Patents by Inventor Nicolas Bourgeois

Nicolas Bourgeois 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: 20250011213
    Abstract: A process for melting vitrifiable materials to produce flat glass, including (i) providing a furnace having at least one melting tank with electrical heating means, a fining tank with oxy-combustion heating means, a neck separating melting tank and fining tank, inlet mean(s) located at the melting tank and outlet mean(s) located downstream of the fining tank; (ii) charging the vitrifiable materials comprising raw materials and cullet in the melting tank with the inlet mean(s), the amount of cullet being at least 10% in weight of the total amount of vitrifiable materials; (iii) melting the vitrifiable materials in the melting tank; (iv) fining melt in the fining tank by heating with the oxy-combustion heating means; (v) flowing the melt from the fining tank to a working zone; and (vi) capturing CO2 from flue gas, the flue gas having a CO2 concentration of at least 35%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: François BIOUL, Bruno SYMOENS, Nicolas BOURGEOIS, Zakaria HABIBI, Fabrice FASILOW
  • Publication number: 20250002388
    Abstract: A process for melting vitrifiable materials to produce flat glass, including (i) providing a furnace that includes at least one main melting tank with an electrical heater, at least one auxiliary melting tank, a fining tank with oxy-combustion heating, a neck separating main melting tank and fining tank, an inlet located at the main melting tank and an outlet located downstream of the fining tank; (ii) charging the vitrifiable materials comprising raw materials; (iii) pre-melting at least a part of the cullet in the auxiliary melting tank and flowing the pre-melted cullet to the main melting tank, (iv) melting the vitrifiable materials in main melting tank; (v) fining melt in the fining tank; (vi) flowing the melt from the fining tank to a working zone through the outlet; and (vii) capturing CO2 from flue gas, the flue gas having a CO2 concentration of at least 35%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: François BIOUL, Bruno SYMOENS, Nicolas BOURGEOIS, Zakaria HABIBI, Fabrice FASILOW
  • Publication number: 20240425401
    Abstract: A process for melting vitrifiable materials to produce flat glass, including (i) providing a furnace having at least one melting tank with electrical heating means, a fining tank with oxy-combustion heating means, a neck separating melting tank and fining tank, inlet mean(s) located at the melting tank and outlet mean(s) located downstream of the fining tank; (ii) charging the vitrifiable materials including raw materials and cullet in the melting tank, the amount of cullet being at least 10% in weight of the total amount of vitrifiable materials and the raw materials including less than 25% in weight of carbonate compounds; (iii) melting the vitrifiable materials in the melting tank; (iv) fining melt by heating with the oxy-combustion heating means; (v) flowing the melt from the fining tank to a working zone through the outlet mean(s); and (vi) capturing CO2 from flue gas having a CO2 concentration of at least 35%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: François BIOUL, Bruno SYMOENS, Nicolas BOURGEOIS, Zakaria HABIBI, Fabrice FASILOW
  • Publication number: 20240425402
    Abstract: A process for melting vitrifiable materials to produce flat glass, including (i) providing a furnace having at least one melting tank with electrical heating means, a fining tank with oxy-combustion heating means, a neck separating melting tank and fining tank, an inlet located at the melting tank and an outlet located downstream of the fining tank; (ii) charging the vitrifiable materials including raw materials and cullet in the melting tank, the amount of cullet being at least 10% in weight of the total amount of vitrifiable materials; (iii) cullet pre-heating; (iv) melting the vitrifiable materials in the melting tank by heating with the electrical heating means; (v) fining melt in the fining tank by heating with the oxy-combustion heating means; (vi) flowing the melt from the fining tank to a working zone through the outlet; and (vii) capturing CO2 from flue gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: François BIOUL, Bruno SYMOENS, Nicolas BOURGEOIS, Zakaria HABIBI, Fabrice FASILOW
  • Publication number: 20240343627
    Abstract: A furnace for melting vitrifiable materials, including at least one first melting tank covered by a first melting crown and provided with electrical heating, a fining tank covered by a fining crown and provided with combustion heating, at least one first neck covered by a first crown and separating the at least one first melting tank and the fining tank, at least one first inlet located at the at least one first melting tank, for charging the at least one first melting tank with the vitrifiable materials to be heated, and at least one outlet located downstream of the fining tank for a melted glass to flow to a working zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: François BIOUL, Nicolas BOURGEOIS, Zakaria HABIBI, Fabrice FASILOW
  • Patent number: 10100743
    Abstract: A device for igniting an aircraft engine, comprising at least two spark plugs, the device comprising a power supply, a first path for supplying a first spark plug with power and a second path for supplying a second spark plug with power, said paths being connected to the power supply by distribution means of the power supply which are controlled by a FADEC-type control system, wherein said distribution means comprise a first circuit that is configured to alternately supply said first path or said second path with power, and a second circuit for simultaneously supplying said first and second paths with power, the device being configured to use either the first circuit or the second circuit during start-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Bourgeois, Benoît Grenier, Nicolas Guichemerre
  • Publication number: 20160222887
    Abstract: A device for igniting an aircraft engine, comprising at least two spark plugs, the device comprising a power supply, a first path for supplying a first spark plug with power and a second path for supplying a second spark plug with power, said paths being connected to the power supply by distribution means of the power supply which are controlled by a FADEC-type control system, wherein said distribution means comprise a first circuit that is configured to alternately supply said first path or said second path with power, and a second circuit for simultaneously supplying said first and second paths with power, the device being configured to use either the first circuit or the second circuit during start-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Nicolas Bourgeois, Benoît Grenier, Nicolas Guichemerre
  • Patent number: 8963667
    Abstract: Packet of plates provided with fixing means, characterized in that at least some of the plates have a cut-out to form a housing receiving an insert provided with fixing means and having a fixing axis, the housing having at least one wall cooperating with an exterior surface of the insert to retain the insert along the fixing axis. Method of manufacturing such a packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: R. Bourgeois
    Inventor: Raymond Nicolas Bourgeois
  • Publication number: 20120242441
    Abstract: Packet of plates provided with fixing means, characterized in that at least some of the plates have a cut-out to form a housing receiving an insert provided with fixing means and having a fixing axis, the housing having at least one wall cooperating with an exterior surface of the insert to retain the insert along the fixing axis. Method of manufacturing such a packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventor: Raymond Nicolas BOURGEOIS
  • Publication number: 20090143830
    Abstract: The invention concerns a novel moldable and/or flowable composition for application to a bone defect site to promote new bone growth at the site. The composition includes a therapeutic material and a carrier comprising means for achieving reverse phase characteristics. In one embodiment, the therapeutic material can be a resorbable alloplastic material and the carrier can be a poloxamer. In a specific embodiment, the resorbable alloplastic material is a biphasic material composed of hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate (HA-TCP), and the carrier is poloxamer 407 (Pluronic® F127). The invention further includes methods for using the novel composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Nicolas Bourgeois, Cameron M.L. Clokie, Uwe Tritthardt, Michael McMillan