Patents by Inventor Pascal Lecointe

Pascal Lecointe 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).

  • Patent number: 8925289
    Abstract: This machine comprises a hopper (2) for storing empty straws, a station (5) for filling the straws, and a transfer device (3), such as a rotary barrel, which is provided with notches for receiving and holding the straws (p) and with which straws removed from the hopper are conveyed to the filling station (5); it is designed to process at least two categories of straws of different diameters, notches being subdivided into at least two distinct series that can be used selectively, the elements (90) of one of the two series being designed to adapt to straws of large diameter, while the elements (91) of the other series are designed to adapt to straws of small diameter. Machine that can be used in more than one way in the packaging of semen for artificial insemination, particularly of cows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Eurl Cryo Vet
    Inventor: Pascal Lecointe
  • Patent number: 8506164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag (1) for packaging a biological substance, such as animal semen, which is formed by two plastic walls (10, 11) assembled so as to define a pouch (P) for receiving said substance and that comprises a line (15) communicating with said pouch (P) a line for filling the same, this bag comprising in addition at least one pair of openings (3, 4) located on both sides of said line (15), in order to get hung, via these openings, to fingers that are complementary to a supporting device. This bag is characterized in that at least one of these openings (3, 4) has an oblong shape, extends perpendicularly to said line (15), and comprises an area forming a hard spot. The invention relates also to a strip formed by juxtaposing such bags (1), and an assembly comprised of a bag and a hanging support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: IMV Technologies
    Inventor: Pascal Lecointe
  • Publication number: 20100027916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag (1) for packaging a biological substance, such as animal semen, which is formed by two plastic walls (10, 11) assembled so as to define a pouch (P) for receiving said substance and that comprises a line (15) communicating with said pouch (P) a line for filling the same, this bag comprising in addition at least one pair of openings (3, 4) located on both sides of said line (15), in order to get hung, via these openings, to fingers that are complementary to a supporting device. This bag is characterized in that at least one of these openings (3, 4) has an oblong shape, extends perpendicularly to said line (15), and comprises an area forming a hard spot. The invention relates also to a strip formed by juxtaposing such bags (1), and an assembly comprised of a bag and a hanging support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: IMV TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Pascal LECOINTE
  • Publication number: 20100000627
    Abstract: This machine comprises a hopper (2) for storing empty straws, a station (5) for filling the straws, and a transfer device (3), such as a rotary barrel, which is provided with notches for receiving and holding the straws (p) and with which straws removed from the hopper are conveyed to the filling station (5); it is designed to process at least two categories of straws of different diameters, said notches being subdivided into at least two distinct series that can be used selectively, the elements (90) of one of the two series being designed to adapt to straws of large diameter, while the elements (91) of the other series are designed to adapt to straws of small diameter. Machine that can be used in more than one way in the packaging of semen for artificial insemination, particularly of cows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Pascal Lecointe
  • Patent number: 7150734
    Abstract: A packaging bag for a liquid biological substance such as animal semen, including two walls made of plastic material joined in such a manner as to delimit a pouch for receiving the substance and, communicating with the pouch, an evacuation conduit whose end part, in the absence of opening of the bag, is closed by the joined walls, wherein, force-fitted in the conduit, a cannula being able to communicate with the pouch is provided, while a second end of the cannula is situated in the proximity of the end part of the conduit having a conical or substantially conical constriction, and wherein conduit communicates, over a part of its length, with at least one zone situated not far from the end part, in which the two walls are not joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Eurl Pig'Ins
    Inventor: Pascal Lecointe
  • Patent number: 6744236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical energy regulator system for a power supply bus, the system including: an electrical energy storage unit, a solar generator having a plurality of cells, a system for regulating the bus power supply voltage adapted to impose on each cell one of the following three states: a first state in which the bus is supplied with current, a second state in which the storage unit (BAT) is supplied with current, and a third state in which the cell is shunted, the cells being divided by the bus voltage regulator system into: a first group in which at least one cell supplies power to the bus and one cell is assigned to regulation of the voltage of the bus and is in its first state only when maintaining a nominal bus voltage requires a top-up of current, and a second group in which at least one cell is either in a second state or in a third state, as a function of a required charging current of the storage unit, the number of cells in the second state being a function of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Antoine Capel, Pascal Lecointe
  • Publication number: 20030163110
    Abstract: The invention concerns a bag for packaging a liquid biological substance, such as animal semen, which is formed by two plastic walls (10, 11) assembled so as to define a pouch (P) for receiving said substance and, communicating with said pouch, an emptying conduit (3) whereof the end part (30) is, when the bag is closed, scaled by said assembled walls. Said bag is characterised in that it comprises, force-fitted in said conduit (3), a cannula (4) whereof the two ends are open, its first end (41) being adapted to communicate with said pouch (P), while its second end (40) located proximate to the end part (30) of the conduit (3) has a truncated or more less truncated contraction, and said conduit (3) communicates, over a fraction of its length, with at least a zone (5) located not far from the end part (30), wherein the two walls (10, 11) are not joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventor: Pascal Lecointe
  • Publication number: 20030038616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical energy regulator system for a power supply bus, the system including:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Antoine Capel, Pascal Lecointe