Patents by Inventor Charles Brussieux

Charles Brussieux 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).

  • Gas generator with buoyant catalyst carrier
    Patent number: 9540237
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a gas generator that contains a liquid reactant that reacts to produce a gas in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst is contained in a carrier that is buoyant in the liquid reactant. The gas generator also has at least one carrier movement restraining member adapted to selectively control the location of the carrier, and at least one compressible body containing a volume of gas. In a first configuration, when an internal pressure of the gas generator is lower than an internal pressure of the compressible body, the compressible body increases in volume, and in a second configuration when the internal pressure of the gas generator is higher than the internal pressure of the compressible body, the compressible body decreases in volume. The carrier movement restraining member restricts the carrier's movement in the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: Intelligent Energy Limited, The Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alernatives (CEA)
    Inventors: Charles Brussieux, Jerome Delmas, Isabelle Rougeaux, Phillipe Capron, Hung T. Than
  • Gas Generator with Buoyant Catalyst Carrier
    Publication number: 20160176709
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a gas generator that contains a liquid reactant that reacts to produce a gas in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst is contained in a carrier that is buoyant in the liquid reactant. The gas generator also has at least one carrier movement restraining member adapted to selectively control the location of the carrier, and at least one compressible body containing a volume of gas. In a first configuration, when an internal pressure of the gas generator is lower than an internal pressure of the compressible body, the compressible body increases in volume, and in a second configuration when the internal pressure of the gas generator is higher than the internal pressure of the compressible body, the compressible body decreases in volume. The carrier movement restraining member restricts the carrier's movement in the first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Brussieux, Jerome Delmas, Isabelle Rougeaux, Phillipe Capron, Hung T. Than