Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc Neuville

Jean-Marc Neuville 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: 20240085163
    Abstract: This avalanche triggering system includes a portable unit configured to be carried by an operator, the portable unit comprising a gas storage device configured to store an oxidizing gas and a combustible gas; an explosion unit which is configured to be launched by the operator or to be transported by a drone and which includes a flexible envelope configured to be filled with an explosive gas mixture, the flexible envelope being deformable between a rest configuration in which the flexible envelope has a first inner volume and an inflated configuration in which the flexible envelope has a second inner volume which is greater than the first inner volume, the explosion unit further including an ignition device configured to trigger the explosion of the explosive gas mixture contained in the flexible envelope; and a control unit configured to remotely control the ignition device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Olivier RIVOAL, Stéphane CONSTANT, Jean-Marc NEUVILLE, Louis NOEL, Pierre FLEUR, François-Xavier VILLALONGA, Vincent COSTECALDE
  • Patent number: 8960092
    Abstract: Device for setting off an avalanche, comprising a support intended to be fixed to the mounting side, for example on a concrete slab, and an enclosure one end of which is open, this enclosure being mounted on the support, said open end of the enclosure being intended to face towards the snow cap. The device further comprises means of filling the enclosure with an explosive gaseous mixture, firing means designed to set off the explosion of the said mixture and a remote-communication system. The enclosure is mounted removably on the support, by fitting its lower face, intended to receive the gaseous mixture, onto a bearing piece of the support, and the enclosure is autonomous in terms of energy supply and carries means of storing the gases that are intended to form the gaseous mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Technologie Alpine de Securite-TAS
    Inventors: Bruno Farizy, Jean-Marc Neuville, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Pascal Roux
  • Publication number: 20130133543
    Abstract: Device for setting off an avalanche, comprising a support intended to be fixed to the mounting side, for example on a concrete slab, and an enclosure one end of which is open, this enclosure being mounted on the support, said open end of the enclosure being intended to face towards the snow cap. The device further comprises means of filling the enclosure with an explosive gaseous mixture, firing means designed to set off the explosion of the said mixture and a remote-communication system. The enclosure is mounted removably on the support, by fitting its lower face, intended to receive the gaseous mixture, onto a bearing piece of the support, and the enclosure is autonomous in terms of energy supply and carries means of storing the gases that are intended to form the gaseous mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNOLOGIE ALPINE DE SECURITE -TAS
    Inventors: Bruno Farizy, Jean-Marc Neuville, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Pascal Roux
  • Patent number: 8430032
    Abstract: The invention relates to an avalanche triggering device comprising at least one enclosure (4) for confining an explosive gas mixture, having a downward-facing opening and being equipped with gas supply means (15, 16) designed to at least partly fill the volume defined by the enclosure (4) with the explosive gas mixture at a density less than that of the air, the device also comprising means (14) for igniting this mixture; which device is characterized in that the enclosure (4) is in the general shape of a bell or frustoconical shape with an approximately vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Technologie Alpine de Securite-Tas
    Inventors: Bruno Farizy, Louis Noel, Stephane Constant, Jean-Marc Neuville, Pascal Roux, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud
  • Publication number: 20110139029
    Abstract: The invention relates to an avalanche triggering device comprising at least one enclosure (4) for confining an explosive gas mixture, having a downward-facing opening and being equipped with gas supply means (15, 16) designed to at least partly fill the volume defined by the enclosure (4) with the explosive gas mixture at a density less than that of the air, the device also comprising means (14) for igniting this mixture; which device is characterized in that the enclosure (4) is in the general shape of a bell or frustoconical shape with an approximately vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: TECHNOLOGIE ALPINE DE SECURITE-TAS
    Inventors: Bruno Farizy, Louis Noel, Stephane Constant, Jean-Marc Neuville, Pascal Roux, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud