Patents by Inventor Romain Poivey

Romain Poivey 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: 20230378905
    Abstract: A method for assembling an electricity production structure including a plurality of floating modules, each having a frame and at least one photovoltaic panel, the structure further including at least one tarpaulin stretched under the panels of the modules, the method includes the steps of: supplying a first module with at least one tarpaulin having a main direction and being fixed to said frame in an initial folded or rolled-up configuration enabling deployment of a length of the tarpaulin in the main direction starting from said initial configuration, positioning at least one additional module adjacent to the first module in the main direction of the tarpaulin, assembling the modules, and deploying, tensioning, and fixing each tarpaulin of the first module to the frame of a module other than the first module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE
    Inventors: RĂ©mi LE BERRE, David BOUBLIL, Romain POIVEY
  • Patent number: 11736061
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic facility (1) comprising a solar tracker (2) and at least one square or rectangular photovoltaic panel (3) mounted on the solar tracker (2), this solar tracker (2) enabling the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3) to be varied with respect to the horizontal, so that two opposite edges of the photovoltaic panel, referred to as horizontal edges (31), are always horizontal whatever the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3). This facility is characterised in that it comprises at least one gutter (4) for recovering rainwater, in that this gutter (4) is mounted along one of the two horizontal edges (31) of the photovoltaic panel (3) using at least two anchoring devices (5), to which it is suspended, so that it can oscillate under the action of its own weight, about a horizontal axis of rotation (Y-Y?), so as to remain horizontal whatever the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mike Van Iseghem, Romain Poivey, Etienne Mallo
  • Publication number: 20220385230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic facility (1) comprising a solar tracker (2) and at least one square or rectangular photovoltaic panel (3) mounted on the solar tracker (2), this solar tracker (2) enabling the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3) to be varied with respect to the horizontal, so that two opposite edges of the photovoltaic panel, referred to as horizontal edges (31), are always horizontal whatever the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3). This facility is characterised in that it comprises at least one gutter (4) for recovering rainwater, in that this gutter (4) is mounted along one of the two horizontal edges (31) of the photovoltaic panel (3) using at least two anchoring devices (5), to which it is suspended, so that it can oscillate under the action of its own weight, about a horizontal axis of rotation (Y-Y?), so as to remain horizontal whatever the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Electricite de France
    Inventors: Mike Van Iseghem, Romain Poivey, Etienne Mallo