Patents by Inventor Michel Simonet

Michel Simonet 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: 6818309
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a transparent substrate, especially made of glass, provided on at least one of its faces with a layer based on an at least partially oxidized silicon derivative chosen from silicon dioxide or silicon oxides which are substoichiometric in terms of oxygen, silicon oxycarbide or silicon oxynitride, and having a hydrophilic character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Saint-Gobian Glass France
    Inventors: Xavier Talpaert, Michel Simonet, Marie-Jose Azzopardi, Anne Durandeau
  • Patent number: 6720066
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for obtaining a substrate provided with a coating having photocatalytic properties, wherein the coating includes crystallized particles of an oxide of a metal A having photocatalytic properties. The crystallized particles are incorporated into the coating using a mineral binder comprising at least one oxide of a metal B also having photocatalytic properties in the crystallized state. The coating optionally includes at least oxide of a metal M devoid of photocatalytic properties and/or at least one silicon compound of the silicon oxide SiO2 type. The coating is deposited from liquid-phase dispersions containing the crystallized particles of the oxide of metal A and at least one precursor compound for the oxide of metal B of the binder and optionally a precursor compound for the oxide of metal M and for the Si compound, in a relative proportion A/(B+M+Si) by weight of the metals and Si ranging between 60/40 and 40/60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignees: Saint-Gobain Glass France, Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Xavier Talpaert, Michel Simonet, Corinne Lehaut, Thierry Chopin, Frédéric Magnin-Feysot
  • Publication number: 20030082367
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for obtaining a substrate provided with a coating having photocatalytic properties, wherein the coating includes crystallized particles of an oxide of a metal A having photocatalytic properties. The crystallized particles are incorporated into the coating using a mineral binder comprising at least one oxide of a metal B also having photocatalytic properties in the crystallized state. The coating optionally includes at least oxide of a metal M devoid of photocatalytic properties and/or at least one silicon compound of the silicon oxide SiO2 type. The coating is deposited from liquid-phase dispersions containing the crystallized particles of the oxide of metal A and at least one precursor compound for the oxide of metal B of the binder and optionally a precursor compound for the oxide of metal M and for the Si compound, in a relative proportion A/(B+M+Si) by weight of the metals and Si ranging between 60/40 and 40/60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Xavier Talpaert, Michel Simonet, Corinne Lehaut, Thierry Chopin, Frederic Magnin-Feysot
  • Patent number: 6465088
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for obtaining a substrate provided with a coating having photocatalytic properties, wherein the coating includes crystallized particles of an oxide of a metal A having photocatalytic properties. The crystallized particles are incorporated into the coating using a mineral binder comprising at least one oxide of a metal B also having photocatalytic properties in the crystallized state. The coating optionally includes at least oxide of a metal M devoid of photocatalytic properties and/or at least one silicon compound of the silicon oxide SiO2 type. The coating is deposited from liquid-phase dispersions containing the crystallized particles of the oxide of metal A and at least one precursor compound for the oxide of metal B of the binder and optionally a precursor compound for the oxide of metal M and for the Si compound, in a relative proportion A/(B+M+Si) by weight of the metals and Si ranging between 60/40 and 40/60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Xavier Talpaert, Michel Simonet, Corinne Lehaut, Thierry Chopin, Frédéric Magnin-Feysot