Patents by Inventor Pascal Castro

Pascal Castro 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: 20130018156
    Abstract: A solid particulate catalyst free from an external carrier comprising: (i) a complex of formula (I): wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR'2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-alkyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; each R1 independently is hydrogen or a linear or branched C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms from groups 14-16 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; each R2 and R3 taken together form a 4-7 membered ring condensed to the benzene ring of the indenyl moiety, said ring optionally containing heteroatoms from groups 14-16, each atom forming said ring being optionally substituted with at least one R18 radical; each R18 is the same or different and may be a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16; each R4 is a hydrogen atom or a C1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Luigi Resconi, Pascal Castro, Lauri Huhtanen
  • Publication number: 20120277384
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a polypropylene, wherein propylene is polymerised optionally with a comonomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene, a C4-C20 ?-olefin and mixtures thereof, in the presence of a catalyst system comprising solid catalyst particles, wherein the solid catalyst particles (a) comprise a transition metal compound of formula (I) LmRnMXq (I) wherein “M” is a transition metal of anyone of the groups 3 to 10 of the periodic table (IUPAC), each “X” is independently a monovalent anionic ?-ligand, each “L” is independently an organic ligand which coordinates to the transition metal (M), each “R” is a bridging group linking two organic ligands (L), “m” is 2 or 3, preferably 2, “n” is 0, 1 or 2, preferably 1, “q” is 1, 2 or 3, preferably 2, m+q is equal to the valency of the transition metal (M), (c) comprise a cocatalyst (Co) comprising an element (E) of group 13 of the periodic table (IUPAC), preferably a cocatalyst (Co) comprising a compound of Al, wherein further the loss of activ
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Lauri Huhtanen, Kalle Kallio, Pascal Castro
  • Publication number: 20100253325
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle gearbox position detector comprising a sensor (3) designed to cooperate with a moving target (5) connected to a gearbox ratio actuation element so as to provide at least one analogue signal representative of the position of the neutral point of the gearbox, characterized in that it additionally comprises a unit for processing the signal (9) comprising an analogue-to-digital converter designed to convert the analogue signal into a digital output signal (17) so as to provide periodic predefined information corresponding to the position of the neutral point only when, on the one hand, the target (5) is in the neutral point position and, on the other hand, when the sensor (1) is in the normal operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: SC2N
    Inventors: Pascal Castro, Vincent Guibet
  • Publication number: 20080218746
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for detecting gas bubbles in a liquid adapted to a device comprising a light source, a light detector and a data controlling and processing unit connected to a client system comprising the following steps: emitting light from the light source, acquiring successive measurements of the light intensity sensed by the light detector and calculating a variation between two successive measurements of said light intensity. In accordance with a first embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises a step which consists in comparing the variation between two successive measurements of light intensity to a threshold S. Advantageously, a warning counter is incremented by a value A when variation between two successive measurements is higher than the threshold S and decremented by a value B in the opposite case. A proportion of bubbles higher than a maximum authorized rate is detected when said warning counter exceeds a warning value C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: SC2N
    Inventor: Pascal Castro
  • Patent number: 7372063
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for detecting gas bubbles in a liquid adapted to a device comprising a light source, a light detector and a data controlling and processing unit connected to a client system comprising the following steps: emitting light from the light source, acquiring successive measurements of the light intensity sensed by the light detector and calculating a variation between two successive measurements of said light intensity. In accordance with a first embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises a step which consists in comparing the variation between two successive measurements of light intensity to a threshold S. Advantageously, a warning counter is incremented by a value A when variation between two successive measurements is higher than the threshold S and decremented by a value B in the opposite case. A proportion of bubbles higher than a maximum authorized rate is detected when said warning counter exceeds a warning value C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: SC2N Societe Anonyme
    Inventor: Pascal Castro
  • Publication number: 20060061763
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for detecting gas bubbles in a liquid adapted to a device comprising a light source, a light detector and a data controlling and processing unit connected to a client system comprising the following steps: emitting light from the light source, acquiring successive measurements of the light intensity sensed by the light detector and calculating a variation between two successive measurements of said light intensity. In accordance with a first embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises a step which consists in comparing the variation between two successive measurements of light intensity to a threshold S. Advantageously, a warning counter is incremented by a value A when variation between two successive measurements is higher than the threshold S and decremented by a value B in the opposite case. A proportion of bubbles higher than a maximum authorized rate is detected when said warning counter exceeds a warning value C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: SC2N Societe Anonyme
    Inventor: Pascal Castro