Patents by Inventor Pierre Bernard

Pierre Bernard 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: 20240125429
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cryogenic unit comprising: a cryogenic tank; a receptacle; a pipe comprising: a first end connected to the cryogenic tank; a second end; a first longitudinal portion; a second longitudinal portion; a bend between the first portion and the second portion; a connecting flange situated between the bend and the second end, wherein the cryogenic unit further includes: an item of fluidic equipment comprising an inlet end; and an outlet end and configured to be mounted removably inside the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l’Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Lucien VARRASSI, Etienne GIBAUX, Vincent HEMBERT, Jean-Pierre BERNARD, Fabrice VELLANDI
  • Patent number: 11957598
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to intervertebral disc prostheses which may have an upper plate, a lower plate, and a mobile core, with the upper surface of the core being in contact with at least a part of the lower surface of the upper plate. In some configurations, limit stops reduce friction while limiting or preventing the movements of the core relative to the lower plate, in translation and in rotation, respectively, along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate and about an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate. Instrumentation for insertion of the prostheses into intervertebral spaces is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Istvan Hovorka, Pierre Bernard
  • Patent number: 11952444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyethylene resin prepared using a continuous process having and at least one metallocene catalyst composition: a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn lower than 6.5; a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of at least 3.5; a melt index ranging from an HLMI of at least 1.20 g/10 min to an MI2 of at most 6.0 g/10 min wherein MI2 is determined according to ISO 1133:1997 at a temperature of 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg, and HLMI is determined according to ISO 1133:1997, at a temperature of 190° C. and under a load of 21.6 kg; melt index ratio HLMI/MI2 below or equal to 30; and a melt strength of X in Newtons, as determined by Göttfert Rheotens Melt Strength Apparatus, 190° C., as described in the Experimental section, satisfying the following equations (1) and/or (2) X is greater than ?0.026 ln(MI2)+0.0498??(1) X is greater than ?0.026 ln(HLMI)+0.1334??(2) with Mw being the weight-average molecular weight and Mn being the number-average molecular weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Virginie Cirriez, Alexandre Welle, Aurélien Vantomme, Pierre Bernard
  • Publication number: 20220387182
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an intervertebral implant comprise a body extending longitudinally along a primary axis, a baseplate, a plurality of elongated arms having a vertebral support surface, the arms being articulated such that the implant has a folded-back position in which the arms are close to each other, and a deployed position in which the arms are moved away from each other, and expansion means between the folded-back and deployed positions, comprising at least two branches pivotably mounted relative to each other and attached to the elongated arms by guide means such that translation of the expansion means parallel to the primary axis causes pivoting of the branches and moves the arms away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Pierre Bernard, Herve Chataigner, Craig Chebuhar, Alexander Kirgis, Ross Sherban, Samuel Lequette, Emmanuel Bougere, Aymeric Fresneau, Nicolas Roche
  • Patent number: 11432944
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an intervertebral implant comprise a body extending longitudinally along a primary axis, a baseplate, a plurality of elongated arms having a vertebral support surface, the arms being articulated such that the implant has a folded-back position in which the arms are close to each other, and a deployed position in which the arms are moved away from each other, and expansion means between the folded-back and deployed positions, comprising at least two branches pivotably mounted relative to each other and attached to the elongated arms by guide means such that translation of the expansion means parallel to the primary axis causes pivoting of the branches and moves the arms away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LDR Medical, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Pierre Bernard, Herve Chataigner, Craig Chebuhar, Alexander Kirgis, Ross Sherban, Samuel Lequette, Emmanuel Bougere, Aymeric Fresneau, Nicolas Roche
  • Publication number: 20220241086
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to intervertebral disc prostheses which may have an upper plate, a lower plate, and a mobile core, with the upper surface of the core being in contact with at least a part of the lower surface of the upper plate. In some configurations, limit stops reduce friction while limiting or preventing the movements of the core relative to the lower plate, in translation and in rotation, respectively, along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate and about an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate. Instrumentation for insertion of the prostheses into intervertebral spaces is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Istvan Hovorka, Pierre Bernard
  • Publication number: 20220241087
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to intervertebral disc prostheses which may have an upper plate, a lower plate, and a mobile core, with the upper surface of the core being in contact with at least a part of the lower surface of the upper plate. In some configurations, limit stops reduce friction while limiting or preventing the movements of the core relative to the lower plate, in translation and in rotation, respectively, along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate and about an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate. Instrumentation for insertion of the prostheses into intervertebral spaces is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Istvan Hovorka, Pierre Bernard
  • Patent number: 11289827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical harness (1) comprising at least one first cable strand (2) and at least one second cable strand (3, 4), which are respectively at least partially surrounded externally by a first shielding braid (13) and a second shielding braid (14, 15), and a connecting socket (16) externally surrounding one end of the first cable strand (17) and one end of the second cable strand (18, 19), characterised in that the connecting socket (16) comprises a fixing part (21) intended to be engaged on a fixing member of the turbomachine, and a crimping part (20), the ends (26, 27, 28) of the first (13) and second (14, 15) shielding braids being engaged externally to the crimping part (20), at least one crimping member (32) holding said ends (26, 27, 40) on the crimping part (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Eric Maurice Daniel Marmet, Clément Pierre Bernard Audoux, Victorin Machado, Jocelyn Jean Romolo Pages
  • Publication number: 20210388133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyethylene resin prepared using a continuous process having and at least one metallocene catalyst composition: a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn lower than 6.5; a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of at least 3.5; a melt index ranging from an HLMI of at least 1.20 g/10 min to an MI2 of at most 6.0 g/10 min wherein MI2 is determined according to ISO 1133:1997 at a temperature of 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg, and HLMI is determined according to ISO 1133:1997, at a temperature of 190° C. and under a load of 21.6 kg; melt index ratio HLMI/MI2 below or equal to 30; and a melt strength of X in Newtons, as determined by Göttfert Rheotens Melt Strength Apparatus, 190° C., as described in the Experimental section, satisfying the following equations (1) and/or (2) X is greater than ?0.026 ln(MI2)+0.0498 ??(1) X is greater than ?0.026 ln(HLMI)+0.1334 ??(2) with Mw being the weight-average molecular weight and Mn being the number-average molecular weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Virginie Cirriez, Alexandre Welle, Aurélien Vantomme, Pierre Bernard
  • Patent number: 11165633
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for securing data transmitted by a data source (2) of a connected object (1) against attacks affecting a control circuit (4) of the connected object (1), the connected object (1) also comprising an electronic signature circuit (6) and a communication bus (8) connected to the control circuit (4), connected to the electronic signature circuit (6) and connected to the source (2), wherein the method comprises the following steps implemented by the electronic signature circuit (6): detecting (602) a first datum (M) transmitted by the source (2) on the communication bus (8); detecting (606) a second datum (M?) to be signed, on the communication bus, the second datum having been transmitted (404) by the control circuit (4) on the communication bus (8) after detection of the first datum (M) by the control device (4); verifying (608) coherence between the detected data (M, M?), signalling (610) an error (E), if any, as a function of a result of the verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY FRANCE
    Inventors: Frederick Kurt Louis Bonnin, Jean-Yves Pierre Bernard, Emmanuelle Dottax, Fabien Blanco
  • Publication number: 20210289666
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a kit of parts that includes heat sink parts, each heat sink part having a contact area for contacting a surface of an electronic device. The heat sink parts are connected but are spaced apart to allow them to adjust and keep their contact areas contacting the surface of the electronic device when the surface is distorted, for example due to heating. A heat sink part includes at least two spaced apart heat sink elements which are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jacques Pierre Henri FAVRE, Jean-Michel Francis REYNES, Jean-Pierre Bernard Marie FRADIN, Claudia CADILE, Renaud André LACABANNE
  • Publication number: 20210218159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical harness (1) comprising at least one first cable strand (2) and at least one second cable strand (3, 4), which are respectively at least partially surrounded externally by a first shielding braid (13) and a second shielding braid (14, 15), and a connecting socket (16) externally surrounding one end of the first cable strand (17) and one end of the second cable strand (18, 19), characterised in that the connecting socket (16) comprises a fixing part (21) intended to be engaged on a fixing member of the turbomachine, and a crimping part (20), the ends (26, 27, 28) of the first (13) and second (14, 15) shielding braids being engaged externally to the crimping part (20), at least one crimping member (32) holding said ends (26, 27, 40) on the crimping part (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Maurice Daniel MARMET, Clément Pierre Bernard AUDOUX, Victorin MACHADO, Jocelyn Jean Romolo PAGES
  • Patent number: 11051950
    Abstract: Various embodiments comprise an expansible intervertebral implant intended to be implanted in a space between two adjacent vertebrae to at least partly supplant an intervertebral disc, said implant being able to expand along three substantially mutually orthogonal axes so as to comply with the lordosis of the patient while still having increased stability and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: LDR Medical, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Pierre Bernard, Herve Chataigner, Craig Chebuhar, Alexander Kirgis, Ross Sherban, Samuel Lequette, Emmanuel Bougere, Aymeric Fresneau
  • Patent number: 11045325
    Abstract: An expansible intervertebral implant is disclosed, various embodiments of which comprise an elongated body along a longitudinal axis comprised between a proximal end and a distal end, a flexible arm mounted in the vicinity of the distal end of the longitudinal body and movable between: a folded-back position with the arm substantially parallel to the axis, and a deployed position with the arm not parallel to the axis and away from the body to expand said implant along an axis, by assuming the general shape of a circular arc, a means for deployment of said flexible arm for deploying the latter from the folded-back position to the deployed position, by the sliding of a proximal portion of said flexible arm with respect to the body inducing an increase in the space occupied by the implant, greater than the space of the implant in the folded-back position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: LDR Medical, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Pierre Bernard, Herve Chataigner, Craig Chebuhar, Alexander Kirgis, Ross Sherban, Samuel Lequette, Emmanuel Bougere, Aymeric Fresneau, Nicolas Roche
  • Patent number: 10968706
    Abstract: An assembly for producing a threaded connection includes first and second tubular components with an axis of revolution and each provided at one end with at least first, second, and third continuous threaded zones provided in succession on the same helix on the outer or inner peripheral surface of the component depending on whether the threaded end is male or female. The components are capable of cooperating together upon makeup. At least one of the first, second, or third threaded zones has a variable width thread profile and is self-locking. The ends respectively finish in a free terminal surface. Each of the ends is free of a specific abutment surface. At least one sealing surface is provided between each of the adjacent threaded zones in order to cooperate in a sealed interference fit with a sealing surface provided on the corresponding end when the connection is made up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pierre Bernard Martin, Sebastien Colin, Xavier Mencaglia, Karine Ruffin
  • Patent number: 10738917
    Abstract: A set for producing a threaded connection, includes first, second, third, and fourth tubular component with axis of revolution, the first tubular component including at each of its ends a first and a second threaded zone provided on the inner peripheral surface of the component, the second tubular component including at each of its ends a third and a fourth threaded zone provided on the outer peripheral surface of the component, the third tubular component including at one of its ends a fifth and a sixth threaded zone respectively provided on the inner and outer peripheral surface of the component, the fourth tubular component including at one of its ends a seventh and an eighth threaded zone respectively provided on the inner and outer peripheral surface of the component. The first and sixth, third and fifth, second and eighth, fourth and seventh threaded zones cooperate with one another on makeup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pierre Bernard Martin, Sebastien Colin, Xavier Mencaglia, Karine Ruffin
  • Publication number: 20200205995
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to intervertebral disc prostheses which may have an upper plate, a lower plate, and a mobile core, with the upper surface of the core being in contact with at least a part of the lower surface of the upper plate. In some configurations, limit stops reduce friction while limiting or preventing the movements of the core relative to the lower plate, in translation and in rotation, respectively, along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate and about an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate. Instrumentation for insertion of the prostheses into intervertebral spaces is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Istvan Hovorka, Pierre Bernard
  • Publication number: 20200205992
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an intervertebral implant comprise a body extending longitudinally along a primary axis, a baseplate, a plurality of elongated arms having a vertebral support surface, the arms being articulated such that the implant has a folded-back position in which the arms are close to each other, and a deployed position in which the arms are moved away from each other, and expansion means between the folded-back and deployed positions, comprising at least two branches pivotably mounted relative to each other and attached to the elongated arms by guide means such that translation of the expansion means parallel to the primary axis causes pivoting of the branches and moves the arms away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Pierre Bernard, Herve Chataigner, Craig Chebuhar, Alexander Kirgis, Ross Sherban, Samuel Lequete, Emmanuel Bougere, Aymeric Fresneau, Nicolas Roche
  • Publication number: 20200184068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) such as a connected object comprising a first electronic circuit (2) comprising: a first processing unit (6) for executing a program, a first memory (8) for memorizing data during the execution of the program, a debug port (10) dedicated to checking the execution of the program from outside the first circuit, a second electronic circuit (4) connected to the debug port (10), comprising: a second memory (14) memorizing reference data related to the program, a second processing unit (12) for implementing the following steps automatically and autonomously via the debug port (10): checking the integrity of the data memorized by the first memory (8) and/or the compliance of the program's execution by the first processing unit (6) with a reference execution, assisted by the reference data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Fabien BLANCO, Jean-Yves Pierre BERNARD, Maël BERTHIER
  • Patent number: D1004440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MAISON DE LA POMME FRELIGHSBURG INC.
    Inventor: Pierre Bernard Dow-Blanchet