Patents Assigned to PORCHER INDUSTRIES
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Patent number: 11518068Abstract: The invention relates to a method and facility for manufacturing a tape of reinforcement filaments impregnated by a polymer matrix, as well as a tape produced thereby, said tape having a constant width across the entire length thereof, wherein the filaments extend in a direction parallel to the length of the tape, from a strand of filaments coming from a feeding reel. The method including steps and units that make it possible to manage the unwinding tension of the strand, to guide the strand on the axis of the machine, to manage the width of the strand, to deposit the polymer on the strand by electrostatic powdering, with a polymer weight ratio of around 20% to around 75% to melt the polymer, to calibrate the width and thickness of the tape and to collect the tape on the storage reel.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventors: Romain Pellet, Grégory Merle
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Patent number: 11453196Abstract: A disclosed reinforcer includes a shrinkable layer able to shrink in a direction of shrinkage, under the effect of a heat-shrink heat treatment, from an initial state to a shrunk state, a first corrugatable layer, which includes a gridwork of filaments added against the shrinkable layer and connected to the shrinkable layer by connection lines spaced apart and extending transversely with respect to the direction of shrinkage, the first corrugatable layer exhibiting a shrinkage that is substantially zero or that is smaller than that of the shrinkable layer, so that, when the shrinkable layer is in the initial state, portions of the first corrugatable layer, each defined between two consecutive connection lines, are bent over and, when the shrinkable layer is in the shrunk state, the portions of the first corrugatable layer are curved.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventors: Jacques Porcheret, Freddy Macrez, Patrick Ramel
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Patent number: 11383406Abstract: The preform made of a 3D fibrous structure comprises at least 3 layers (1, 2) of weft yarns and/or warp yarns, the structure being woven as a single part by multilayer weaving between a plurality of layers of warp yarns and a plurality of layers of weft yarns. It comprises a predetermined distribution of points of intersection of warp yarn and weft yarn that are bonded by polymer. The polymer represents a mass of less than or equal to 10%. The preform comprises at least one thermoformed portion in which the warp yarns and the weft yarns are bonded at the intersections thereof by polymer where at least one of the warp and/or weft yarns bears polymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventors: Jean Vincent Risicato, Patrick Varaniac, Hubert Perrin, William Dussenne
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Patent number: 11173633Abstract: Said preform (3) defining two parts (21, 23) and comprising: a first group (C1) of layers of warp yarns, which is external in the first part, a second group (C2) of layers of warp yarns immediately beneath said first group, and a first group (T1) of layers of weft yarns which is external in the first part. Furthermore, the first group of layers of warp yarns is absent in the second part and the first group of layers of weft yarns (19) extends into the second part, the first group of layers of weft yarns being external in the second part. The yarns of the first weft group have a lower yarn count than the yarns of the second weft group; and/or the yarns of the first warp group have a lower yarn count than the yarns of the second warp group.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventors: Jean Vincent Risicato, Patrick Varaniac
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Patent number: 11072146Abstract: A composite sheet including at least a textile structure and a polyetherimide (PEI), the latter impregnating and densifying the textile structure, the sheet having a porosity of between approximately 3% and approximately 8% by mass of acetone sorption, and preferably between approximately 4% and approximately 5%, as measured by the acetone uptake method; the manufacturing method including continuous or semi-continuous molding; the sheet being used inter alia as a skin of a foamed structure made from PEI.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventor: Eric Forest
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Patent number: 10538015Abstract: The invention relates to a method and facility for manufacturing a tape of reinforcement filaments impregnated by a polymer matrix, said tape having a constant width across the entire length thereof, wherein the filaments extend in a direction parallel to the length of the tape, from a strand of filaments coming from a feeding reel, the method including steps and units that make it possible to manage the unwinding tension of the strand, to guide the strand on the axis of the machine, to manage the width of the strand, to deposit the polymer on the strand by electrostatic powdering, with a polymer weight ratio of around 20% to around 75% to melt the polymer, to calibrate the width and thickness of the tape and to collect the tape on the storage reel.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventors: Romain Pellet, Grégory Merle
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Publication number: 20190255738Abstract: The preform made of a 3D fibrous structure comprises at least 3 layers (1, 2) of weft yarns and/or warp yarns, the structure being woven as a single part by multilayer weaving between a plurality of layers of warp yarns and a plurality of layers of weft yarns. It comprises a predetermined distribution of points of intersection of warp yarn and weft yarn that are bonded by polymer. The polymer represents a mass of less than or equal to 10%. The preform comprises at least one thermoformed portion in which the warp yarns and the weft yarns are bonded at the intersections thereof by polymer where at least one of the warp and/or weft yarns bears polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventors: Jean Vincent RISICATO, Patrick VARANIAC, Hubert PERRIN, William DUSSENNE
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Publication number: 20190160781Abstract: A composite sheet including at least a textile structure and a polyetherimide (PEI), the latter impregnating and densifying the textile structure, the sheet having a porosity of between approximately 3% and approximately 8% by mass of acetone sorption, and preferably between approximately 4% and approximately 5%, as measured by the acetone uptake method; the manufacturing method including continuous or semi-continuous molding; the sheet being used inter alia as a skin of a foamed structure made from PEI.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventor: Eric FOREST
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Patent number: 9234305Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforcing textile thread (82) for an inflatable sail, such as a rigging sail or a flight sail, including a plurality of filaments which are agglutinated so as to form an elongate unitary body (820), and a binder (822) which ensures the cohesion among at least some of the filaments (821) of the unitary body (820), and which consists of a coating material. In order to guarantee an effective, directed reinforcement effect within an inflatable sail without limiting the lifespan of said sail, the unitary body has, in the cross-section thereof, an oblong outline, wherein the ratio of the maximum width (e) of said outline, which corresponds to a thickness of the unitary body, to the maximum length (l) of said outline, which corresponds to a width of the unitary body, is less than 0.06, a plurality of filaments (821) being arranged in series over the thickness of the unitary body.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventors: Laurence Pollet, Cécile Roibet, Sébastien Feraudet
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Publication number: 20140060409Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforcing textile thread (82) for an inflatable sail, such as a rigging sail or a flight sail, including a plurality of filaments which are agglutinated so as to form an elongate unitary body (820), and a binder (822) which ensures the cohesion among at least some of the filaments (821) of the unitary body (820), and which consists of a coating material. In order to guarantee an effective, directed reinforcement effect within an inflatable sail without limiting the lifespan of said sail, the unitary body has, in the cross-section thereof, an oblong outline, wherein the ratio of the maximum width (e) of said outline, which corresponds to a thickness of the unitary body, to the maximum length (l) of said outline, which corresponds to a width of the unitary body, is less than 0.06, a plurality of filaments (821) being arranged in series over the thickness of the unitary body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventors: Laurence Pollet, Cécile Roibert, Sébastien Feraudet
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Publication number: 20130075533Abstract: This invention relates to a composite comprising two polyurethane films, identical or different, that are connected to one another and between which a reinforcement mesh and at least one textile reinforcement thread oriented according to at least one predetermined stress line is inserted. The invention also relates to sails including such a composite.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventor: PORCHER INDUSTRIES
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Publication number: 20120085456Abstract: The invention relates to a fabric made of continuous warp yarns and weft yarns, comprising 30 to 63 warp yarns and 30 to 63 weft yarns per centimetre, and in which the yarns are spread so as to lie in a same plane, the yarns having a dtex of between 11 and 78 dtex and a DPF (decitex per filament) defined in the following manner on the basis of the number of warp and weft yarns: (I) the fabric has a weight of between 27 and 40 g/m2 and a perviousness to air lower than or equal to 120 l/m2/s at 127 Pa, as measured according to the ASTM-D-737 standard (1 hour) on a measuring surface of 20 cm2. AA BB Nombre de Nombre de fils de DPF (dtex) fils de chaîne trame 1.0 ? DPF ? 1.35 30-49 30-49 1.35 < DPF ? 2.3 35-63 35-63 AA Number of warp yarns BB Number of weft yarn.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventor: Philippe Guimbard
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Publication number: 20100003879Abstract: The use for yarn coating, for the manufacture of sun canopies, of a flame-retardant plastisol including a chlorinated polymer material free of lead including at least: from 15 to 60% of a chlorinated polymer material, from 10 to 30% of a non polymer plasticizer free of orthophtalate, a flame-retardant filler free of antimony comprising of 2 to 15% metal hydrate and/or 5 to 30% of zinc salt, the percentages being calculated with respect to the total weight of the plastisol. The flame-retardant plastisol including a chlorinated polymer material free of lead including at least: from 15 to 60% of a chlorinated polymer material, from 10 to 30% of a polymer plasticizer free of orthophtalate, a flame-retardant filler free of antimony comprising of 2 to 15% metal hydrate and/or 5 to 30% of zinc salt, the percentages being calculated with respect to the total weight of the plastisol.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2009Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventor: Isabelle Conesa
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Publication number: 20090202764Abstract: The invention relates to an RFL film or adhesive dip coating comprising carbon nanotubes. It also relates to a yarn coated or impregnated with a coating according to the invention. It also relates to the use of the yarn thus treated for reinforcing an article based on a rubber material, said article possibly being a belt, a tube, a hose, a pipe or a tire and generally any object subjected to shear stresses.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2008Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventors: Corinne Tonon, Isabelle Vial, Stephanie Lambour
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Publication number: 20090126412Abstract: This yarn fabric comprises warp yarns and weft yarns, and also a slashing size present solely at the periphery of the warp yarns. This slashing size comprises at least one filler capable of modifying the properties of this fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: PORCHER INDUSTRIESInventors: Laurence Pollet, Jacques Porcheret