Patents by Inventor Anthony Briot
Anthony Briot 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).
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Patent number: 8398736Abstract: Jointing cement intended in particular for fastening together a plurality of filter blocks of a filtering body of an exhaust gas particle filter of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having a silicon carbide (SiC) content of between 30% and 90%. The cement according to the invention includes at least 0.05% and less than 5% of a thermosetting resin, the percentages being percentages by weight relative to the total weight of the thermosetting resin and the mineral material, apart from the possible water.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Sébastien Bardon, Anthony Briot, Gaëtan Champagne, Vincent Gleize
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Patent number: 8388720Abstract: Jointing cement intended in particular for fastening together a plurality of filter blocks of a filtering body for filtering exhaust gas particles of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the cement including, in percentages by weight relative to the weight of the mineral material, apart from possible water and a possible mineral resin, between 30 and 90% of silicon carbide (SiC), at least 3% of hollow spheres including, in percentages by weight and for a total of at least 99%, between 20 and 99% of silica (SiO2) and between 1 and 80% of alumina (Al2O3), at least 80% by number of the hollow spheres having a size of between 5 and 150 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Saint Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Anthony Briot, Christophe Carrie, Gaëtan Champagne, Vincent Gleize
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Publication number: 20110256379Abstract: An assembled ceramic body having blocks attached to one another by means of a seal, the lateral surface of the ceramic body possibly being coated with a peripheral coating, the seal and/or the peripheral coating including a set cement having less than 10% of inorganic fibers, as a percentage by weight based on the dry mineral matter, in a section plane perpendicular to at least one of the facing faces of the blocks assembled by said seal, having macropores with an equivalent diameter in the range 200 ?m to 40 mm in a quantity such that the total surface area in said section plane occupied by said macropores represents more than 15% and less than 80% of the total surface area observed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEENInventors: Gaetan Champagne, Adrien Vincent, Anthony Briot, Patrick Girot
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Patent number: 8007556Abstract: A block, particularly for filtering particulates present in the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, includes a plurality of flow channels for the gases (14e,14s), each of the channels (14e,14s) being bounded by a side wall (22), a plug (15e,15s) and an opening (19e,19s) terminating outwardly. The block according to the invention is remarkable in that a first portion (34) of the side wall (22) of at least one of the channels (14p,14p?), called the “reinforced channel”, includes a reinforcement compared to the rest of the side wall (22) forming a second portion (36) of the side wall (22), the ratio (R) of the thickness of the first portion (34) to the thickness of the second portion (36), in any transverse plane of section (P), being between 1.1 and 3.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Sébastien Bardon, Anthony Briot, Vincent Gleize
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Patent number: 7985274Abstract: The invention relates to a honeycomb structure, made from a porous ceramic material, said structure being characterized in that the porous ceramic material which forms it comprises: from 50 to 95% by weight of silicon carbide SiC; from 5 to 50% by weight of at least one ceramic oxide phase, said structure additionally being characterized by a porosity greater than 10%, by a specific surface area greater than 0.5 m2/g and by a pore size distribution of at least bimodal type. The invention also relates to the process for obtaining such a structure and also to the catalytic support or filter obtained from such a structure, after deposition of a catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2006Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Carine Barataud-Dien, Patricia Andy, Sebastien Bardon, Anthony Briot
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Publication number: 20110167806Abstract: A device for reducing pollution of an internal combustion engine, including a collection of monolithic elements of honeycomb type connected by a jointing compound, each element incorporating a set of adjacent cells of mutually parallel axes separated by porous walls, which cells are plugged by plugs at one or other of their ends to delimit inlet chambers opening onto a gas intake face and outlet chambers opening onto a gas discharge face such that gas that is to be filtered passes through the porous walls, the collection being inserted in a metal casing by a compacted fibrous mat. A jointing compound has a three-point flexural modulus of rupture of between 0.5 and 6 MPa, the jointing compound has a dynamic Young's modulus less than or equal to 17 GPa, the mat has a mean density in the compacted state of between 0.30 and 0.54, and the mean thickness of the mat in the compacted state is between 2 and 8 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: Saint-Gobain Centre De Rech Et D'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Philippe Auroy, Anthony Briot, David Pinturaud
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Patent number: 7905939Abstract: A filter block, particularly for filtering particulates present in the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, including peripheral inlet (50,14p2) and outlet (52,14p1) channels arranged alternately at the periphery of the block and each including an external wall (44;54;401,402;403) exposed to the exterior of the block and an internal wall (46;56;404,405;406,407,408) arranged inside the block. The block according to the invention is remarkable in that it includes at least one group (G) of two adjacent peripheral channels (50,52) such that, in a transverse plane of section (P), the ratio R of the average thickness “E” of all the external walls (44,54) of the group (G) to the average thickness “e” of all the internal walls (46,56) of the (G) is greater than 1.2.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes EuropeanInventors: Sébastien Bardon, Anthony Briot, Vincent Gleize
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Publication number: 20100308849Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly consisting of a device for detecting radial cracks in a particulate filter of the honeycomb type, of which the filtering part is made up of a porous inorganic material, said particulate filter comprising a single monolithic element or being obtained by combining a plurality of monolithic elements, the device being characterized in that it comprises an electrically conducting material arranged in the form of a strip or of a wire on at least one longitudinal part of the filter, secured to a monolithic element and/or to the coating cement or the jointing cement, and having an electrical conductivity greater than that of the material that makes up that part of the filter to which it is secured, and a strength less than or equal to that of the material that constitutes that part of the filter to which it is secured, and means of measuring the conductivity or the electrical resistance of the strip or wire of electrically conducting material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUR.Inventors: Bernard Bouteiller, Arnaud Ballon, Anthony Briot, Gaetan Champagne, David Pinturaud
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Patent number: 7670404Abstract: This structure (11) comprises first and second filtering elements (15A, 15B) extending essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis (X-X?) of the structure (11) between an admission region (21) of the gases into the structure (11) and an evacuation region (23) of the gases from the structure, and comprises a seal (17) for joining these elements (15A, 15B). The seal (17) comprises at least one downstream pat (43) which has a thermal mass per unit length greater than the thermal mass per unit length of an upstream part (41) of the seal (17). The invention is for use in particulate filters for the exhaust gases of a motor vehicle diesel engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches Et d'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Sébastien Bardon, Anthony Briot, Vincent Gleize
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Publication number: 20100024368Abstract: Jointing cement intended in particular for fastening together a plurality of filter blocks of a filtering body for filtering exhaust gas particles of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the cement including, in percentages by weight relative to the weight of the mineral material, apart from possible water and a possible mineral resin, between 30 and 90% of silicon carbide (SiC), at least 3% of hollow spheres including, in percentages by weight and for a total of at least 99%, between 20 and 99% of silica (SiO2) and between 1 and 80% of alumina (Al2O3), at least 80% by number of the hollow spheres having a size of between 5 and 150 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Anthony Briot, Christophe Carrie, Gaetan Champagne, Vincent Gleize
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Publication number: 20090320427Abstract: Jointing cement intended in particular for fastening together a plurality of filter blocks of a filtering body of an exhaust gas particle filter of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having a silicon carbide (SiC) content of between 30% and 90%. The cement according to the invention includes at least 0.05% and less than 5% of a thermosetting resin, the percentages being percentages by weight relative to the total weight of the thermosetting resin and the mineral material, apart from the possible water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Saint Gobain Centre De Recherches Et D'Etudes EuroInventors: Sébastien Bardon, Anthony Briot, Gaëtan Chanpagne, Vincent Gleize
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Publication number: 20090297407Abstract: The invention relates to an assembled structure that can be used, after deposition of a catalyst, for filtering a gas loaded with soot particles and pollutants in the gas phase in which the cement used as a coating cement and/or as a joint cement comprises, at least at the surface, a hydrophobic or oleophobic material. The invention also relates to the assembled catalytic filter obtained after impregnating with a catalytic solution of said structure and also to the process for manufacturing the filter from said structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2006Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEENInventors: Partricia Andy, Anthony Briot, Sebastien Bardon, Caroline Tardivat
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Publication number: 20090288380Abstract: Said structure comprises first and second filtering elements (15A, 15B) respectively comprising a first and second lateral surface (24A, 24B) disposed opposite each other. A joint (17) linking said surfaces (24A, 24B) extends between the surfaces (24A, 24B). The first lateral surface (24A) comprises, in the upstream part (36A), a first region (35C) of low or zero adherence with the joint (17), said region being defined longitudinally upstream by an upstream region (33A) of high adherence with said joint (17). The upstream region (33A) of high adherence is longitudinally defined upstream by a second region (35A) of low or zero adherence with the joint (17). Application: particle filters for the exhaust gases of an engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2004Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventors: Vincent Gleize, Anthony Briot, Patrick Girot, Sebastien Bardon
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Patent number: 7547343Abstract: This structure comprises first and second filtering elements (15A, 15B) which are respectively provided with a first and a second face (24A, 24B) arranged opposite each other and a seal (17) connecting said faces (24A, 24B). The first face (24A) comprises at least a first region (35A) that does not adhere, or only slightly adheres to said seal (17), opposite a first region (33B) that strongly adheres to said seal (17) of the second face (24B). The first region (35A) that does not adhere or only slightly adheres is delimited by at least a portion of the edge (37) common to the first face (24A) and a discharge face (23). The first region (35A) that does not adhere or only slightly adheres comprises a side (41A) that diverges towards the discharge face (23) and which extends up to said common edge (37).Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2005Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Sébastien Bardon, Nicolas Bonnail, Anthony Briot, Vincent Gleize, Matteo Scalabrino
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Publication number: 20090126863Abstract: A device for aligning and/or assembling filtering elements, in particular of particulate filter, an installation for assembling a filter from filtering elements incorporating the device, and a method for aligning and/or assembling monolithic filtering elements, in particular for making a particulate filter. The device includes a back plate whereon are set the filtering elements, the back plate being for example fixed on a base plate, and walls laterally foldable upwards by a folding mechanism, such that the filtering elements are mutually maintained tightly when the walls are in an upper position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicants: SAINT-GOBAIN CTR. DE RECH. ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN SAS, SAINT-GOBAIN INDUSTRIEKERAMIK ROEDENTAL GMBHInventors: Sebastien Bardon, Anthony Briot, Dominique Dubots
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Publication number: 20080202080Abstract: The invention relates to a honeycomb structure, made from a porous ceramic material, said structure being characterized in that the porous ceramic material which forms it comprises: from 50 to 95% by weight of silicon carbide SiC; from 5 to 50% by weight of at least one ceramic oxide phase, said structure additionally being characterized by a porosity greater than 10%, by a specific surface area greater than 0.5 m2/g and by a pore size distribution of at least bimodal type. The invention also relates to the process for obtaining such a structure and also to the catalytic support or filter obtained from such a structure, after deposition of a catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2006Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CTR DE RECH. ET D'ETUDES EUROPEENInventors: Carine Barataud-Dien, Patricia Andy, Sebastien Bardon, Anthony Briot
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Publication number: 20080170973Abstract: The invention concerns a catalytic filter for depolluting a gas loaded with soot particles and gaseous pollutants, obtained by impregnating in a catalytic solution a filtering structure formed by an assembly of honeycomb-type monolithic elements, wherein the porosity of the cement used as coating and/or as joint and/or as plug is less than the porosity of the material constituting said element(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2006Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CTR DE RECH. ET DETUDES EUROPEAN SASInventors: Patricia Andy, Sebastien Bardon, Anthony Briot
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Publication number: 20080141634Abstract: This structure comprises first and second filtering elements (15A, 15B) which are respectively provided with a first and a second face (24A, 24B) arranged opposite each other and a seal (17) connecting said faces (24A, 24B). The first face (24A) comprises at least a first region (35A) that does not adhere, or only slightly adheres to said seal (17), opposite a first region (33B) that strongly adheres to said seal (17) of the second face (24B). The first region (35A) that does not adhere or only slightly adheres is delimited by at least a portion of the edge (37) common to the first face (24A) and a discharge face (23). The first region (35A) that does not adhere or only slightly adheres comprises a side (41A) that diverges towards the discharge face (23) and which extends up to said common edge (37). Application to particle filters for engine exhaust gases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2005Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: Saint-Gobain Centre De Recherches Et D'Etudes EurpeenInventors: Sébastien Bardon, Nicolas Bonnail, Anthony Briot, Vincent Gleize, Matteo Scalabrino
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Publication number: 20080034744Abstract: This structure (11) comprises first and second filtering elements (15A, 15B) extending essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis (X-X?) of the structure (11) between an admission region (21) of the gases into the structure (11) and an evacuation region (23) of the gases from the structure, and comprises a seal (17) for joining these elements (15A, 15B). The seal (17) comprises at least one downstream pat (43) which has a thermal mass per unit length greater than the thermal mass per unit length of an upstream part (41) of the seal (17). The invention is for use in particulate filters for the exhaust gases of a motor vehicle diesel engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEENInventors: Sebastien Bardon, Anthony Briot, Vincent Gleize
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Publication number: 20070169451Abstract: A block, particularly for filtering particulates present in the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, includes a plurality of flow channels for the gases (14e,14s), each of the channels (14e,14s) being bounded by a side wall (22), a plug (15e,15s) and an opening (19e,19s) terminating outwardly. The block according to the invention is remarkable in that a first portion (34) of the side wall (22) of at least one of the channels (14p,14p?), called the “reinforced channel”, includes a reinforcement compared to the rest of the side wall (22) forming a second portion (36) of the side wall (22), the ratio (R) of the thickness of the first portion (34) to the thickness of the second portion (36), in any transverse plane of section (P), being between 1.1 and 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2004Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROInventors: Sebastien Bardon, Anthony Briot, Vincent Gleize