Patents by Inventor Desjoyeaux Bertrand

Desjoyeaux Bertrand 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).

  • Composite connecting rod having an increased mechanical strength
    Patent number: 9555586
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a connecting rod (6) out of composite material using three-dimensional fabric of woven reinforcing fibers, the connecting rod (6) extending in a main direction. The method comprises the steps of: cutting out one or more base pieces (7, 8) from a three-dimensional fabric; cutting out one or more reinforcing pieces (9, 10) from a three-dimensional fabric; installing the various pieces (7, 8, 9, 10) on a support in order to shape them; securing the various pieces (7, 8, 9, 10) to one another by stitching (12, 13, 14, 15) using reinforcing fibers in order to constitute a reinforcing fiber preform; installing the preform on a mandrel; and injecting resin into the preform and polymerizing the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY, AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Masson Richard, Garnier Gildas, Desjoyeaux Bertrand