Patents by Inventor Thierry Picot

Thierry Picot 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: 20230191439
    Abstract: A retractable cleaning nozzle for spray cleaning an interior surface of a pipe or a tank includes a nozzle housing configured to be stationary mounted in a hole of the side wall of the pipe or tank and having a front side arranged to face towards the interior of the pipe or tank and a rear side arranged to face away from the interior of the pipe or tank, an inlet port configured for receiving a cleaning fluid, and a cylindrical interior bore with a central axis defining an axial direction, wherein the interior bore is open towards the front side of the nozzle housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Definox SAS
    Inventors: Sébastien FONTENIT, Thierry PICOT, Mathieu BACHELIER
  • Patent number: 9528611
    Abstract: A valve stem-plug and seal assembly includes a valve stem-plug having first and second axially spaced peripheral shoulders forming a groove there between. A floating seal gasket is arranged in the groove. The floating seal gasket is an annular ring with a central opening through which the valve stem-plug extends. Further, the outer surface of the floating seal gasket includes an upper and a lower circumferential extending segment, wherein the segments are arranged for sealing against a valve seat and thereby forming a double-contact seal. The outer surface of the floating seal is concave between the upper and lower circumferentially extending segments such that a leakage chamber is formed between the valve seat and said upper and lower circumferentially extending segments when the double-contact seal is formed. The floating seal gasket itself and a valve assembly in which the valve stem-plug and seal assembly is used are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: DEFINOX SAS
    Inventors: Thierry Picot, Sébastien Fontenit
  • Publication number: 20150060716
    Abstract: A valve stem-plug and seal assembly includes a valve stem-plug having first and second axially spaced peripheral shoulders forming a groove there between. A floating seal gasket is arranged in the groove. The floating seal gasket is an annular ring with a central opening through which the valve stem-plug extends. Further, the outer surface of the floating seal gasket includes an upper and a lower circumferential extending segment, wherein the segments are arranged for sealing against a valve seat and thereby forming a double-contact seal. The outer surface of the floating seal is concave between the upper and lower circumferentially extending segments such that a leakage chamber is formed between the valve seat and said upper and lower circumferentially extending segments when the double-contact seal is formed. The floating seal gasket itself and a valve assembly in which the valve stem-plug and seal assembly is used are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Thierry PICOT, Sébastien FONTENIT
  • Patent number: 8596302
    Abstract: The Valve device comprises two paths communicating depending on the position of a movable valve which includes a first and a second flap one of which being hollow. A third flap is freely mounted between the first and the second flaps assisting either the first and second flap in sealing either path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Definox SAS
    Inventors: Sébastien Fontenit, Thierry Picot
  • Publication number: 20110197985
    Abstract: The Valve device comprises two paths communicating depending on the position of a movable valve which includes a first and a second flap one of which being hollow. A third flap is freely mounted between the first and the second flaps assisting either the first and second flap in sealing either path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Sébastien Fontenit, Thierry Picot
  • Patent number: 6089255
    Abstract: A valve comprises a body including a chamber and two superposed closures moving in the chamber and the bottom part of the chamber includes a first seat for one closure and a second seat for the other closure. The closures are each carried by a swing mobile between a position in which the closure bears in sealed fashion on the corresponding seat and a position in which the closure is spaced from the seat. The space between the two closures contains an elastic material membrane closing a chamber into which a compressed air feed discharges. The membrane can therefore be inflated and pressed in sealed fashion onto the top closure to close and seal the inlet of a passage which discharges into a space between the two closures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: S.A. Defontaine
    Inventors: Jean Bonnefous, Bruno Maraud, Thierry Picot