Patents by Inventor Sébastien Luciani

Sébastien Luciani 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).

  • Self-calibrated flow meter
    Patent number: 9835506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for estimating the thermophysical properties of a material (?) that incorporates at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) and one point heat source (4), the distance between the at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) and the point heat source (4) being known. The method includes the steps of: expression of the theoretical temperature as a function of time at the at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) when the point heat source (4) is activated, said expression depending on the thermophysical parameters of the material (?); acquisition of a plurality of temperature measurements by the at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) over a time period during which the point heat source (4) is activated; and determining of the values of the thermophysical parameters of the material (?), such that the difference between the theoretical temperatures obtained via said expression and the temperatures that are actually measured is minimal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Universite D'Aix-Marseille
    Inventors: Serge Pons, Mickaël Coutin, Sébastien Luciani, Christophe Le Niliot, Fabrice Rigollet
  • SELF-CALIBRATED FLOW METER
    Publication number: 20150211946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for estimating the thermophysical properties of a material (?) that incorporates at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) and one point heat source (4), the distance between the at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) and the point heat source (4) being known. The method includes the steps of: expression of the theoretical temperature as a function of time at the at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) when the point heat source (4) is activated, said expression depending on the thermophysical parameters of the material (?); acquisition of a plurality of temperature measurements by the at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) over a time period during which the point heat source (4) is activated; and determining of the values of the thermophysical parameters of the material (?), such that the difference between the theoretical temperatures obtained via said expression and the temperatures that are actually measured is minimal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Serge Pons, Mickaël Coutin, Sébastien Luciani, Christophe Le Niliot, Fabrice Rigollet