Patents by Inventor Joël Landi

Joël Landi 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).

  • Apparatus for supporting a preform having a supporting core
    Patent number: 7290408
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for supporting a preform manufactured in an installation for manufacturing or building up preforms having supporting cores, said installation including at least rotation means having a horizontal axis of rotation and two mounting points between which the supporting core of the preform to be manufactured or built up is mounted, plasma-torch and material-supply means disposed radially relative to said supporting core and being mounted to move in axial translation relative to and parallel to the supporting core so as to make said preform around said supporting core, said apparatus being wherein it includes controlled support means constituting additional localized abutment points between said mounting points for said preform being manufactured or built up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Draka Comteq B.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Humbert, Pierre Ripoche, Joël Landi, Jacques Goudeau
  • Apparatus for controlling the sag of a preform in an installation
    Patent number: 6196028
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for supporting a preform manufactured in an installation for manufacturing or building up preforms having supporting cores, said installation including at least rotation means having a horizontal axis of rotation and two mounting points between which the supporting core of the preform to be manufactured or built up is mounted, plasma-torch and material-supply means disposed radially relative to said supporting core and being mounted to move in axial translation relative to and parallel to the supporting core so as to make said preform around said supporting core, said apparatus being wherein it includes controlled support means constituting additional localized abutment points between said mounting points for said preform being manufactured or built up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Alcatel Fibres Optiques
    Inventors: Patrick Humbert, Pierre Ripoche, Joël Landi, Jacques Goudeau