Patents by Inventor Francis Menil

Francis Menil 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: 8287943
    Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of multilayer microcomponents which comprise one or more films, each consisting of a material M selected from metals, metal alloys, glasses, ceramics and glass-ceramics. The method consists in depositing on a substrate one or more films of an ink P, and one or more films of an ink M, each film being deposited in a predefined pattern selected according to the structure of the microcomponent, each film of ink P and each film of ink M being at least partially consolidated before deposition of the next film; effecting a total consolidation of the films of ink M partially consolidated after their deposition, to convert them to films of material M; totally or partially removing the material of each of the films of ink P. An ink P consists of a thermoset resin containing a mineral filler or a mixture comprising a mineral filler and an organic binder. An ink M consists of a mineral material precursor of the material M and an organic binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Claude Lucat, Francis Menil, Hélène Debeda-Hickel, Patrick Ginet
  • Publication number: 20090197061
    Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of multilayer microcomponents which comprise one or more films, each consisting of a material M selected from metals, metal alloys, glasses, ceramics and glass-ceramics. The method consists in depositing on a substrate one or more films of an ink P, and one or more films of an ink M, each film being deposited in a predefined pattern selected according to the structure of the microcomponent, each film of ink P and each film of ink M being at least partially consolidated before deposition of the next film; effecting a total consolidation of the films of ink M partially consolidated after their deposition, to convert them to films of material M; totally or partially removing the material of each of the films of ink P. An ink P consists of a thermoset resin containing a mineral filler or a mixture comprising a mineral filler and an organic binder. An ink M consists of a mineral material precursor of the material M and an organic binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Claude Lucat, Francis Menil, Helene Debeda-Hickel, Patrick Ginet
  • Patent number: 5573728
    Abstract: A device for selective detection of gas, enabling a first gas to be detected relative to a second gas, the device having a solid state sensor provided with an insulating substrate having a first face and a second face, a heater element deposited on the first face of said substrate, metal electrodes deposited on the second face of said substrate, and a semiconductor layer formed on said electrode and over the second face of said substrate. Detection is performed by simultaneously determining a voltage U representative of the resistance of the semiconductor element of the solid state sensor and the voltage difference S between a voltage representative of the temperature of the heater element of said solid state sensor and a voltage representative of the temperature of a heater element of a reference sensor, the voltage U and the voltage difference S each being compared with a different and predetermined threshold voltage in order to enable selective detection of gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Gaz de France
    Inventors: Muriel Loesch, Francis Menil, Claude Lucat, Pascale Dutronc, V eronique Marteau