Patents by Inventor Franck Boucard

Franck Boucard 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).

  • Patent number: 10052641
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a centrifuge with a balancing mechanism and method of balancing such a centrifuge. The centrifuge includes a vertical shaft driven in rotation by a motor, and a mechanism for balancing the parts integral with said vertical shaft. The mechanism includes a plate integral with the vertical shaft, at least one compensating mass freely displacing on the plate, the mass being designed to limit the imbalance of parts integral with the vertical shaft, and a mechanism for blocking the compensating mass, the blocking mechanism being designed to immobilize the compensating mass on the plate when the rotation speed exceeds a determined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Macopharma SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Letourneur, Philippe Le Guyader, Franck Boucard
  • Publication number: 20150038311
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a centrifuge with a balancing mechanism and method of balancing such a centrifuge. The centrifuge includes a vertical shaft driven in rotation by a motor, and a mechanism for balancing the parts integral with said vertical shaft. The mechanism includes a plate integral with the vertical shaft, at least one compensating mass freely displacing on the plate, the mass being designed to limit the imbalance of parts integral with the vertical shaft, and a mechanism for blocking the compensating mass, the blocking mechanism being designed to immobilize the compensating mass on the plate when the rotation speed exceeds a determined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Letourneur, Philippe Le Guyader, Franck Boucard