Patents by Inventor Bernard Souillard

Bernard Souillard 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).

  • Method for the predictive determination of load of a structure at rupture
    Patent number: 5554810
    Abstract: Method for predictive determination of load, simple or combined, at rupture, of a structure, which includes subjecting the structure to a stress which is equivalent to the load; recording acoustic activity generated by damages suffered in the structure, up until a pre-determined stress threshold; and determining the predictive value of the load at rupture using the recorded acoustic emission based on a relationship linking time to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Anifrani, Christian M. Le Floc'h, Didier Sornette, Bernard Souillard