Patents by Inventor Francois Prouteau

Francois Prouteau 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 and a device for depositing a welding material in an annular facing machined in a spherical wall
    Patent number: 7304267
    Abstract: Welding material is deposited automatically in the annular facing. A welding torch is causes to rotate about an axis of rotation that extends in a direction that is radial relative to the spherical wall and that passes through a point of the concave inside surface of the spherical wall in the central portion of the annular facing. Simultaneously with the welding torch being caused to rotate about the axis of rotation, it is displaced in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation in controlled manner, and the position of the welding torch in a direction parallel to the of rotation is also controlled so that the electrode of the welding torch describes an elliptical path and ensures that the welding material is deposited in the annular facing in the form of an elliptical bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Framatome ANP
    Inventors: Etienne Remond, Francois Prouteau
  • Method and a device for depositing a welding material in an annular facing machined in a spherical wall
    Publication number: 20050205527
    Abstract: Welding material is deposited automatically in the annular facing. A welding torch is causes to rotate about an axis of rotation that extends in a direction that is radial relative to the spherical wall and that passes through a point of the concave inside surface of the spherical wall in the central portion of the annular facing. Simultaneously with the welding torch being caused to rotate about the axis of rotation, it is displaced in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation in controlled manner, and the position of the welding torch in a direction parallel to the of rotation is also controlled so that the electrode of the welding torch describes an elliptical path and ensures that the welding material is deposited in the annular facing in the form of an elliptical bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: Framatome ANP
    Inventors: Etienne Remond, Francois Prouteau