Patents by Inventor Michel Mediouni

Michel Mediouni 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: 7875129
    Abstract: A method of assembling aluminum alloy products, such as sheets, strips or tubes, by means of fluxless brazing, where the absence of flux is made possible by using a prior treatment resulting in formation of a conversion layer on the surface of the products. The treatment involves using a solution containing K+ and F? ions and at least one acid in a quantity such that the pH of the solution is less than 3. The inventive method enables effective flux was brazing in industrial conditions, such as a for the production of heat exchangers used in motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Alcan Rhenalu
    Inventors: Sylvestre Safrany, Michel Mediouni, Sylvain Henry, Sandrine Dulac
  • Publication number: 20070204935
    Abstract: A method of assembling aluminum alloy products, such as sheets, strips or tubes, by means of fluxless brazing, where the absence of flux is made possible by using a prior treatment resulting in formation of a conversion layer on the surface of the products. The treatment involves using a solution containing K+ and F? ions and at least one acid in a quantity such that the pH of the solution is less than 3. The inventive method enables effective flux was brazing in industrial conditions, such as a for the production of heat exchangers used in motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: ALCAN RHENALU
    Inventors: Sylvestre Safrany, Michel Mediouni, Sylvain Henry, Sandrine Dulac
  • Patent number: 6923876
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process to manufacture a clad strip, preferably <1.5 mm thick, intended for the manufacture of brazed heat exchangers, comprising: casting a plate of core alloy comprising (% by weight): Si<0.8, Fe<0.8, Cu 0.2-0.9, Mn 0.7-1.5, Mg<0.4, Zn<0.2, Ti<0.1, other elements <0.05 each and <0.15 in total, the remainder aluminum, homogenizing the plate between 550 and 630° C. for at least one hour, cladding one or two sides of the plate with a brazing aluminum alloy, preferentially containing 5 to 13% silicon, hot rolling followed by cold rolling of the plate to a thickness close to a final desired thickness, recrystallization annealing of the strip between 300 and 4000 C., strain hardening of the annealed strip to obtain a permanent deformation between 2 and 10% and to obtain the desired final thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Pechiney Rhenalu
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Kucza, Sylvain Henry, Michel Mediouni, David Ebersolt, Nathalie Remond
  • Patent number: 6764558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process to manufacture a clad strip, <1.5 mm thick, intended for the manufacture of brazed heat exchangers, comprising: casting of a plate made of core alloy composed as follows (o by weight): Si<0.8 Fe<0.8 Cu: 0.2-0.9 Mn: 0.7-1.5 Mg<0.4 Zn<0.2 Ti<0.1 other elements <0.05 each and <0.15 in total, the remainder aluminum, homogenization of said plate between 550 and 630° C. for at least one hour, cladding on one or two sides of said blank of a brazing aluminum alloy, preferentially containing 5 to 13% silicon, hot rolling followed by cold rolling of the plated blank to a thickness close to the final thickness, recrystallization annealing of the strip between 300 and 4000C., strain hardening of the annealed strip to obtain a permanent deformation between 2 and 10% and the final thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Pechiney Rhenalu
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Kucza, Sylvain Henry, Michel Mediouni, David Ebersolt, Nathalie Remond
  • Publication number: 20030121572
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process to manufacture a clad strip, preferably <1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Kucza, Sylvain Henry, Michel Mediouni, David Ebersolt, Nathalie Remond
  • Publication number: 20020056492
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process to manufacture a clad strip, <1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Kucza, Sylvain Henry, Michel Mediouni, David Ebersolt, Nathalie Remond