Patents by Inventor Philippe Pierre

Philippe Pierre 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: 20220235966
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a damper door (1) having an axis of rotation (3), a first face (5), and a second face opposite the first face (5), said first (5) and second faces of the damper door (1) defining a plane, said damper door (1) comprising: • a rotation shaft (9) projecting from each side of the plane defined by the first (5) and second faces of the damper door (1), and • at least one side wall (11) having a flat surface arranged radially with respect to the rotation shaft (9), characterised in that the rotation shaft (9) has, in the plane of the at least one side wall (11), a semi-elliptical shape (13) extending over the side wall (11) and comprising a large diameter (G1) coinciding with the axis of rotation (3) of the damper door (1) and a small radius (P1) parallel to the plane of the at least one side wall (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Philippe Pierres, Nestor Varela, Pauline Cavagna
  • Publication number: 20220134836
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (2) defining a flow channel (3) for an air flow, in which are arranged a first heat exchanger (4), a second heat exchanger (6), the first (4) and second (6) heat exchangers being arranged in substantially orthogonal planes, a bypass path (28) of the second heat exchanger (6) and at least one air outlet duct (12,14,16), each air outlet duct (12,14,16) being configured to guide the air flow in particular towards different regions of a vehicle passenger compartment. According to the invention, a mixing flap (30) comprising a sliding door is arranged in the flow channel (3) so as to be able to close the bypass path (28) and/or the second heat exchanger (6), and a second dispenser flap (22) comprising a sliding door is arranged so as to be able to at least partially close a first of said air outlet ducts (12,14,16). The invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Philippe Pierres, Thierry Barbier, Cédric Van Schammelhout, Nestor Varela, Naveenkumar Ummidi
  • Publication number: 20220127965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan rotor for a turbomachine, comprising including a fan disk, fan blades with a leading edge and a trailing edge, platforms inserted between the blades and fixed to the periphery of the disk, each including an aerodynamic surface extending from the leading edges to the trailing edges of the blades. The aerodynamic surface includes an upstream longitudinal portion on the side of the leading edges and a downstream longitudinal portion on the side of the trailing edges, the upstream longitudinal portion being supported by a first member of the platform fixed to the disk in a pivotable manner, and the downstream longitudinal portion being independent of the upstream longitudinal portion and supported by a second member of the platform which is independent of the first member and fixed to the disk in a pivotable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jeremy Philippe Pierre EDYNAK, Jeremy GUIVARC'H, Lola AULIAC, Thibaut Dominique Augustin GIRARD, Pierre Jean FAIVRE D'ARCIER
  • Publication number: 20220117097
    Abstract: A protection device for an electrical cabinet is divided into a plurality of compartments, the protection device including a rain guard and an air manifold formed as an integral unit. The rain guard is designed to cover a section of an electrical cabinet and thus prevent water from falling on it. The air manifold includes at least one first pipe fluidically connected to a second pipe. Each first pipe intended to be connected to a corresponding air-circulation opening of a compartment, and the second pipe being intended to be connected to an air-circulation means in order thus to allow air to be circulated in the plurality of compartments. A cabinet is provided with such a protection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin BOISNIER, Loîc LEMASSON, Philippe Pierre AVIGNON
  • Patent number: 11293914
    Abstract: Embodiments include chemical sensors, devices and systems including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a medical device is provided. The medical device can include a graphene varactor, including a graphene layer and a self-assembled monolayer disposed on an outer surface of the graphene layer through electrostatic interactions between a partial positive charge on hydrogen atoms of one or more hydrocarbons of the self-assembled monolayer and a it-electron system of graphene. The self-assembled monolayer can include one or more substituted porphyrins or substituted metalloporphyrins, or derivatives thereof. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Xue Zhen, Philippe Pierre Joseph Buhlmann, Steven J. Koester, Justin Theodore Nelson
  • Publication number: 20220094144
    Abstract: An electric distribution module includes a plate bearing a main partition and lateral partitions that jointly delimit a plurality of housings, wherein the main partition has at least one channel, and wherein each lateral partition comprises at least one channel that is terminated by an opening leading into a housing that this lateral partition delimits and that communicates with a channel of the main partition, so to as to ensure, via these channels, independent ventilation of each housing and/or the routing and holding of control cables towards each housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin BOISNIER, Loîc LEMASSON, Philippe Pierre AVIGNON
  • Patent number: 11278543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the general field of treatment and prevention of diseases involving an inflammatory condition, namely sepsis or infectious or viral diseases as well as diseases requiring for the treatment of immunosuppressive activity namely autoimmune diseases and graft rejection. In particular, the invention relates to an inhibitor of the activity or the formation of the PP1/GADD34 complex for the treatment of a condition requiring an immunosuppressive activity or an anti-inflammatory activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: INSERM, UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE, CNRS
    Inventor: Philippe Pierre
  • Patent number: 11268736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a damper door (1) having an axis of rotation (3), a first face (5), and a second face opposite the first face (5), said first (5) and second faces of the damper door (1) defining a plane, said damper door (1) comprising: a rotation shaft (9) projecting from each side of the plane defined by the first (5) and second faces of the damper door (1), and at least one side wall (11) having a flat surface arranged radially with respect to the rotation shaft (9), characterised in that the rotation shaft (9) has, in the plane of the at least one side wall (11), a semi-elliptical shape (13) extending over the side wall (11) and comprising a large diameter (G1) coinciding with the axis of rotation (3) of the damper door (1) and a small radius (P1) parallel to the plane of the at least one side wall (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Philippe Pierres, Nestor Varela, Pauline Cavagna
  • Publication number: 20220065013
    Abstract: A door hinge for an electrical cabinet includes a pathway for receiving an electrical harness, the hinge including two parts that are connected together and are rotatable with respect to one another about a pivot axis, the hinge including a duct that extends along the pivot and is designed to receive an intermediate section of the harness along the pivot axis, the duct including a longitudinal slot for the lateral insertion of the intermediate section of the harness into the duct while the intermediate section extends parallel to the duct. An electrical cabinet includes such a door hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin BOISNIER, Loîc LEMASSON, Philippe Pierre AVIGNON
  • Patent number: 11261754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbojet bearing housing including a fixed envelope traversed by a rotor, this envelope including a cylindrical end surrounding a seal ensuring the leak tightness of the cylindrical end of the envelope with the rotor, this envelope being equipped with a shell screwed onto the cylindrical end thereof, this shell including radial channels emerging opposite the seal while being arranged so that an air stream traversing the seal towards the housing mainly comes from these radial channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Patard, Antoine Jean-Philippe Beaujard, Philippe Pierre Vincent Bouiller, Christophe Caplain, Maxime Aurélien Rotenberg
  • Publication number: 20220055444
    Abstract: A Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning unit for a vehicle is provided. The HVAC unit comprises a housing, a first inlet, a second inlet first flap, and a third door. The first flap having a first door and a second door, attached to the first inlet. The first door is angularly movable with respect to the second door and adapted to move between a first position and a second position to open and close the first inlet. Further, the second door is angularly movable with respect to the first door and adapted to move between the first position and a third position to open and close air passage between the first inlet and the second inlet. The third door rotatably connected in the second inlet, and is movable between a closed position where the second inlet is closed and at least partially open position where the second inlet is partially open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl Buckman, Darshan Parikh, Sally Dagher, Steven Hruska, Nestor Ismael Varela Santoyo, Philippe Pierres
  • Publication number: 20220037862
    Abstract: An electrical distribution module, including a plate that supports pedestals which in turn support power components and power bars connected to the power components. Each pedestal includes a base supporting uprights spaced apart from each other and bridges, each bridge connecting two consecutive uprights at a distance from the base to form an opening for a power bar to transition between the plate and the power components supported by the pedestal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Benjamin BOISNIER, Philippe Pierre AVIGNON, Loîc LEMASSON
  • Publication number: 20220032727
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air intake housing (21), in particular for a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning device, comprising: —at least two distinct air inlets (24, 26), and —air guiding members (27, 28, 30) configured to direct at least one air flow that is intended to be admitted into the air intake housing (21). According to the invention, the air guiding members comprise at least three flaps (27, 28, 30), one of these being a central flap (27) and two lateral flaps (28, 30) arranged one on each side of the central flap (27), said flaps (27, 28, 30) being positioned between the said two distinct air inlets (24, 26) of the air intake housing (21) so as to be able to move about a single axis of pivoting (33). The invention also relates to a suction blower (1) comprising such an air intake housing (21) and to a corresponding heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Philippe Pierres, Fabrice Ailloud, Thierry Barbier
  • Patent number: 11199199
    Abstract: An interface member equips a control ring of a high-pressure compressor of an engine. This control ring has at least one housing intended to partially house a guide shoe. This interface member includes a central wall to which two holding tabs are secured, delimiting a through-housing having dimensions substantially identical to the initial dimensions of the housing, and suitable for being inserted into the housing, after it has been machined to receive same following a deformation, until the holding tabs keep it stationary relative to the control ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Olivier Bazot, Jérémy Philippe Pierre Edynak
  • Publication number: 20210369250
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to chemical sensors, devices and systems including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a medical device is included having a graphene varactor. The graphene varactor includes a graphene layer and at least one non-covalent modification layer disposed on an outer surface of the graphene layer. The non-covalent modification layer can include nanoparticles selected from a group that can include one or more metals, metal oxides, or derivatives thereof. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Philippe Pierre Joseph Buhlmann, Steven J. Koester, Justin Theodore Nelson, Xue Zhen
  • Publication number: 20210356457
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to chemical sensors, devices and systems including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a medical device is included. The medical device can include a graphene varactor. The graphene varactor can include a graphene layer and a self-assembled monolayer disposed on an outer surface of the graphene layer through ?-? stacking interactions. The self-assembled monolayer can provide a Langmuir theta value of at least 0.9. The self-assembled monolayer can include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, tetraphenylporphyrins or derivatives thereof, metallotetraphenylporphyrins, or aromatic cyclodextrins. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Xue Zhen, Philippe Pierre Joseph Buhlmann, Steven Koester, Yao Zhang, Justin Theodore Nelson
  • Publication number: 20210323386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning device (10) for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (12) defining an air duct (11) for the passage of an airflow comprising—an inlet module (8), comprising at least one air inlet (15, 16), an air filter (70) being arranged within the inlet module (8), and—a distribution module (9) comprising at least one air outlet (27, 29, 30), the inlet module (8) and the distribution module (9) being detachably assembled to one another; according to the invention, the inlet module (8) is configured to be arranged in a first area of the vehicle, and the distribution module (9) is configured to be arranged in a second area of the vehicle, the air filter (70) being able to be removed from the second area of the vehicle. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Philippe Pierres, Nestor Varela
  • Patent number: 11079371
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to chemical sensors, devices and systems including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a medical device is included. The medical device can include a graphene varactor. The graphene varactor can include a graphene layer and a self-assembled monolayer disposed on an outer surface of the graphene layer through ?-? stacking interactions. The self-assembled monolayer can provide a Langmuir theta value of at least 0.9. The self-assembled monolayer can include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, tetraphenylporphyrins or derivatives thereof, metallotetraphenylporphyrins, or aromatic cyclodextrins. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Xue Zhen, Philippe Pierre Joseph Buhlmann, Steven J. Koester, Yao Zhang, Justin Theodore Nelson
  • Patent number: 11078918
    Abstract: Seal (10) for an inter-blade platform intended to extend circumferentially about an axis and to be mounted between two axial ends of the inter-blade platform, including a first part (10a) in contact with a first blade adjacent to a first circumferential end of the platform, and a second part (10b) in contact with a second blade adjacent to a second circumferential end of the platform, the first part (10a) and the second part (10b) of the seal (10) being fixed to each other such that a displacement in the circumferential direction of one of the two parts (10a, 10b) of the seal (10) causes a displacement of the other part (10a, 10b) of the seal (10) in the same direction, when the two parts (10a, 10b) of the seal (10) are fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Thibaut Dominique Augustin Girard, Lola Auliac, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Jérémy Philippe Pierre Edynak, Pierre Jean Faivre D'Arcier
  • Publication number: 20210147238
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to methods and systems for applying a transfer material layer to graphene during a graphene fabrication process. In an embodiment, a method of producing a graphene sensor element is included. The method includes forming a graphene layer on a growth substrate and applying a fluoropolymer coating layer over the graphene layer. The method includes removing the growth substrate and transferring the graphene and fluoropolymer coating layers onto a transfer substrate, where the graphene layer is disposed on the transfer substrate and the fluoropolymer layer is disposed on the graphene layer. The method also includes removing the fluoropolymer coating layer. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Steven J. Koester, Xue Zhen, Philippe Pierre Joseph Buhlmann, Qun Su, Justin Theodore Nelson, Gregory J. Sherwood