Patents by Inventor Catherine Lepiller

Catherine Lepiller 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).

  • Electrochemical converter
    Patent number: 9444116
    Abstract: An electrochemical converter with proton membrane includes a plurality of electrochemical unitary cells connected in series and arranged on a carrier tape elongated along a longitudinal axis, a first face of which has anodes that receive hydrogen and a second face has cathodes that receive air, wherein the hydrogen circulates in a flow parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aforementioned tape and the air circulates in a flow transverse to the longitudinal axis of the aforementioned tape, and separation means dividing the air flow into a cooling flow having no contact with the cathodes and a cathodic reaction flow in contact with the cathodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: PRAGMA INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Pierre Forte, Catherine Lepiller
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20140134512
    Abstract: An electrochemical converter with proton membrane includes a plurality of electrochemical unitary cells connected in series and arranged on a carrier tape elongated along a longitudinal axis, a first face of which has anodes that receive hydrogen and a second face has cathodes that receive air, wherein the hydrogen circulates in a flow parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aforementioned tape and the air circulates in a flow transverse to the longitudinal axis of the aforementioned tape, and separation means dividing the air flow into a cooling flow having no contact with the cathodes and a cathodic reaction flow in contact with the cathodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: PRAGMA INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Pierre Forte, Catherine Lepiller
  • STRIPS FOR LINKING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERTER'S ANODES AND CATHODES AND CONVERTER COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20140065511
    Abstract: A strip for linking anodes and cathodes of an electrochemical converter is made from a metallized porous substrate including a hydrophobic coating, at least in areas in contact with the anodes or cathodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Pierre Forte, Catherine Lepiller