Patents by Inventor Jean-Michel Toussaint

Jean-Michel Toussaint 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: 7103456
    Abstract: A method and corresponding system use a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) card to remotely communicate and interface with flight performance data on an aircraft. The PCMCIA card can be plugged into an Aircraft Condition Monitoring Systems (ACMS) using a card interface. The method and system offer a global communication architecture that can be implemented with existing ACMS devices and with any flight data acquisition unit (FDAU) equipped with a storage card, such as a PCMCIA card. The PCMCIA card offers real-time wireless communication between the ACMS on an aircraft and a ground station without any hardware and/or software modifications to the ACMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: SAGEM Avionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent Bloch, Jean-Michel Toussaint
  • Publication number: 20050228559
    Abstract: A method and corresponding system use a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) card to remotely communicate and interface with flight performance data on an aircraft. The PCMCIA card can be plugged into an Aircraft Condition Monitoring Systems (ACMS) using a card interface. The method and system offer a global communication architecture that can be implemented with existing ACMS devices and with any flight data acquisition unit (FDAU) equipped with a storage card, such as a PCMCIA card. The PCMCIA card offers real-time wireless communication between the ACMS on an aircraft and a ground station without any hardware and/or software modifications to the ACMS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Laurent Bloch, Jean-Michel Toussaint
  • Patent number: 5582736
    Abstract: In a simulated mobile bed separation process, perturbations are corrected in the compositions of an extract (EA) or raffinate (RB) due to the dead volume introduced by at least one recycling pump (P) or compressor for a liquid, supercritical or gaseous mixture in a closed circuit of columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Institut Francais Du Petrole
    Inventors: Gerard Hotier, Choua Cohen, Nicolas Couenne, Jean-Michel Toussaint
  • Patent number: 5114590
    Abstract: A process and a device are described for the continuous separation, in the fluid phase, of a mixture of at least three constituents into three fractions.A so-called simulated countercurrent technique is used in a separation column packed with a sorbent having five zones 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 with different functions, and the following sequence of steps is performed: so-called strong solvent S.sub.2 is introduced, a strong solvent extract E.sub.2 is removed, the same solvent is introduced but at a lower temperature and/or at a lower pressure (so-called weak solven S.sub.1), weak solvent extract E.sub.1 is drawn off, the mixture to be separated is introduced, weak solvent raffinate R is drawn off and a stream Roy is recycled alternately to the feed for strong solvent S.sub.2 and then to the feed for weak solvent S.sub.1. A stream coming from zone 6 is sent alternately to an outlet for storng solvent extract E.sub.2 and then to the inlet of the fifth zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Gerard Hotier, Jean-Michel Toussaint, Gabriel Terneuil, Daniel Lonchamp
  • Patent number: 5093004
    Abstract: A description is given of a process and an apparatus for continuous separation in fluid phase of a mixture of at least three constituents into three fractions. A technique is used, known as the simulated countercurrent technique, in a separation column which is filled with sorbent and has 6 zones 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 which have different functions, and the following sequence of steps is carried out: strong solvent S.sub.2 is introduced, an extract E.sub.2 with strong solvent is removed, weak solvent S.sub.1 is introduced. The extract with weak solvent E.sub.1 is drawn off, the separating mixture is introduced, refined substance is drawn off with weak solvent R, rinsing solvent (S.sub.1) is introduced, a current Rcy is recycled alternatingly towards the feed of strong solvent S.sub.2 and then towards the feed of weak solvent S.sub.1. A current coming from zone 6 is sent alternatingly to an outlet for the extract with strong solvent E.sub.2, then towards the intake of the fifth zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Gerard Hotier, Jean-Michel Toussaint, Gabriel Terneuil, Daniel Lonchamp