Patents by Inventor Alexandre Udin

Alexandre Udin 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).

  • Process for thermorming a three-dimensionally curved panel
    Patent number: 7462321
    Abstract: A device for making panels with three-dimensional curvature from a sheet material, includes a forming impression (5) defined by a membrane (6) including an elastically stretchable skin (11), preferably in combination with a skeleton formed by a grid pattern of flexurally elastic battens (10) which are mobile in longitudinal translation relative to the skin, and a set of elements for selectively deforming the impression acting on the battens (10) of the membrane to impart thereto an adaptable three-dimensional curvature. The invention is particularly useful for making sails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sail Innovation
    Inventor: Alexandre Udin
  • Device for making panels with three-dimensional curvature from sheet material, for example for thermoforming sails from thermo-plastic material and resulting single-piece sail
    Publication number: 20050064148
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for making panels with three-dimensional curvature from a sheet material, comprising a forming impression (5) defined by a membrane (6) including an elastically stretchable skin (11), preferably in combination with a skeleton formed by a grid pattern of flexurally elastic battens (10) which are mobile in longitudinal translation relative to the skin, and a set of means for selectively deforming the impression acting on the battens (10) of the membrane to impart thereto an adaptable three-dimensional curvature. The invention is particularly useful for making sails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventor: Alexandre Udin