Patents by Inventor Eric Claude

Eric Claude 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: 20260021916
    Abstract: A packaging system for sealing a medicine container having a filling opening with a stopper includes a container tray having a container cell for receiving and stabilizing the medicine container, a stopper tray with a stopper carrier, and a cover securable to the stopper tray to secure the stoppers to the stopper tray. The stopper carrier forms a body with a proximal opening, an interior space, a distal inner surface, and at least one stopper-locating surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: John DINKA, Eric CLAUDE, Robert A. CARLTON, Lynessa ERLER, Kathleen MCHUGH, Maria PASCALE
  • Patent number: 12454378
    Abstract: A packaging system for sealing a medicine container having a filling opening with a stopper includes a container tray having a container cell for receiving and stabilizing the medicine container. A shuttle has an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface is configured for releasably securing the stopper. The shuttle is configured to release the stopper into the fill opening upon application of a releasing force to the exterior surface of the shuttle. A shuttle tray has a shuttle cell. The shuttle cell forms a body with a proximal opening, an interior space, a bottom inner surface opposite the proximal opening, and a side inner surface. The shuttle cell releasably secures the shuttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Dinka, Eric Claude, Robert A. Carlton, Lynessa Erler, Kathleen McHugh, Maria Pascale
  • Publication number: 20240105967
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bipolar plate for a fuel cell stack that extends in a vertical plane in the use position, the plate comprising opposed first and second transverse edges, upper and lower longitudinal edges, a central region arranged between the edges, a first opening for a heat transfer fluid inlet, a second opening for heat transfer fluid collection a third opening for an oxidant inlet, a fourth opening for oxidant collection, a fifth opening for the inlet of a fuel, a sixth opening for fuel collection, wherein the first, third and sixth openings are arranged in the first transverse edge and are arranged axially in relation to one another, the second, fourth and fifth openings are arranged in the second transverse edge and are arranged axially in relation to one another, and, in the vertical position of use of the plate: the sixth opening are arranged below the first and third openings, the fourth opening is arranged below the second and fifth openings, and the second opening is arranged above the
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l’Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Johan ANDRE, Camille BOUVIER, Eric CLAUDE, Nicolas JANNIN, Denis SIRAC, Didier ZAEPFFEL
  • Publication number: 20230286683
    Abstract: A packaging system for sealing a medicine container having a filling opening with a stopper includes a container tray having a container cell for receiving and stabilizing the medicine container. A shuttle has an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface is configured for releasably securing the stopper. The shuttle is configured to release the stopper into the fill opening upon application of a releasing force to the exterior surface of the shuttle. A shuttle tray has a shuttle cell. The shuttle cell forms a body with a proximal opening, an interior space, a bottom inner surface opposite the proximal opening, and a side inner surface. The shuttle cell releasably secures the shuttle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: John DINKA, Eric CLAUDE, Robert A. CARLTON, Lynessa ERLER, Kathleen MCHUGH, Maria PASCALE
  • Patent number: 11679902
    Abstract: A packaging system for sealing a medicine container having a filling opening with a stopper includes a container tray having a container cell for receiving and stabilizing the medicine container. A shuttle has an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface is configured for releasably securing the stopper. The shuttle is configured to release the stopper into the fill opening upon application of a releasing force to the exterior surface of the shuttle. A shuttle tray has a shuttle cell. The shuttle cell forms a body with a proximal opening, an interior space, a bottom inner surface opposite the proximal opening, and a side inner surface. The shuttle cell releasably secures the shuttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Dinka, Eric Claude, Robert A. Carlton, Lynessa Erler, Kathleen McHugh, Maria Pascale
  • Publication number: 20210380289
    Abstract: A packaging system for sealing a medicine container having a filling opening with a stopper includes a container tray having a container cell for receiving and stabilizing the medicine container. A shuttle has an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface is configured for releasably securing the stopper. The shuttle is configured to release the stopper into the fill opening upon application of a releasing force to the exterior surface of the shuttle. A shuttle tray has a shuttle cell. The shuttle cell forms a body with a proximal opening, an interior space, a bottom inner surface opposite the proximal opening, and a side inner surface. The shuttle cell releasably secures the shuttle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: John DINKA, Eric CLAUDE, Robert A. CARLTON, Lynessa ERLER, Kathleen MCHUGH, Maria PASCALE
  • Patent number: 11161633
    Abstract: A packaging system for aseptically packaging, filling, and sealing medical containers includes a container tray (100) having a container cell (120) for receiving and stabilizing the medicine container. The system also includes a stopper holder (300) with a stopper cell (320) forming a closed body with a distal opening, an interior space, a proximal wall opposite the distal opening, and a proximal outer surface (330). The stopper cell (320) is configured for releasably securing the stopper and releasing the stopper into a fill opening of the medicine container when a compressive force is exerted on the proximal outer surface of the stopper cell (320).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Dinka, Eric Claude, Robert A. Carlton, Lynessa Erler, Kathleen McHugh, Maria Pascale
  • Publication number: 20210119227
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bipolar plate for a fuel cell stack that extends in a vertical plane in the use position, the plate comprising opposed first and second transverse edges, upper and lower longitudinal edges, a central region arranged between the edges, a first opening for a heat transfer fluid inlet, a second opening for heat transfer fluid collection a third opening for an oxidant inlet, a fourth opening for oxidant collection, a fifth opening for the inlet of a fuel, a sixth opening for fuel collection, wherein the first, third and sixth openings are arranged in the first transverse edge and are arranged axially in relation to one another, the second, fourth and fifth openings are arranged in the second transverse edge and are arranged axially in relation to one another, and, in the vertical position of use of the plate: the sixth opening are arranged below the first and third openings, the fourth opening is arranged below the second and fifth openings, and the second opening is arranged above the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Johan ANDRE, Camille BOUVIER, Eric CLAUDE, Nicolas JANNIN, Denis SIRAC, Didier ZAEPFFEL
  • Publication number: 20200377242
    Abstract: A packaging system for aseptically packaging, filling, and sealing medical containers includes a container tray (100) having a container cell (120) for receiving and stabilizing the medicine container. The system also includes a stopper holder (300) with a stopper cell (320) forming a closed body with a distal opening, an interior space, a proximal wall opposite the distal opening, and a proximal outer surface (330). The stopper cell (320) is configured for releasably securing the stopper and releasing the stopper into a fill opening of the medicine container when a compressive force is exerted on the proximal outer surface of the stopper cell (320).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: John DINKA, Eric CLAUDE, Robert A. CARLTON, Lynessa ERLER, Kathleen MCHUGH, Maria PASCALE
  • Patent number: 9368807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell element having an active core interposed between a first and second conducting plate, wherein at least the first conducting plate is made from an alloy having, in percentages by weight, 24.0 to 27.0% nickel; 13.5 to 16.0% chromium; 1.90 to 2.35% titanium; 1.0 to 1.5% molybdenum; 0.10 to 0.50% vanadium; at most 0.08% carbon; at most 2.0% manganese; at most 1.0% silicon; at most 0.35% aluminum; at most 0.03% sulphur; and at most 0.01% boron, the balance consisting of iron and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE, APERAM ALLOYS IMPHY
    Inventors: Eric Claude, Richard Bosquet, Gilles Platen, Claude Roussel
  • Publication number: 20110059389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell comprising a membrane (1) and an electrode (3; 3?), which is associated with a metallic current collector (5) via a fibrous gas diffusion layer (7) in which the state of the surface of the metallic collector surface in contact with the diffusion layer (7) is adapted to that of the surface of the diffusion layer, typically deformed in a superficial manner by mechanical action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Eric Claude
  • Publication number: 20100292105
    Abstract: A multi-well cassette configuration and an instrument capable of accepting the cassette and thereafter pre-concentrating and purifying analytes from biological samples held in the cassette wells, such as human serum, for subsequent analysis by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry (MALDI MS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Ryan Braymer, Floria Cheng, Eric Claude, Jeffrey Cameron Loper, Craig Mauch, Ralph Paul, Ron Wilson
  • Publication number: 20100196799
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the A286 alloy grade for the manufacture of a sheet, optionally surfaced, making it possible to obtain a conducting plate of mono polar or bipolar type for a fuel cell element. The invention also relates to this optional surface treatment process, which comprises a cold-rolling step followed by a continuous annealing step in an oxidizing atmosphere and by an acid pickling step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicants: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploration DesProcedes George Claude, Arcelormittal-Stainless & Nickel Alloys, Alfa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventors: Eric Claude, Richard Bousquet, Gilles Platen, Claude Roussel
  • Publication number: 20070258864
    Abstract: A multi-well cassette configuration and an instrument capable of accepting the cassette and thereafter pre-concentrating and purifying analytes from biological samples held in the cassette wells, such as human serum, for subsequent analysis by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry (MALDI MS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Ryan Braymer, Floria Cheng, Eric Claude, Jeffrey Loper, Craig Mauch, Ralph Paul, Ron Wilson