Patents by Inventor Jean-Pascal Dumont-Monnet

Jean-Pascal Dumont-Monnet 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).

  • Inductive thermal plasma torch
    Patent number: 7132620
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductive thermal plasma torch comprising a confinement tube that comprises, longitudinally in relation to the tube, metal fingers which are insulated from each other, an ignition device that comprises an igniter (4) and an igniter support (1, 3), the purpose of the igniter (4) being to initiate a discharge in the plasma of the torch, the support having an electrically conductive end (1) which is connected to the electrical earth (2) of the plant and another, electrically insulating, end (3) which carries the igniter, the ignition device also comprising an electrically conductive connection (5) connecting the igniter (4) to the electrically conductive end (1) of the support so that the igniter is able to initiate the discharge in the plasma, the electrically conductive connection (5) having a section that is sufficiently narrow to limit the intensity of the current capable of passing through the igniter (4) in order to avoid electrical arcing by capacitive discharge between the ign
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Daniel Coelho, Jean-Pascal Dumont-Monnet, Pierre Ripoche
  • Inductive thermal plasma torch
    Publication number: 20050173384
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductive thermal plasma torch comprising a confinement tube that comprises, longitudinally in relation to the tube, metal fingers which are insulated from each other, an ignition device that comprises an igniter (4) and an igniter support (1, 3), the purpose of the igniter (4) being to initiate a discharge in the plasma of the torch, the support having an electrically conductive end (1) which is connected to the electrical earth (2) of the plant and another, electrically insulating, end (3) which carries the igniter, the ignition device also comprising an electrically conductive connection (5) connecting the igniter (4) to the electrically conductive end (1) of the support so that the igniter is able to initiate the discharge in the plasma, the electrically conductive connection (5) having a section that is sufficiently narrow to limit the intensity of the current capable of passing through the igniter (4) in order to avoid electrical arcing by capacitive discharge between the ign
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Daniel Coelho, Jean-Pascal Dumont-Monnet, Pierre Ripoche