Patents by Inventor Jean-Philippe Goudon

Jean-Philippe Goudon 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: 10026978
    Abstract: A method of generating electricity with a fuel cell includes a phase in which the cell is primed; and a phase in which the cell functions at a stable rate, during which the cell, fed with a hydrogenated gas, generates electricity and heat. In order to prime the cell, it is fed with a hydrogenated gas including at least 70 vol. % hydrogen, generated by self-sustaining combustion of at least one hydrogenated gas-generating solid pyrotechnic charge; and while it is operating at a stable rate, the cell is fed with a hydrogenated gas containing at least 85 vol. % hydrogen, generated by thermal decomposition of at least one hydrogenated gas-generating solid pyrotechnic charge; a portion of the heat produced by the operating cell being transferred to the at least one solid charge in order to start and maintain the thermal decomposition thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: AIRBUS SAFRAN LAUNCHERS SAS, SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Goudon, Arnaud Fournet, Pierre Yvart, Philippe Gautier, Laurent Soulie, Fabien Boudjema
  • Publication number: 20170309934
    Abstract: A method of generating electricity with a fuel cell includes a phase in which the cell is primed; and a phase in which the cell functions at a stable rate, during which the cell, fed with a hydrogenated gas, generates electricity and heat. In order to prime the cell, it is fed with a hydrogenated gas including at least 70 vol. % hydrogen, generated by self-sustaining combustion of at least one hydrogenated gas-generating solid pyrotechnic charge; and while it is operating at a stable rate, the cell is fed with a hydrogenated gas containing at least 85 vol. % hydrogen, generated by thermal decomposition of at least one hydrogenated gas-generating solid pyrotechnic charge; a portion of the heat produced by the operating cell being transferred to the at least one solid charge in order to start and maintain the thermal decomposition thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe GOUDON, Arnaud FOURNET, Pierre YVART, Philippe GAUTIER, Laurent SOULIE, Fabien BOUDJEMA
  • Patent number: 9624102
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic process for providing very high purity hydrogen, includes the combustion of at least one solid pyrotechnic charge capable of generating hydrogen-containing gas for the production of a pressurized hot hydrogen-containing gas that contains at least 70% by volume of hydrogen; and the purification of at least one portion of the pressurized hydrogen-containing gas, by passing through a metallic hydrogen separation membrane maintained at a temperature above 250° C., in order to obtain, at the outlet of the membrane, a hydrogen-containing gas that contains at least 99.99% by volume of hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: HERAKLES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Goudon, Pierre Yvart, Fabrice Mantelet, Frédéric Lesage
  • Publication number: 20150321909
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic process for providing very high purity hydrogen, includes the combustion of at least one solid pyrotechnic charge capable of generating hydrogen-containing gas for the production of a pressurized hot hydrogen-containing gas that contains at least 70% by volume of hydrogen; and the purification of at least one portion of the pressurized hydrogen-containing gas, by passing through a metallic hydrogen separation membrane maintained at a temperature above 250° C., in order to obtain, at the outlet of the membrane, a hydrogen-containing gas that contains at least 99.99% by volume of hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe GOUDON, Pierre YVART, Fabrice MANTELET, Frédéric LESAGE
  • Patent number: 9133036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining borazane, said method being suitable for obtaining borazane containing a low level of impurities. The borazane (obtained by reaction of at least one ammonium salt with at least one alkali and/or alkaline earth metal borohydride) in solution in THF is selectively precipitated with a non-solvent. The precipitated borazane can further be purified by selective dissolution. The borazane obtained after selective precipitation and dissolution contains less than 1% by weight of impurities and/or does not exhibit exothermic decomposition in the solid state with a temperature range of the endothermic melting peak above 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: HERAKLES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Goudon, Joël Renouard
  • Publication number: 20130121905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining borazane, said method being suitable for obtaining borazane containing a low level of impurities. The borazane (obtained by reaction of at least one ammonium salt with at least one alkali and/or alkaline earth metal borohydride) in solution in THF is selectively precipitated with a non-solvent. The precipitated borazane can further be purified by selective dissolution. The borazane obtained after selective precipitation and dissolution contains less than 1% by weight of impurities and/or does not exhibit exothermic decomposition in the solid state with a temperature range of the endothermic melting peak above 110° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: HERAKLES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Goudon, Joël Renouard