Patents by Inventor Gerard Gibon

Gerard Gibon 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).

  • Porous wall for forming a levitation gas film
    Patent number: 6886815
    Abstract: A porous wall through which a flow of gas is established forming a layer supporting a liquid mass is strengthened partly to stiffen it and partly to control the shape of the lower surface of the supported liquid. Chambers containing different pressures can be formed, and possibly, separated by some of these strengthening parts to improve the equalisation by reducing the pressure at the center. Finally, capillaries may pass through the plate to measure the pressure or provide additional equalisation of the thickness of the layer by a suction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Claude Parayre, Nelly Kernevez, Gérard Gibon
  • Porous wall for forming a levitation gas film
    Publication number: 20030038386
    Abstract: A porous wall (62) through which a flow of gas is established forming a layer (18) supporting a liquid mass (17) is strengthened (63, 64) partly to stiffen it and partly to control the shape of the lower surface of the supported liquid (17). Chambers containing different pressures (67, 68) can be formed and, possibly, separated by some (63) of these strengthening parts to improve the equalisation by reducing the pressure at the centre; finally, capillaries (70) may pass through the plate (62) to measure the pressure or provide additional equalisation of the thickness of the layer by means of a suction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Claude Parayre, Nelly Kernevez, Gerard Gibon