Patents by Inventor Philippe Berthet-Rambaud

Philippe Berthet-Rambaud 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: 20230236000
    Abstract: A device for an avalanche triggering system adapted to cooperate with a blasting chamber and including a support frame adapted to be detachably mounted on the blasting chamber, a diffusion chamber, partially delimiting an inner mixing cavity in which is housed a gas mixer configured to produce a gas mixture, the diffusion chamber further having a diffusion opening configured to allow the passage of the gas mixture to the outside of the diffusion chamber, and an ignition system configured to trigger an explosion of the gas mixture, where the diffusion chamber allows placing the device in an operating position configuration in which the device rests, by gravity, on the blasting chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Philippe BERTHET-RAMBAUD
  • Patent number: 8960092
    Abstract: Device for setting off an avalanche, comprising a support intended to be fixed to the mounting side, for example on a concrete slab, and an enclosure one end of which is open, this enclosure being mounted on the support, said open end of the enclosure being intended to face towards the snow cap. The device further comprises means of filling the enclosure with an explosive gaseous mixture, firing means designed to set off the explosion of the said mixture and a remote-communication system. The enclosure is mounted removably on the support, by fitting its lower face, intended to receive the gaseous mixture, onto a bearing piece of the support, and the enclosure is autonomous in terms of energy supply and carries means of storing the gases that are intended to form the gaseous mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Technologie Alpine de Securite-TAS
    Inventors: Bruno Farizy, Jean-Marc Neuville, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Pascal Roux
  • Patent number: 8904939
    Abstract: Said device comprises a tube (1), one closed end of which is mounted onto a holder (5), for example a concrete mass (6), that is itself attached to a mountainside (7). The other open end (2) of said tube is rotated toward the snow cover (3). The device also comprises a means (8) for filling the tube (1) with an explosive gas mixture and moreover comprises a priming means that induces the explosion of said mixture. Said device is characterized in that it comprises at least two beams (9) that, each being attached by one of the ends thereof to the holder (5), extends along the tube (1) parallel thereto so as to ensure the holding thereof while forming a means for absorbing the movement of the tube (1) following the gas mixture explosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Technologie Alpine de Securite—TAS
    Inventors: Stephane Constant, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Pascal Roux
  • Publication number: 20130133543
    Abstract: Device for setting off an avalanche, comprising a support intended to be fixed to the mounting side, for example on a concrete slab, and an enclosure one end of which is open, this enclosure being mounted on the support, said open end of the enclosure being intended to face towards the snow cap. The device further comprises means of filling the enclosure with an explosive gaseous mixture, firing means designed to set off the explosion of the said mixture and a remote-communication system. The enclosure is mounted removably on the support, by fitting its lower face, intended to receive the gaseous mixture, onto a bearing piece of the support, and the enclosure is autonomous in terms of energy supply and carries means of storing the gases that are intended to form the gaseous mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNOLOGIE ALPINE DE SECURITE -TAS
    Inventors: Bruno Farizy, Jean-Marc Neuville, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Pascal Roux
  • Patent number: 8430032
    Abstract: The invention relates to an avalanche triggering device comprising at least one enclosure (4) for confining an explosive gas mixture, having a downward-facing opening and being equipped with gas supply means (15, 16) designed to at least partly fill the volume defined by the enclosure (4) with the explosive gas mixture at a density less than that of the air, the device also comprising means (14) for igniting this mixture; which device is characterized in that the enclosure (4) is in the general shape of a bell or frustoconical shape with an approximately vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Technologie Alpine de Securite-Tas
    Inventors: Bruno Farizy, Louis Noel, Stephane Constant, Jean-Marc Neuville, Pascal Roux, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud
  • Publication number: 20120318159
    Abstract: Said device comprises a tube (1), one closed end of which is mounted onto a holder (5), for example a concrete mass (6), that is itself attached to a mountainside (7). The other open end (2) of said tube is rotated toward the snow cover (3). The device also comprises a means (8) for filling the tube (1) with an explosive gas mixture and moreover comprises a priming means that induces the explosion of said mixture. Said device is characterized in that it comprises at least two beams (9) that, each being attached by one of the ends thereof to the holder (5), extends along the tube (1) parallel thereto so as to ensure the holding thereof while forming a means for absorbing the movement of the tube (1) following the gas mixture explosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: TECHNOLOGIE ALPINE DE SECURITE-TAS
    Inventors: Stephane Constant, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Pascal Roux
  • Publication number: 20110139029
    Abstract: The invention relates to an avalanche triggering device comprising at least one enclosure (4) for confining an explosive gas mixture, having a downward-facing opening and being equipped with gas supply means (15, 16) designed to at least partly fill the volume defined by the enclosure (4) with the explosive gas mixture at a density less than that of the air, the device also comprising means (14) for igniting this mixture; which device is characterized in that the enclosure (4) is in the general shape of a bell or frustoconical shape with an approximately vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: TECHNOLOGIE ALPINE DE SECURITE-TAS
    Inventors: Bruno Farizy, Louis Noel, Stephane Constant, Jean-Marc Neuville, Pascal Roux, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud