Patents by Inventor Ronan Morice

Ronan Morice 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: 9797786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (100) for calibrating the temperature of a fiber-optic temperature sensor, with which an optical fiber (10) of a fiber-optic temperature sensor is to be provided. The device (100) comprises a device body (101) having a passage (109) through which the optical fiber (10) is to pass, and a means for transferring heat energy. The device (100) further comprises at least one portion (160a), referred to as a first fixed point, which is made from a first material having at least a first predefined temperature at which the state thereof changes. The first fixed point (160a) is thermally connected to the optical fiber (10) when the optical fiber (10) is provided with the device (100). The heat-transferring means is arranged in the device body (101) such that, during the actuation thereof, the heat-transferring means exchanges heat energy with the first fixed point (160a) so as to cause a change in the state thereof at the first predefined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: AGENCE NATIONALE POUR LA GESTION DES DECHETS RADIOACTIFS, LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE METROLOGIE ET D'ESSAIS
    Inventors: Johan Bertrand, Jean-Philippe Dubois, Ronan Morice, Patrick Sollet, Alain Lesauvage
  • Patent number: 9360382
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring a heat flux, comprising a thermopile formed of a plurality of thermojunctions of distributed type. The device is formed of a first and a second ceramic substrate (Ce1, Ce2), a first face of the first substrate (Ce1) is composed of cavities which are separated by ceramic spacers (Ca1, Ca2, Ca3, Ca4), the thermopile is placed on a second planar face of the first substrate which is located opposite the first face, the spacers of the first substrate are arranged beneath one thermojunction (Tj2, Tj4, Tj6, Tj8) in two of the thermopile, a face of the second substrate (Ce2) is composed of cavities which are separated by ceramic spacers (Ca5, Ca6, Ca7, Ca8, Ca9), the spacers of the second substrate rest on a thermojunction (Tj1, Tj3, Tj5, Tj7, Tj9) beneath which a spacer of the first substrate is not arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITE DU MAINE
    Inventors: Lionel Camberlein, Etienne Gaviot, Frédéric Polet, Bruno Beche, Guillaume Failleau, Ronan Morice, Véronique Le Sant
  • Publication number: 20140241393
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (100) for calibrating the temperature of a fiber-optic temperature sensor, with which an optical fiber (10) of a fiber-optic temperature sensor is to be provided. The device (100) comprises a device body (101) having a passage (109) through which the optical fiber (10) is to pass, and a means for transferring heat energy. The device (100) further comprises at least one portion (160a), referred to as a first fixed point, which is made from a first material having at least a first predefined temperature at which the state thereof changes. The first fixed point (160a) is thermally connected to the optical fiber (10) when the optical fiber (10) is provided with the device (100). The heat-transferring means is arranged in the device body (101) such that, during the actuation thereof, the heat-transferring means exchanges heat energy with the first fixed point (160a) so as to cause a change in the state thereof at the first predefined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: Laboratoires national de métrologie et d'essais, Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs
    Inventors: Johan Bertrand, Jean-Philippe Dubois, Ronan Morice, Patrick Sollet, Alain Lesauvage
  • Publication number: 20130215927
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring a heat flux, comprising a thermopile formed of a plurality of thermojunctions of distributed type. The device is formed of a first and a second ceramic substrate (Ce1, Ce2), a first face of the first substrate (Ce1) is composed of cavities which are separated by ceramic spacers (Ca1, Ca2, Ca3, Ca4), the thermopile is placed on a second planar face of the first substrate which is located opposite the first face, the spacers of the first substrate are arranged beneath one thermojunction (Tj2, Tj4, Tj6, Tj8) in two of the thermopile, a face of the second substrate (Ce2) is composed of cavities which are separated by ceramic spacers (Ca5, Ca6, Ca7, Ca8, Ca9), the spacers of the second substrate rest on a thermojunction (Tj1, Tj3, Tj5, Tj7, Tj9) beneath which a spacer of the first substrate is not arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE DU MAINE
    Inventors: Lionel Camberlein, Etienne Gaviot, Frédéric Polet, Bruno Beche, Guillaume Failleau, Ronan Morice, Véronique Le Sant