Patents by Inventor Alain Soum

Alain Soum 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: 20150322305
    Abstract: A crosslinkable elastomer composition includes a mixture (a) of an elastomer composition based on an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer elastomer and (b) between 2 and 14 wt. %, in relation to the total weight of the composition, of an amphiphilic statistical or block copolymer of a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbonated C2-C4 polymer functionalized by a polar functional group including a maleic anhydride group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Christine GARCIA, Agnès AYMONIER, Jacques REY, Gérald ROUSSEAU, Alain SOUM
  • Patent number: 8671466
    Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of helmet shells made of composite material comprising at least one “armure” of fabrics impregnated with a resin matrix. Certain parts of the “armure” are impregnated with a resin matrix comprising an additive adapted to reinforce the mechanical strength of the helmet, the said parts corresponding to the weakest zones of a human head, such as the top of the head or the ears. Preferably, the resin is of the epoxy type and the additive is based on acrylic block copolymers. More precisely, the additive is of the “Nanostrength®” brand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Jean-Noël Perbet, Christophe Coupeaud, Laurent Laluque, Joël Baudou, Philippe Viot, Sébastien Denneulin, Virginie Rejsek, Matthieu Gervais, Alain Soum
  • Publication number: 20110265235
    Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of helmet shells made of composite material comprising at least one “armure” of fabrics impregnated with a resin matrix. Certain parts of the “armure” are impregnated with a resin matrix comprising an additive adapted to reinforce the mechanical strength of the helmet, the said parts corresponding to the weakest zones of a human head, such as the top of the head or the ears. Preferably, the resin is of the epoxy type and the additive is based on acrylic block copolymers. More precisely, the additive is of the “Nanostrength®” brand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Jean-Noël Perbet, Christophe Coupeaud, Laurent Laluque, Joël Baudou, Philippe Viot, Sébastien Denneulin, Virginie Rejsek, Matthieu Gervais, Alain Soum
  • Patent number: 7556853
    Abstract: The invention relates to a material with high fracture toughness based on a vinyl ester resin and/or on an epoxide resin and to its process of manufacture. This material comprises at least one polymerized resin chosen from vinyl ester resins and epoxide resins which can be polymerized at a temperature of less than 70° C. and their blends, and a thermoplastic adjuvant present in this resin in the form of particles, and exhibits a fracture toughness (KIc) of greater than or equal to 1.2 MPa·m1/2 as determined according to Standard ISO 13586:2000. It also relates to a composite material comprising a matrix composed of said material and a reinforcement. Applications: automobile, railway, ship-building, aeronautical, aerospatial and other industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Astrium SAS
    Inventors: Estelle Chauray, Brigitte Defoort, Frederic Boursereau, Alain Soum
  • Publication number: 20080171207
    Abstract: The invention relates to a material with high fracture toughness based on a vinyl ester resin and/or on an epoxide resin and to its process of manufacture. This material comprises at least one polymerized resin chosen from vinyl ester resins and epoxide resins which can be polymerized at a temperature of less than 70° C. and their blends, and a thermoplastic adjuvant present in this resin in the form of particles, and exhibits a fracture toughness (KIc) of greater than or equal to 1.2 MPa·m1/2 as determined according to Standard ISO 13586:2000. It also relates to a composite material comprising a matrix composed of said material and a reinforcement. Applications: automobile, railway, ship-building, aeronautical, aerospatial and other industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: EADS SPACE TRANSPORTATION SA
    Inventors: Estelle Chauray, Brigitte Defoort, Frederic Boursereau, Alain Soum
  • Patent number: 7371801
    Abstract: A material having a fracture toughness (K1c) of at least 1.2 Mpam.m1/2 as determined according to Standard ISO 13586:2000 comprises a vinyl ester and/or epoxide resin polymerizable at a temperature of less than 70° C. combined with thermoplastic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: EADS SPACE Transportation SA
    Inventors: Estelle Chauray, Brigitte Defoort, Frédéric Boursereau, Alain Soum
  • Publication number: 20070190162
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a suspension of particles for delivering active principles, in particular proteins. Said particles are based on a diblock copolymer consisting of a neutral hydrophobic alpha hydroxy carboxylic acid polymer block and a hydrophilic linear polyaminoacid block with peptide alpha chaining, at least partly ionized. Said alpha hydroxy carboxylic acid polymer/linear polyaminoacid delivery particles spontaneously obtainable in the absence of surfactant can be stable. Said delivery particles are capable of being associated undissolved in colloidal suspension with at least an active principle and of delayed or prolonged release thereof. The invention is also directed to a powdery solid from which are derived the delivery particles and the preparation of said solid and said delivery particle suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Sylvain Caillol, Remi Meyruiex, Nathan Bryson, Alain Soum, Gerard Soula, Anne-Francoise Mingotaud
  • Publication number: 20050008866
    Abstract: The invention relates to a material with high fracture toughness based on a vinyl ester resin and/or on an epoxide resin and to its process of manufacture. This material comprises at least one polymerized resin chosen from vinyl ester resins and epoxide resins which can be polymerized at a temperature of less than 70° C. and their blends, and a thermoplastic adjuvant present in this resin in the form of particles, and exhibits a fracture toughness (KIc) of greater than or equal to 1.2 MPa.m½ as determined according to Standard ISO 13586:2000. It also relates to a composite material comprising a matrix composed of said material and a reinforcement. Applications: automobile, railway, ship-building, aeronautical, aerospatial and other industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: EADS SPACE TRANSPORTATION SA
    Inventors: Estelle Chauray, Brigitte Defoort, Frederic Boursereau, Alain Soum