Patents by Inventor Stéphane Tuffe

Stéphane Tuffe 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: 10716425
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining an item of cookware, including the following steps of: —producing or providing a blank from a textured sheet of stainless steel having at least one textured face, —stamping the blank in order to form a cap (2) having an inner face (3) and an outer face (4), the outer face (4) having parts in relief corresponding to the textured face of the blank, —optionally, partially covering the outer face (4) of the cap (2), —carrying out a mechanical finishing treatment of the free surface of the outer face (4) of the cap (2) in order to expose the stainless steel at the parts in relief of the free surface of the outer face (4) of the cap (2). Also provided is an item of cookware including a stamped cap (2) made of stainless steel having an inner face (3) and an outer face (4), wherein the outer face (4) of the cap (2) has a textured free surface (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Simon Allemand, Mickaël Meyer, Stephane Tuffe
  • Patent number: 10299624
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking device, in particular a kitchen item or an electrical cooking appliance, said cooking device comprising an inner and/or upper face that can receive food and an outer and/or lower face that is coated with a non-stick coating forming a cooking surface. The non-stick coating comprises at least one continuous thin film of non-oxide or at least partially non-oxide polymer-derived ceramic, said thin film forming the cooking surface. A method for producing such a cooking device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Simon Allemand, Stéphane Tuffe
  • Publication number: 20180237935
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel that includes the following steps: producing a bowl having an aluminum outer surface and an inner surface; performing hard anodization of at least the outer surface of the bowl; and providing a sol-gel coating on the anodized outer surface. At least one coloring step is carried out following the hard anodization, the coloring step(s) being carried out before and/or during the sol-gel coating step. Also provided is a kitchen item or an electrical cooking appliance that includes a cooking vessel obtained by the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe, Aurelien Berrux
  • Patent number: 10039405
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel having the following steps: producing a bowl having an outer face made of aluminum and an inner face, carrying out hard anodization of at least the outer face of the bowl. According to the method, at least one coloring step is carried out on the anodized outer face after hard anodization, said coloring step employing at least one water-soluble inorganic pigment. Also provided is a culinary article or an electric cooking appliance comprising a cooking vessel obtained by the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe
  • Patent number: 9976225
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel that includes the following steps: producing a bowl having an aluminum outer surface and an inner surface; performing hard anodization of at least the outer surface of the bowl; and providing a sol-gel coating on the anodized outer surface. At least one coloring step is carried out following the hard anodization, the coloring step(s) being carried out before and/or during the sol-gel coating step. Also provided is a kitchen item or an electrical cooking appliance that includes a cooking vessel obtained by the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe, Aurelien Berrux
  • Patent number: 9895020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking device including a metal holder supporting a ceramic cooking surface, the holder having a hardness no lower than 150 HV. The holder forms a substrate supporting a surface layer made of a transition metal boride or boronitride forming the cooking surface. The present invention further relates to a culinary article including a cooking device of the type above-mentioned, a household cooking appliance including a cooking device of the type above-mentioned, as well as a method for producing a cooking device of the type above-mentioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pierson, Simon Allemand, Mickaël Meyer, Stephane Tuffe
  • Publication number: 20170360252
    Abstract: A cooking vessel includes a molded pan made of aluminum casting alloy. The aluminum casting alloy used includes at least 94.5 mass % of aluminum and a cumulated content of between 4 and 5 mass % for the following elements: silicon, manganese, magnesium, nickel. The pan is at least partially anodized. The thickness of the anodized layer of the pan is higher than, or equal to, 25 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Laurent AUBIN, Stéphane TUFFE
  • Publication number: 20170268121
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel comprising the following steps: producing a container having an aluminium outer face and an inner face, carrying out hard anodization of at least the outer face of the container. At least one colouring step is carried out on the anodized outer face following hard anodization, said colouring step employing at least one water-soluble anthraquinone organic dye. Also provided is a culinary article or an electric cooking appliance comprising a cooking vessel obtained by the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe
  • Patent number: 9714475
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel comprising the following steps: producing a container having an aluminum outer face and an inner face, carrying out hard anodization of at least the outer face of the container. At least one coloring step is carried out on the anodized outer face following hard anodization, said coloring step employing at least one water-soluble anthraquinone organic dye. Also provided is a culinary article or an electric cooking appliance comprising a cooking vessel obtained by the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe
  • Publication number: 20160333436
    Abstract: Provided is a multilayer cutting blade (1) including a core (2) that has a cutting wire (3), two side flanks (5), and two intermediate connecting thicknesses (4), the side flanks (5) being made of a corrosion-resistant tough metal alloy, each intermediate connecting thickness (4) having a first face (8) for connecting to the core (2) and a second face (9) for connecting to one or the other of the side flanks (5), the first connecting face (8) and the second connecting face (9) being made of copper or a copper alloy. The core (2) is made of martensitic stainless steel, and the thickness of the core (2) is greater than or equal to one third of the thickness of the cutting blade (1), and preferably greater than or equal to half the thickness of the cutting blade (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Simon Allemand, Stephane Tuffe, William A. Groll, John C. Watkins
  • Publication number: 20160331174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining an item of cookware, comprising the following steps of: producing or providing a blank from a textured sheet of stainless steel having at least one textured face, stamping the blank in order to form a cap (2) having an inner face (3) and an outer face (4), the outer face (4) having parts in relief corresponding to the textured face of the blank, optionally, partially covering the outer face (4) of the cap (2), carrying out a mechanical finishing treatment of the free surface of the outer face (4) of the cap (2) in order to expose the stainless steel at the parts in relief of the free surface of the outer face (4) of the cap (2). The present invention also relates to an item of cookware comprising a stamped cap (2) made of stainless steel having an inner face (3) and an outer face (4), wherein the outer face (4) of the cap (2) has a textured free surface (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Simon Allemand, Mickaël Meyer, Stephane Tuffe
  • Publication number: 20150297025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking device including a metal holder supporting a ceramic cooking surface, the holder having a hardness no lower than 150 HV. The holder forms a substrate supporting a surface layer made of a transition metal boride or boronitride forming the cooking surface. The present invention further relates to a culinary article including a cooking device of the type above-mentioned, a household cooking appliance including a cooking device of the type above-mentioned, as well as a method for producing a cooking device of the type above-mentioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: SEB S.A., UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pierson, Simon Allemand, Mickaël Meyer, Stephane Tuffe
  • Publication number: 20150297026
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking device, in particular a kitchen item or an electrical cooking appliance, said cooking device comprising an inner and/or upper face that can receive food and an outer and/or lower face that is coated with a non-stick coating forming a cooking surface. The non-stick coating comprises at least one continuous thin film of non-oxide or at least partially non-oxide polymer-derived ceramic, said thin film forming the cooking surface. A method for producing such a cooking device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Simon Allemand, Stéphane Tuffe
  • Publication number: 20150240377
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel comprising the following steps: producing a container having an aluminium outer face and an inner face, carrying out hard anodization of at least the outer face of the container. At least one colouring step is carried out on the anodized outer face following hard anodization, said colouring step employing at least one water-soluble anthraquinone organic dye. Also provided is a culinary article or an electric cooking appliance comprising a cooking vessel obtained by the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe
  • Patent number: 9109122
    Abstract: Provided is a food-cooking surface for a culinary article or domestic electrical cooking appliance, consisting in depositing Zr and/or Nb and/or Ti on a substrate, the production process including a step of carburizing and/or nitriding at least one of the aforementioned elements, characterized in that the cooking surface also includes depositing Si so as to produce (Zr/Nb/Ti)—Si—(N/C) coatings. Also provided is a culinary article or domestic electrical or gas cooking appliance comprising such a cooking surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: SEB S.A., UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECEHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Stephane Tuffe, Jean-Francois Pierson
  • Publication number: 20150135969
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking container comprising the following steps: producing a vessel having an aluminium outer face and an inner face, performing anodisation on at least the outer face of the vessel to obtain an anodic coating having pores. At least one colouring step is carried out on the anodised outer face after anodisation, the colouring step or steps implements at least one metal salt deposited at the bottom of the pores of the anodic coating by electrochemical technique. Also provided is a culinary article or an electric cooking appliance comprising a cooking container obtained according to the abovementioned method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe
  • Publication number: 20150053665
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel having the following steps: producing a bowl having an outer face made of aluminium and an inner face, carrying out hard anodization of at least the outer face of the bowl. According to the method, at least one colouring step is carried out on the anodized outer face after hard anodization, said colouring step employing at least one water-soluble inorganic pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe
  • Publication number: 20140311358
    Abstract: Provided is a food cooking surface for a cookware item or an electrical household cooking appliance, consisting of a deposit of nitride of metal elements on a substrate, the metal elements of the deposit comprising one or more X transition metal(s) and aluminium. The production of the deposit comprises a nitridation step in arder to obtain a coating of type (X,Al)N. According to the invention, the (X,Al)N-type coating is a coating of nitride(s) of the one or more X transition metal(s), enriched with aluminium, in which niobium and/or zirconium is/are make up the most part of the X transition metal(s), the atomic ratio of aluminium in the metal elements of the deposit being at least equal to 20%. Also provided are cookware items and electrical household appliances intended for the cooking of food, comprising the above-mentioned type of cooking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Philippe Pigeat, Jean-Francois Pierson, Alexandre Mege-Revil, Frederic Tessier, Simon Allemand, Stephane Tuffe
  • Publication number: 20130313247
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel, comprising the following steps: producing a bowl having an aluminum outer surface and an inner surface; performing hard anodization of at least the outer surface of the bowl; and providing a sol-gel coating on the anodized outer surface. At least one coloring step is carried out following the hard anodization, the coloring step(s) being carried out before and/or during the sol-gel coating step. Also provided is a kitchen item or an electrical cooking appliance comprising a cooking vessel obtained by the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe, Aurelien Berrux
  • Publication number: 20130136920
    Abstract: Provided is a food-cooking surface for a culinary article or domestic electrical cooking appliance, consisting in depositing Zr and/or Nb and/or Ti on a substrate, the production process including a step of carburizing and/or nitriding at least one of the aforementioned elements, characterized in that the cooking surface also includes depositing Si so as to produce (Zr/Nb/Ti)—Si—(N/C) coatings. Also provided is a culinary article or domestic electrical or gas cooking appliance comprising such a cooking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicants: SEB S.A., CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE
    Inventors: Stephane Tuffe, Jean-Francois Pierson