Patents by Inventor Daniel Confrere

Daniel Confrere 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: 6410878
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a flame support for a gas burner, which consists in producing disjointed metal fibres (10) in an alloy comprising iron, chromium and aluminium; assembling the fibres together under pressure; bringing the fibre mat to a temperature sufficient to ensure a close bonding between the fibres. The invention is characterised in that it consists in feeding said metal alloy to an overflowing tank (3), to produce the fibres by cooling in contact with a mobile wheel (7); then in arranging in a moulding matrix the resulting disjointed fibres (10) and compressing them to form an agglomerated mat; then in connecting the mat to electrodes and a capacitor, thereby bringing the fibres (10), at their points of contact, to a temperature not less than their melting point, to produce fibres closely welded together, under high voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignees: Gaz de France (GDF) Service National, Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales - Onera
    Inventors: William Guerin, Valerie Bosso, Daniel Confrere, André Walder