Patents by Inventor Philippe Gulion

Philippe Gulion 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: 5597009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically-controlled vacuum-enclosed cryogenic valve including firstly a body receiving the seat for a valve member, and inlet and outlet channels for a cryogenic fluid, the body and the channels being disposed in an enclosure in which a vacuum is created, and secondly a moving valve member whose stem is actuated by moving core and a control electromagnetic winding, a return spring pressing the valve member against its seat in the absence of excitation. In accordance with the present invention, the moving core of such a valve is placed inside the vacuum enclosure which is secured to a a sleeve that separates the moving core from the control electromagnetic winding, which is placed outside the enclosure. Preferably, a bellows that is secured both to the valve body and to the stem implements sealing between the vacuum enclosure and the fluid flowing through the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Societe Europeenne de Propulsion
    Inventors: Norbert Scherrer, Philippe Gulion, Etienne Hardouin