Patents by Inventor Kevin Giboudeaux

Kevin Giboudeaux 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: 9828975
    Abstract: A system for regulating the flow rate of a propellant fluid for an electrical thruster of a space vehicle, the vehicle including a tank of propellant fluid and a flow rate regulator connected to the outlet of said tank; the flow rate regulator including a heater element controlled by a computer and adapted to heat the propellant fluid and to modify its physical properties so as to vary the flow rate of propellant fluid leaving the tank; said system being characterized in that the computer also includes a plurality of empirical calibration curves that have been determined empirically for defining the flow rate of propellant fluid as a function of the magnitude of heating and as a function of environmental parameters, such that said computer also performs a function of determining the flow rate of the propellant fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Vanessa Vial, Anthony Lorand, Kevin Giboudeaux, Vaitua Leroi
  • Publication number: 20170159647
    Abstract: A system for regulating the flow rate of a propellant fluid for an electrical thruster of a space vehicle, the vehicle including a tank of propellant fluid and a flow rate regulator connected to the outlet of said tank; the flow rate regulator including a heater element controlled by a computer and adapted to heat the propellant fluid and to modify its physical properties so as to vary the flow rate of propellant fluid leaving the tank; said system being characterized in that the computer also includes a plurality of empirical calibration curves that have been determined empirically for defining the flow rate of propellant fluid as a function of the magnitude of heating and as a function of environmental parameters, such that said computer also performs a function of determining the flow rate of the propellant fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Vanessa Vial, Anthony Lorand, Kevin Giboudeaux, Vaitua Leroi