Patents by Inventor Emile De Rijk

Emile De Rijk 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: 11955683
    Abstract: Radio frequency device including at least: a tube through which a channel passes, a front face and/or a rear face forming a bearing surface through which the channel passes, the bearing surface forming an annular frame around one end of the tube and being integral with the tube. The bearing surface includes axial fixing apertures passing through the bearing surface and opening outside the channel in order to allow fixation of the device, and the width of the frame being greater at and in the immediate vicinity of the axial fixing apertures than at a distance from these axial fixing apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SWISSto12 SA
    Inventors: Mathieu Billod, Arnaud Boland, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk, Tomislav Debogovic, Alexandre Dimitriades, Esteban Menargues Gomez, Lionel Simon
  • Patent number: 11923591
    Abstract: Waveguide device for guiding a radio frequency signal at a given frequency f, the device including: a core manufactured by additive manufacturing and including side walls with inner and outer surfaces, the inner surfaces delimiting a waveguide channel, wherein a cross-section of the channel has two straight sides joined together by two half-portions, at least one of the two half-portions being rounded or formed of at least two straight segments, the cross-section having a maximum length (a) and a maximum width (b), the ratio between the maximum length (a)/maximum width (b) being between 2.05 and 3.5, preferably between 2.05 and 2.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SWISSTO12 SA
    Inventors: Alexandre Dimitriades, Mathieu Billod, Lionel Simon, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk
  • Patent number: 11923592
    Abstract: Waveguide device (1) for guiding a radio frequency signal at a given frequency f, the device (1) including: a core (3) manufactured by additive manufacturing and including side walls with inner and outer surfaces (7, 8), the inner surfaces (7) delimiting a waveguide channel (2), wherein a cross-section of the channel (2) has two straight sides joined together by two half-portions, at least one of the two half-portions being rounded or formed of at least two straight segments the cross-section having a maximum length (a) and a maximum width (b), the ratio between the maximum length (a)/maximum width (b) being between 2.05 and 3.5, preferably between 2.05 and 2.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SWISSTO12 SA
    Inventors: Alexandre Dimitriades, Mathieu Billod, Lionel Simon, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk
  • Publication number: 20230378659
    Abstract: Radiofrequency module, including: a first layer including an array of radiating elements, each radiating element having a cross section for supporting at least one wave propagation mode, a second layer forming an array of waveguides; a fourth layer forming an array of ports; the second layer being interposed between the first and the fourth layer; each waveguide being connected to a port on the one hand and to a radiating element on the other hand for transmitting a radiofrequency signal between this port and this radiating element; the spacing between two ports being different from the spacing between the radiating elements, so that the surface area of the first layer is different from the surface area of the fourth layer; the waveguides being curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Esteban Menargues Gomez, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk, Tomislav Debogovic
  • Patent number: 11742589
    Abstract: Radiofrequency module, including: a first layer including an array of radiating elements, each radiating element having a cross section for supporting at least one wave propagation mode, a second layer forming an array of waveguides; a fourth layer forming an array of ports; the second layer being interposed between the first and the fourth layer; each waveguide being connected to a port on the one hand and to a radiating element on the other hand for transmitting a radiofrequency signal between this port and this radiating element; the spacing between two ports being different from the spacing between the radiating elements, so that the surface area of the first layer is different from the surface area of the fourth layer; the waveguides being curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SWISSTO12 SA
    Inventors: Esteban Menargues Gomez, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk, Tomislav Debogovic
  • Publication number: 20230238676
    Abstract: Waveguide device (1) for guiding a radio frequency signal at a given frequency f, the device (1) including: a core (3) manufactured by additive manufacturing and including side walls with inner and outer surfaces (7, 8), the inner surfaces (7) delimiting a waveguide channel (2), wherein a cross-section of the channel (2) has two straight sides joined together by two half-portions, at least one of the two half-portions being rounded or formed of at least two straight segments the cross-section having a maximum length (a) and a maximum width (b), the ratio between the maximum length (a)/maximum width (b) being between 2.05 and 3.5, preferably between 2.05 and 2.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandre Dimitriades, Mathieu Billod, Lionel Simon, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk
  • Publication number: 20220231424
    Abstract: Radiofrequency module, including: a first layer including an array of radiating elements, each radiating element having a cross section for supporting at least one wave propagation mode, a second layer forming an array of waveguides; a fourth layer forming an array of ports; the second layer being interposed between the first and the fourth layer; each waveguide being connected to a port on the one hand and to a radiating element on the other hand for transmitting a radiofrequency signal between this port and this radiating element; the spacing between two ports being different from the spacing between the radiating elements, so that the surface area of the first layer is different from the surface area of the fourth layer; the waveguides being curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Esteban Menargues Gomez, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk, Tomislav Debogovic
  • Publication number: 20220216579
    Abstract: Radio frequency device including at least: a tube through which a channel passes, a front face and/or a rear face forming a bearing surface through which the channel passes, the bearing surface forming an annular frame around one end of the tube and being integral with the tube. The bearing surface includes axial fixing apertures passing through the bearing surface and opening outside the channel in order to allow fixation of the device, and the width of the frame being greater at and in the immediate vicinity of the axial fixing apertures than at a distance from these axial fixing apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Mathieu Billod, Arnaud Boland, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk, Tomislav Debogovic, Alexandre Dimitriades, Esteban Menargues Gomez, Lionel Simon
  • Publication number: 20220181778
    Abstract: An arrangement for communication satellites including a payload bay. The arrangement includes an assembly of waveguides, waveguide fixation interfaces for fixing the waveguides to electronic equipment and/or components and a mechanical structure including a plurality of links interconnecting at least some of the waveguides to ensure the stability of the waveguide assembly. The arrangement further includes at least one heat pipe that is arranged to heat or cool one or more of the waveguides. The arrangement is formed in a single piece by 3D printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Emile de Rijk, Mathieu Billod, Esteban Menargues Gomez, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Tomislav Debogovic, Alexandre Dimitriades, Lionel Simon, Arnaud Boland
  • Publication number: 20220149502
    Abstract: Waveguide device for guiding a radio frequency signal at a given frequency f, the device including: a core manufactured by additive manufacturing and including side walls with inner and outer surfaces, the inner surfaces delimiting a waveguide channel, wherein a cross-section of the channel has two straight sides joined together by two half-portions, at least one of the two half-portions being rounded or formed of at least two straight segments, the cross-section having a maximum length (a) and a maximum width (b), the ratio between the maximum length (a)/maximum width (b) being between 2.05 and 3.5, preferably between 2.05 and 2.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Alexandre Dimitriades, Mathieu Billod, Lionel Simon, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk
  • Patent number: 11309637
    Abstract: Radiofrequency module, including: a first layer including an array of radiating elements, each radiating element having a cross section for supporting at least one wave propagation mode, a second layer forming an array of waveguides; a fourth layer forming an array of ports; the second layer being interposed between the first and the fourth layer; each waveguide being connected to a port on the one hand and to a radiating element on the other hand for transmitting a radiofrequency signal between this port and this radiating element; the spacing between two ports being different from the spacing between the radiating elements, so that the surface area of the first layer is different from the surface area of the fourth layer; the waveguides being curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SWISSTO12 SA
    Inventors: Esteban Menargues Gomez, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk, Tomislav Debogovic
  • Publication number: 20220029257
    Abstract: Radio-frequency component including several waveguide devices, for example antennas or polarizers, arranged in an array for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic signals. The radio-frequency component includes several ridges and each waveguide device includes: at least one inner wall; an upstream opening in the direction of propagation of the signals during emission; and a downstream opening in the direction of propagation of the emitting signals, linked to the upstream opening so that the emitting signals are transmitted from the upstream opening to the downstream opening. The arrangement of the ridges in the openings upstream of the radiofrequency component may be different from the arrangement of the ridges in the openings downstream of the radio-frequency component. The arrangement of ridges in the downstream openings of each waveguide device includes no more and no less than three ridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Esteban Menargues Gomez, Tomislav Debogovic, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk
  • Publication number: 20210218151
    Abstract: Radiofrequency module, including: a first layer including an array of radiating elements, each radiating element having a cross section for supporting at least one wave propagation mode, a second layer forming an array of waveguides; a fourth layer forming an array of ports; the second layer being interposed between the first and the fourth layer; each waveguide being connected to a port on the one hand and to a radiating element on the other hand for transmitting a radiofrequency signal between this port and this radiating element; the spacing between two ports being different from the spacing between the radiating elements, so that the surface area of the first layer is different from the surface area of the fourth layer; the waveguides being curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Esteban Menargues Gomez, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk, Tomislav Debogovic
  • Patent number: 11031669
    Abstract: A method for producing a waveguide device, including producing a core of a non-conductive material. The core has side walls with outer surfaces and inner surfaces, the inner surfaces defining a waveguide channel. A layer of conductive metal is deposited on the inner surfaces by immersion in a fluid of reactants. The core includes at least one hole between the outer and inner surfaces, specifically used to encourage the removal of bubbles from the channel and/or the circulation of the fluid during the immersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SWISSTO12 SA
    Inventors: Emile de Rijk, Mirko Favre, Mathieu Billod, Alexandre Dimitriades, Alessandro Macor
  • Patent number: 10868348
    Abstract: A passive radiofrequency device includes a core formed by the gluing of multiple parts in direct contact against one another. At least one of the parts includes a housing for glue. At least some of the parts are manufactured individually by additive manufacturing. A conductive metal jacket surrounds the core without separating the parts from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SWISSTO12 SA
    Inventors: Mathieu Billod, Mirko Favre, Emile de Rijk
  • Patent number: 10862186
    Abstract: A waveguide device for guiding a radio frequency signal at a determined frequency f, the device including a body having side walls with outer surfaces and inner surfaces, the inner surfaces defining a waveguide channel. A conductive layer covers the inner surface of the body, the conductive layer being formed of a metal having a skin depth ? at frequency f. The conductive layer has a thickness at least twenty times as large as the skin depth ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SWISSTO12 SA
    Inventors: Emile de Rijk, Mirko Favre, Mathieu Billod, Alexandre Dimitriades
  • Publication number: 20200161738
    Abstract: A method for producing a waveguide device, including producing a core of a non-conductive material. The core has side walls with outer surfaces and inner surfaces, the inner surfaces defining a waveguide channel. A layer of conductive metal is deposited on the inner surfaces by immersion in a fluid of reactants. The core includes at least one hole between the outer and inner surfaces, specifically used to encourage the removal of bubbles from the channel and/or the circulation of the fluid during the immersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Emile de Rijk, Mirko Favre, Mathieu Billod, Alexandre Dimitriades, Alessandro Macor
  • Publication number: 20200127358
    Abstract: A waveguide device for guiding a radio frequency signal at a determined frequency f, the device including a body having side walls with outer surfaces and inner surfaces, the inner surfaces defining a waveguide channel. A conductive layer covers the inner surface of the body, the conductive layer being formed of a metal having a skin depth ? at frequency f. The conductive layer has a thickness at least twenty times as large as the skin depth ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Emile de Rijk, Mirko Favre, Mathieu Billod, Alexandre Dimitriades
  • Publication number: 20190190113
    Abstract: A passive radiofrequency device includes a core formed by the gluing of multiple parts in direct contact against one another. At least one of the parts includes a housing for glue. At least some of the parts are manufactured individually by additive manufacturing. A conductive metal jacket surrounds the core without separating the parts from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Mathieu Billod, Mirko Favre, Emile de Rijk
  • Patent number: 9448290
    Abstract: A hyperpolarization and multiple irradiation probe head, suitable for use in connection with magnetic resonance techniques (DNP-NMR, photo-DNP-NMR, ENDOR-EPR, MRI, DNP-MRI), comprising a RF transducer for generating and detecting a RF signal, wherein said RF transducer has a conducting element (2) allowing, together with at least one fully or partially connected grid polarizer made of conducting grid elements (1) which are reciprocally spaced so as the grid is at least partially transparent to a given microwave beam (3), controlled RF current paths and a substantially uniform RF magnetic field inside the RF transducer, wherein the grid polarizer (1) and the conducting element (2) forming the RF transducer are shaped and oriented to conform to said microwave beam phase fronts, said grid polarizer and said conducting element surrounding a sample (8), which is apt to be irradiated also by said microwaves (3); the probe head being also suited for a simultaneous irradiation of the sample with THz, FIR, IR, visible
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
    Inventors: Giuseppe Annino, Alessandro Macor, Emile De Rijk, Stefano Alberti