Patents by Inventor Yannick Fourneron

Yannick Fourneron 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).

  • Gas compression system
    Patent number: 9341171
    Abstract: A gas compression system includes at least one first compressor provided with at least one first cylinder and one second cylinder that are combined together such that a gas to be compressed, which is taken into the first cylinder at an intake pressure, is compressed by the intake of an engine gas to the second cylinder. The system further includes a pressure checking device to check the pressure of the engine gas during the feeding thereof into the second cylinder. The pressure checking device includes a pressure detector for measuring the pressure of the gas to be compressed during the intake thereof to the first cylinder; and a regulator for adjusting the flow rate of the engine gas in the second cylinder such that the pressure of the gas to be compressed is constant during the intake thereof to the first cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Yannick Fourneron, Eric Pinton
  • Method for storing a fuel cell at freezing temperature
    Patent number: 8815457
    Abstract: The method for storing a fuel cell comprises a first calibration phase of a reference membrane by nuclear magnetic resonance to obtain a progression curve of the maximum water load of the fuel cell membrane versus the temperature of the membrane, and a second calibration phase of a standard reference cell to obtain a relationship between the electrical resistance of the standard reference cell, the water load of its membrane and its temperature. The method then comprises a drying phase dependent on the two calibration phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Eric Pinton, Yannick Fourneron, Armel Guillermo
  • GAS COMPRESSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130287598
    Abstract: A gas compression system includes at least one first compressor provided with at least one first cylinder and one second cylinder that are combined together such that a gas to be compressed, which is taken into the first cylinder at an intake pressure, is compressed by the intake of an engine gas to the second cylinder. The system further includes a pressure checking device to check the pressure of the engine gas during the feeding thereof into the second cylinder. The pressure checking device includes a pressure detector for measuring the pressure of the gas to be compressed during the intake thereof to the first cylinder; and a regulator for adjusting the flow rate of the engine gas in the second cylinder such that the pressure of the gas to be compressed is constant during the intake thereof to the first cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Commissariat à l' énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Yannick Fourneron, Eric Pinton
  • METHOD FOR STORING A FUEL CELL AT NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE
    Publication number: 20110014547
    Abstract: The method for storing a fuel cell comprises a first calibration phase of a reference membrane by nuclear magnetic resonance to obtain a progression curve of the maximum water load of the fuel cell membrane versus the temperature of the membrane, and a second calibration phase of a standard reference cell to obtain a relationship between the electrical resistance of the standard reference cell, the water load of its membrane and its temperature. The method then comprises a drying phase dependent on the two calibration phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Eric Pinton, Yannick Fourneron, Armel Guillermo