Patents by Inventor Francois Parmentier

Francois Parmentier 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: 20230358712
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing multi-capillary lining that can serve as a chromatographic column, and to the multi-capillary packing obtained by such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: François Parmentier
  • Publication number: 20230182108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a multicapillary packing for an exchange of material including the formation, by a 3D printing method, of a monolith having a porous mass through which a plurality of parallel channels passes, opening on an inlet face and an outlet face of the packing, the 3D printing method being chosen among: selective laser sintering, molten wire deposition, stereolithography, binder spraying and spraying of material, the porous mass being suitable for allowing the diffusion of material to be exchanged between the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: François Parmentier
  • Patent number: 11406916
    Abstract: The invention is a method for liquid, gaseous or supercritical phase chromatography which involves circulating, on a chromatograph (6) containing a stationary phase, a load (1) comprising components to be separated entrained by a carrier fluid (2), said method being characterized in that it involves: (a) obtaining, at the outlet of the chromatograph, a plurality of chromatographic fractions (3, 4) comprising at least one component of the load and the carrier fluid in a first fluid phase, (b) imposing a change of state on at least one of said chromatographic fractions (3, 4) so as to obtain at least one fraction of purified carrier fluid in a second fluid phase different from the first fluid phase by separating said carrier fluid from the component of the load, (c) imposing a change of state in a reverse direction to that of step (b) on at least one fraction of purified carrier fluid obtained in step (b) so as to obtain at least one fraction of purified carrier fluid in a third fluid phase different to the sec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Francois Parmentier
  • Patent number: 11406915
    Abstract: Chromatography method in which a gaseous, liquid or supercritical mobile phase containing species to be separated is circulated through a packing, said packing being characterized in that: —it comprises a plurality of capillary ducts extending in the packing between an upstream face through which the mobile phase enters the packing and a downstream face through which the mobile phase leaves the packing—the material of the walls comprises a first population of connected pores, providing passages from one duct to the next enabling molecular diffusion to take place between adjacent ducts, pores having a mean diameter (dpore) of greater than 2 times the molecular diameter of at least one species to be separated—the diameter of the ducts is less than 50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SEPARATIVE
    Inventor: Francois Parmentier
  • Publication number: 20220118425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of chromatography wherein a gaseous, liquid or supercritical fluid mobile phase, which contains substances to be separated, flows through a porous packing which comprises a plurality of capillary channels which extend in the direction of flow of said mobile phase, said packing being manufactured by a method wherein: a bundle of elementary fibres is assembled, said fibres comprising a core made of a solid, liquid or gaseous material, and a shell made of a drawable material, said bundle is drawn in order to reduce the diameter of said fibres, a porous matrix is formed around the core of the drawn fibres, the formation of said porous matrix comprising a transformation of the shell material, where said porous matrix comprises at least one population of connected pores interconnecting the channels, where the thickness of the porous matrix between two adjacent channels is less than the diameter of the channels, preferably less than half the diameter of the channels, where neces
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Francois PARMENTIER
  • Patent number: 11203007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of chromatography wherein a gaseous, liquid or supercritical fluid mobile phase, which contains substances to be separated, flows through a porous packing which comprises a plurality of capillary channels which extend in the direction of flow of said mobile phase, said packing being manufactured by a method wherein: a bundle of elementary fibres is assembled, said fibres comprising a core made of a solid, liquid or gaseous material, and a shell made of a drawable material, said bundle is drawn in order to reduce the diameter of said fibres, a porous matrix is formed around the core of the drawn fibres, the formation of said porous matrix comprising a transformation of the shell material, where said porous matrix comprises at least one population of connected pores interconnecting the channels, where the thickness of the porous matrix between two adjacent channels is less than the diameter of the channels, preferably less than half the diameter of the channels, where neces
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventor: Francois Parmentier
  • Patent number: 10981147
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monolithic porous material based on amorphous silica or activated alumina or on one of their mixtures, the material comprising substantially rectilinear capillary ducts that lie parallel to one another, and being intended to be used as packing in a chromatography column, characterised in that: the ducts have, relative to one another, a substantially uniform cross section; the cross-section of each duct is uniform over its entire length; the ducts pass right through the material; the volume of micropores smaller than 0.3 nm is smaller than 50% of the total porous volume of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventor: Francois Parmentier
  • Publication number: 20210069613
    Abstract: A chromatography method in which a gaseous, liquid or supercritical mobile phase containing species to be separated is circulated through a packing. The packing includes a plurality of capillary ducts extending in the packing between an upstream face through which the mobile phase enters the packing and a downstream face through which the mobile phase leaves the packing. A continuous medium permeable to molecular diffusion extends between the ducts, including a porous organic gel or an organic liquid with at least one network of connected pores, the size of which is greater than two times the molecular diameter of at least one species to be separated. The at least one species has a diffusive path between the ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Francois PARMENTIER
  • Patent number: 10864461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chromatography method in which a gaseous, liquid or supercritical mobile phase containing species to be separated is circulated through a packing, said packing comprising: —a plurality of capillary ducts extending in the packing between an upstream face through which the mobile phase enters the packing and a downstream face through which the mobile phase leaves the packing, and —a continuous medium permeable to molecular diffusion extending between said ducts, comprising a porous organic gel or an organic liquid and including at least one network of connected pores, the size of which is greater than two times the molecular diameter of at least one species to be separated and opening to the ducts, so as to give said at least one species a diffusive path between said ducts. The invention also relates to a packing for the implementation of such a method and a method for manufacturing such a packing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Francois Parmentier
  • Publication number: 20200306666
    Abstract: The invention is a method for liquid, gaseous or supercritical phase chromatography which involves circulating, on a chromatograph (6) containing a stationary phase, a load (1) comprising components to be separated entrained by a carrier fluid (2), said method being characterized in that it involves: (a) obtaining, at the outlet of the chromatograph, a plurality of chromatographic fractions (3, 4) comprising at least one component of the load and the carrier fluid in a first fluid phase, (b) imposing a change of state on at least one of said chromatographic fractions (3, 4) so as to obtain at least one fraction of purified carrier fluid in a second fluid phase different from the first fluid phase by separating said carrier fluid from the component of the load, (c) imposing a change of state in a reverse direction to that of step (b) on at least one fraction of purified carrier fluid obtained in step (b) so as to obtain at least one fraction of purified carrier fluid in a third fluid phase different to the sec
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Francois Parmentier
  • Publication number: 20200309745
    Abstract: Method for exchanging materials, wherein a gaseous, liquid or supercritical mobile phase containing species to be separated is circulated through a packing comprising a stationary phase, the method being characterised in that:—the packing comprises a plurality of capillary ducts formed in at least one first material, the ducts passing through the packing between an upstream face through which the mobile phase enters the packing and a downstream face through which the mobile phase leaves the packing,—each duct comprises, on at least one portion of the inner wall thereof, at least one secondary material consisting of an organic gel or porous mineral,—the thickness of the secondary material defines, inside the duct, at least one empty tubular channel of solid material, the channel being open so as to allow the mobile phase to enter and extending continuously between the upstream and downstream faces of the capillary duct—the secondary material has a thickness between 0.05 times and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: François PARMENTIER
  • Patent number: 10525775
    Abstract: Tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of two working crown layers having unequal axial widths, layer C of rubber compound between ends of the working crown layers, layer S of polymer compound in contact with at least one working crown layer and in contact with the carcass reinforcement and the crown reinforcement comprising a layer of circumferential reinforcing elements arranged radially between two working crown layers. Distance d between the end of the axially narrowest working layer and the working layer separated from the axially narrowest working layer by the layer C is 1.1ø<d<2.2ø, ø being the diameter of the reinforcing elements of the layer of circumferential reinforcing elements, in a meridian plane. The thickness of layer C is substantially constant and the complex dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10% and 60° C. on the return cycle, of layer S is greater than 1.35 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Hichem Rehab, Jean-François Parmentier
  • Patent number: 10442247
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers each formed of reinforcing elements inserted between skim layers of rubber compound, a first layer S of polymer compound being in contact with at least one working crown layer and in contact with the carcass reinforcement and the crown reinforcement comprising at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements. In accordance with the invention, the elastic modulus under tension at 10% elongation of at least one skim layer of at least one working crown layer is less than 8.5 MPa, the maximum value of tan(?), denoted tan(?)max of the said at least one skim layer of at least one working crown layer is less than 0.100, and the complex dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10% and 60° C. on the return cycle, of the said first layer S of polymer compound is greater than 1.35 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Hichem Rehab, Jean-François Parmentier
  • Patent number: 10399385
    Abstract: Tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers each being formed of reinforcing elements inserted between two skim layers of rubber compound, a first layer S of polymer compound being in contact with at least one working crown layer and in contact with the carcass reinforcement and the crown reinforcement comprising at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements. The elastic modulus under tension at 10% elongation of at least one skim layer of at least one working crown layer is greater than 9 MPa, the maximum value of tan(?), denoted tan(?)max, of the at least one skim layer of at least one working crown layer is less than 0.100 and the complex dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10% and 60° C. on the return cycle, of the first layer S of polymer compound is greater than 1.35 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Hichem Rehab, Jean-François Parmentier
  • Patent number: 10328750
    Abstract: Tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of reinforcing elements, a first layer C of rubber compound being placed between at least the ends of the said at least two working crown layers, a second layer S of polymer compound being in contact with at least one working crown layer and in contact with the carcass reinforcement and the crown reinforcement comprising at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements. The elastic modulus under tension at 10% elongation of the first layer C is less than 8 MPa, the maximum tan(?) value, denoted tan(?)max, of the first layer C is less than 0.100, and the complex dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10% and 60° C. on the return cycle, of the said second layer S of polymer compound is greater than 1.35 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Hichem Rehab, Jean-François Parmentier
  • Patent number: 10286730
    Abstract: A tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers each one formed of reinforcing elements inserted between two skim layers of rubber compound, a first layer S of polymer compound being in contact with at least one working crown layer and in contact with the carcass reinforcement and the crown reinforcement comprising at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements. The elastic modulus under tension at 10% elongation of the layer C is greater than 9 MPa, the maximum value of tan(?), denoted tan(?)max, of the layer C is less than 0.100 and the complex dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10% and 60° C. on the return cycle, of the first layer S of polymer compound is greater than 1.35 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Hichem Rehab, Jean-François Parmentier
  • Publication number: 20190009251
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of chromatography wherein a gaseous, liquid or supercritical fluid mobile phase, which contains substances to be separated, flows through a porous packing which comprises a plurality of capillary channels which extend in the direction of flow of said mobile phase, said packing being manufactured by a method wherein: a bundle of elementary fibres is assembled, said fibres comprising a core made of a solid, liquid or gaseous material, and a shell made of a drawable material, said bundle is drawn in order to reduce the diameter of said fibres, a porous matrix is formed around the core of the drawn fibres, the formation of said porous matrix comprising a transformation of the shell material, where said porous matrix comprises at least one population of connected pores interconnecting the channels, where the thickness of the porous matrix between two adjacent channels is less than the diameter of the channels, preferably less than half the diameter of the channels, where neces
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: Francois PARMENTIER
  • Patent number: 10137431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monolithic porous material made of amorphous silica or activated alumina, comprising substantially rectilinear capillary channels that are parallel to one another, wherein: the channels have a substantially uniform cross-section relative to each other, the cross-section of each channel is regular over its entire length, the channels pass through the material from end to end, the length of the channels is equal to or more than 10 mm. The invention also relates to an annular, radial or axial chromatographic apparatus, the packing of which consists of at least one said monolithic material. The invention also relates to processes for manufacturing such a monolithic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Francois Parmentier
  • Publication number: 20180318794
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monolithic porous material based on amorphous silica or activated alumina or on one of their mixtures, the material comprising substantially rectilinear capillary ducts that lie parallel to one another, and being intended to be used as packing in a chromatography column, characterised in that: the ducts have, relative to one another, a substantially uniform cross section; the cross-section of each duct is uniform over its entire length; the ducts pass right through the material; the volume of micropores smaller than 0.3 nm is smaller than 50% of the total porous volume of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Francois Parmentier
  • Publication number: 20180229151
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chromatography method in which a gaseous, liquid or supercritical mobile phase containing species to be separated is circulated through a packing, said packing comprising: —a plurality of capillary ducts extending in the packing between an upstream face through which the mobile phase enters the packing and a downstream face through which the mobile phase leaves the packing, and —a continuous medium permeable to molecular diffusion extending between said ducts, comprising a porous organic gel or an organic liquid and including at least one network of connected pores, the size of which is greater than two times the molecular diameter of at least one species to be separated and opening to the ducts, so as to give said at least one species a diffusive path between said ducts. The invention also relates to a packing for the implementation of such a method and a method for manufacturing such a packing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Francois PARMENTIER