Patents by Inventor Frédéric Vidal

Frédéric Vidal 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).

  • Method for manufacturing a reflector, preferably for the solar energy field
    Patent number: 9274306
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a reflector (6) including a mirror (16) supported by a support structure (18), where the said method includes a step of positioning the mirror relative to the said support structure by moving a mold (30) supporting the mirror relative to the said structure, According to the invention, the method also includes a step of adjustment of multiple links (20) between the mirror and the structure, implemented during the step of positioning of the mirror, and/or after this step, and causing at least a proportion of the links to be moved relative to the structure (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Vidal, Raphaël Couturier
  • RADIATIVE SURFACE
    Publication number: 20140106164
    Abstract: A radiative surface comprises a film comprising: a semi-interpenetrated or interpenetrated network of a first ion-conducting polymer and of a second electron- and electrochrome-conducting polymer; and an electrolyte for impregnating the network; the film comprising a first face intended to be in contact with the solar radiations, the first face being covered with a first metallic layer in order to reduce the absorptivity of the solar radiations. A method for creating the radiative surface is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Jean-Paul DUDON, Evelyne CHASTAING, Frederic VIDAL, Isabelle FABRE-FRANCKE, Pierre-Henri AUBERT, Claude CHEVROT, Anne Sandra TEISSIER
  • Method for Manufacturing a Reflector, Preferably for the Solar Energy Field
    Publication number: 20130314813
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a reflector (6) including a mirror (16) supported by a support structure (18), where the said method includes a step of positioning the mirror relative to the said support structure by moving a mould (30) supporting the mirror relative to the said structure, According to the invention, the method also includes a step of adjustment of multiple links (20) between the mirror and the structure, implemented during the step of positioning of the mirror, and/or after this step, and causing at least a proportion of the links to be moved relative to the structure (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Frédéric Vidal, Raphaël Couturier
  • Electricallly-cotrollable film having variable optical and/or energy properties
    Publication number: 20070041074
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically-controllable device with variable optical/energy reflection or transmission properties. The invention is characterised in that the device is shaped in the form of a self-supporting film, said film being formed from a mixture comprising at least one first element which provides the mixture with an electrochrome functionality and at least one second element which produces an electrolyte functionality for ionic charge transfer within said mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Gregoire Mathey, Fabien Beteille, Claude Chevrot, Dominique Teyssie, Francois Tran-Van, Frederic Vidal, Layla Beouch