Patents by Inventor Patrick Bacot

Patrick Bacot 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: 20220221362
    Abstract: A pressurized fluid container having a pressure indicator device, the device having-a piston sensitive to the prevailing pressure in the pressurized fluid container, the piston moving, depending on the value of the pressure in the pressurized fluid container, between at least a retracted position and a deployed position; an indicator component configured to cooperate with the piston, the indicator component moving, depending on the position of the piston, between at least a first position representing a first pressure value and a second position representing a second pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick BACOT, Antoine FRENAL
  • Patent number: 10422482
    Abstract: A device for supplying pressurized fluid including a pressurized fluid cylinder, at least one first tap connected to the pressurized fluid cylinder, the tap including an internal fluid circuit including an isolation valve, the device including an electronic apparatus for the wireless remote communication of data via electromagnetic waves, the electronic communication apparatus including a communication element designed to communicate wirelessly using at least one of the following frequency-modulation and/or phase-modulation low-consumption and long-range communication technologies: LoRa communication technology, communication technology from Sigfox, where the device includes a protective cap mounted on the cylinder in order to protect the first tap and a second tap connected detachably to the first tap, and the electronic communication apparatus being situated either on the cylinder, on the cap, on the first tap, or on the second tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Philippe Bernard, Patrick Bacot, David Laurent
  • Publication number: 20180283615
    Abstract: A device for supplying pressurized fluid including a pressurized fluid cylinder, at least one first tap connected to the pressurized fluid cylinder, the tap including an internal fluid circuit including an isolation valve, the device including an electronic apparatus for the wireless remote communication of data via electromagnetic waves, the electronic communication apparatus including a communication element designed to communicate wirelessly using at least one of the following frequency-modulation and/or phase-modulation low-consumption and long-range communication technologies: LoRa communication technology, communication technology from Sigfox, where the device includes a protective cap mounted on the cylinder in order to protect the first tap and a second tap connected detachably to the first tap, and the electronic communication apparatus being situated either on the cylinder, on the cap, on the first tap, or on the second tap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Philippe BERNARD, Patrick BACOT, David LAURENT
  • Publication number: 20180087688
    Abstract: Valve for pressurized fluid including a body housing a fluid circuit having an upstream end and a downstream end, the circuit including a member for controlling the flow rate in the circuit, the member for controlling the flow rate being commanded by an actuating member, the actuating member being mounted in a mobile manner on the body of the valve between a rest position and an active position, the valve including at least one electronic functional member and a circuit breaker for commanding the electronic functional member, wherein the circuit breaker can be moved into at least two separate states, wherein the actuating member is configured to move the circuit breaker from a first state towards a second state during the movement thereof into at least one of the following positions: the rest position thereof, the active position thereof, or an intermediate position between these two positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Antoine FRENAL, Patrick BACOT, Benjamin FISCHER
  • Patent number: 9874469
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device including: at least one fluid-using apparatus; at least one movable tank capable of and intended for providing at least the fluid and connected, via pipes, to the fluid using apparatus, the movable tank containing, at the outset, a given initial amount of the gas; and a means for assessing amounts of the fluid that are used by the fluid using apparatus from the movable tank, the assessment means being rigidly connected to the fluid-using apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Patrick Bacot, Franck-Stephane Durtschi, Xavier Vigor
  • Patent number: 9719634
    Abstract: Device for feeding fuel gas to an application (6), the device comprising at least one fuel gas bottle (1) furnished with a tap (2), and a bleed-off apparatus (4, 13) comprising an electronic logic unit (9) and a bleed-off outlet (4) selectively connectable to the tap (2), the bleed-off outlet (4) being linked (5) fluidically to an application (6) receiving the fuel gas originating from the bottle (1), the tap (2) comprising an electronic manometer (3) for measuring the pressure in the bottle (1), the electronic manometer (3) being devoid of battery and comprising an inductive member (7) for wirelessly transmitting to the electronic logic unit (9) information relating to the measured pressure, characterized in that the bleed-off apparatus (4, 13) also comprises an inductive member (8) powered electrically by the electronic logic unit (9) and in that, when the bleed-off outlet (4) is connected up to the tap (2), the inductive member (8) of the bleed-off outlet (4) is situated in a manner adjacent to the inducti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Verghade, Guillaume Roberge, Patrick Bacot
  • Publication number: 20160265721
    Abstract: Device for feeding fuel gas to an application (6), the device comprising at least one fuel gas bottle (1) furnished with a tap (2), and a bleed-off apparatus (4, 13) comprising an electronic logic unit (9) and a bleed-off outlet (4) selectively connectable to the tap (2), the bleed-off outlet (4) being linked (5) fluidically to an application (6) receiving the fuel gas originating from the bottle (1), the tap (2) comprising an electronic manometer (3) for measuring the pressure in the bottle (1), the electronic manometer (3) being devoid of battery and comprising an inductive member (7) for wirelessly transmitting to the electronic logic unit (9) information relating to the measured pressure, characterized in that the bleed-off apparatus (4, 13) also comprises an inductive member (8) powered electrically by the electronic logic unit (9) and in that, when the bleed-off outlet (4) is connected up to the tap (2), the inductive member (8) of the bleed-off outlet (4) is situated in a manner adjacent to the inducti
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Marie VERGHADE, Guillaume ROBERGE, Patrick BACOT
  • Publication number: 20120226451
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device including: at least one fluid-using apparatus; at least one movable tank capable of and intended for providing at least the fluid and connected, via pipes, to the fluid using apparatus, the movable tank containing, at the outset, a given initial amount of the gas; and a means for assessing amounts of the fluid that are used by the fluid using apparatus from the movable tank, the assessment means being rigidly connected to the fluid-using apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Exploitation s des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Patrick Bacot, Franck-Stephane Durtschi, Xavier Vigor
  • Patent number: 6321130
    Abstract: The device (1) for controlling an installation (2) comprising means (9,10,11,12,13, for monitoring and/or commanding the operation of the installation (2), and a central data processing unit (14) adapted to communicate with the means for monitoring and/or commanding (9,10,11,12,13) for reading, sending and/or processing the data concerning the operation of the installation. The central unit (14) comprises memory means (16) for storing at least one parameterized task acting on said data concerning the operation of the installation, memory means storing at least one table, each table being associated with a parameterized task and comprising values of parameters of the considered task, for executing the latter, and, connected to each memory means (16,17), means (15) for executing said parameterized tasks by using said values stored in said table or tables when executing said parameterized tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes George Claude
    Inventors: Laurent Ferenczi, Patrick Bacot, Bertrand Oresve