Patents by Inventor Max Duret

Max Duret 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).

  • Device for testing sealed integrity of a chamber
    Patent number: 6799452
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device (1) for testing the sealed integrity of a chamber (2), in the form of a particular clamp capable of being opened, in functional position, to sealingly enclose all or part of the chamber (2) to define theraround a vacuum release chamber (3). It comprises: a rigid support frame (5) in several sections (10a, 10b) mutually articulated (111, 112) for fixing or removing the clamp on the chamber. said frame being like a U-shaped drip channel open radially inwards, and a jacket (6) made of a relatively flexible material supported by the frame (5) and shaped, at the edges of the drip channel, like deformable sealing lips (16) tightly pressed on the chamber surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Organisation Europeene pour la Recherche Nucleaire
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Brunet, Max Duret, André Jacquemod
  • Device for testing sealed integrity of a chamber
    Publication number: 20030037598
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device (1) for testing the sealed integrity of a chamber (2), in the form of a particular clamp capable of being opened, in functional position, to sealingly enclose all or part of the chamber (2) to define theraround a vacuum release chamber (3). It comprises: a rigid support frame (5) in several sections (10a, 10b) mutually articulated (111, 112) for fixing or removing the clamp on the chamber. said frame being like a U-shaped drip channel open radially inwards, and a jacket (6) made of a relatively flexible material supported by the frame (5) and shaped, at the edges of the drip channel, like deformable sealing lips (16) tightly pressed on the chamber surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Brunet, Max Duret, Andre Jacquemod