Patents by Inventor Yannick GRENIER

Yannick GRENIER 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: 11725659
    Abstract: A dry-type primary vacuum pump includes an injection device to distribute a purging gas in the pumping stages. The injection device includes: a first pressure sensor arranged on a common portion of the distributor, a second pressure sensor arranged on each branch of the distributor, and a control unit to generate a pulse width modulation command signal for the control of the regulation valves independently of one another as a function of the pressure measurement differences between the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Paul Decorde, Yannick Grenier
  • Publication number: 20220372979
    Abstract: A dry-type primary vacuum pump includes an injection device to distribute a purging gas in the pumping stages. The injection device includes: a first pressure sensor arranged on a common portion of the distributor, a second pressure sensor arranged on each branch of the distributor, and a control unit to generate a pulse width modulation command signal for the control of the regulation valves independently of one another as a function of the pressure measurement differences between the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Paul DECORDE, Yannick GRENIER
  • Patent number: 11493042
    Abstract: A pumping system is provided, including a rough-vacuum pump; a Roots vacuum pump including a pumping stage having a stator inside which two Roots rotors are configured to rotate synchronously in opposite directions to drive a gas to be pumped between an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice; and a pipeline connecting the outlet orifice to an intake of the rough-vacuum pump, a shortest distance between an edge of the outlet orifice and each of the Roots rotors in the pumping stage being less than 3 cm, and the outlet orifice being situated at the end of an upstream tube of the pipeline that passes into the pumping stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Serge Brandolin, Mickael Rusconi, Julien Valentin, Yannick Grenier
  • Patent number: 11396875
    Abstract: A dry vacuum pump is provided, including two shafts, respectively supporting at least one pumping rotor being configured to synchronously rotate in reverse in order to convey a gas to be pumped from an intake of the dry vacuum pump to an outlet; and a synchronous motor configured to rotate one shaft of the two shafts, the synchronous motor including a rotor coupled to the shaft, a first stator with windings arranged around the rotor, and at least one second stator with windings arranged around the rotor, the windings of the stators being configured to be supplied individually or simultaneously in order to adapt a power of the synchronous motor to a pumping load. A method for controlling a synchronous motor of a vacuum pump is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Yannick Grenier, Didier Pierrejean, Jean-Marc Paget
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210404476
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a temperature of a vacuum pump of a dry vacuum pump type subjected to variable pumping loads, the pump including a stator, a pumping stage, two shafts extending into the stage and respectively bearing a rotor to rotate synchronously in opposite directions in the stator and to drive a gas from a suction inlet to a delivery outlet, a cooling element coupled to the stator, a temperature sensor to measure a stator temperature, and a controller to control the stator temperature by the cooling element and the temperature sensor; and the method including controlling the pump temperature by the cooling element based on a temperature setpoint and a measurement of the stator temperature, and monitoring whether a value of a pumping load parameter is below a load threshold and, if so, increasing the setpoint. A vacuum pump and a system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Yannick GRENIER, Paul DECORDE
  • Publication number: 20210381509
    Abstract: A pumping system is provided, including a rough-vacuum pump; a Roots vacuum pump including a pumping stage having a stator inside which two Roots rotors are configured to rotate synchronously in opposite directions to drive a gas to be pumped between an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice; and a pipeline connecting the outlet orifice to an intake of the rough-vacuum pump, a shortest distance between an edge of the outlet orifice and each of the Roots rotors in the pumping stage being less than 3 cm, and the outlet orifice being situated at the end of an upstream tube of the pipeline that passes into the pumping stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Serge BRANDOLIN, Mickael RUSCONI, Julien VALENTIN, Yannick GRENIER
  • Publication number: 20210277900
    Abstract: A dry vacuum pump is provided, including two shafts, respectively supporting at least one pumping rotor being configured to synchronously rotate in reverse in order to convey a gas to be pumped from an intake of the dry vacuum pump to an outlet; and a synchronous motor configured to rotate one shaft of the two shafts, the synchronous motor including a rotor coupled to the shaft, a first stator with windings arranged around the rotor, and at least one second stator with windings arranged around the rotor, the windings of the stators being configured to be supplied individually or simultaneously in order to adapt a power of the synchronous motor to a pumping load. A method for controlling a synchronous motor of a vacuum pump is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Yannick GRENIER, Didier PIERREJEAN, Jean-Marc PAGET