Patents by Inventor Jean-Michael Bourin

Jean-Michael Bourin 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).

  • Method of detecting that an anti-reactive element has fallen into the reactor of a nuclear power station, and a power station protected against such a fall
    Patent number: 4842805
    Abstract: The invention improves detecting that a control cluster has fallen into the reactor of a nuclear fission power station. Variations are monitored firstly in the nuclear power (3) and secondly in at least one parameter (1, 2) external to the reactor and having an influence on reactor control. A cluster is considered as having fallen when a rapid drop (12j) is detected in said power while no variation (12a, 12b, . . . 12h) is simultaneously detected in an external parameter that could have given rise to said power drop.Application to producing electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Framatome
    Inventors: Jean-Michael Bourin, Michel Bruyere, Isaac Rousseau