Patents by Inventor Aurelien Sylvestre

Aurelien Sylvestre 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).

  • Patent number: 9446541
    Abstract: The method is for protecting the end of a cable made of a plurality of parallel tendons (10) anchored using a block (15) having a front side, a rear side and channels (16) extending between the front and rear sides. Each tendon of the cable is held in a respective channel of the anchor block with a blocking member (19). The method comprises performing a first phase of injecting protective material (100) into at least some of the channels of the anchor block. A chamber (30) is formed on at least one side of the anchor block (15) so as to contain portions of the plurality of tendons. A second phase of injecting protective material (200) into the chamber (30) is then performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventors: Jerome Stubler, Aurelien Sylvestre, Stephane Joye, Erik Mellier
  • Patent number: 8925266
    Abstract: The anchoring device for a cable made of plurality of tendons comprises an anchor block having a front side, a rear side and channels extending between the front and rear sides, each tendon of the cable being received in a respective channel with a blocking member. It also comprises a first protective material with which at least some of the channels of the anchor block are filled, a chamber containing portions of the plurality of tendons of the cable, located on at least one of the front and rear sides of the anchor block, and a second protective material, different from the first protective material, with which the chamber is filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventors: Jérôme Stubler, Aurélien Sylvestre, Stéphanie Joye, Erik Mellier
  • Patent number: 8834639
    Abstract: Method of draining a system for anchoring a structural cable to a construction element, the anchor system comprising a first chamber delimited by an envelope, the first chamber containing a first part of the structural cable and a first filling material, the method comprising: inserting at least one heating element into the first filling material via an opening in the envelope of the first chamber; heating the first filling material with the aid of the heating element to fluidize some or all of the first filling material; and extracting the fluidized first filling material via an opening in the envelope of the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventor: Aurélien Sylvestre
  • Publication number: 20140026372
    Abstract: The anchoring device for a cable made of plurality of tendons comprises an anchor block having a front side, a rear side and channels extending between the front and rear sides, each tendon of the cable being received in a respective channel with a blocking member. It also comprises a first protective material with which at least some of the channels of the anchor block are filled, a chamber containing portions of the plurality of tendons of the cable, located on at least one of the front and rear sides of the anchor block, and a second protective material, different from the first protective material, with which the chamber is filled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventors: Jérôme Stubler, Aurélien Sylvestre, Stéphanie Joye, Erik Mellier
  • Publication number: 20140021649
    Abstract: The method is for protecting the end of a cable made of a plurality of parallel tendons (10) anchored using a block (15) having a front side, a rear side and channels (16) extending between the front and rear sides. Each tendon of the cable is held in a respective channel of the anchor block with a blocking member (19). The method comprises performing a first phase of injecting protective material (100) into at least some of the channels of the anchor block. A chamber (30) is formed on at least one side of the anchor block (15) so as to contain portions of the plurality of tendons. A second phase of injecting protective material (200) into the chamber (30) is then performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventors: Jerome Stubler, Aurelien Sylvestre, Stephane Joye, Erik Mellier
  • Publication number: 20120247568
    Abstract: Method of draining a system for anchoring a structural cable to a construction element, the anchor system comprising a first chamber delimited by an envelope, the first chamber containing a first part of the structural cable and a first filling material, the method comprising: inserting at least one heating element into the first filling material via an opening in the envelope of the first chamber; heating the first filling material with the aid of the heating element to fluidize some or all of the first filling material; and extracting the fluidized first filling material via an opening in the envelope of the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventor: Aurélien SYLVESTRE