminals towards said outputs; and an electronic control unit (15) adapted for controlling dynamically the energy routing module (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Total Marketing Services, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Adrien Ramond, Carlos Carrejo, Youssef El Basri, Corrine Alonso, Bruno Estibals, Lionel Seguier
  • Patent number: 9515517
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the electronic management of a photovoltaic generator, said system comprising a plurality of n static converters (11, 12, 13) connected in parallel, each converter (11, 12, 13) being electrically connected to at least one photovoltaic cell (10) of the generator. The number of converters connected is determined by comparing the generated power to thresholds P1, P2, . . . , Pn-1 which are defined as the power values substantially at the point of intersection of the performance curves for an increasing number of converters. The invention also relates to a generator comprising said system and to the associated control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: Total Marketing Services, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Corinne Alonso, Alona Berasategi, Cédric Cabal, Bruno Estibals, Stéphane Petibon, Marc Vermeersch
  • Patent number: 9310820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the electronic management of a photovoltaic generator, said system comprising a plurality of n static converters (11, 12, 13) connected in parallel, each converter (11, 12, 13) being electrically connected to at least one photovoltaic cell (10) of the generator. The number of converters connected is varied by varying the photovoltaic power, by comparing the generated power to thresholds P1, P2, . . . , Pn?1 after a time delay t. The invention also relates to a generator comprising said system and to the associated control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: Total Marketing Services, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Corinne Alonso, Alona Berasategi, Cédric Cabal, Bruno Estibals, Stéphane Petibon, Marc Vermeersch
  • Patent number: 9280166
    Abstract: An electronic management system for a photovoltaic generator is disclosed herein. The, the electronic management system comprises a plurality of static microconverters, each microconverter being electrically connected to one or more photovoltaic cells, the one or more photovoltaic cells forming a portion of a whole of the cells of the generator, a reconfiguration module adapted for transmitting energy flows from said microconverters towards a load, and a central electronic unit adapted for controlling a modification of the energy flows transmitted by said at least one reconfiguration module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Marc Vermeersch, Bruno Estibals, Corinne Alonso
  • Publication number: 20160006250
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic management system (5) for electricity generating cells (3), the system comprising: cell connection terminals to be connected to n associated electricity generating cells (3), n being a positive integer number, outputs to be connected to m associated static converters (9); m being a positive integer number and at least m=2, an energy routing module (13) adapted for routing energy flows from and between said cell connection terminals towards said outputs; and an electronic control unit (15) adapted for controlling dynamically the energy routing module (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Adrien RAMOND, Carlos CARREJO, Youssef EL BASRI, Corrine ALONSO, Bruno ESTIBALS, Lionel SEGUIER
  • Publication number: 20120256612
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the electronic management of a photovoltaic generator, said system comprising a plurality of n static converters (11, 12, 13) connected in parallel, each converter (11, 12, 13) being electrically connected to at least one photovoltaic cell (10) of the generator. The number of converters connected is determined by comparing the generated power to thresholds P1, P2, . . . , Pn-1 which are defined as the power values substantially at the point of intersection of the performance curves for an increasing number of converters. The invention also relates to a generator comprising said system and to the associated control method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Corinne Alonso, Alona Berasategi, Cédric Cabal, Bruno Estibals, Stéphane Petibon, Marc Vermeersch
  • Publication number: 20120248880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the electronic management of a photovoltaic generator, said system comprising a plurality of n static converters (11, 12, 13) connected in parallel, each converter (11, 12, 13) being electrically connected to at least one photovoltaic cell (10) of the generator. The number of converters connected is varied by varying the photovoltaic power, by comparing the generated power to thresholds P1, P2, . . . , Pn?1 after a time delay t. The invention also relates to a generator comprising said system and to the associated control method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicants: TOTAL SA, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Corinne Alonso, Alona Berasategi, Cédric Cabal, Bruno Estibals, Stéphane Petibon, Marc Vermeersch
  • Publication number: 20120068547
    Abstract: An electronic management system for a photovoltaic generator is disclosed herein. The, the electronic management system comprises a plurality of static microconverters, each microconverter being electrically connected to one or more photovoltaic cells, the one or more photovoltaic cells forming a portion of a whole of the cells of the generator, a reconfiguration module adapted for transmitting energy flows from said microconverters towards a load, and a central electronic unit adapted for controlling a modification of the energy flows transmitted by said at least one reconfiguration module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicants: TOTAL S.A., CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE(CNRS)
    Inventors: Marc Vermeersch, Bruno Estibals, Corrine Alonso
  • Publication number: 20120062035
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photovoltaic device comprising at least one photovoltaic cell (60) provided with active thin layers (15) deposited on a substrate (10), said active layers being unsegmented, and at least one static converter (50) associated with each photovoltaic cell (60). Each photovoltaic cell (60) supplies an electrical power with a maximum current (Icc) and a nominal voltage (Vp), and each static converter (50) is adapted in such a way as to transmit the electrical power supplied by the photovoltaic cell towards a load (100), reducing the transmitted current and increasing the transmitted voltage. The laser segmentations of the photovoltaic cells are thus limited, or completely eliminated, on a same panel. The yield of the photovoltaic device production is thereby improved and the dead surfaces are limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Bruno Estibals, Corinne Alonso, Marc Vermeersch, Loic Francke