Patents by Inventor Bert Verheyde

Bert Verheyde 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: 12202201
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing three-dimensional structures is provided. The system includes plurality of printing stations and a robotic unit configured to interact with the plurality of printing stations, each of the plurality of printing stations being arranged to be accessible by the robotic unit. Each printing station includes a station controller for controlling at least one deposition control parameter. The system further includes a system controller configured to operate the robotic unit, and wherein the system controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of printing stations for controlling at least an execution of printing tasks being performed on the plurality of printing stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: VITO NV
    Inventors: Bert Verheyde, Jasper Lefevere, Bart Michielsen, Dirk Vangeneugden
  • Patent number: 12194679
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing three-dimensional structures is provided. The system comprises a plurality of printing stations for performing parallel printing in an confined space enclosed by a housing, wherein each printing station comprises a carrier, a deposition unit with at least one nozzle arranged for dispensing filaments of build material paste through an opening area thereof and a station controller configured to operate the deposition unit for deposition of filaments of a build material paste on the carrier in an interconnected arrangement in a plurality of stacked layers in order to form one or more three-dimensional structures, the at least one nozzle and the detachable carrier being relatively moveable with respect to each other, wherein the deposition unit is coupled to a reservoir unit configured to house the build material paste, wherein the reservoir unit includes at least one reservoir arranged outside of the confined space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: VITO NV
    Inventors: Bert Verheyde, Jasper Lefevere, Bart Michielsen, Dirk Vangeneugden
  • Patent number: 12146221
    Abstract: A polymer substrate having deposited on its surface a reaction product of a precursor material obtained or obtainable by a method for preparation of polymer, and to the use of the polymer having improved antibacterial properties and/or antiviral properties or of the polymer having improved antibacterial properties and/or antiviral properties obtained or obtainable by the method for medical applications, antibiofouling applications, hygiene applications, food industry applications, industrial or computer related applications, consumer goods applications and appliances, public and public transport applications, underwater, water sanitation or seawater applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MOLECULAR PLASMA GROUP S.A.
    Inventors: Raphael Dabbous, Rupert Konradi, Bert Verheyde, Annick Vanhulsel, Olof Wallquist
  • Publication number: 20240038969
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for applying a protective layer on at least part of an exposed alkali metal or alkali metal alloy substrate. The method includes activating a gas using a plasma discharge to obtain an activated gas and contacting the exposed surface with the activated gas. A protective layer is formed on at least part of the exposed surface. The gas has a nitrogen-comprising compound such that the protective layer includes at least 60 mol % of a corresponding alkali metal nitrate. The present disclosure is further related to an article including a substrate having a surface including an alkali metal or alkali metal alloy and a protective layer arranged on at least part of the alkali metal or alkali metal alloy surface of the substrate. The protective layer is conductive to ions of the corresponding alkali metal and has at least 60 mol % of a corresponding alkali metal nitrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Vijay Shankar RANGASAMY, Annick VANHULSEL, Bert VERHEYDE, Dirk VANGENEUGDEN
  • Publication number: 20230133457
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing three-dimensional structures is provided. The system comprises a plurality of printing stations for performing parallel printing in an confined space enclosed by a housing, wherein each printing station comprises a carrier, a deposition unit with at least one nozzle arranged for dispensing filaments of build material paste through an opening area thereof and a station controller configured to operate the deposition unit for deposition of filaments of a build material paste on the carrier in an interconnected arrangement in a plurality of stacked layers in order to form one or more three-dimensional structures, the at least one nozzle and the detachable carrier being relatively moveable with respect to each other, wherein the deposition unit is coupled to a reservoir unit configured to house the build material paste, wherein the reservoir unit includes at least one reservoir arranged outside of the confined space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Bert VERHEYDE, Jasper LEFEVERE, Bart MICHIELSEN, Dirk VANGENEUGDEN
  • Publication number: 20230050867
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing three-dimensional structures is provided. The system includes plurality of printing stations and a robotic unit configured to interact with the plurality of printing stations, each of the plurality of printing stations being arranged to be accessible by the robotic unit. Each printing station includes a station controller for controlling at least one deposition control parameter. The system further includes a system controller configured to operate the robotic unit, and wherein the system controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of printing stations for controlling at least an execution of printing tasks being performed on the plurality of printing stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Bert VERHEYDE, Jasper LEFEVERE, Bart MICHIELSEN, Dirk VANGENEUGDEN
  • Publication number: 20220316064
    Abstract: A polymer substrate having deposited on its surface a reaction product of a precursor material obtained or obtainable by a method for preparation of polymer, and to the use of the polymer having improved antibacterial properties and/or antiviral properties or of the polymer having improved antibacterial properties and/or antiviral properties obtained or obtainable by the method for medical applications, antibiofouling applications, hygiene applications, food industry applications, industrial or computer related applications, consumer goods applications and appliances, public and public transport applications, underwater, water sanitation or seawater applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Raphael DABBOUS, Rupert KONRADI, Bert VERHEYDE, Annick VANHULSEL, Olof WALLQUIST
  • Publication number: 20210245196
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a plasma cord coating device comprising a pair of opposite and parallel plate electrodes having a first electrode and a second electrode, a pair of planar and parallel dielectric barriers including a first dielectric barrier, and a second dielectric barrier, wherein the first electrode is covered by the first dielectric barrier on a side facing the second electrode and the second electrode is covered by the second dielectric barrier on a side facing the first electrode to form a gap between the first and the second dielectric barriers. This device includes a first foil which extends through the gap and covers the first dielectric barrier and a second foil which extends through the gap and covers the second dielectric barrier to form a plasma treatment zone between the first foil and the second foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Frederic Gerard Auguste Siffer, Dirk Leo Vangeneugden, Bert Verheyde, Erwin Constant Maria Van Hoof
  • Publication number: 20180294070
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of making a cord-reinforced rubber article, comprising the steps of A) mixing a carrier gas, a sulfur-containing compound and an alkyne, to form a gas mixture; B) generating an atmospheric pressure plasma from the gas mixture; C) exposing a reinforcement cord to the atmospheric pressure plasma to produce a coated reinforcement cord; and D) contacting the coated reinforcement cord with a rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic Gerard Auguste SIFFER, Jerome Bernard HOBELMAN, James Gregory GILLICK, Michael Lawrence GERSMAN, Dinesh CHANDRA, Dan QU, Bina Patel BOTTS, Dirk Leo VANGENEUGDEN, Bert VERHEYDE, Erwin Constant Maria VAN HOOF
  • Publication number: 20180169699
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of making a cord-reinforced rubber article, comprising the steps of A) mixing a carrier gas, a sulfur-containing compound and an alkyne, to form a gas mixture; B) generating an atmospheric pressure plasma from the gas mixture; C) exposing a reinforcement cord to the atmospheric pressure plasma to produce a treated reinforcement cord; and D) contacting the treated reinforcement cord with a rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic Gerard Auguste SIFFER, Jerome Bernard HOBELMAN, James Gregory GILLICK, Michael Lawrence GERSMAN, Dinesh CHANDRA, Dan QU, Bina Patel BOTTS, Dirk VANGENEUGDEN, Bert VERHEYDE, Erwin VAN HOOF
  • Publication number: 20160318294
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite sheet wherein the composite sheet includes at least two outer metal layers and at least one intermediate polymer layer wherein the polymer layer comprises a thermoplastic polymer. The method steps include providing at least a first and a second metal substrate and at least one intermediate polymer layer; coating at least one of the metal substrates with an adhesion promoter layer by plasma coating, wherein plasma coating includes: providing a process gas, generating a plasma, injecting a precursor for providing the adhesion promoter layer into the generated plasma or plasma afterglow, moving or placing the at least one metal strip into the generated plasma or plasma afterglow and depositing a plasma polymerized adhesion promoter layer on the surface of inner side of the metal substrate; and laminating the intermediate polymer layer and the two outer metal layers to build a composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, VITO NV
    Inventors: Ingo Klüppel, Michael Strack, Ingo Rogner, Nicole Scherf, Gabriella Da Ponte, Danny Havermans, Sabine Paulussen, Bert Verheyde
  • Patent number: 8962099
    Abstract: A method for depositing functional groups on a surface of an object, and to the object treated as such, by generating and maintaining a plasma, bringing the object surface close to or in a space between the plasma electrodes, an atmosphere being present between the two electrodes, and depositing a plurality of functional groups on at least part of the surface of the object, wherein the atmosphere between the two electrodes comprises a multi-functional hyperbranched compound which is a polymer based on ABm type monomers, or a derivative of such polymer, wherein m is at least 2, A and B have reactive functional groups selected such that group A is reacted at least m times with group B, and the hyperbranched compound has a degree of branching (DB) in the range of 10.0-99.9%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO)
    Inventors: Marjorie Dubreuil, Bert Verheyde
  • Publication number: 20110223351
    Abstract: A method applies a coating (17) of a thermoplastic material on a substrate (11) made of a polymeric material, with the thermoplastic material and the polymeric material being incompatible. Firstly, the substrate and/or the powder are exposed to a plasma discharge (12) or the reactive gas stream resulting therefrom in order to obtain a plasma treated surface layer (14) introducing compatibility at the interface between substrate and coating. Secondly, laser cladding (15) the powder (16) on the substrate is conducted in order to form a coating on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Vlaamse Instelling VoorTechnologisch Onderzoek N.V. (VITO)
    Inventors: Bert Verheyde, Marleen Rombouts, Annick Vanhulsel, Robby Rego, Filip Motmans