Patents by Inventor Gerard Champenois

Gerard Champenois 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).

  • Power-generating system with improved treatment of charging impacts, load-shedding and harmonics
    Patent number: 10431984
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for generating electric power, comprising: an alternator (1) for coupling with a drive system (7), supplying an AC voltage to an output bus (10); a reversible AC/DC converter (2) in which the AC bus (6) is connected to the output bus (10) of the alternator (1); an electricity-storage element (3) connected to the DC bus (9) of the converter (2); a controller (4) arranged to react to a transient state of load-shedding or charging impact by controlling the converter (2) so as to collect energy on the output bus (10) of the alternator (2) and to store same in the storage element (3) in the case of load-shedding, and to collect energy in the storage element (3) and to inject same into the output bus (10) in the case of charging impact, the converter (2) being controlled so as to inject currents to compensate for harmonic currents into the AC bus (10) of the alternator (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER, UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
    Inventors: Emile Mouni, Philippe Manfe, Faycal Bensmaine, Slim Tnani, Gerard Champenois
  • POWER-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED TREATMENT OF CHARGING IMPACTS, LOAD-SHEDDING AND HARMONICS
    Publication number: 20180205229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for generating electric power, comprising: an alternator (1) for coupling with a drive system (7), supplying an AC voltage to an output bus (10); a reversible AC/DC converter (2) in which the AC bus (6) is connected to the output bus (10) of the alternator (1); an electricity-storage element (3) connected to the DC bus (9) of the converter (2); a controller (4) arranged to react to a transient state of load-shedding or charging impact by controlling the converter (2) so as to collect energy on the output bus (10) of the alternator (2) and to store same in the storage element (3) in the case of load-shedding, and to collect energy in the storage element (3) and to inject same into the output bus (10) in the case of charging impact, the converter (2) being controlled so as to inject currents to compensate for harmonic currents into the AC bus (10) of the alternator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicants: MOTEURS LEROY -SOMER, UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
    Inventors: Emile MOUNI, Philippe MANFE, Faycal BENSMAINE, Slim TNANI, Gerard CHAMPENOIS
  • Two-directional current double-boost quadratic DC/DC converter
    Patent number: 9000740
    Abstract: A current reversible DC/DC double-boost quadratic converter, capable of performing high transformation ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Universite de Poitiers
    Inventors: Youssef Touzani, Laid Kefsi, Gerard Champenois, Jean-Paul Gaubert
  • TWO-DIRECTIONAL CURRENT DOUBLE-BOOST QUADRATIC DC/DC CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20130119966
    Abstract: A current reversible DC/DC double-boost quadratic converter, capable of performing high transformation ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Youssef Touzani, Laid Kefsi, Gerard Champenois, Jean-Paul Gaubert