Patents by Inventor Eric Pestourie

Eric Pestourie 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).

  • Process for the manufacture of composite components comprising a web and a reinforcement structure
    Patent number: 5034172
    Abstract: A process relating to the manufacture of a composite component comprising a web and a reinforcement structure. The process includes providing a profiled section constituting a fibrous structure that is rigidified by impregnation with a thermoformable binder. The profiled section provided has a cross-section corresponding to the dimensions of a non-compacted blank of the component to be formed in a single unit with the web and the reinforcement structure. A blank of the component to be produced is machined from a length of the profiled section. The blank is press formed to obtain a preform having a shape and dimensions approximating those of the component to be produced and the preform is densified by chemical vapor infiltration of a material constituting a matrix within the fibrous structure, after elimination of the thermoformable binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Societe Europeenne de Propulsion
    Inventors: Michel Vives, Eric Pestourie