Patents by Inventor Frederic Nicolas
Frederic Nicolas 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).
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Publication number: 20210212364Abstract: An article (1) for forming an aerosol. The article (1) comprise an aerosol-forming substrate (2) and a first major surface (1a) which is substantially flat. The aerosol-forming substrate (2) comprises a first region (20) having a first density and second region (21) having a second density. The first density is different to the second density. The article (1) is insertable into the heating chamber of a device for generating an aerosol.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Frederic Nicolas, Cyrille Poindron
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Patent number: 10875634Abstract: A drive train for a helicopter, which includes an engine, a reduction gear and a main gearbox, the reduction gear including an output shaft, which are received in assembled front and rear housings, the output shaft being supported and guided rotatably by a plurality of rolling bearings, mounted in the housings. The drive train includes a redundant mount arranged around the output shaft and between a wall of the main gearbox and the front end of the front housing, and the redundant mount is configured, sized and attached to the wall of the main gearbox and to the front end of the front housing so as to create, if the front housing breaks, a secondary path for absorbing loads passing via the redundant mount, via the output shaft of the reduction gear and via the bearings.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Thomas Marie Joseph De Dreuille De Longeville, Frederic Nicolas Francois Laisnez
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Patent number: 10738573Abstract: Fluid flow control systems are configured to resist erosion-corrosion and minimize wall shear stress during injection or production. A fluid flow control system includes a base pipe with an internal passageway. A housing is positioned around the base pipe to define a fluid flow path between the filter component and the internal passageway. A flow control component is positioned within the fluid flow path in order to control fluid flow. A flow-induced erosion resistance component, which may take a variety of forms, is positioned within the fluid flow path to reduce and/or eliminate wall shear stress along the base pipe. As a result, erosion-corrosion of the bases pipe is reduced and/or eliminated altogether.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Weiqi Yin, Frederic Nicolas Felten, Georgina Corona Cortes, Caleb Thomas Warren, Bryon David Mullen, Richard Hancock Merrill
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Patent number: 10694784Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge (10), comprising: An outer shell (20) defining an inner volume containing: A first reservoir (30) containing a first component and having a first aperture (32) for discharge of the first component; a second reservoir (40) containing a second component and having a second aperture (42) for discharge of the second component; A first removable film (34) impermeable to the first component sealing the first aperture; A second removable film (44) impermeable to the second component sealing the second aperture; A seat (12) having an opening (14) in said outer shell and delimiting walls within said inner volume, said first and second apertures being formed in said delimiting walls, the seat being configured to house a piercer (50) of an external component; and Wherein a portion of the first film or a portion of the second film is protruding from said opening or it faces said opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Frederic Nicolas, Rui Nuno Batista
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Publication number: 20200190973Abstract: A hybrid sensing apparatus for collecting data inside a well, the apparatus including an optical cable that acquires a first set of data; and an array of discrete probes connected to each other with an electrical cable. The discrete probes are configured to acquire a second set of data. The apparatus further includes an attachment system attached to the discrete probes and configured to hold the optical cable. The attachment system is configured to expose the optical cable to directly contact the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Oleg VALISHIN, Florent GUICHARD, Frédéric NICOLAS, Clément VISSEAUX
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Patent number: 10618606Abstract: Method and streamer connecting module for connecting streamer sections to each other. The streamer connecting module includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis (L) so that first and second ends are opposite to each other; a first streamer connecting part fixedly attached at the first end of the housing; a second streamer connecting part fixedly attached at the second end of the housing; first plural balls located between the first streamer connecting part and the first end of the housing; and a first conduit formed at an interface between the first streamer connecting part and the first end of the housing for accommodating the first plural balls.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: SERCELInventor: Frédéric Nicolas
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Patent number: 10587063Abstract: A support assembly comprises a support device and a plurality of press-fit contact pins. The support device has a preformed body with a first row of slits or holes and a second row of slits or holes. The press-fit contact pins each have a contact portion at a first end and a press-fit portion at a second end opposite the first end. Each of the contact pins is disposed in one of the slits or holes of the first row or the second row with the press-fit portion protruding from a first side of the support device and the contact portion protruding from a second side of the support device opposite the first side. The press-fit portions of the contact pins disposed in the first row of slits or holes are aligned with the press-fit portions of the contact pins disposed in the second row of slits or holes.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SASInventors: Frederic Nicolas Viloteau, Mounir Alaya, Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Alain Dupuis
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Publication number: 20200011153Abstract: A system for providing autonomous flow control of a fluid from a wellbore to an interior of a tubing string by using a variable flow resistance system. The system can include a body, with a chamber that can be configured to induce rotational flow in a fluid that flows through the chamber. The chamber can include an inlet for fluid entering the chamber and an outlet for fluid exiting the chamber. A cross-sectional area of the chamber can be reduced along a central axis of the chamber toward the outlet, with the cross-sectional area being perpendicular to a central axis. A well screen assembly may utilize one or more of the variable flow resistance systems to provide a determined flow resistance and/or flow rate of the fluid through the screen assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci, Frederic Nicolas Felten
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Patent number: 10344565Abstract: A downhole chemical injection system that may include at least a first and a second injection port. The first injection port may be fluidically coupled with a chemical injection line and fluidically coupled with a production tubing string to inject the chemical into the production tubing string. Similarly, the second injection port may be fluidically coupled with the chemical injection line and fluidically coupled with the production tubing string to inject the chemical into the production tubing string. The first injection port may include at least a first radially extending injection nozzle, extending injection nozzle extending in a first radial direction relative to a central axis of the production tubing string. Similarly, the second injection port may include at least a second radially extending injection nozzle, extending in a second radial direction relative to the central axis of the production tubing string.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Frederic Nicolas Felten, Paul Anthony Haines, Ammar Abdilghanie Mohammed
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Publication number: 20190118911Abstract: Method and streamer connecting module for connecting streamer sections to each other. The streamer connecting module includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis (L) so that first and second ends are opposite to each other; a first streamer connecting part fixedly attached at the first end of the housing; a second streamer connecting part fixedly attached at the second end of the housing; first plural balls located between the first streamer connecting part and the first end of the housing; and a first conduit formed at an interface between the first streamer connecting part and the first end of the housing for accommodating the first plural balls.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Frédéric NICOLAS
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Publication number: 20190112903Abstract: Fluid flow control systems are configured to resist erosion-corrosion and minimize wall shear stress during injection or production. A fluid flow control system includes a base pipe with an internal passageway. A housing is positioned around the base pipe to define a fluid flow path between the filter component and the internal passageway. A flow control component is positioned within the fluid flow path in order to control fluid flow. A flow-induced erosion resistance component, which may take a variety of forms, is positioned within the fluid flow path to reduce and/or eliminate wall shear stress along the base pipe. As a result, erosion-corrosion of the bases pipe is reduced and/or eliminated altogether.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Weiqi Yin, Frederic Nicolas Felten, Georgina Corona Cortes, Caleb Thomas Warren, Bryon David Mullen, Richard Hancock Merrill
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Publication number: 20190055011Abstract: A drive train for a helicopter, which includes an engine, a reduction gear and a main gearbox, the reduction gear including an output shaft, which are received in assembled front and rear housings, the output shaft being supported and guided rotatably by a plurality of rolling bearings, mounted in the housings. The drive train includes a redundant mount arranged around the output shaft and between a wall of the main gearbox and the front end of the front housing, and the redundant mount is configured, sized and attached to the wall of the main gearbox and to the front end of the front housing so as to create, if the front housing breaks, a secondary path for absorbing loads passing via the redundant mount, via the output shaft of the reduction gear and via the bearings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Thomas Marie Joseph DE DREUILLE DE LONGEVILLE, Frederic Nicolas Francois LAISNEZ
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Patent number: 10208571Abstract: A well screen assembly includes a tubing including a center bore and at least one aperture through the tubing between an outer radial surface of the tubing and an inner radial surface of the tubing; a filtration screen positioned around the tubing; a housing positioned around the tubing and including a fluid chamber in fluid communication with an outlet of the filtration screen; and a flow control device positioned in fluid communication with the outlet of the filtration screen and the at least one aperture to reduce a wall shear stress on at least one of the tubing or the at least one aperture.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Weiqi Yin, Frederic Nicolas Felten, Stephen Michael Greci, Brandon Thomas Least
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Patent number: 10168441Abstract: Method and flush module for connecting streamer sections to an external device. The flush module includes a housing; a first end connector attached to the housing and configured to connect to a first element of the streamer spread; a second end connector attached to the housing and configured to connect to a second element of the streamer spread; and an external connector attached to the housing and configured to connect to a third element of the streamer spread. The external connector is configured to pivot between (a) a close position during which the external connector is entirely located within the housing, and (b) an open position during which a distal end of the external connector is located outside the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: SERCELInventors: Frédéric Nicolas, Loïc De Rességuier
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Publication number: 20180371872Abstract: A downhole chemical injection system that may include at least a first and a second injection port. The first injection port may be fluidically coupled with a chemical injection line and fluidically coupled with a production tubing string to inject the chemical into the production tubing string. Similarly, the second injection port may be fluidically coupled with the chemical injection line and fluidically coupled with the production tubing string to inject the chemical into the production tubing string. The first injection port may include at least a first radially extending injection nozzle, extending injection nozzle extending in a first radial direction relative to a central axis of the production tubing string. Similarly, the second injection port may include at least a second radially extending injection nozzle, extending in a second radial direction relative to the central axis of the production tubing string.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Frederic Nicolas FELTEN, Paul Anthony HAINES, Ammar ABDILGHANIE MOHAMMED
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Publication number: 20180364378Abstract: Method and flush module for connecting streamer sections to an external device. The flush module includes a housing; a first end connector attached to the housing and configured to connect to a first element of the streamer spread; a second end connector attached to the housing and configured to connect to a second element of the streamer spread; and an external connector attached to the housing and configured to connect to a third element of the streamer spread. The external connector is configured to pivot between (a) a close position during which the external connector is entirely located within the housing, and (b) an open position during which a distal end of the external connector is located outside the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Frédéric NICOLAS, Loïc DE RESSÉGUIER
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Patent number: 10145388Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current is described, the fan assembly having a nozzle, a system for creating an air flow through the nozzle and a filter for removing particulates from the air flow, the nozzle having an interior passage, a mouth for receiving the air flow from the interior passage, and a Coanda surface located adjacent the mouth and over which the mouth is arranged to direct the air flow, wherein the fan provides an arrangement producing an air current and a flow of cooling air created without requiring a bladed fan, i.e. air flow is created by a bladeless fan.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Kevin John Simmonds, Nicholas Gerald Fitton, Frederic Nicolas, Peter David Gammack
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Publication number: 20180287281Abstract: A support assembly comprises a support device and a plurality of press-fit contact pins. The support device has a preformed body with a first row of slits or holes and a second row of slits or holes. The press-fit contact pins each have a contact portion at a first end and a press-fit portion at a second end opposite the first end. Each of the contact pins is disposed in one of the slits or holes of the first row or the second row with the press-fit portion protruding from a first side of the support device and the contact portion protruding from a second side of the support device opposite the first side. The press-fit portions of the contact pins disposed in the first row of slits or holes are aligned with the press-fit portions of the contact pins disposed in the second row of slits or holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: Tyco Electronics France SASInventors: Frederic Nicolas Viloteau, Mounir Alaya, Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Alain Dupuis
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Publication number: 20180255833Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge (10), comprising: An outer shell (20) defining an inner volume containing: A first reservoir (30) containing a first component and having a first aperture (32) for discharge of the first component; a second reservoir (40) containing a second component and having a second aperture (42) for discharge of the second component; A first removable film (34) impermeable to the first component sealing the first aperture; A second removable film (44) impermeable to the second component sealing the second aperture; A seat (12) having an opening (14) in said outer shell and delimiting walls within said inner volume, said first and second apertures being formed in said delimiting walls, the seat being configured to house a piercer (50) of an external component; and Wherein a portion of the first film or a portion of the second film is protruding from said opening or it faces said opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Frederic Nicolas, Rui Nuno Batista
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Patent number: 10072479Abstract: A downhole chemical injection system that may include at least a first and a second injection port. The first injection port may be fluidically coupled with a chemical injection line and fluidically coupled with a production tubing string to inject the chemical into the production tubing string. Similarly, the second injection port may be fluidically coupled with the chemical injection line and fluidically coupled with the production tubing string to inject the chemical into the production tubing string. The first injection port may include at least a first radially extending injection nozzle, extending injection nozzle extending in a first radial direction relative to a central axis of the production tubing string. Similarly, the second injection port may include at least a second radially extending injection nozzle, extending in a second radial direction relative to the central axis of the production tubing string.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Frederic Nicolas Felten, Paul Anthony Haines, Ammar Abdilghanie Mohammed