Patents Assigned to Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Europeen
  • Patent number: 9340679
    Abstract: Disclosed is a particulate mixture having the following chemical composition, in percentages by weight on the basis of the oxides: ZrO2: ?10.0%; 2%<Al2O3?80%; 2 to 20.0% of an oxide chosen from Y2O3, Sc2O3, MgO, CaO, CeO2, and mixtures thereof, the MgO+CaO content being less than 5.0%; 0 to 18.0% of an oxide chosen from ZnO, lanthanide oxides except for CeO2, and mixtures thereof; less than 12.0% of other oxides. The particulate mixture also has a pigment made of a material chosen from oxide(s) of perovskite structure, oxides of spinel structure, oxides of hematite structure E2O3, the element E being selected from the group GE(1) consisting of the mixtures of aluminum and chromium, the mixtures of aluminum and manganese, and mixtures thereof, the oxides of rutile structure FO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventor: Nabil J Nahas
  • Patent number: 9321690
    Abstract: A sintered material based on silicon carbide (SiC) reactively sintered between 1,100° C. and 1,700° C. to form a silicon nitride binder (Si3N4), intended in particular for fabricating an aluminum electrolysis cell, including 0.05% to 1.5% of boron, the Si3N4/SiC weight ratio being in the range 0.05 to 0.45. Application, in particular, to an electrolysis cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Eric Jorge, Olivier Marguin, Lionel Moitrier, Olivier Citti
  • Patent number: 9321691
    Abstract: A product obtained by solid-phase sintering of a silicon carbide powder and of a sintering additive, the product having a relative density of greater than 98.5% and including: more than 92% by weight of SiC present in the form of grains, less than 2% by weight of elemental oxygen, less than 6% by weight, in total, of other elements, wherein more than 10% by number of the SiC grains, on the basis of the total number of the grains, have an elongation factor F of greater than 3 (F>3), wherein more than 50% by number of the grains, the elongation factor F of which is greater than 3, have a width of greater than 3 micrometers, and wherein the other SiC grains in the product have a mean equivalent diameter of greater than 1 micrometer and less than 20 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Gilles Rossiquet, Eric Jorge
  • Patent number: 9309155
    Abstract: The invention relates to a granulated powder intended, in particular, for the production of ceramic sintered parts, said powder having the following chemical weight composition, based on dry matter, namely: at least 1% of a first binder having a glass transition temperature less than or equal to 25° C.; 0-4% of an additional binder having a glass transition temperature greater than 25° C.; 0-4% of a temporary additive different from the first binder and the additional binder, the total content of the first binder, the additional binder and the temporary additive being less than 9%; 0-15% of an additive for sintering the ceramic material; at least 2% impurities; and the remainder comprising a ceramic material, and optionally an agent for stabilizing said ceramic material, to make up 100%. According to the invention, the median diameter D50 of the powder is between 80 and 130 ?m, the percentile D99.5 is less than 500 ?m and the relative density of the granules is between 30% and 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventor: Nabil Nahas
  • Patent number: 9302943
    Abstract: Fused cast refractory product comprising in percentages by weight on the basis of the oxides and for a total of 100%, —ZrO2; balance to 100%, —HfO2: <5% SiO2: 2% to 10%; —Y2O3: 0.4% to 2.0%; —CaO: 4.0% to 8.0%; —B2O3+Na2O+K2O: 0.4% to 3.0% —Al2O3: 0.3% to 2.0%; —P2O5: <0.05%; —Fe2O3+TiO2: <0.55%; —other species: <1.5%. Application in glass melting furnaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Michel Gaubil, Ludovic Massard
  • Patent number: 9297590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a regenerator including a packed bed of energy storage elements made of a material having the following chemical analysis: 25%<Fe2O3<90%, 5%<Al2O3<30%, CaO<20%, TiO2<25%, 3%<SiO2<50%, Na2O<10%, Fe2O3+Al2O3+CaO+TiO2+SiO2+Na2O>80%, and other compounds: complement to 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Benoît Watremetz, Claude Jacquot, Daniel C. Sherman, Hassan S. Niknafs, Thomas Szymanski, John Stewart Reid
  • Patent number: 9284208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fused refractory product having the following average chemical composition, as a percentage by weight on the basis of the oxides and for a total of 100%: ZrO2: 60.0%-80.0%; SiO2: 4.0%-10.0%; Al2O3: balance to 100%; Y2O3?5.0%; Na2O+K2O+B2O3?0.3% and SiO2/(Na2O+K2O+B2O3)?5.0; other oxide species: ?2.0%; the ratio of the ZrO2/Al2O3 weight contents being between 2.0 and 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Isabelle Cabodi, Michel Gaubil
  • Patent number: 9242885
    Abstract: A sintered product having an average chemical composition such that, in weight percentages on the basis of the oxides: Cr2O3=80.0-99.0%; 0.5%?TiO2?9.0%; 0.2%?MgO?3.0%; and ZrO2?5.0%, provided that the ratio of TiO2/MgO is between 1.5 and 9.0 and the molar ratio TiO2/Cr2O3 is less than 0.12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Olivier Citti, Julien Fourcade
  • Patent number: 9233867
    Abstract: A fused refractory product having the following average chemical composition, in % by weight on the basis of oxides and for a total of 100%: ZrO2: 30-50%; SiO2: 8-16%; Al2O3: balance to 100%; Y2O3?50/ZrO2 and Y2O3?5%; Na2O+K2O+B2O3?0.2% and SiO2/(Na2O+K2O+B2O3)?5×Y2O3; CaO: ?0.5%; and other oxide species: ?1.5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Michel Gaubil, Ludovic Massard
  • Patent number: 9212097
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fused grit having the following chemical analysis, in wt %: ZrO2+HfO2: 38.0-46.0%; Al2O3: the remainder up to 100%; SiO2: 0.20-0.60%; Y2O3: 0.45 to 0.70%; TiO2: 1.00 to 2.00%; other oxides: <1.00%, the ratio of Y2O3/SiO2 being 0.80 to 2.00, and the tetragonal phase being 60 to 90% of the weight of the zirconia, the remainder being in monoclinic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D' ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Samuel Marlin, David Langohr, Sylvain Petigny
  • Patent number: 9193631
    Abstract: A coated grain is provided with a fused base grain at least partially covered with a coating that includes silica. The base grain includes more than 40% of alumina as a percentage by weight based on the weight of the base grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Samuel Marlin, Sylvain Petigny
  • Patent number: 9193630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a granulated powder intended, in particular, for the production of ceramic sintered parts, said powder having the following chemical weight composition, based on dry matter, namely: a zirconia stabiliser selected from the group containing Y2O3, Sc2O3, MgO, CaO, CeO2, and mixtures thereof, the weight content of stabiliser, based on the total zirconia and stabiliser content, being between 2% and 20% and the MgO+CaO content being less than 5% based on the total zirconia and stabiliser content; at least 1% of a first binder having a glass transition temperature less than or equal to 25° C.; 0-4% of an additional binder having a glass transition temperature greater than 25° C.; 5-50% alumina; 0-4% of a temporary additive different from the first binder and the additional binder, the total content of the first binder, the additional binder and the temporary additive being less than 9%; less than 2% impurities; and ZrO2 to make up 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Henri Bocciarelli, Nabil Nahas
  • Publication number: 20150299880
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrolytic cell for the production of aluminium by reducing alumina. The cell may comprise a sidewall including at least one side block. The side block may comprise an aluminous material having an apparent porosity of less than about 10% and a composition, as a weight percentage on the basis of the aluminous material and for a total of about 100%, such that: Al2O3>about 50%, beta-alumina being less than about 20% of the weight of the aluminous material, oxides that are less reducible than alumina at 1000° C.<about 50%, Na2O<about 3.9%, and other components<about 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Centre De Recherches Et D'Etudes Europeen
    Inventors: Eric Jorge, Olivier Francy, Olivier Panagiotis
  • Publication number: 20150298986
    Abstract: Powder of particles, more than 95% by number of said particles exhibiting a circularity greater than or equal to 0.85, wherein said powder contains more than 99.8% of a rare earth oxide and/or of hafnium oxide and/or of yttrium aluminium oxide, as percentage by weight relative to the oxides, and has: a median particle size D 50 of between 10 and 40 microns and a size dispersion index (D 90?D 10)/D 50 of less than 3; a percentage by number of particles having a size less than or equal to 5 ?m which is less than 5%; an apparent-density dispersion index (P<50?P)/P of less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Dominique BILLIERES, Alain ALIMANT, Howard WALLAR
  • Publication number: 20150303430
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a ceramic-oxide powder for the production of a separator element for a lithium-ion battery, said ceramic-oxide powder having the following chemical composition, in percentages on the basis of the weight of the ceramic oxides, making up a total of 100%: SiO2>85%, Al2O3<10%, ZrO2<10%, other ceramic oxides<5%; said ceramic-oxide powder having a specific surface area of less than 40 m2/g and more than 5 m2/g; said oxide powder having a sphericity index of more than 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Caroline LEVY, Nabil NAHAS, Yves BOUSSANT-ROUX
  • Patent number: 9145320
    Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate powder, said powder having a median circularity of greater than 0.87 wt % and less than 9.0 wt % of particles having a size greater than 100 ?m. The powder and at least 80 wt % of the particles have a chemical composition in wt % on the basis of the oxides and for a total of 100%: Cr2O3+Al2O3+ZrO2+MgO+Fe2O3+SiO2+TiO2?90%; Cr2O3+Al2O3+MgO?60%; Cr2O3?9%; 20%?SiO2?0.5%; and other oxides: ?10%. The invention can be used for a glass furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Cyril Linnot, Lionel Moitrier, Yves Marcel Leon Boussant Roux, Olivier Citti, Richard Avedikian
  • Patent number: 9133966
    Abstract: A device having a first part shrink-fitted with a first shrink ring, the first shrink ring being shrink-fitted with a second shrink ring exhibiting a lower thermal expansion coefficient than a thermal expansion coefficient of the first shrink ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Christian His, Franceline Villermaux, Guillaume Belly
  • Patent number: 9126870
    Abstract: An article with a sintered decorative part obtained from a particulate mixture having the following chemical composition: zirconia ZrO2: complement to 100%; 0.5% to 10.0% of oxide(s) with a perovskite structure; 2.0% to 20.0% of a stabilizer for zirconia selected from Y2O3, Sc2O3, MgO, CaO, CeO2, and mixtures thereof, the quantity MgO+CaO being less than 5.0%; less than 2.0% of a sintering additive selected from Al2O3, ZnO, TiO2, and mixtures thereof; and less than 2.0% of other oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Nabil Nahas, Daniel Urffer
  • Patent number: 9101916
    Abstract: Catalyst system suitable especially for the removal of CO compounds, comprising or consisting of an oxide, preferably of fluorite crystalline structure, conforming to the following molar formulation: Ce1?uMyAzDvO2?x, wherein Ce is cerium, A represents at least one element possessing a plurality of oxidation states and selected from Ti, Ga, In, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Sn, Co, Ni, Cu, M represents at least one element selected from Gd, Y, Sc, Sm, Nd, Pr, Zn, D represents at least one element other than A and selected from Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Cu, Fe, Ag, and Au, u is between 0.05 and 0.45, y is between 0.01 and 0.4, Z is greater than 0 and less than 0.4, v is between 0.001 and 0.4, and x is greater than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Agnes Princivalle, Daniel Aubert, Christian Guizard, Helena Kaper, Michaela Klotz
  • Patent number: 9102037
    Abstract: The invention relates to molten grains having the following chemical composition in wt % in terms of oxides: Al2O3: balance to 100%; ZrO2+HfO2: 16-24%; MgO in an amount such that the weight ratio (ZrO2+HfO2)/MgO is between 25 and 65; other species: 0-2%. The grains can be used as abrasive grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Samuel Marlin, Sylvain Petigny