Patents by Inventor PIERRE BIGNON

PIERRE BIGNON 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: 11815089
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a pumping system (1) which comprises an alternating distribution device comprising at least one shut-off device (7) comprising four mobile shut-off members (70-73) for shutting off first and second inlets (E1, E2; E1a, E2a) and first and second outlets (S1, S2; S1a, S2a) of the pumping system (1) and at least one trigger (8, 9) configured to actuate said shut-off members (70-73) between two positions, respectively a shutting-off position and an open position, which alternating distribution device can be actuated between a first arrangement associated with a first fluid distribution cycle and a second arrangement associated with a second fluid distribution cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Pierre Bignon, Armand Wan-Hoi, Anton Bouwer
  • Publication number: 20220120260
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a pumping system (1) which comprises an alternating distribution device comprising at least one shut-off device (7) comprising four mobile shut-off members (70-73) for shutting off first and second inlets (E1, E2; E1a, E2a) and first and second outlets (S1, S2; S1a, S2a) of the pumping system (1) and at least one trigger (8, 9) configured to actuate said shut-off members (70-73) between two positions, respectively a shutting-off position and an open position, which alternating distribution device can be actuated between a first arrangement associated with a first fluid distribution cycle and a second arrangement associated with a second fluid distribution cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Pierre BIGNON, Armand WAN-HOI, Anton BOUWER
  • Publication number: 20090139700
    Abstract: A heat exchanger that is applicable to a pump and a system where a plurality of tubular elements or cores, each comprising a support cylinder or half-cylinder and at least one curved heat exchange plate. Each plate separating a first cavity from a second cavity where the first cavity contains a liquid and the second cavity receiving a coolant causing the thermal expansion or contraction of the plate. The heat exchanger according to the invention makes it possible to withstand high mechanical stresses. This design makes it better to withstand high pressures despite a large diameter of the cylindrical heat exchange plates without an increase to the thickness of these plates. The pressure being exerted on the tubular elements is primarily radially, more particularly from the outside to the inside for the thinnest cylindrical heat exchange plate in contact with the cavity containing cold coolant or air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventor: PIERRE BIGNON