Patents by Inventor Franck Beauvais

Franck Beauvais 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).

  • Loader device and an installation for densifying stackable frustoconical porous preforms
    Patent number: 9828670
    Abstract: A loader device is arranged for densifying porous preforms of stackable shape by means of directed stream chemical vapor infiltration in a reaction chamber of an infiltration oven. The device comprises a support tray, a first stack having a plurality of bottom rings arranged on the support tray and a plurality of injection orifices, a second stack comprising a plurality of top rings and a plurality of discharge orifices extending between the outer periphery and inner periphery of each ring. The device includes a first non-porous wall corresponding to the porous preforms and arranged on the support tray inside the bottom rings of the first stack, and a second non-porous wall corresponding to the porous preforms extending between the bottom ring situated at the top of the first stack and the top ring situated at the top of the second stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: HERAKLES
    Inventors: Stephane Goujard, Sebastien Bertrand, Adrien Delcamp, Franck Beauvais
  • A LOADER DEVICE AND AN INSTALLATION FOR DENSIFYING STACKABLE FRUSTOCONICAL POROUS PREFORMS
    Publication number: 20150152545
    Abstract: A loader device is arranged for densifying porous preforms of stackable shape by means of directed stream chemical vapor infiltration in a reaction chamber of an infiltration oven. The device comprises a support tray, a first stack having a plurality of bottom rings arranged on the support tray and a plurality of injection orifices, a second stack comprising a plurality of top rings and a plurality of discharge orifices extending between the outer periphery and inner periphery of each ring. The device includes a first non-porous wall corresponding to the porous preforms and arranged on the support tray inside the bottom rings of the first stack, and a second non-porous wall corresponding to the porous preforms extending between the bottom ring situated at the top of the first stack and the top ring situated at the top of the second stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Stephane Goujard, Sebastien Bertrand, Adrien Delcamp, Franck Beauvais