Patents by Inventor FRANÇOIS MOUROUGAYA

FRANÇOIS MOUROUGAYA 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).

  • Publication number: 20220412844
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system for evaluating the surface of a tyre (10), comprising: a region (21) for entry of the tyre into the system, a capture region, and an exit region (22), distinct from the entry region, means for moving (23) and for holding a tyre in position, means for illuminating the tyre allowing the illumination of a sidewall of the tyre and of the crown of a tyre in the capture region, means for acquiring a visual image of the tyre in the capture region, means for processing the acquired image, at least one acquisition means being installed on a shaft that is movable with respect to the tyre installed in the capture region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: FRANCOIS MOUROUGAYA, NICOLAS ROUDEL, FLORIAN HECK
  • Patent number: 11041783
    Abstract: A device for inspecting tires of large dimensions, in particular for civil engineering vehicles, comprises: a rotationally driven tire support (10) designed to support a tire (20) to be inspected in position so that its axis of rotation is substantially horizontal, said support comprising means for rotating the supported tire; an ultrasound inspection device (1) provided with an inspection head (5) that is freely mounted radially and axially, a module (8) for retrieving and processing echo data retrieved during inspection phases, and a system for controlling the movement of the inspection head (5) inside the tire to be inspected, in particular along the inner wall of the crown area of said tire to be inspected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: François Mourougaya, Julien Charlat
  • Publication number: 20190360896
    Abstract: A device for inspecting tires of large dimensions, in particular for civil engineering vehicles, comprises: a rotationally driven tire support (10) designed to support a tire (20) to be inspected in position so that its axis of rotation is substantially horizontal, said support comprising means for rotating the supported tire; an ultrasound inspection device (1) provided with an inspection head (5) that is freely mounted radially and axially, a module (8) for retrieving and processing echo data retrieved during inspection phases, and a system for controlling the movement of the inspection head (5) inside the tire to be inspected, in particular along the inner wall of the crown area of said tire to be inspected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: FRANÇOIS MOUROUGAYA, JULIEN CHARLAT