Patents by Inventor Christian Bernard

Christian Bernard 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).

  • Publication number: 20110052380
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sectored distributor (112) for a turbomachine, including two coaxial platforms mutually connected by radial blades, the inner platform (130) being connected to an annular partition (138) for suspending an annular mounting (140) carrying elements (136) made of material subject to abrasion, this mounting sliding circumferentially on the partition and comprising a means engaging with means corresponding to the inner periphery of the partition to ensure radial restraint of the mounting on this partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Christian Bernard Bariaud, Sebastien Digard Brou De Cuissart, Eric Rene Herzer, Bruno Marie Benjamin Jacques Richard
  • Patent number: 7799159
    Abstract: The manufacturing device comprises a rotary distributor 6 in rotation about a rotation axis R, the rotary distributor comprising at least one elbowed tube 61, the elbowed tube having a corridor for receiving the wire on the radially internal side and forming output guidance on the externally radial side. The device comprises a member for conveying to the distributor comprising a tubular portion 53 substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis R, a space in the radial direction being provided between the tubular portion 53 and the elbowed tube 61. A knife 7 is disposed in the space between the rotary distributor and the conveying member. The conveying member and the distributor are coupled and both rotary, the knife 7 being mounted on a knife holder 70 for purposes of adjustment and whose rotation is locked during cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Michelin-Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Pascal Martin, Christian Bernard
  • Patent number: 7733771
    Abstract: A data processing method in a network on chip formed of a plurality of processors configured to communicate between one another, and at least one network controller configured to initialize communications in the network, the method including: receiving and storing in a memory by a first processor, one or more credit management configuration programs received from the network controller, and establishing a first communication between at least said first processor and at least one second processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Fabien Clermidy, Didier Lattard, Didier Varreau, Christian Bernard
  • Publication number: 20090253088
    Abstract: To enable a significant flow of liquid, gas or mixed hydrocarbons to be eliminated cleanly and safely, particularly during a well test phase, a burner comprises two concentric apertures, rotationally symmetrical about a common axis, enabling a hollow flame to be generated. The central aperture (20), intended for liquid or mixed products supplied by a conduit (12), consists of 2 concentric male (22) and female (21) conical parts, with the spacing (25) therebetween being continuously adjusted by the axial movement of the rod (23) which carries the male component (22) and which is centred by a centring component (24) in the conduit pipe (12), which carries the female component (21). The peripheral aperture (60), intended for gas products or an auxiliary airflow, also consists of two concentric male (62) and female (61) conical parts, between which the spacing (65) is not necessarily continuously variable during burning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventor: Christian Bernard Huau
  • Publication number: 20090008306
    Abstract: A dialysis system includes: (i) a dialysate pump; (ii) a patient line having a connector configured to be attached to a peritoneal patient part; (iii) an extracorporeal circuit; (iv) a blood pump in fluid communication with the extracorporeal circuit; (v) a blood filter in fluid communication with the extracorporeal circuit; and (vi) a control unit configured and arranged to selectively perform a therapy which (a) the blood pump is deactivated and the dialysate pump is caused to pump dialysate through the patient line or (b) the blood pump is activated to pump blood to the blood filter and the dialysate pump is caused to pump dialysate to the filter/extracorporeal circuit and/or remove fluid from the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicants: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.
    Inventors: Gino Cicchello, Christian Bernard, Robert W. Childers, Anthony Simiele
  • Publication number: 20070217439
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system on chip for data flow type application. The system comprises a network on chip, a central controller and processing units connected to said network via associated network interfaces. A processing unit and/or its associated interface network can be configured on command from the central controller or on a command incorporated in a data packet to be processed. The interface network comprises a client module that can request a configuration server to transmit the parameters of a configuration that is unavailable in the interface. The invention also relates to a terminal mobile/a base station comprising a base band modem implemented by such a system on chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: ROMAIN LEMAIRE, DIDIER LATTARD, FABIEN CLERMIDY, CHRISTIAN BERNARD
  • Publication number: 20070163698
    Abstract: The manufacturing device comprises a rotary distributor 6 in rotation about a rotation axis R, the rotary distributor comprising at least one elbowed tube 61, the elbowed tube having a corridor for receiving the wire on the radially internal side and forming output guidance on the externally radial side. The device comprises a member for conveying to the distributor comprising a tubular portion 53 substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis R, a space in the radial direction being provided between the tubular portion 53 and the elbowed tube 61. A knife 7 is disposed in the space between the rotary distributor and the conveying member. The conveying member and the distributor are coupled and both rotary, the knife 7 being mounted on a knife holder 70 for purposes of adjustment and whose rotation is locked during cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Pascal Martin, Christian Bernard
  • Publication number: 20060067218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data processing method in a network on chip formed of a plurality of resources (310,320) capable of communicating with one another and of processing and at least one network controller (300) capable of initialising the communications in the network by initialisation of a credit system, the process comprising at least one communication step between at least one first resource (310) and at least one second resource (320), said communication step comprising: at least one emission by the first resource of a first plurality of special data or “credits” destined for the second resource, at least one receipt by the first resource of a first plurality of data to process sent by the second resource, the emission by the second data resource destined for first resource being authorised following the receipt by the second resource of credits emitted by the first resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: Fabien Clermidy, Didier Lattard, Didier Varreau, Christian Bernard
  • Patent number: 7017011
    Abstract: A coherence controller is included in a module which includes a plurality of multiprocessor units, each of which contains a main memory and processors equipped with respective cache memories. The module may be one of a plurality of similarly constructed modules connected by a router or other type of switching device. The coherence controller in each module includes a cache filter directory having a first filter directory for guaranteeing coherence between the local main memory and the cache memory in each of the processors of the module, and an external port connected to at least one of the other modules. The cache filter directory also includes a complementary filter directory, which tracks locations of lines or blocks of the local main memory copied from the module into other modules, and for guaranteeing coherence between the local main memory and the cache in each of the processors of the module and the other modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Bull S.A.
    Inventors: Sylvie Lesmanne, Christian Bernard, Pamphile Koumou
  • Patent number: 6668063
    Abstract: The electrical apparatus (10) in particular a telephone comprises a box (12) and an electro-acoustic transducer (16) disposed in said box (12). Said box (12) comprises a bearing zone (25) supporting an ear of a user, said bearing zone (25) comprising an exit aperture (26) of said electro-acoustic transducer (16). Said box (12) furthermore comprises a decompression aperture (32) made through said bearing zone (25). The electrical apparatus (10) comprises an essentially sealed resonant enclosure (18), inside which is disposed said electro-acoustic transducer (16). Said enclosure (18) comprises an interference aperture (28) made through a wall (20) of said enclosure, and a leakage aperture (30) linking said rear volume (24) to the outside. Said interference aperture (28) emerges through said bearing zone (25). Said leakage aperture (30) emerges through a zone separate from said bearing zone (25). Said decompression aperture (32) emerges outside said enclosure (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Telecom Europe
    Inventors: Lionel Cimaz, Laurent Steenackers, Christian Bernard Gautier, Philippe Organo
  • Publication number: 20020126865
    Abstract: The electrical apparatus (10) in particular a telephone comprises a box (12) and an electro-acoustic transducer (16) disposed in the said box (12). The said box (12) comprises a bearing zone (25) supporting an ear of a user, the said bearing zone (25) comprising an exit aperture (26) of the said electro-acoustic transducer (16). The said box (12) furthermore comprises a decompression aperture (32) made through the said bearing zone (25). The electrical apparatus (10) comprises an essentially sealed resonant enclosure (18), inside which is disposed the said electro-acoustic transducer (16). The said enclosure (18) comprises an interference aperture (28) made through a wall (20) of the said enclosure, and a leakage aperture (30) linking the said rear volume (24) to the outside. The said interference aperture (28) emerges through the said bearing zone (25). The said leakage aperture (30) emerges through a zone separate from the said bearing zone (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC TELECOM EUROPE
    Inventors: Lionel Cimaz, Laurent Steenackers, Christian Bernard Gautier, Philippe Organo
  • Patent number: 6328531
    Abstract: A cooled turbine blade comprising a platform and an aerofoil portion has a rebate formed in the aerofoil portion near the trailing edge on the pressure face side. This rebate extends from the platform to the blade tip, and slots for the escape of cooling air from an internal cavity of the aerofoil portion open into the rebate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation “Snecma”
    Inventors: Christian Bernard Bariaud, Eric Stéphan Bil
  • Patent number: 6216754
    Abstract: An infusing apparatus comprises a collecting spout capable of being fixed under the outlet aperture of an infusing chamber. The spout has a lid provided with an opening through which the infusion penetrates, and an obstructer of the opening for in particular keeping the infusion at an optimal temperature. Elements for actuating the obstructer are further provided for automatically releasing the opening by the action of a stop integral with the apparatus, when the spout is being fixed on the outlet aperture. The actuating elements are also capable of being manually controlled for releasing the opening and allowing the infusion collected in the spout to be extracted through the opening. The invention is useful for household electrical coffee-pots or teapots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Moulinex S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Geroult, Christian Bernard Jouatel
  • Patent number: 5860354
    Abstract: An infusion machine including a cold-water container (1) which incorporates a water purification device (5) and which comprises a water outlet (2) connected to a water heater (3). The water purification device includes a removable cartridge (7) comprising a bottom part forming a cup (8) which is designed to be mounted sealingly in a suitable basin (10) formed in the bottom of the container, and in which is housed so as to be removable a filter sachet (15) containing a water purification substance (16), and a top part forming a cap (18) which is located in line with the cup (8) and which is able to close the latter, the cap (18) of the cartridge comprising at least one opening (42) through which the water from the container enters, and the cup (8) of the cartridge comprising at least one opening (51) through which the water flows into the water heater (3) after passing through the filter sachet (15) used particularly for electric coffee makers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Moulinex S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Bernard Jouatel, Francis Pierre Jacques Landais, deceased
  • Patent number: 5687636
    Abstract: A coffeemaker comprises, in a housing (1), a cold water reservoir (2) supplying a water heater (3) which in turn supplies a water spout (5) whose outlet (6) is arranged above a filter carrier (7) which is movably mounted in the housing (1) and whose bottom has an outlet opening (8) located above a server (9) collecting the infusion, the server resting on a base (10). The cold water reservoir (2) of the coffeemaker overlies the base (10) and the filter carrier (7) of the coffeemaker is arranged behind the cold water reservoir (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Moulinex S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Diore, Christian Bernard Jouatel
  • Patent number: 5537621
    Abstract: The memory (DAT) with blocks (BL) organized in N columns of n levels is managed by a method consisting of prohibiting access to blocks that are unusable because of operating defects, by associating the unusable blocks with a flag (F) advantageously incorporated into the addresses of the blocks. When these addresses incorporate at least two bits combined to indicate the states of the block at that address, the flag (F) may be a free combination of these two bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Bull, S.A.
    Inventors: Didier Charlot, Josiane Keryvel, Christian Bernard
  • Patent number: 5299318
    Abstract: A data processing system having processors with large instruction sets optimized for the execution of brief instructions. The processor (CPU) comprises a plurality of microprogrammed execution units (EAD, BDP, FPP) communicating with one another and with a memory (MU) by way of a cache memory (CA). One of the units is an addressing unit (EAD). A second unit is a binary and a decimal calculation unit (BDP). A third unit is a floating point calculation unit (FPP) to permit the units to function autonomously, each unit includes its own command block and synchronizing means, for authorizing or interrupting the execution of the microprogram defined by the instruction in progress in said unit.Each command block includes means for commanding instructions for triggering the execution of the microprogram of the first instruction in standby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Bull S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Bernard, Monika Obreska, Philippe Vallet
  • Patent number: 3987496
    Abstract: Internal or integrated belt, for a garment such as a skirt or pair of trousers, which is constituted of a band, of any suitable material, folded around a reinforcing piece, to which band there is firmly attached a tape, between which tape and the band there is inserted the upper edge of the fabric constituting the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Dollfus Mieg & Cie
    Inventor: Christian Bernard