Patents by Inventor Thierry Decock

Thierry Decock 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: 11560262
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing device includes a dispensing end piece and a neck of a reservoir for storing the liquid, the end piece being attached to the neck, which has a tubular internal surface. The end piece has a tubular internal skirt that is mounted in the neck and defines, with the internal surface, at least one annular sealing zone, preventing the liquid from passing between the internal skirt and the neck. The skirt defines, with the internal surface, a separate zone for retaining shavings, which prevents shavings that are formed in the sealing zone while the end piece is being fitted into the neck from getting into the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Benjamin Quaglia, Gaëtan Painchaud
  • Publication number: 20220387721
    Abstract: An assistance device for the use with a product dispensing device includes an engaging unit to the dispensing device, a locking unit for locking the dispensing device and configured to prevent or permit dispensing of the product, and a measurement unit for measuring a quantity of the product dispensed by the dispensing device. The locking unit remains unlocked for a predetermined period of time starting from a predetermined activation of the assistance device and then locks automatically at the end of the predetermined period. The locking unit locks automatically when a quantity of the product dispensed during the predetermined period reaches or exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Nemera La Verpillière
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Lenaic Guimard, Adrien Delay, Eric Poulain, Olivier Vernant
  • Publication number: 20220379046
    Abstract: An assistance device for a product dispensing device is provided, in which product dispensing is implemented by displacement or deformation of a moving part of the dispensing device between a rest position and an activation position. The assistance device includes an engaging unit, a locking unit configured to prevent the dispensing of the product, an actuator configured to switch the locking unit from a locked position to an unlocked position, a return unit configured to switch the locking unit from the unlocked position to the locked position, out of the activation position of the product dispensing, a blocking unit for blocking the locking unit in the unlocked position, a first disengagement member for disengaging the blocking unit configured to be triggered upon the activation of the dispensing device, and a second disengagement member for disengaging the blocking unit configured to be triggered independently of the activation of the dispensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Joris Pinto, Lenaic Guimard, Gaëtan Painchaud, Olivier Vernant
  • Patent number: 11377272
    Abstract: A coupling member to be carried by a vessel of the container forming a vessel, and a cap intended to be screwed on the coupling member. The device also includes security features including a circumferential locking stop carried by the cap, and a complementary retractable circumferential locking stop carried by the coupling member. To this end, the coupling member includes a radial arm carrying a radial front arm, wherein the radial front arm and the radial arm extend in opposite directions. The front arm bears a lug forming the complementary retractable circumferential locking stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventors: Gaëtan Painchaud, Thierry Decock, Jose Camba
  • Publication number: 20220175579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dispensing a solution, having a body, the outer surface of which is intended to be held in at least one of a user's hands, and having at least one activation zone that is able to be acted upon by the user to cause the solution to be dispensed, and a head carried by the body, the head being provided with a contact surface for pressing on an area of a patient's body, the contact surface forming an outer contour, and with at least one orifice for dispensing the solution, the head being coupled to the body by connecting means that allow it to rotate with respect to the body about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to an axis of the body in order to modify the position of the contact surface with respect to the at least one activation zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Guillaume Cerqueira, Gaëtan Painchaud
  • Publication number: 20220112009
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing device includes a dispensing end piece and a neck of a reservoir for storing the liquid, the end piece being attached to the neck, which has a tubular internal surface. The end piece has a tubular internal skirt that is mounted in the neck and defines, with the internal surface, at least one annular sealing zone, preventing the liquid from passing between the internal skirt and the neck. The skirt defines, with the internal surface, a separate zone for retaining shavings, which prevents shavings that are formed in the sealing zone while the end piece is being fitted into the neck from getting into the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Benjamin Quaglia, Gaëtan Painchaud
  • Patent number: 11242181
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing device includes a dispensing end piece and a neck of a reservoir for storing the liquid, the end piece being attached to the neck, which has a tubular internal surface. The end piece has a tubular internal skirt that is mounted in the neck and defines, with the internal surface, at least one annular sealing zone, preventing the liquid from passing between the internal skirt and the neck. The skirt defines, with the internal surface, a separate zone for retaining shavings, which prevents shavings that are formed in the sealing zone while the end piece is being fitted into the neck from getting into the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Benjamin Quaglia, Gaëtan Painchaud
  • Publication number: 20210267797
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assistance device for assisting in the use of a device for dispensing a liquid product in the form of drops into a receiving organ of a subject, the dispensing device having a tank, the assistance device including a connector for connecting to the dispensing device, a surface bearing against the skin of the subject, arranged near an orifice for dispensing the liquid product, and means for detecting a contact between the bearing surface and the skin of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Thierry Decock
  • Publication number: 20210113372
    Abstract: An assistance device for assisting with the use of a device for dispensing a liquid product in the form of drops having a tank including a connector for rigid connection to the dispensing device, an optical device arranged near a dispensing orifice, configured to provide information on the dispensing of a liquid drop by the dispensing device, a measuring device for measuring the inclination, configured to provide information on the inclination of the dispensing device connected to the assistance device, and a system for processing information on the dispensing of a drop and on the inclination of the dispensing device connected to the assistance device to provide information on the amount of liquid product dispensed. The invention also relates to a dispensing kit and a method for determining the amount of liquid product dispensed in the form of drops by a liquid-dispensing device, with the assistance device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Loïck Cassagne, Pierre Pintus
  • Publication number: 20210113371
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the dispensing of a drop by a device for dispensing a liquid product in the form of drops uses a detector for detecting a liquid product arranged near an orifice for dispensing drops, and a system for processing information provided by the detector. The processing system receives information corresponding to the series of steps: detecting the presence of liquid, wherein the detector detects the presence of liquid near the dispensing orifice, the detector configured such that detection of the presence of liquid is indicative of a drop in the course of being formed, in contact with the dispensing orifice, and detecting an absence of liquid, wherein the detector detects the absence of liquid near the dispensing orifice, and the processing system processes the series of information on detection of the presence and absence of liquid in order to provide information on the dispensing of a drop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Thierry Decock
  • Publication number: 20210106777
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assistance device (10) for assisting in the use of an axially activated dispensing device (12) for dispensing a product contained in a tank (14), the dispensing being activated by the user following pressure exerted by the user on a bearing area (20) mounted so as to be able to move with respect to the tank (14) between a rest position and an activated dispensing position, the assistance device (10) comprising: means for connecting it to the dispensing device (12), means for quantifying a physical value linked to the force exerted by the user on the bearing area (20) between the rest position and the activated position, an information processing system for processing the quantified physical value and providing information on the dispensed product dose. The invention also relates to a method for monitoring the dispensing of a complete dose during the activation of a product dispensing device (12), by means of such an assistance device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Loïck Cassagne, Pierre Pintus
  • Patent number: 10792684
    Abstract: An attached device for a threaded neck of a container, including a first ring provided with a thread which allows the first ring to be screwed onto a threaded neck of the container, and a second ring that rotates as one with the first ring with the aid of at least one coupling member which is separate from at least one of the first and second rings and includes at least one zone for coupling to the at least one first, second ring from which it is separate, the coupling member including a breaking zone separate from the coupling zone and intended to break starting at a threshold rotational torque applied between the first and second rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Nemera La Verpillière
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Gaëtan Painchaud
  • Patent number: 10435209
    Abstract: A closure device for closing a container, including a coupling member with an external thread and a cap with an internal thread intended to be positioned on the coupling member or to be removed from the coupling member by screwing or unscrewing. The closure device also includes security features with at least one circumferential locking stop and at least one locking tab that is radially deformable between a rest position in which the tab cooperates with the circumferential locking stop to prevent unscrewing of the cap and at least one retracted position for releasing the tab relative to the circumferential stop. The tab is carried by the coupling member, and the circumferential stop is carried by the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Nemera La Verpilliere
    Inventors: Gaëtan Painchaud, Thierry Decock, Jose Camba
  • Publication number: 20190126302
    Abstract: An attached device for a threaded neck of a container, including a first ring provided with a thread which allows the first ring to be screwed onto a threaded neck of the container, and a second ring that rotates as one with the first ring with the aid of at least one coupling member which is separate from at least one of the first and second rings and includes at least one zone for coupling to the at least one first, second ring from which it is separate, the coupling member including a breaking zone separate from the coupling zone and intended to break starting at a threshold rotational torque applied between the first and second rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Nemera La Verpillière S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Gaëtan Painchaud
  • Patent number: 10160577
    Abstract: A liquid-dispensing device including a cap for protecting a liquid-dispensing opening, the protective cap being provided with a pad for absorbing residual liquid, made of an absorbent material, the absorbent pad being fastened to a support made of a more resistant material than the absorbent pad, the support being furthermore fastened in the protective cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Nemera La Verpilliere
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Gaëtan Painchaud, Benjamin Quaglia
  • Patent number: 10105720
    Abstract: A tip for dispensing liquid for mounting on a container. A valve includes at least two elements that are mobile in relation to one another, each mobile element including a bearing zone against the other mobile element. One of the mobile elements bears anti-microbial material on or in the immediate proximity of a part of its bearing zone forming a blocking barrier and all surfaces of the dispensing tip in contact with the inside are free of anti-microbial material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Nemera La Verpillière S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thierry Decock, Guillaume Grevin, Xavier Julia, Gaëtan Painchaud, Thierry Rimlinger
  • Patent number: 10081459
    Abstract: A closure device designed to be put in place on, or removed from, a container, including a cap carrying at least two security projections, each provided with an axial locking abutment that can be moved radially between a cooperation position, in which the axial locking abutment engages with an axial locking abutment carried by the container, in order to hold the cap on the container, and a separation position, in which the axial locking abutment is separated from the axial locking abutment carried by the container. The closure device further includes a security ring snap-fitted onto the cap. The security projections are arranged on an internal surface of the security ring and the radial position of each axial locking abutment changes, by ovalization, from its cooperation position to its separation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Nemera La Verpillière S.A.S.
    Inventors: Gaëtan Painchaud, Frederic Alfonsi, Thierry Decock
  • Patent number: 10081460
    Abstract: An internal cap member intended to be placed on the container. The internal cap member carries a security ring including a security element including a locking abutment mobile radially between a cooperation position, favored by elastic biasing, in which the locking abutment cooperates with a complementary locking abutment carried by the container, and a separation position, in which the locking abutment is separated from the complementary locking abutment. The security ring is mobile axially on the cap. The closure device also includes an element for transforming the axial movement of the security ring into radial movement of the security element, making it possible for the radial position of the locking abutment to change from its cooperation position to its separation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Nemera La Verpillière S.A.S.
    Inventors: Gaëtan Painchaud, Frederic Alfonsi, Thierry Decock, Clement Dumet
  • Publication number: 20180127172
    Abstract: A coupling member to be carried by a vessel of the container forming a vessel, and a cap intended to be screwed on the coupling member. The device also includes security features including a circumferential locking stop carried by the cap, and a complementary retractable circumferential locking stop carried by the coupling member. To this end, the coupling member includes a radial arm carrying a radial front arm, wherein the radial front arm and the radial arm extend in opposite directions. The front arm bears a lug forming the complementary retractable circumferential locking stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Gaëtan Painchaud, Thierry Decock, Jose Camba
  • Publication number: 20180105333
    Abstract: A closure device for closing a container, including a coupling member with an external thread and a cap with an internal thread intended to be positioned on the coupling member or to be removed from the coupling member by screwing or unscrewing. The closure device also includes security features with at least one circumferential locking stop and at least one locking tab that is radially deformable between a rest position in which the tab cooperates with the circumferential locking stop to prevent unscrewing of the cap and at least one retracted position for releasing the tab relative to the circumferential stop. The tab is carried by the coupling member, and the circumferential stop is carried by the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Gaëtan Painchaud, Thierry Decock, Jose Camba