Patents by Inventor Dominique Rochier

Dominique Rochier 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).

  • Improved Element for Processing Solar Radiation, and a Sun Tracker and a Solar Farm Equipped with Such an Element
    Publication number: 20150308717
    Abstract: An element for processing solar radiation includes means for processing solar radiation forming a layer of the solar radiation processing element and includes a layer of radiation-emitting material, especially infrared radiation, covering the layer of the processing means. A sun tracker includes at least one processing element and a solar farm includes a series of sun trackers, each comprising a processing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Dominique Rochier, Vincent Goetz, Xavier Py, Regis Olives, Gilles Flamant
  • Basic solar module for a device collecting solar radiation
    Patent number: 8704080
    Abstract: The basic solar module (3) comprises a frame (31) that can be placed directly or indirectly on the ground, means (32) for processing solar radiation that are mounted on the frame, the frame comprising, which being situated between the ground and the frame, a rotating cylindrical rounded surface of which one axis of revolution is a swinging axis about which the frame can swing relative to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Exosun
    Inventors: Frederic Conchy, Dominique Rochier
  • LOW-ENERGY VALVE SYSTEM FOR A PRESSURIZED GAS ENGINE
    Publication number: 20100186720
    Abstract: The system intended for a pressurized gas engine includes a variable-volume chamber and a valve (1) comprising a first fixed element (3) intended to allow fastening of the valve to the engine, a second moveable element (5) intended to shut off in a conditional manner a passage providing gas communication with the variable-volume chamber, and first elastically deformable coupling means (9) connecting the first and second elements together, the chamber additionally comprising means for operating the second and third moveable elements of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Dominique Rochier
  • BASIC SOLAR MODULE FOR A DEVICE COLLECTING SOLAR RADIATION
    Publication number: 20090133689
    Abstract: The basic solar module (3) comprises a frame (31) that can be placed directly or indirectly on the ground, means (32) for processing solar radiation that are mounted on the frame, the frame comprising, which being situated between the ground and the frame, a rotating cylindrical rounded surface of which one axis of revolution is a swinging axis about which the frame can swing relative to the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Frederic Conchy, Dominique Rochier