Patents by Inventor Thierry Neel

Thierry Neel 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: 20230294053
    Abstract: A vacuum line and method for controlling a vacuum line in which an auxiliary pumping device and a diluent gas injection device are controlled according to a first operating mode in which the pressure prevailing in the discharge pipe is maintained at less than or equal to 20,000 Pa or according to a second operating mode in which the pressure prevailing in the discharge pipe is greater than 20,000 Pa, and the injection of a diluent gas into the stream of the pumped gases is controlled, downstream of an intake of the rough pumping device, such as into the discharge pipe and/or into the rough pumping device and/or into the auxiliary pumping device by the diluent gas injection device in the second operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Pascal MOINE, Thierry NEEL
  • Publication number: 20220379250
    Abstract: A trap is provided for a vacuum line to be mounted on a pipe connected to a reactor, the trap including: a chamber including an inlet and a bottom wall; an outlet tube in communication with the chamber and including another inlet, the inlet and the outlet tube are configured to be connected to the pipe and to permit passage of a flow of gas to be pumped coming from the reactor; and a deflector between the inlet and the another inlet, the bottom wall being below the another inlet and being an annular cup or an adjustable height cup, and conformed so as to cooperate with the deflector to permit an accumulation of solid elements in the bottom wall when the flow of gas is reduced and to expel the solid elements from the chamber by aerodynamic entrainment when the flow of gas is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Pascal MOINE, Thierry NEEL
  • Publication number: 20220120279
    Abstract: A rough-vacuum pump of dry type includes a duct formed in the stator and of which an inlet orifice is intended to be connected to at least one source of purge gas and of which at least one outlet orifice communicates with the last pumping stage communicating with the delivery and a device for injecting a heated purge gas including a heating device to at least partly heat the purge gas injected into the duct to a temperature higher than 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Paul DECORDE, Antoine DENGREVILLE, Pierrick GODINAT, Yannick GRENIER, Thierry NEEL, Yann LEMARQUAND
  • Patent number: 10544809
    Abstract: A dry roughing vacuum pump includes a valve (10; 15) with a through-passage arranged in the discharge line (9), the valve (10) with a through-passage being able to move between a closed position in which the valve (10; 15) with a through-passage is in contact with a seat of a mouth (12) of the discharge line (9) and an open position in which the valve with a through-passage is moved away from the mouth (12) of the discharge line (9), the vacuum pump including a motor gas injection device (13) that is configured to inject a motor gas into the inlet (11a) of the Venturi-effect passage (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Thierry Neel, Serge Brandolin
  • Patent number: 9727397
    Abstract: A container-less JSP system is provided. An example container-less JSP system comprises a detector, a trigger module, and an invoker. The detector may be configured to detect a request initiated by a client application to invoke a JSP template. The request is a protocol-neutral Java™ interface. The trigger module may be configured to trigger the protocol-neutral Java™ interface to invoke the JSP template. The invoker may be configured to invoke the JSP template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Bin Ni, Mark P. Palaima, Thierry Neel, Yitao Yao
  • Publication number: 20160369820
    Abstract: A dry roughing vacuum pump includes a valve (10; 15) with a through-passage arranged in the discharge line (9), the valve (10) with a through-passage being able to move between a closed position in which the valve (10; 15) with a through-passage is in contact with a seat of a mouth (12) of the discharge line (9) and an open position in which the valve with a through-passage is moved away from the mouth (12) of the discharge line (9), the vacuum pump including a motor gas injection device (13) that is configured to inject a motor gas into the inlet (11a) of the Venturi-effect passage (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Thierry NEEL, Serge BRANDOLIN
  • Patent number: 9175688
    Abstract: A pumping device and method are described. The pumping device comprises a dry rough vacuum pump equipped with a gas inlet connected to a vacuum chamber, a gas outlet leading to a conduit and an ejector. The pumping method comprises pumping gases contained in the vacuum chamber using the dry rough vacuum pump through the gas inlet, measuring electric power consumed by the dry rough vacuum pump and the pressure of the gases in the conduit, starting the ejector, when the pressure of the gases at the outlet and the electrical power consumed cross respective set point values as they rise and stopping the ejector when the electric power consumed and the pressure of the gases in the conduit at the outlet cross respective set point values as they fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: ADIXEN VACUUM PRODUCTS
    Inventor: Thierry Neel
  • Publication number: 20120219443
    Abstract: A pumping device and method are described. The pumping device comprises a dry rough vacuum pump equipped with a gas inlet connected to a vacuum chamber, a gas outlet leading to a conduit and an ejector. The pumping method comprises pumping gases contained in the vacuum chamber using the dry rough vacuum pump through the gas inlet, measuring electric power consumed by the dry rough vacuum pump and the pressure of the gases in the conduit, starting the ejector, when the pressure of the gases at the outlet and the electrical power consumed cross respective set point values as they rise and stopping the ejector when the electric power consumed and the pressure of the gases in the conduit at the outlet cross respective set point values as they fall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: ADIXEN VACUUM PRODUCTS
    Inventor: Thierry Neel
  • Publication number: 20120088031
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention describe a gas discharge pipe comprising a first discharge channel and at least one second discharge channel designed to be connected respectively to a first vacuum pump and to at least a second vacuum pump on the one hand and to a reactor outlet on the other hand, in which the first discharge channel and at least the second discharge channel comprise first means and at least second means for injecting an inert gas in which the direction of injection is respectively oriented opposite to the direction of suction of the vacuum pumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: ADIXEN VACUUM PRODUCTS
    Inventor: Thierry NEEL
  • Patent number: 7998426
    Abstract: A pumping system comprising at least one pump unit (2) with a vacuum pump casing in which there are multiple pumping stages that includes at least one pumped gas treatment system is provided. The pumped gas treatment system compromises at least one plasma source located inside the vacuum pump casing of the pump unit, to generate a plasma that at least partially decomposes certain gases passing through the pump unit. This reduces the size of the pumped gas treatment system and improves its efficiency so that a gas pumping and treatment system can be created that is sufficiently small as to allow it to be placed in close proximity to the process chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Philippe Maquin, Thierry Neel, Roland Bernard
  • Publication number: 20090031287
    Abstract: A container-less JSP system is provided. An example container-less JSP system comprises a detector, a trigger module, and an invoker. The detector may be configured to detect a request initiated by a client application to invoke a JSP template. The request is a protocol-neutral Java™ interface. The trigger module may be configured to trigger the protocol-neutral Java™ interface to invoke the JSP template. The invoker may be configured to invoke the JSP template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Bin Ni, Mark P. Palaima, Thierry Neel, Yitao Yao
  • Publication number: 20050142000
    Abstract: According to the invention, a pumping system comprises at least one pump unit (2) with a vacuum pump casing in which there are multiple pumping stages (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) that includes at least one pumped gas treatment system, characterised by the fact that the pumped gas treatment compromises at least one plasma source (15, 16, 26, 27), located inside the vacuum pump casing of the pump unit (2), to generate a plasma that at least partially decomposes certain gases passing through the pump unit (2). This considerably reduces the size of the pumped gas treatment system and improves its efficiency so that a gas pumping and treatment system can be created that is sufficiently small as to allow it to be placed in close proximity to the process chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Philippe Maquin, Thierry Neel, Roland Bernard