Patents by Inventor Alexis Lenain

Alexis Lenain 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).

  • Detection device comprising an improved cold finger
    Patent number: 10222267
    Abstract: The detection device comprises a cold finger which performs the thermal connection between a detector and a cooling system. The cold finger comprises at least one side wall at least partially formed by an area made from the amorphous metal alloy. Advantageously, the whole of the cold finger is made from the amorphous metal alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE DÉTECTEURS INFRAROUGES—SOFRADIR, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE APLES
    Inventors: Pierre Cassaigne, Alexis Lenain, Sébastien Gravier, Georges Kapelski
  • Cooling device comprising an improved cold finger
    Patent number: 10168206
    Abstract: The detection device comprises a cold finger which performs thermal connection between a detector fitted on a cooling plate and a cooling system. The cold finger comprises at least one side wall at least partially formed by an area made from the hafnium-based amorphous metal alloy. Advantageously, the whole of the cold finger is made from the hafnium-based amorphous metal alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE DÉTECTEURS INFRAROUGES—SOFRADIR, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Pierre Cassaigne, Alexis Lenain, Sébastien Gravier
  • COOLING DEVICE COMPRISING AN IMPROVED COLD FINGER
    Publication number: 20170205281
    Abstract: The detection device comprises a cold finger which performs thermal connection between a detector fitted on a cooling plate and a cooling system. The cold finger comprises at least one side wall at least partially formed by an area made from the hafnium-based amorphous metal alloy. Advantageously, the whole of the cold finger is made from the hafnium-based amorphous metal alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicants: SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE DÉTECTEURS INFRAROUGES - SOFRADIR, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Pierre CASSAIGNE, Alexis LENAIN, Sébastien GRAVIER
  • DETECTION DEVICE COMPRISING AN IMPROVED COLD FINGER
    Publication number: 20170023412
    Abstract: The detection device comprises a cold finger which performs the thermal connection between a detector and a cooling system. The cold finger comprises at least one side wall at least partially formed by an area made from the amorphous metal alloy. Advantageously, the whole of the cold finger is made from the amorphous metal alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicants: SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE DÉTECTEURS INFRAROUGES- SOFRADIR, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Pierre CASSAIGNE, Alexis LENAIN, Sébastien GRAVIER, Georges KAPELSKI
  • Detection device comprising an improved cold finger
    Patent number: 9464939
    Abstract: The detection device comprises a cold finger which performs the thermal connection between a detector and a cooling system. The cold finger comprises at least one side wall at least partially formed by an area made from the amorphous metal alloy. Advantageously, the whole of the cold finger is made from the amorphous metal alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE DÉTECTEURS INFRAROUGES—SOFRADIR, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Pierre Cassaigne, Alexis Lenain, Sébastien Gravier, Georges Kapelski