Patents by Inventor CLAIRE RANNOUX

CLAIRE RANNOUX 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: 11865865
    Abstract: A tire comprises a rubber layer comprising from 50% to 100% by mass of a rubber crumb having a ratio of the chloroform extract to the acetone extract of less than 2, the chloroform and acetone extracts being expressed as percentages by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Nathalie Coste, Severin Dronet, Vincent Lafaquiere, Claire Rannoux
  • Patent number: 11583044
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an external component for watches or jewellery, especially a bracelet, includes the steps of: providing a substrate including a first face opposite to a second face and co-extrusion coating the first face and the second face of the substrate respectively with a first and a second band of synthetic material. The first band forms on the first face a transparent or translucent layer so that all or part of the substrate remains visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Claire Rannoux, Nicolas Francois
  • Patent number: 11312047
    Abstract: A method for making a bracelet provided with an electronic component insert, the method includes fabricating a basic, flexible support for an insert in the form of a band, making conductive paths on the flexible support or in the flexible support, disposing on the flexible support various electronic components connected to the conductive paths, and coating the electronic components disposed on the flexible support with a transparent or opaque protective layer to finish the insert of the bracelet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Nicolas Francois, Claire Rannoux, Cedric Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20220055406
    Abstract: A tire comprises a rubber layer comprising from 50% to 100% by mass of a rubber crumb having a ratio of the chloroform extract to the acetone extract of less than 2, the chloroform and acetone extracts being expressed as percentages by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: NATHALIE COSTE, SEVERIN DRONET, VINCENT LAFAQUIERE, CLAIRE RANNOUX
  • Patent number: 11224266
    Abstract: External part for a timepiece or piece of jewellery, this external part being produced by means of a polymer matrix in which piezochromic molecules are dispersed that change from a first stable state to a second stable state while changing colour under the effect of applied pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Nicolas Francois, Claire Rannoux, Stewes Bourban
  • Patent number: 11117162
    Abstract: An epilamization agent containing at least one compound including at least hydrophobic and oleophobic moieties arranged to impart epilame properties to the compound, and at least one hydrophilic moiety arranged to make the compound soluble in aqueous medium, the hydrophilic moiety being linked to the compound by at least one cleavable group. A method for coating a substrate with epilame, including: preparing an aqueous epilamization bath by solubilising such an epilamization agent, placing the substrate in contact with the epilamization agent in the epilamization bath, separating the hydrophilic moiety from the epilamization agent by cleavage, rinsing the substrate to eliminate the hydrophilic residues from the hydrophilic moiety and drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Christophe Letondor, Claire Rannoux, Nicholas David Spencer
  • Patent number: 11117304
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bracelet made of synthetic material for watches or jewellery including at least one strand, the method including a step of making, by moulding or extrusion, a band of synthetic material intended to form at least one strand, the method being wherein it then includes a step of chemical mechanical polishing the band. A bracelet made of synthetic material for watches or jewellery includes at least one strand formed of an extruded or injection moulded band, wherein at least one strand has a roughness Rp less than or equal to 3 ?m and preferably less than or equal to 2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Claire Rannoux, Blaise Poinsot, Nicolas Francois
  • Patent number: 11034780
    Abstract: In a 1,3-dipolar compound of formula Q-A-B, Q comprises a dipole containing at least and preferably one nitrogen atom, A, which is preferably divalent, is an atom or a group of atoms connecting Q to B, and B comprises an imidazole ring. An unsaturated polymer modified by grafting the 1,3-dipolar compound is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Oleg Ugolnikov, Sergey Ivanov, Claire Rannoux, Anne-Frédérique Salit, Sophie Gander, Anne-Lise Thuilliez
  • Publication number: 20210170659
    Abstract: An in-line method for marking a substrate made of extruded synthetic material, the method including the steps of extruding the synthetic material through an extrusion die to form the substrate, marking the substrate by scrolling the substrate obtained from the extrusion die between two rotatably mounted and temperature-controlled rollers with an upper roller and a lower roller, one of the rollers having an impression forming the negative of a decoration or a texture to be marked on one face of the substrate, this same roller or the other of the rollers including at least one notch allowing to guide the substrate as it passes through the extrusion die and between the two rollers. An installation can include in line the extrusion die and the marking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Yannick CÉLÉRIER, Benoît LAFIN, Catherine BLANC PETIOT, Claire RANNOUX, Nicolas FRANCOIS
  • Patent number: 10996632
    Abstract: An exterior element for portable objects including a support, on which is arranged a first material, the first material being chosen to be capable of reflecting different visible wavelengths as a function of applied stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Claire Rannoux, Nicolas Francois, Milan Calic, Stewes Bourban
  • Patent number: 10913196
    Abstract: A method of fabrication of a wristband of a watch or piece of jewelry, including: providing a first synthetic material; providing an extrusion line with a die plate for making an extrudate from the first material; providing one or more additional materials distinguished in their properties from the first material; providing a die plate including a first zone defining a profile allowing for fabrication of an extrudate having a hollow tubular profile at least at one of its ends in which the extrudate has a width corresponding to the length of one or two strands of the wristband; the die plate further includes a second zone allowing defining of particular profiles selected from among a flat profile, a curved profile, or a profile with projecting zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Claire Rannoux, Nicolas Francois, Yannick Celerier, Catherine Blanc Petiot, Benoit Lafin
  • Patent number: 10787471
    Abstract: A 1,3-dipolar compound bearing at least a phosphorus-containing group and a dipole containing a nitrogen atom is provided. A method for grafting the 1,3-dipolar compound on an unsaturated polymer, a diene polymer comprising, along the polymer chain, at least one pendant phosphorus-containing group, and a rubber composition based on a diene elastomer and the 1,3-dipolar compound optionally pre-grafted on the diene elastomer are also provided. The 1,3-dipolar compound allows access to rubber compositions reinforced with an inorganic filler that have a compromise of improved properties, namely hysteresis, stiffness in the cured state and reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Sergey Ivanov, Claire Rannoux, Anne-Lise Thuilliez, Anne-Frédérique Salit
  • Publication number: 20200245732
    Abstract: External part for a timepiece or piece of jewellery, this external part being produced by means of a polymer matrix in which piezochromic molecules are dispersed that change from a first stable state to a second stable state while changing colour under the effect of applied pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Nicolas FRANCOIS, Claire RANNOUX, Stewes BOURBAN
  • Publication number: 20200108540
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bracelet made of synthetic material for watches or jewellery including at least one strand, the method including a step of making, by moulding or extrusion, a band of synthetic material intended to form at least one strand, the method being wherein it then includes a step of chemical mechanical polishing the band. A bracelet made of synthetic material for watches or jewellery includes at least one strand formed of an extruded or injection moulded band, wherein at least one strand has a roughness Rp less than or equal to 3 ?m and preferably less than or equal to 2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Claire RANNOUX, Blaise POINSOT, Nicolas FRANCOIS
  • Patent number: 10590301
    Abstract: A substrate including a surface, at least one part of which is coated with an epilamization agent including at least one compound in the form of a statistical copolymer comprising M units, N units and optionally at least one P unit, linked by covalent bonds by their main chains and randomly distributed, where M is N is P is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Christophe Letondor, Claire Rannoux
  • Patent number: 10577520
    Abstract: An assembly of timepiece parts assembled together with an adhesive at a temperature TA and to be repositioned when the adhesive is at a temperature TC. The adhesive includes a formulation, which at TC includes a mixture of polymer chains with pendant diene units X and coupling molecules including two dienophile end groups Y, wherein the X units and the Y groups are arranged to react with one another and to bond together with the Diels-Alder reaction at a temperature TDA and to regenerate with the retro-Diels-Alder reaction at a temperature TRDA, at TA forms a three-dimensional network, in which the polymer chains are linked to one another by the coupling molecules with the Diels-Alder reaction, where TA<TRDA?TC, where temperature TDA ranges between 0° C. and 100° C. and temperature TRDA ranges between 50° C. and 200° C., and TDA is strictly lower than TRDA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Claire Rannoux, Maria Fernandez Ciurleo
  • Publication number: 20200031029
    Abstract: A method for making a bracelet provided with an electronic component insert, the method includes fabricating a basic, flexible support for an insert in the form of a band, making conductive paths on the flexible support or in the flexible support, disposing on the flexible support various electronic components connected to the conductive paths, and coating the electronic components disposed on the flexible support with a transparent or opaque protective layer to finish the insert of the bracelet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Nicolas FRANCOIS, Claire RANNOUX, Cedric NICOLAS
  • Patent number: 10520894
    Abstract: A watchmaking gasket, in particular a watch glass gasket for a timepiece, includes a polymer matrix charged with phosphorescent and/or fluorescent pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Nicolas Francois, Maria Fernandez Ciurleo, Claire Rannoux
  • Publication number: 20190357639
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an external component for watches or jewellery, especially a bracelet, includes the steps of: providing a substrate including a first face opposite to a second face and co-extrusion coating the first face and the second face of the substrate respectively with a first and a second band of synthetic material. The first band forms on the first face a transparent or translucent layer so that all or part of the substrate remains visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Claire RANNOUX, Nicolas FRANCOIS
  • Patent number: 10421706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conversion method that is fed with a diol feedstock that comprises at least 90% by weight of diol and a carboxylic acid feedstock that comprises at least 80% by weight of carboxylic acid. The method comprising at least: An esterification step which is fed with at least the diol feedstock and at least the carboxylic acid feedstock, wherein the carboxylic acid/diol molar ratio at the inlet of the esterification step is between 2 and 6, the esterification step comprises at least one reactive distillation column that has a mixed reaction/separation zone located between two separation zones; and A water elimination step that is fed with distillate from the esterification step that comprises water and producing at least one water effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Romain Richard, Damien Leinekugel Le Cocq, Marc Jacquin, Margarita Dorato, Nuno Pacheco, Claire Rannoux