Patents by Inventor Philippe PROST

Philippe PROST 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).

  • Method for handling a faired cable towed by a vessel
    Patent number: 10457356
    Abstract: A method for handling a cable that is faired by means of a fairing, the cable towed by a ship on board which there is a winch allowing the faired cable to be wound in and paid out through a faired-cable guide device, the method comprises: a first step of monitoring the cable, making it possible to detect whether the fairing is experiencing a double twist around the cable comprising an immersed full twist and an airborne full twist, and, when a double twist is detected, a first step of hauling in the faired cable, during which step the faired cable is hauled in, the first hauling step being carried out in such a way that the immersed full twist at least partially leaves the water and does not enter the guide device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: François Warnan, Dominique Durand, Jean-Philippe Longuet, Marc Lazzarini, Stéphane Autret, Jean-Jacques Lossec, Philippe Prost
  • METHOD FOR HANDLING A FAIRED CABLE TOWED BY A VESSEL
    Publication number: 20180029671
    Abstract: A method for handling a cable that is faired by means of a fairing, the cable towed by a ship on board which there is a winch allowing the faired cable to be wound in and paid out through a faired-cable guide device, the method comprises: a first step of monitoring the cable, making it possible to detect whether the fairing is experiencing a double twist around the cable comprising an immersed full twist and an airborne full twist, and, when a double twist is detected, a first step of hauling in the faired cable, during which step the faired cable is hauled in, the first hauling step being carried out in such a way that the immersed full twist at least partially leaves the water and does not enter the guide device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: François WARNAN, Dominique DURAND, Jean-Philippe LONGUET, Marc LAZZARINI, Stéphane AUTRET, Jean-Jacques LOSSEC, Philippe PROST