Patents by Inventor Vincent Alaterre

Vincent Alaterre 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: 10655997
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flowmeter for liquid/gas two-phase cryogenic fluids, including: a separator of the liquid/gas phases, preferably made up of vessel, the cryogenic fluid being admitted into the top portion of said vessel; a liquid flow sensor, located on a liquid pipe in fluid communication with the bottom portion of the vessel, the vessel being placed in the top position in the space relative to the liquid flow sensor; a gas pipe, in fluid communication with the upper portion of the vessel, provided with a flow sensor of the gas phase circulating in said gas pipe; a three-way valve capable of recovering, in two of the channels thereof (A/B), the downstream end of said gas pipe and the downstream end of said liquid pipe; and a device for measuring the level of liquid in the vessel, preferably comprising two level sensors: a bottom level sensor and a top level sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Didier Pathier, Vincent Alaterre
  • Publication number: 20200096244
    Abstract: An installation for cryogenic cooling or freezing of products includes: a cryogenic tunnel through which products that are to be cooled or frozen circulate, between an entrance into the tunnel and an exit from the tunnel on a conveyor belt; an upstream extraction hood situated facing the entrance to the tunnel and/or a downstream extraction hood situated facing the exit from the tunnel; and movable blinds or shutters that make it possible to close all or part of a suction cross section of at least one of the said hoods over a width and depth of the conveyor belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Nadia MAYOUFI OUERGHEMMI, Vincent ALATERRE, Aurelia GERARD, Didier PATHIER
  • Publication number: 20190137312
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flowmeter for liquid/gas two-phase cryogenic fluids, including: a separator of the liquid/gas phases, preferably made up of vessel, the cryogenic fluid being admitted into the top portion of said vessel; a liquid flow sensor, located on a liquid pipe in fluid communication with the bottom portion of the vessel, the vessel being placed in the top position in the space relative to the liquid flow sensor; a gas pipe, in fluid communication with the upper portion of the vessel, provided with a flow sensor of the gas phase circulating in said gas pipe; a three-way valve capable of recovering, in two of the channels thereof (A/B), the downstream end of said gas pipe and the downstream end of said liquid pipe; and a device for measuring the level of liquid in the vessel, preferably comprising two level sensors: a bottom level sensor and a top level sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Didier PATHIER, Vincent ALATERRE
  • Patent number: 10197425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flowmeter for liquid/gas two-phase cryogenic fluids, including: a separator of the liquid/gas phases, preferably made up of a vessel, the cryogenic fluid being admitted into the top portion of said vessel; a liquid flow sensor, located on a liquid pipe in fluid communication with the bottom portion of the vessel, the vessel being placed in the top position in the space relative to the liquid flow sensor; a gas pipe, in fluid communication with the upper portion of the vessel, provided with a flow sensor of the gas phase circulating in said gas pipe; a three-way valve capable of recovering, in two of the channels thereof (A/B), the downstream end of said gas pipe and the downstream end of said liquid pipe; and a device for measuring the level of liquid in the vessel, preferably comprising two level sensors: a bottom level sensor and a top level sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Didier Pathier, Vincent Alaterre
  • Publication number: 20160298992
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flowmeter for liquid/gas two-phase cryogenic fluids, including: a separator of the liquid/gas phases, preferably made up of a vessel, the cryogenic fluid being admitted into the top portion of said vessel; a liquid flow sensor, located on a liquid pipe in fluid communication with the bottom portion of the vessel, the vessel being placed in the top position in the space relative to the liquid flow sensor; a gas pipe, in fluid communication with the upper portion of the vessel, provided with a flow sensor of the gas phase circulating in said gas pipe; a three-way valve capable of recovering, in two of the channels thereof (A/B), the downstream end of said gas pipe and the downstream end of said liquid pipe; and a device for measuring the level of liquid in the vessel, preferably comprising two level sensors: a bottom level sensor and a top level sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour I'Etude et l'Explotation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Didier PATHIER, Vincent ALATERRE
  • Publication number: 20140329187
    Abstract: The invention relates to devices and methods for the assisted internal spraying of a combustible liquid, wherein the combustible liquid is fed into a combustion area through a passage which ends in an outlet opening and into which spray gas is fed via a plurality of channels, the passage including a narrow portion and a wider but relatively short pre-spray chamber downstream from the narrow portion, the channels including small-diameter end sections tangentially leading into the narrow portion of the passage near the input opening of the chamber such that the spray gas impacts the combustible liquid and imparts a helical movement to the combustible liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Xavier Paubel, Remi Pierre Tsiava, Dorothee Chaillou, Vincent Alaterre