Patents by Inventor Dan Penache

Dan Penache 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).

  • Interrupting chamber of a circuit-breaker having two compression volumes
    Patent number: 8044318
    Abstract: A current interrupting chamber comprising a moving assembly movable axially between a start position and an end position of an operation of opening the circuit-breaker. The current interrupting chamber includes a first compression chamber; a hollow drive tube having ports for bringing the interior of the drive tube into communication with the outside of the current interrupting chamber; a second compression chamber; and a structure for obstructing the ports of the drive tube from the start position of an operation of opening the circuit-breaker and up to an intermediate position which is reached between the position of separation of two arcing contacts from each other and the end position of an operation of opening the circuit-breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Areva T&D SA
    Inventors: Denis Dufournet, Dan Penache, Michel Tresy, Michel Perret
  • INTERRUPTING CHAMBER OF A CIRCUIT-BREAKER HAVING TWO COMPRESSION VOLUMES
    Publication number: 20090090697
    Abstract: A current interrupting chamber comprising a moving assembly movable axially between a start position and an end position of an operation of opening the circuit-breaker, and comprising: a first compression chamber; a hollow drive tube having ports for bringing the interior of the drive tube into communication with the outside of the current interrupting chamber; a second compression chamber; and means for obstructing the ports of the drive tube as from the start position of an operation of opening the circuit-breaker and up to an intermediate position which is reached between the position of separation of two arcing contacts from each other and the end position of an operation of opening the circuit-breaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: AREVA T&D SA
    Inventors: Denis DUFOURNET, Dan PENACHE, Michel TRESY, Michel PERRET