Patents by Inventor Pascal Bruna
Pascal Bruna 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).
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Patent number: 9365341Abstract: A fluid dispenser device having at least one reservoir containing fluid to be dispensed and dispenser mechanism that is actuatable by a user so as to dispense the fluid through a dispenser orifice. The dispenser device having a plurality of assembled-together component parts, at least one of the component parts including a unique marking so that each individual dispenser device is identifiable and/or traceable by the unique marking.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SASInventors: Pascal Bruna, Florent Dauguet, Jérôme Langeard, Nicolas Oblin
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Publication number: 20150299846Abstract: A method of surface treating a fluid dispenser device, including a step of modifying at least one surface to be treated of at least a portion of the device in contact with the fluid by ionic implantation using a beam of multi-charged and multi-energy ions. The modified surface to be treated has barrier properties preventing interactions between the fluid and the modified surface to be treated, the multi-charged ions being selected from helium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon, with ionic implantation being carried out to a depth of 0 ?m to 3 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SASInventors: Pascal BRUNA, Denis BUSARDO, Frédéric GUERNALEC
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Patent number: 8869791Abstract: A fluid dispenser device including a fluid dispenser member (10) such as a pump or a valve, and a dispenser head (20) provided with a dispensing orifice, the fluid dispenser device is provided with dispensing detector mechanism (30, 31) for detecting dispensing of a dose of fluid, the detector mechanism (30, 31) adapted to deliver a signal for informing the user that a dose of fluid has indeed been dispensed by the pump, the detector mechanism including a detector (30) for detecting the fluid going from the dispenser member to the dispenser orifice.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2004Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Aptar France SASInventors: Jean-Denis Sauzade, Pascal Bruna
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Patent number: 8739783Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising: at least one predosed reservoir (10) that is hermetically sealed and that contains a single dose of powder; an expulsion channel (20) that is terminated by a mouthpiece; and a reservoir opening system (30), each reservoir (10) including a closure layer (12) that is suitable for being pierced and/or torn by said opening system (30) so as to enable the powder that is contained in said reservoir (10) to be expelled through said expulsion channel (20), said reservoir opening system (30) comprising at least two piercer elements (31) that are actuated so as to create at least two distinct openings (25, 26) in said closure layer (12), forming at least one inlet passage (25) for the flow of gas, in particular air, and at least one outlet passage (26) for the powder entrained by said flow of gas, and said device including an inhalation trigger system (50) that creates a flow of gas in said expulsion channel (20) only when a user inhales at or above a predetermined inhalation threshType: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Aptar France SASInventors: Olivier Fourment, Pascal Bruna
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Patent number: 8739790Abstract: An electronic display device (20) including a display member (21). The display member (21) is permanent so that no energy is required to keep the display unchanged. The display device (20) operates without a battery, the energy required to change the display being created by interaction between two elements, such as by friction or by an impact, thereby creating an electric pulse that is processed by an electronic circuit (25) before being applied to the display member (21) in order to change its display.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Aptar France SASInventor: Pascal Bruna
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Publication number: 20140103064Abstract: A fluid dispenser device having at least one reservoir containing fluid to be dispensed and dispenser mechanism that is actuatable by a user so as to dispense the fluid through a dispenser orifice. The dispenser device having a plurality of assembled-together component parts, at least one of the component parts including a unique marking so that each individual dispenser device is identifiable and/or traceable by the unique marking.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SASInventors: Pascal Bruna, Florent Dauguet, Jérôme Langeard, Nicolas Oblin
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Publication number: 20130171334Abstract: A method of surface treating a fluid dispenser device, the method including a step of modifying at least one surface to be treated of at least a portion of the device by ionic implantation using multi-charged and multi-energy ion beams. The modified surface to be treated has anti-friction properties, the multi-charged ions are selected from helium (He), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), and xenon (Xe), and ionic implantation is carried out to a depth of 0 ?m to 3 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SASInventors: Pascal Bruna, Denis Busardo, Frédéric Guernalec
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Publication number: 20130149459Abstract: A method of surface treating a fluid dispenser device, the method including a step of modifying, by ion implantation using multi-charged and multi-energy ion beams, at least one surface to be treated of at least a portion of the device in contact with the fluid. The modified surface has properties limiting the formation of a biofilm and thus the appearance and/or proliferation of bacteria on the modified surface, the multi-charged ions being selected from helium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon, ionic implantation being carried out to a depth of 0 ?m to 3 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SASInventors: Pascal Bruna, Denis Busardo
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Publication number: 20130081953Abstract: A treatment method for treating the surface of a fluid dispenser device, said method comprising the step of using chemical grafting to form a thin film on at least one support surface of at least one movable portion of said device that is movable while said device is being actuated, said thin film having anti-friction properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: VALOIS SASInventors: Pascal Bruna, Matthieu Laurent, Fabien Nekelson, Sébastien Roussel, Lorraine Tessier
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Publication number: 20130022750Abstract: A treatment method for treating the surface of a fluid dispenser device, said method being characterized in that it comprises a step of using chemical grafting to form a thin film on at least one support surface of at least one portion of said device that is in contact with the fluid while said device is being actuated, said thin film having non-stick properties relative to said fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: VALOIS SASInventors: Pascal Bruna, Matthieu Laurent, Fabien Nekelson, Sébastien Roussel
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Publication number: 20130005913Abstract: A treatment method for treating an elastomer surface of a fluid dispenser device, the method including the step of using chemical grafting to form a thin film on at least one support surface of at least one elastomer surface of the dispenser device, the thin film avoiding the elastomer surfaces sticking during the manufacturing and assembly stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: VALOIS SASInventors: Pascal Bruna, Marie Legoguelin, Matthieu Laurent, Sébastien Roussel, Lorraine Tessier
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Publication number: 20120318677Abstract: A treatment method for treating the surface of a fluid dispenser device, said method comprising the step of using chemical grafting to form a thin film on at least one support surface of at least one component part that is in contact with said fluid, said thin film preventing interactions between said fluid and said component part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: VALOIS SASInventors: Pascal Bruna, Serge Herry, Sébastien Roussel, Matthieu Laurent, Fabien Nekelson
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Patent number: 8267086Abstract: A fluid dispenser device including: a body (1) incorporating a dispenser orifice (5); a reservoir (10) containing the fluid; and a dispenser member (15), such as a metering valve or pump, for selectively dispensing the fluid contained in the reservoir (10), the device also including a dose indicator having an electronic display the display including a permanent display member (21) that does not require any energy in order to keep the display unchanged, and that requires only a small amount of energy in order to change the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Valois SASInventor: Pascal Bruna
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Publication number: 20120225185Abstract: A treatment method for treating the surface of a fluid dispenser device, said method comprising the step of using chemical grafting to form a thin film on at least one support surface of at least one portion of said device that is in contact with said fluid, said thin film having bactericidal and/or bacteriostatic properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: VALOIS SASInventor: Pascal Bruna
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Publication number: 20100078447Abstract: A fluid dispenser device including a fluid dispenser member (10) such as a pump or a valve, and a dispenser head (20) provided with a dispensing orifice, said fluid dispenser device being characterized in that said device is provided with dispensing detector means (30, 31) for detecting dispensing of a dose of fluid, said detector means (30, 31) being adapted to deliver a signal for informing the user that a dose of fluid has indeed been dispensed by said pump, said detector means comprising a detector (30) for detecting the fluid going from said dispenser member to said dispenser orifice.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: VALOIS SASInventors: Jean-Denis SAUZADE, Pascal Bruna
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Patent number: 7503355Abstract: A facility for manufacturing, assembling, and filling a fluid dispenser device comprising a fluid reservoir (10) and a dispensing member (20), such as a pump or a valve, said facility being characterized in that it comprises a manufacturing unit for manufacturing a reservoir, a filling unit for filling said reservoir, and a fixing unit for fixing said dispensing member to said reservoir, said units operating continuously in a controlled atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2002Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Valois S.A.SInventors: Pascal Bruna, Dominique Hibon, Herve Pacaud
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Patent number: 7389946Abstract: A fluid spray device having a body (10) provided with a spray orifice (15), a reservoir (20) containing the fluid to be sprayed, a spray device (30) that sprays one or more doses of the fluid contained in the reservoir (20); and an actuator (40) that actuates the spray device (30). The reservoir (20) is closed in a sealed manner before the spray device is actuated for the first time, the body (10) including reservoir opening device (11) adapted to open the reservoir (20) while the device is being actuated. The reservoir (20) forms a sealed unit that is separate from the body (10), filled with fluid and hermetically sealed before it is assembled in the body (10). The body (10) includes a receiver device (13) that receives the reservoir, and a lateral access device that enables the filled reservoir (20) to be assembled sideways into the body (10) and to be secured therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2003Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Valois S.A.SInventors: Pascal Bruna, Matthieu Savalle
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Patent number: 7325544Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising a fluid reservoir (10), and a dispensing member (20), such as a metering valve, fitted to said reservoir (10), said reservoir (10) and said valve (20) being assembled into a body (30) incorporating a dispensing orifice (31), said device being characterized in that it includes an adjustment element (40) disposed between the reservoir (10) and the body (30), said adjustment element (40) being provided with adapter means (45) that are movable and/or deformable and that co-operate with the body (30) and/or with the reservoir (10) while the reservoir (10) is being assembled into the body (30), thereby compensating for the manufacturing tolerances of said body (30) and/or of said reservoir and/or said dispensing member (20).Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2001Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Valois S.A.S.Inventor: Pascal Bruna
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Publication number: 20070295333Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising: at least one predosed reservoir (10) that is hermetically sealed and that contains a single dose of powder; an expulsion channel (20) that is terminated by a mouthpiece; and a reservoir opening system (30), each reservoir (10) including a closure layer (12) that is suitable for being pierced and/or torn by said opening system (30) so as to enable the powder that is contained in said reservoir (10) to be expelled through said expulsion channel (20), said reservoir opening system (30) comprising at least two piercer elements (31) that are actuated so as to create at least two distinct openings (25, 26) in said closure layer (12), forming at least one inlet passage (25) for the flow of gas, in particular air, and at least one outlet passage (26) for the powder entrained by said flow of gas, and said device including an inhalation trigger system (50) that creates a flow of gas in said expulsion channel (20) only when a user inhales at or above a predetermined inhalation threshType: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2005Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: VALOIS SASInventors: Olivier Fourment, Pascal Bruna
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Publication number: 20070240707Abstract: A fluid dispenser device including a fluid dispenser member (10) such as a pump or a valve, and a dispenser head (20) provided with a dispensing orifice, said fluid dispenser device being characterized in that said device is provided with dispensing detector means (30, 31) for detecting dispensing of a dose of fluid, said detector means (30, 31) being adapted to deliver a signal for informing the user that a dose of fluid has indeed been dispensed by said pump, said detector means comprising a detector (30) for detecting the fluid going from said dispenser member to said dispenser orifice.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2004Publication date: October 18, 2007Applicant: VALOIS S.A.SInventors: Jean-Denis Sauzade, Pascal Bruna