Patents by Inventor Anne L. M. Pichat nec Nedelec

Anne L. M. Pichat nec Nedelec 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 reducing the coefficient of friction and wear between a metal part and an organic polymer-or copolymer-based part and its application to artificial limb-joints and fittings working in marine environments

Patent number: 5480683

Abstract: A process for reducing the coefficient of friction and the wear between a metal part and an organic polymer- or copolymer-based part, in an aqueous medium containing chlorides, characterized in that the organic polymer- or copolymer-based part is submitted to a surface treatment by ionic implantation of elements selected from nitrogen, argon, oxygen and carbon.

Type: Grant

Filed: December 16, 1993

Date of Patent: January 2, 1996

Assignee: Nitruvid

Inventors: Claude Chabrol, Marc Robelet, Robert Leveque, Anne L. M. Pichat nec Nedelec, Jean F. E. Rieu, Louis M. Rabbe, Andre Rambert

Process for reducing the coefficient of friction and wear between a metal part and an organic polymer-or copolymer-based part and its application to artificial limb-joints and fittings working in marine environments