Patents by Inventor Jean-Michel Cazenave

Jean-Michel Cazenave 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).

  • Patent number: 11872420
    Abstract: A device for regulating breathing gas delivered to a user, comprising a gas circuit comprising a main line having at least an upstream end intended to be connected to at least one gas source and a downstream end intended to be connected to at least one user station such as a mask, the main line comprising at least one electromechanical control valve configured to regulate the gas pressure between the upstream and the downstream, the circuit comprising a secondary line comprising an upstream end intended to be connected to at least one gas source and a downstream end intended to be connected to the same user station(s), the secondary line comprising at least one auxiliary member for regulating the gas flow, the device comprising a switching system configured to control the flow of gas between the upstream and the downstream of the circuit via the main line or via the secondary line, characterized in that the auxiliary member for regulating the secondary line is a pneumatic pressure regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Aurelie Caillaud, Jean-Michel Cazenave, Alexandre Domenget, Alexandre Pentagora
  • Publication number: 20230032906
    Abstract: Apparatus for supplying oxygen to a vehicle user, comprising a source of pressurized respiratory gas containing oxygen-enriched air, a flow-regulating and/or pressure-regulating unit, and at least one mask provided for supplying gas to the respiratory tract of said user, the regulating unit comprising at least one inlet connected to the source and at least one outlet connected to the mask, the regulating unit being configured to regulate the flow and/or the pressure of the respiratory gas supplied to the mask according to the respiratory demand of the user, the apparatus comprising at least one sensor measuring the pressure and/or the flow of respiratory gas delivered by the regulating unit to the mask, and an electronic data storage and processing unit configured to receive the measurements from the at least one sensor and to calculate, from these measurements, the frequency of the gas flows supplied to the mask and corresponding to the respiratory frequency of the user, to compare this calculated frequency
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Michel CAZENAVE, Loic VILLARD
  • Patent number: 11154733
    Abstract: A respiratory protection hood having a sealed flexible shell including a pressurized oxygen vessel provided with a calibrated output opening leading into the inside space of the flexible shell and a device for trapping at least one portion of the carbon dioxide exhaled by the user that includes a cartridge for adsorbing carbon dioxide having a perforated tube arranged around a volume of carbon dioxide absorbing material. At least one portion of the perforated tube being arranged around the volume of absorbent material in direct communication with the inside space of the hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Rachid Makhlouche, Jean-Michel Cazenave, Xavier Roussin-Bouchard, Pierrick Cohard, Vincent Graziani
  • Patent number: 11067551
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for measuring the amount of oxygen present in a gas to be analyze. The device includes at least one member for measuring the amount of oxygen, a first inlet in communication with the measuring member for the supply of gas to be analyzed, and an outlet for the discharge of said analyzed gas. The device also includes a second inlet intended to communicate with the measuring member, allowing said device to be supplied selectively with a calibration gas having a known amount of oxygen, such that the measurement of the amount of oxygen present in the calibration gas makes it possible to determine a potential drift of the measurement of said measuring member relative to the actual known amount of oxygen present in the calibration gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: ZODIAC AEROTECHNICS, L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Olivier Vandroux, Nelly Giroud, Norbert Ponsinet, Jorge Gaspar, Gilles Delaitre, Jean-Michel Cazenave, Philippe Boggetto
  • Publication number: 20210178196
    Abstract: A device for regulating breathing gas delivered to a user, comprising a gas circuit comprising a main line having at least an upstream end intended to be connected to at least one gas source and a downstream end intended to be connected to at least one user station such as a mask, the main line comprising at least one electromechanical control valve configured to regulate the gas pressure between the upstream and the downstream, the circuit comprising a secondary line comprising an upstream end intended to be connected to at least one gas source and a downstream end intended to be connected to the same user station(s), the secondary line comprising at least one auxiliary member for regulating the gas flow, the device comprising a switching system configured to control the flow of gas between the upstream and the downstream of the circuit via the main line or via the secondary line, characterized in that the auxiliary member for regulating the secondary line is a pneumatic pressure regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Aurelie CAILLAUD, Jean-Michel CAZENAVE, Alexandre DOMENGET, Alexandre PENTAGORA
  • Publication number: 20190369074
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for measuring the amount of oxygen present in a gas to be analyze. The device includes at least one member for measuring the amount of oxygen, a first inlet in communication with the measuring member for the supply of gas to be analyzed, and an outlet for the discharge of said analyzed gas. The device also includes a second inlet intended to communicate with the measuring member, allowing said device to be supplied selectively with a calibration gas having a known amount of oxygen, such that the measurement of the amount of oxygen present in the calibration gas makes it possible to determine a potential drift of the measurement of said measuring member relative to the actual known amount of oxygen present in the calibration gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Olivier Vandroux, Nelly Giroud, Norbert Ponsinet, Jorge Gaspar, Gilles Delaitre, Jean-Michel Cazenave, Philippe Boggetto
  • Patent number: 10342998
    Abstract: A hood comprising a flexible envelope and a reservoir of oxygen comprising a calibrated outlet orifice that leads into the internal volume of the envelope, the outlet orifice being closed off by a removable stopper, characterized in that the reservoir of pressurized oxygen comprises two independent storage compartments, a first compartment of which communicates with the outlet orifice and a second compartment of which is isolated from the outlet orifice via a sealed partition provided with a member for opening the partition, the opening member being switchable between a first configuration which prevents fluidic communication between the second compartment and the outlet orifice and a second configuration that allows fluidic communication between the second compartment and the outlet orifice, the opening member being sensitive to the pressure difference between the second compartment and the first compartment and being configured to automatically switch from the first to the second configuration when the pres
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Rachid Makhlouche, Jean-Michel Cazenave, Freddy Dumont, Christian Rolland, Benoit Rossignol
  • Patent number: 10335617
    Abstract: Respiratory protection hood comprising a flexible envelope and a reservoir of pressurized oxygen comprising an outlet orifice that leads into the internal volume of the envelope, the outlet orifice being closed off by a removable stopper, characterized in that the reservoir of oxygen comprises, upstream of the orifice, a passage for the pressurized gas and a needle that is able to move in a given direction of displacement in said passage, the needle being subjected to two opposite forces in the direction of displacement, said forces being respectively generated on the one hand by the pressure of the gas in the reservoir and the other hand by a return member, the needle having a section with a defined profile that is variable in the direction of displacement in order to modify the degree of closure of the passage depending on the position of said needle relative to the passage so as to regulate the flow rate of gas allowed to escape via the passage towards the orifice as a function of time and the pressure of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Rachid Makhlouche, Jean-Michel Cazenave, Freddy Dumont, Christian Rolland, Vincent Perrard
  • Publication number: 20180296863
    Abstract: The invention relates to a respiratory protection hood which comprises a sealed flexible shell including a pressurized oxygen vessel provided with a calibrated output opening leading into the inside space of the flexible shell and a device for trapping at least one portion of the carbon dioxide exhaled by the user, comprising a cartridge for adsorbing carbon dioxide with a radial structure comprising a tubular body extending in a longitudinal direction and covering a volume of material which absorbs carbon dioxide, said structure of the cartridge comprising a perforated tube arranged around the volume of absorbent material and extending in the longitudinal direction to allow the transit of air to be purified radially in the volume of absorbent material, at least one portion of the perforated tube being arranged around the volume of absorbent material in direct communication with the inside space of the hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour I'Etude et I'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Rachid MAKHLOUCHE, Jean-Michel CAZENAVE, Xavier ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD, Pierrick COHARD, Vincent GRAZIANI
  • Publication number: 20160151649
    Abstract: Respiratory protection hood comprising a flexible envelope and a reservoir of pressurized oxygen comprising an outlet orifice that leads into the internal volume of the envelope, the outlet orifice being closed off by a removable stopper, characterized in that the reservoir of oxygen comprises, upstream of the orifice, a passage for the pressurized gas and a needle that is able to move in a given direction of displacement in said passage, the needle being subjected to two opposite forces in the direction of displacement, said forces being respectively generated on the one hand by the pressure of the gas in the reservoir and the other hand by a return member, the needle having a section with a defined profile that is variable in the direction of displacement in order to modify the degree of closure of the passage depending on the position of said needle relative to the passage so as to regulate the flow rate of gas allowed to escape via the passage towards the orifice as a function of time and the pressure of
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et I'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Rachid MAKHLOUCHE, Jean-Michel CAZENAVE, Freddy DUMONT, Christian ROLLAND, Vincent PERRARD
  • Publication number: 20160121146
    Abstract: A hood comprising a flexible envelope and a reservoir of oxygen comprising a calibrated outlet orifice that leads into the internal volume of the envelope, the outlet orifice being closed off by a removable stopper, characterized in that the reservoir of pressurized oxygen comprises two independent storage compartments, a first compartment of which communicates with the outlet orifice and a second compartment of which is isolated from the outlet orifice via a sealed partition provided with a member for opening the partition, the opening member being switchable between a first configuration which prevents fluidic communication between the second compartment and the outlet orifice and a second configuration that allows fluidic communication between the second compartment and the outlet orifice, the opening member being sensitive to the pressure difference between the second compartment and the first compartment and being configured to automatically switch from the first to the second configuration when the pres
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour I'Etude et I'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Rachid MAKHLOUCHE, Jean-Michel CAZENAVE, Freddy DUMONT, Christian ROLLAND, Benit ROSSIGNOL
  • Patent number: 9272786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit for supplying oxygen to aircraft passengers. According to the invention, the line (5) used to supply pressurized oxygen to the passenger masks (6) comprises a motorized pressure regulator (8) which can be actuated in response to a pressure control signal (10) provided by an electronic control unit (9) according to a signal (11) that is representative of the cabin pressure (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'Étude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Cazenave, Didier Gaget, Stéphane Lessi, Nicolas Schmutz
  • Publication number: 20110174307
    Abstract: Device for supplying oxygen to occupants of an aircraft comprising an oxygen source at a first pressure known as a high pressure, a first oxygen supply line at a second pressure known as an intermediate pressure, first means for expanding/regulating the oxygen from the source to the intermediate second pressure, to feed into the first oxygen supply line, a second oxygen supply line at a third pressure known as the low pressure, second means for expanding/regulating the oxygen from the source to the third pressure to feed into the second oxygen supply line, characterized in that the first and second expansion/regulating means are positioned within one and the same regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Stéphane Lessi, Jean Arnault, Jean-Michel Cazenave
  • Publication number: 20080245986
    Abstract: The invention concerns a valve wherein the valve spool (1) provides selective communications between inner zones (3 5) in the valve body (C) and is mobile between extreme left and right positions under the control of an electric servomotor whereof the spindle (10), connected to the valve spool through a connecting rod assembly (11, 14) whereof the connecting rod (11) is configured to have an abutting ridge (15) co-operating with the spindle (10) in an extreme position (13<SB>III</SB>) countering the action of the return spring (6) thus allowing a mono- and/or bistable operation of the valve. The invention is applicable to onboard systems for supplying breathing mixture to an aircraft occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Jean Arnault, Jean-Michel Cazenave
  • Publication number: 20070144597
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit for supplying oxygen to aircraft passengers. According to the invention, the line (5) used to supply pressurised oxygen to the passenger masks (6) comprises a motorised pressure regulator (8) which can be actuated in response to a pressure control signal (10) provided by an electronic control unit (9) according to a signal (11) that is representative of the cabin pressure (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME A DIRECTOIRE ET CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE POUR L'ETUDE
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Cazenave, Jean Dehayes, Didier Gaget, Stephane Lessi, Nicolas Schmutz
  • Patent number: 6955710
    Abstract: Method and system on board an aircraft for the production of an oxygen-enriched gas stream from an oxygen/nitrogen gas mixture, particularly air, comprising at least one adsorber containing at least one adsorbent for adsorbing at least some of the nitrogen molecules contained in the oxygen/nitrogen feed mixture, characterized in that the adsorbent comprises a faujasite-type zeolite, having a Si/Al ratio of 1 to 1.50, exchanged to at least 80% with lithium cations. Aircraft equipped with such a system, in particular an airliner, especially an airliner of the long-range, large-capacity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et, l 'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Stéphane Lessi, Richard Zapata, Jean-Michel Cazenave, Jean Dehayes
  • Patent number: 6948498
    Abstract: According to this process, there is supplied to the passengers a first fraction of air enriched in oxygen from independent supply elements, in particular high pressure cylinders (16), during a descent phase of the aircraft between a normal cruising altitude and an intermediate re-routing altitude. There is moreover compressed air taken from a source of compressed air belonging to the aircraft, to produce (in 2) a second fraction of the air enriched in oxygen which is delivered to the passengers, at least during a phase of stabilized flight of the aircraft, adjacent the re-routing altitude, greater than 5,500 meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide-Societe Anonyme a Diretoire et Conseil de Surveillance pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Cazenave, Jean Dehayes, Olivier Vandroux, Richard Zapata
  • Publication number: 20050205094
    Abstract: An apparatus for an oxygen supply system on a transport aircraft. The aircraft, which is suitable for military or civil use, has a crew compartment equipped with at least one quick disconnect mask. The crew compartment mask is capable of being connected to a pressurized oxygen source. The crew compartment also contains at least one mask meant to be permanently worn. The permanently worn mask is capable of being connected to an onboard oxygen or enriched air generator, via a pressure and flow controller. The aircraft also has a transport compartment with at least one mask capable of being connected to either the oxygen source or to the onboard generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Cazenave
  • Publication number: 20040099271
    Abstract: According to this process, there is supplied to the passengers a first fraction of air enriched in oxygen from independent supply elements, in particular high pressure cylinders (16), during a descent phase of the aircraft between a normal cruising altitude and an intermediate re-routing altitude. There is moreover compressed air taken from a source of compressed air belonging to the aircraft, to produce (in 2) a second fraction of the air enriched in oxygen which is delivered to the passengers, at least during a phase of stabilized flight of the aircraft, adjacent the re-routing altitude, greater than 5,500 meters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicants: L' AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME A DIRECTOIRE ET CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE POUR L'ETUDE, ET L' EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Cazenave, Jean Dehayes, Olivier Vandroux, Richard Zapata
  • Patent number: 6701923
    Abstract: According to this process, there is supplied to the passengers a first fraction of air enriched in oxygen from independent supply elements, in particular high pressure cylinders (16), during a descent phase of the aircraft between a normal cruising altitude and an intermediate rerouting altitude. There is moreover compressed air taken from a source of compressed air belonging to the aircraft, to produce (in 2) a second fraction of the air enriched in oxygen which is delivered to the passengers, at least during a phase of stabilized flight of the aircraft, adjacent the re-routing altitude, greater than 5,500 meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide - Societe Anonyme a Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Cazenave, Jean Dehayes, Olivier Vandroux, Richard Zapata