Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre Blanc

Jean-Pierre Blanc 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).

  • Publication number: 20230255658
    Abstract: A nozzle head configured to produce at least two jets of pressurized fluid converging to a common convergence point, said the head including a casing housing at least two outlet ports that are each configured to produce a corresponding one of the jets of pressurized fluid. At least one of the outlet ports, and preferably each of the outlet ports, is formed on an adjustable positioning element housed within the casing and whose position can be adjusted to control an angle of the resulting jet of pressurized fluid, and thereby allow adjustment of a position of the convergence point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Blanc
  • Patent number: 11005490
    Abstract: A sampling circuit includes a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor that includes a third metallization receiving a reference voltage between a first metallization coupled to a source region of the transistor and a second metallization coupled to a drain region of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (ALPS) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS SA
    Inventors: Stéphane Le Tual, David Duperray, Jean-Pierre Blanc
  • Patent number: 10917106
    Abstract: An acquisition stage receives a digital input signal and generates therefrom a first digital signal and a second digital signal complementary thereto. First and second processing stages receive the first and second digital signals and generate therefrom first and second analog signals in time with first and second complementary clock signals. An output stage generates an internal clock signal equivalent to one of: the first clock signal phase shifted by a duration of a transient occurring during a period of the first clock signal, or the second clock signal phase shifted by a duration of a transient occurring during a period of the second clock signal. The output stage produces an analog output signal equal to the first analog signal when the internal clock signal is at a first logic level, and equal to the second analog signal when the internal clock signal is at a second logic level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics SA, STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Le Tual, Jean-Pierre Blanc, David Duperray
  • Publication number: 20210006256
    Abstract: A sampling circuit includes a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor that includes a third metallization receiving a reference voltage between a first metallization coupled to a source region of the transistor and a second metallization coupled to a drain region of the transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Stéphane Le Tual, David Duperray, Jean-Pierre Blanc
  • Patent number: 10709286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for making beverages by infusing a dose of product to be infused comprising: an infusion chamber defined by a first and a second chamber portions wherein at least one is movable; an actuator arranged to control the closure of the infusion chamber; a closure device comprising upstream closure means and downstream closure means allowing or preventing entry to or exit from the infusion chamber, respectively; the system being arranged such that the system comprises at least one incoming fluid pipe configured to supply the infusion chamber with fluid to be infused, and being characterized in that the first chamber portion, interconnected with the actuator, comprises at least partially said incoming fluid pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE MEDITERRANEENNE DES CAFES
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Bertrand Thibault
  • Publication number: 20200212927
    Abstract: An acquisition stage receives a digital input signal and generates therefrom a first digital signal and a second digital signal complementary thereto. First and second processing stages receive the first and second digital signals and generate therefrom first and second analog signals in time with first and second complementary clock signals. An output stage generates an internal clock signal equivalent to one of: the first clock signal phase shifted by a duration of a transient occurring during a period of the first clock signal, or the second clock signal phase shifted by a duration of a transient occurring during a period of the second clock signal. The output stage produces an analog output signal equal to the first analog signal when the internal clock signal is at a first logic level, and equal to the second analog signal when the internal clock signal is at a second logic level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics SA, STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventors: Stephane LE TUAL, Jean-Pierre BLANC, David DUPERRAY
  • Patent number: 10355649
    Abstract: A voltage or current generator has a configurable temperature coefficient and includes a first voltage generator that generates a first voltage having a first negative temperature coefficient. A second voltage generator generates a second voltage having a second negative temperature coefficient different to the first negative temperature coefficient. A circuit generates an output level based on the difference between the first voltage scaled by a first scale factor and the second voltage scaled by a second scale factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Severin Trochut
  • Patent number: 10088248
    Abstract: A fluid circulation conduit 1 for use as a heating device in electrical household appliances, includes an element for creating turbulence in the fluid circulating in its inner volume 2. Application of the device is to electrical household appliances equipped with a heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE MEDITERRANEENNE DES CAFES
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Alain Goering
  • Publication number: 20180254753
    Abstract: A voltage or current generator has a configurable temperature coefficient and includes a first voltage generator that generates a first voltage having a first negative temperature coefficient. A second voltage generator generates a second voltage having a second negative temperature coefficient different to the first negative temperature coefficient. A circuit generates an output level based on the difference between the first voltage scaled by a first scale factor and the second voltage scaled by a second scale factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Severin Trochut
  • Patent number: 10051991
    Abstract: A boiler (100) for a machine for preparing beverages, intended to heat a liquid pressurized to at least 8 bars, so that the heated liquid can brew a product, with the boiler including: a body (1) having an outer wall (2) covered with a screen-printed resistance (14) and an inner wall (3); the inner wall (3) of the body (1) having a longitudinal wall (4) which has a circular cross-section, as well as a bottom wall (5); an inner element (30) having an outer face (35) for defining, together with the longitudinal wall (4), at least a portion of heating chamber (102); a liquid inlet (10) and outlet (12); a support (20) so configured as to cooperate with the body (1) so as to form, together with the longitudinal wall (4) and the bottom wall (5), a sealed enclosure (101) including the heating chamber (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE MEDITERRANEENNE DES CAFES
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Blanc
  • Patent number: 9993107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly formed by a removable infusion unit and the supporting or locking elements thereof, for a machine for preparing beverages by extraction of a product to be infused. The assembly includes a receptacle intended to be rigidly connected to the machine and configured to removably receive the infusion unit. The assembly also includes a device for locking the unit onto the receptacle and an actuation device supported by either the unit or the receptacle and which controls the locking device and is arranged such that in a position in which the actuation device is deactivated, the locking device prevents the unit from being disconnected from the receptacle, and in a position in which the actuation device is activated, the locking device allows the unit to be disconnected from the receptacle. The invention is suitable for use in machines for preparing EXPRESSO-type beverages by extracting a product to be infused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Compagnie Mediterraneenne Des Cafes
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Alain Goering
  • Publication number: 20180110359
    Abstract: A system for producing a drink via infusion of a package comprising a product to be infused. The system comprising: a first and a second part having relative mobility and partially defining at least one receiving assembly to receive the package before positioning in an infusion position. The first part comprises at least one support zone to contact the package to support the package in a retention position, when the first and second part are in a first relative position. When the first and second part are in a second relative position, the at least one support zone frees the passage of the package that allows the latter to reach, the infusion position. The system also comprises a detection member rigidly connected to the first part shaped in order to be stopped by a package blocked in the retention position or between the retention and infusion positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre BLANC, Bertrand THIBAULT
  • Patent number: 9861227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an infusion unit forming a hollow inner space that receives inserted elements, characterized in that it consists of a reinforcement belt that defines the hollow inner space of the infusion unit, said belt including means for taking up the forces generated while infusing on at least one inserted element, the reinforcement belt further including receiving means for each of said elements. The invention also relates to a machine container as well as to a machine with one such infusion unit, and similarly to a method for assembling at least one element to be inserted into an infusion unit. The invention can be used in all types of infusion machines, in particular EXPRESSO coffee machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Compagnie Mediterraneene Des Cafes
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Alain Goering
  • Patent number: 9704967
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method that includes exposing a surface of a silicon substrate in a first region between first and second isolation trenches, etching the silicon substrate in the first region to form a recess between the first and second isolation trenches, and forming a base of a heterojunction bipolar transistor by selective epitaxial growth of a film comprising SiGe in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.A.
    Inventors: Pascal Chevalier, Didier Celi, Jean-Pierre Blanc, Alain Chantre
  • Patent number: 9588538
    Abstract: A reference voltage generation circuit, including a first current source in series with a first bipolar transistor; a second current source in series with a first resistor; a third current source in series with a second bipolar transistor, the third current source being assembled as a current mirror with the first current source; a second resistor between the base of the second bipolar transistor and the junction point between the current source and the first resistor; and a fourth current source in series with a third resistor, the junction point between the fourth current source and the third resistor defining a reference voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS SA, STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Pratap Narayan Singh
  • Publication number: 20160166104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for making beverages by infusing a dose of product to be infused comprising: an infusion chamber defined by a first and a second chamber portions wherein at least one is movable; an actuator arranged to control the closure of the infusion chamber; a closure device comprising upstream closure means and downstream closure means allowing or preventing entry to or exit from the infusion chamber, respectively; the system being arranged such that the system comprises at least one incoming fluid pipe configured to supply the infusion chamber with fluid to be infused, and being characterized in that the first chamber portion, interconnected with the actuator, comprises at least partially said incoming fluid pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Bertrand Thibault
  • Patent number: 9362380
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method that includes exposing a surface of a silicon substrate in a first region between first and second isolation trenches, etching the silicon substrate in the first region to form a recess between the first and second isolation trenches, =; and forming a base of a heterojunction bipolar transistor by selective epitaxial growth of a film comprising SiGe in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.A.
    Inventors: Pascal Chevalier, Didier Celi, Jean-Pierre Blanc, Alain Chantre
  • Patent number: 9314127
    Abstract: Provided is a system for making beverages that includes an infusion chamber with first and second chamber portions, one of which is movable, an actuator that controls closure of the infusion chamber, a closure device that includes upstream and downstream closures to allow or prevent the dose to enter the infusion chamber. The system includes at least an incoming fluid pipe that supplies the infusion chamber with fluid to be infused, with the first chamber portion interconnected to the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Compagnie Mediterraneenne Des Cafes
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Alain Goering
  • Patent number: 9247845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for infusing a substance to be infused having an infusion chamber for receiving the substance to be infused and for passing a pressurized water flow through the substance to be infused, the infusion chamber having an inlet portion (4) for feeding water into the infusion chamber and an outlet portion (2) for the infused beverage, the injection channel in fluid communication via an injection end with the inlet portion (4) and adapted for connection via an intake end (39) to a pressurized water circuit, characterized in that it comprises adjustable means for varying the water pressure in the injection channel, adapted for generating a water pressure difference between the intake end (39) and the injection end (40) and controlled by control means outside the infusion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Compagnie Mediterraneenne des Cafes
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Alain Goering
  • Patent number: D826038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE MEDITERRANEENNE DES CAFES
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Blanc