Patents by Inventor Nicolas Chaintreuil

Nicolas Chaintreuil 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: 20130327486
    Abstract: The dynamic system is part of a dynamic apparatus having at least one photovoltaic generator, at least one battery and at least one device for controlling the dynamic apparatus. The method for controlling the dynamic system on the basis of sunlight involves electrically isolating the photovoltaic generator from the battery, reading the short circuit current of the isolated photovoltaic generator, determining a numerical value based on the short circuit current, said numerical value corresponding to the reading of the short circuit current, and comparing the numerical value determined with at least one reference threshold value. When the numerical value determined corresponds to a value range limited by at least one such reference threshold value, the dynamic system is controlled so as to thereon confer a configuration corresponding to the value range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Virginie Renzi, Nicolas Chaintreuil, Vincent Delpy, Pierre Perichon
  • Publication number: 20120200311
    Abstract: Photovoltaic device comprising a photovoltaic generator comprising a number of photovoltaic cells, characterized in that it comprises at least one switch with a control device comprising a control capacitor (Ccde) and a control resistor (Rcde), linked to the switch so as to slow down the control of the opening of the switch, to allow at least one cell of the photovoltaic generator to switch from a short-circuit operating mode to an open-circuit mode, or vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Nicolas Chaintreuil
  • Publication number: 20110267721
    Abstract: Method for detecting an electric arc in a photovoltaic device by ultrasound, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: measuring (E1) at least one parameter among the amplitude of the signal, the duration of the signal and the central frequency of the signal, of a signal received by an ultrasound sensor (6); comparing (E2) the measurement of this at least one parameter of the signal with predefined values in order to determine whether the measurement corresponds to that of an electric arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES
    Inventors: Nicolas Chaintreuil, Pierre Perichon, Sandrine Vallet