Patents by Inventor Christophe Levaillant

Christophe Levaillant 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).

  • Publication number: 20110155271
    Abstract: A mechanical part useful in various fields of application including plastic and metal processing is produced using a computer-aided design process including a preliminary break-down of the body of the part into elementary strata, followed by manufacture of the elementary strata, and reconstruction of the part. During break-down of the part, at least one fluid transport circuit, which is designed and modeled beforehand, is broken down into elementary chambers (20) in accordance with the break-down of the part. The elementary chambers are produced in the elementary strata (7i) forming the part during manufacture of the strata, and the fluid transport circuit is reconstructed during superposition and assembly of the strata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Claude Barlier, Cyril Pelaingre, Denis Cunin, Christophe Levaillant
  • Patent number: 7920937
    Abstract: A mechanical part useful in various fields of application including plastic and metal processing is produced using a computer-aided design process including a preliminary break-down of the body of the part into elementary strata, followed by manufacture of the elementary strata, and reconstruction of the part. During break-down of the part, at least one fluid transport circuit, which is designed and modeled beforehand, is broken down into elementary chambers (20) in accordance with the break-down of the part. The elementary chambers are produced in the elementary strata (7i) forming the part during manufacture of the strata, and the fluid transport circuit is reconstructed during superposition and assembly of the strata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Cirtes SRC, SA Cooperative d'Ues
    Inventors: Claude Barlier, Cyril Pelaingre, Denis Cunin, Christophe Levaillant
  • Publication number: 20050278928
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of producing a mechanical part on the basis of a computer-aided design of the type comprising: a preliminary step of breaking down the body of the part into elementary strata, a step of manufacturing the elementary strata, a step of reconstructing the part, characterized in that: the procedure incorporates, during the breaking-down of the part, the breaking-down of at least one fluid transport circuit designed and modeled beforehand into elementary chambers (20) according to a break-down associated with that of the part, said elementary chambers are produced in the elementary strata (7i) of the part during the step of manufacturing the strata, and the fluid transport circuit is reconstructed in its entirety during the superposition and assembly of the strata. The invention concerns the mechanical parts produced by said method and for numerous fields of application, for example, but not exclusively, plastic and metal processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Claude Barlier, Cyril Pelaingre, Denis Cunin, Christophe Levaillant