Patents by Inventor Franck Verbecke

Franck Verbecke 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: 20220384837
    Abstract: The electrochemical system includes a plurality of identical fuel cells electrically connected in series and an air supply system configured to supply air to the fuel cells in parallel and to recover air from the fuel cells, the air supply system including an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold each including a common conduit and individual conduits, each individual conduit of the inlet manifold being connected to an air inlet port of a respective fuel cell, each individual conduit of the outlet manifold being connected to an air outlet port of a respective fuel cell and a single air compressor for forcing air to flow through the inlet manifold, the fuel cells and the outlet manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yacine HAMMADI, Franck VERBECKE, Sandrine MELSCOET
  • Patent number: 11441739
    Abstract: An system for emptying at least one reservoir containing a pressurized fluid, including, for each reservoir, a vent for discharging the fluid out of the reservoir and a discharge valve for connecting the reservoir to the vent, the emptying system additionally including, for each discharge valve, a return member for returning the discharge valve to its closed configuration, and a fluid control system for controlling the movement of each discharge valve to its open configuration by action of an operating fluid on the discharge valve, the control system including an operating station arranged outside a danger zone around each reservoir, and, for each discharge valve, a fluid pipe fluidically connecting the operating station to the discharge valve, the operating station including at least one reversible free connection for connecting to each fluid pipe of a device for supplying the control system with operating fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AREVA Stockage d'Energie
    Inventors: André Rakotondrainibe, Franck Verbecke, Jean-Claude Reybaud
  • Publication number: 20200208784
    Abstract: An system for emptying at least one reservoir containing a pressurized fluid, including, for each reservoir, a vent for discharging the fluid out of the reservoir and a discharge valve for connecting the reservoir to the vent, the emptying system additionally including, for each discharge valve, a return member for returning the discharge valve to its closed configuration, and a fluid control system for controlling the movement of each discharge valve to its open configuration by action of an operating fluid on the discharge valve, the control system including an operating station arranged outside a danger zone around each reservoir, and, for each discharge valve, a fluid pipe fluidically connecting the operating station to the discharge valve, the operating station including at least one reversible free connection for connecting to each fluid pipe of a device for supplying the control system with operating fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: André Rakotondrainibe, Franck Verbecke, Jean-Claude Reybaud