Patents by Inventor Yvon Bernard

Yvon Bernard 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: 9376887
    Abstract: This stuffing box (46) defines a circulation passage (66) of a cable working line (28), a packer (70), and a back-pressure resistant valve (74). The passage (66) extends between an upstream end (62) of the stuffing box (46), intended to be connected to a well, and a downstream end (64). The back-pressure resistant valve (74) is arranged in the passage (66) to prevent, in case of break of the line (28), the back-pressure of a fluid from the upstream end (62) towards the downstream end (64). The or each packer (70) is situated between the upstream end (62) of the stuffing box (46) and the back-pressure resistant valve (74). No packer (70) is arranged between the back-pressure resistant valve (74) and the downstream end (64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: GEOSERVICES EQUIPMENTS
    Inventors: Yvon Bernard, Pierre-Arnaud Foucher, Francois Girardi
  • Patent number: 5678112
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a device for processing a photographic film.The process comprises the following steps: a) circulating the film (2) in a series of processing baths (5, 6, 7, 8), each of the baths having a rinsing zone (53, 62, 73, 82) including one or more tanks; b) recovering and treating the waste water coming from all the rinsing zones in a single nanofiltration device (100), common to all the processing baths; and c) recycling the permeate (106) from the nanofiltration device (100) in each of the rinsing zones (43, 62, 73, 82) of each of the processing baths (5, 6, 7, 8).Application to the processing of photographic films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Patrick Eugene Yvon Bernard, Guy Andre Jean Manas