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).
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Patent number: 12202201Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: VITO NVInventors: Bert Verheyde, Jasper Lefevere, Bart Michielsen, Dirk Vangeneugden
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Patent number: 12194679Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: VITO NVInventors: Bert Verheyde, Jasper Lefevere, Bart Michielsen, Dirk Vangeneugden
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Patent number: 12146221Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: MOLECULAR PLASMA GROUP S.A.Inventors: Raphael Dabbous, Rupert Konradi, Bert Verheyde, Annick Vanhulsel, Olof Wallquist
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Publication number: 20240038969Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Vijay Shankar RANGASAMY, Annick VANHULSEL, Bert VERHEYDE, Dirk VANGENEUGDEN
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Publication number: 20230133457Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Bert VERHEYDE, Jasper LEFEVERE, Bart MICHIELSEN, Dirk VANGENEUGDEN
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Publication number: 20230050867Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Bert VERHEYDE, Jasper LEFEVERE, Bart MICHIELSEN, Dirk VANGENEUGDEN
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Publication number: 20220316064Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Raphael DABBOUS, Rupert KONRADI, Bert VERHEYDE, Annick VANHULSEL, Olof WALLQUIST
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Publication number: 20210245196Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Frederic Gerard Auguste Siffer, Dirk Leo Vangeneugden, Bert Verheyde, Erwin Constant Maria Van Hoof
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Publication number: 20180294070Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20180169699Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20160318294Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, VITO NVInventors: Ingo Klüppel, Michael Strack, Ingo Rogner, Nicole Scherf, Gabriella Da Ponte, Danny Havermans, Sabine Paulussen, Bert Verheyde
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Patent number: 8962099Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO)Inventors: Marjorie Dubreuil, Bert Verheyde
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Publication number: 20110223351Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: Vlaamse Instelling VoorTechnologisch Onderzoek N.V. (VITO)Inventors: Bert Verheyde, Marleen Rombouts, Annick Vanhulsel, Robby Rego, Filip Motmans