Patents by Inventor Thibault Rapenne

Thibault Rapenne 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).

  • Publication number: 20240158278
    Abstract: A bending station for a bending device, includes two bending molds, a pressing frame arranged to adapt to the glass sheet and to press it against an upper mold, the upper mold including a molding face, the area of which, defined by projecting the contour of the upper mold onto a horizontal plane, is greater than the area defined by projecting the outer contour of the pressing frame and the glass sheet onto the same horizontal plane, the pressing frame including a pressing ring having a continuous surface, the upper mold including a flexible sheet associated with an upper series of translational elements, wherein the upper mold is able to deform under the effect of the translational elements of the upper series in order to obtain a deflection value varying by at least 5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Philippe FREBOURG, Gaëtan SCIACCHITANO, Thibault RAPENNE
  • Publication number: 20240150216
    Abstract: A laminated glazing having at least one cut-out and a method for cutting a laminated glazing, particularly for a motor vehicle, including at least a first glass sheet, a second glass assembled by an interlayer including at least one sheet of polymer material, the glazing further including an insert having a hole delimited by an inner contour, the insert being housed in a recess provided in the interlayer, the method including detecting, by a vision device, the inner contour; calculating a cutting path to be traveled based on the detection of the inner contour; and cutting, by a laser source having a beam, the first glass sheet based on the calculated cutting path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Thibault RAPENNE, Alexandre FESSEMAZ, Tobias NIELSEN
  • Publication number: 20240092063
    Abstract: A vehicle glazed unit includes a glass pane and a system to allow mobility of the glass pane in vertical translation relative to a door of the vehicle, the glass pane being curved and laminated and including an exterior glass sheet, an interior glass sheet and an adhesive material between the interior and exterior glass sheets. The edge of the interior glass sheet and the edge of the adhesive material sheet are both in a lateral projection of the edge of the exterior glass sheet in at least one hidden alignment zone which is located in the hidden part of the glass, and the interior offset has a width between 0.8 mm and 5.0 mm and is present in an entirety of the visible part of the glass pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Thibault RAPENNE, Simon LE MOAL, Jérôme PELLETIER
  • Publication number: 20230158780
    Abstract: A laminated glazing for a motor vehicle, particularly a side glazing intended to be slidably mounted in a door of the vehicle, includes at least one outer glass sheet and one inner glass sheet assembled by an interlayer which includes at least one sheet of polymer material, the glazing including at least one part for attaching the glazing provided with at least one attachment hole which has an axis and passes at least through the outer glass sheet, the attachment hole being intended to receive a system for attaching the glazing with a drive device, wherein the glazing includes at least one insert which, including a hole, is housed in a complementary cut-out provided in the interlayer, at the attachment part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Frédéric BERTHE, Xavier DROUET, Laurent LAMOUREUX, Thibault RAPENNE
  • Publication number: 20230130593
    Abstract: A laminated glazing for a motor vehicle includes inner and outer glass sheets assembled by an interlayer, and a part for attaching the glazing through which an attachment opening passes which is formed by two holes having first and second axis. A connecting member is attached to the glazing by passing through an opening, the connecting member provided with a hole being intended to receive a device for attaching the glazing with a drive device. The first axis and the second axis are mismatched according to a mismatch which is configured to form a first blocking surface on an inner face of the outer glass sheet and a second blocking surface on an outer face of the inner glass sheet, and the connecting member includes a first surface configured to engage with the first blocking surface and a second surface configured to engage with the second blocking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Thibault RAPENNE, Laurent LAMOUREUX
  • Publication number: 20230093696
    Abstract: A formed laminated glazing for a vehicle, includes two sheets of glass of different thicknesses separated by an interlayer made of polymer material, the thickness E1 of the thick glass V1 being such that 1.4 mm ?E1?3.9 mm, the thickness E2 of the thin glass V2 being such that 1.1 mm?E2?2.6 mm, the thickness E3 of the polymer material M being such that 0.3 mm?E3?1.2 mm, the total glass thickness EV being such that 2.5 mm?EV?5.7 mm, the ratio of the thicknesses E2/E1 being such that 0.34?E2/E1?0.9. This glazing combines rigidity, acoustic performance and ease of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Gérald MERCIER, Jean-Philippe BOURE, Simon DEFREITAS, Thibault RAPENNE
  • Publication number: 20220242201
    Abstract: A vehicle glazing unit includes a pane including at least an outer glass sheet, an inner glass sheet and a sheet of adhesive material, the pane having an upper border, a lower border, a first lateral border and a second lateral border; the outer glass sheet and the inner glass sheet are each a glass sheet having undergone a thermal toughening or semi-toughening treatment, the edge of the inner glass sheet being situated beyond the edge of the sheet of adhesive material and beyond the edge of the outer glass sheet only over at least one portion of the length or even the whole length of the first lateral border and/or over at least one portion of the length or even the whole length of the second lateral border of the pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Henrik WESSBERG, Thibault RAPENNE
  • Patent number: 10704195
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a multistrand cable having a 1×N structure and including a single layer of N strands wound in a helix. Each strand includes an internal layer of M internal threads and an external layer of P external threads. The method includes a step of individually assembling each of the N strands, during which, in chronological order, the M internal threads are wound, the P external threads are wound, and the M internal threads and the P external threads are elongated such that a structural elongation associated with the P external threads of each strand is greater than or equal to 0.05%. The method further includes a step of collectively assembling the N strands, during which the N strands are wound to form the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Natacha Pironneau, Emmanuel Clement, Thibault Rapenne, Eric Colin, Pascal Chavarot
  • Patent number: 9902212
    Abstract: A bead wire for a tire includes a core, an outer layer, and at least one intermediate layer. The core includes at least one yarn of a multifilament textile fiber embedded in an organic matrix. The outer layer includes an outer-layer metal wire wound around the core. Each intermediate layer includes an intermediate-layer metal wire wound around the core. Each intermediate layer is disposed between the core and the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Laurent Bucher, Jean-Michel Huyghe, Antonio Delfino, Jean-Paul Meraldi, Thibault Rapenne
  • Publication number: 20180010294
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a multistrand cable having a 1×N structure and including a single layer of N strands wound in a helix. Each strand includes an internal layer of M internal threads and an external layer of P external threads. The method includes a step of individually assembling each of the N strands, during which, in chronological order, the M internal threads are wound, the P external threads are wound, and the M internal threads and the P external threads are elongated such that a structural elongation associated with the P external threads of each strand is greater than or equal to 0.05%. The method further includes a step of collectively assembling the N strands, during which the N strands are wound to form the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: NATACHA PIRONNEAU, EMMANUEL CLEMENT, THIBAULT RAPENNE, ERIC COLIN, PASCAL CHAVAROT
  • Publication number: 20150174968
    Abstract: A single-layer bead wire for a tyre includes a core and an outer layer. The core includes at least one yarn of a multifilament textile fibre embedded in an organic matrix. The outer layer includes a metal wire wound around and in contact with the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Huyghe, Laurent Bucher, Antonio Delfino, Jean-Paul Meraldi, Thibault Rapenne
  • Publication number: 20150144245
    Abstract: A bead wire for a tyre includes a core, an outer layer, and at least one intermediate layer. The core includes at least one yarn of a multifilament textile fibre embedded in an organic matrix. The outer layer includes an outer-layer metal wire wound around the core. Each intermediate layer includes an intermediate-layer metal wire wound around the core. Each intermediate layer is disposed between the core and the outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Laurent Bucher, Jean-Michel Huyghe, Antonio Delfino, Jean-Paul Meraldi, Thibault Rapenne
  • Publication number: 20150136295
    Abstract: A two-layer multistrand metal cord includes an inner cord layer and an outer cord layer. The inner cord layer is formed of K>1 inner strands, which are wound in a helix. The outer cord layer is unsaturated and formed of L>1 outer strands, which are wound in a helix around the inner cord layer. Each strand of the inner cord layer and the outer cord layer includes an inner strand layer and an outer strand layer. The inner strand layer is formed of two inner wires. The outer strand layer is formed of N outer wires, which are wound in a helix around the inner strand layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: COMPAGNE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTSMICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Henri Barguet, Emmanuel Clement, Thibault Rapenne, Thibaud Pottier
  • Publication number: 20150122394
    Abstract: A bead wire for a tyre includes a core and an outer layer. The core includes a plurality of circumferential windings of at least one core yarn, with each core yarn including a core multifilament textile fibre embedded in an organic core matrix. The outer layer includes a single outer-layer yarn, with the outer-layer yarn including an outer-layer multifilament textile fibre embedded in an organic outer-layer matrix. The outer-layer yarn is wound around the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Huyghe, Laurent Bucher, Antonio Delfino, Jean-Paul Meraldi, Thibault Rapenne