Patents by Inventor Gilles Berard

Gilles Berard 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: 20190055713
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for positioning cladding panels, a reinforced soil structure comprising said device and an associated positioning method. The system comprises at least first and second cladding panels and at least one separator interposed between said cladding panels. The separator has elastic properties configured to maintain a relative reference position (Pr) between the first and second cladding panels. The separator is capable of being deformed under the effect of a stress applied to the separator by the first and second cladding panels, causing the second and first cladding panels to move closer together when the stress is greater than a predefined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yassine BENNANI BRAOULI, Gilles BERARD
  • Patent number: 9273443
    Abstract: The invention relates to a building including a facing, a backfill at the back of the facing, synthetic reinforcement strips distributed in the backfill, and a connection system between the reinforcement strips and the backfill. The connection system includes fasteners having the shape of a continuous closed loop, each including two first portions for hooking to the facing and, alternating with the first portions along the closed loop shape, two second portions extending towards the back of the facing where they are folded back to form two loops inside of which at least one reinforcement strip extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: TERRE ARMEE INTERNATIONALE
    Inventors: Nicolas Freitag, Jean-Claude Morizot, Gilles Berard
  • Patent number: 9175454
    Abstract: A facing element (10) for reinforced soil structure comprising: —first face (12) comprising at least a connecting member (14) configured to connect to said facing element at least one reinforcement member intended to reinforce the reinforced soil, —a second face (16) on which at least a protective membrane is intended to be applied, said second face is opposed to the first face, said second face has an essentially plane surface and comprises at least a fixing portion, the fixing portion comprising: —a contact surface (18) projecting from the plane surface of the second face, —a fastening element (20) anchored in the facing element and—a tightening element (22) engageable with the fastening element so as to fix the protective membrane between said tightening element and said contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: TERRE ARMEE INTERNATIONALE
    Inventors: Nicolas Freitag, Gilles Berard
  • Publication number: 20150030394
    Abstract: A facing element (10) for reinforced soil structure comprising: a first face (12) comprising at least a connecting member (14) configured to connect to said facing element at least one reinforcement member intended to reinforce the reinforced soil, a second face (16) on which at least a protective membrane is intended to be applied, said second face is opposed to the first face, said second face has an essentially plane surface and comprises at least a fixing portion, the fixing portion comprising: —a contact surface (18) projecting from the plane surface of the second face, a fastening element (20) anchored in the facing element and a tightening element (22) engageable with the fastening element so as to fix the protective membrane between said tightening element and said contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: TERRE ARMEE INTERNATIONALE
    Inventors: Nicolas Freitag, Gilles Berard
  • Patent number: 8573894
    Abstract: Link device (100) between a facing element (20) of a reinforced ground construction work (1) and a longitudinal reinforcement (40), intended to extend in a backfill (60), which comprises a portion (101) for fixing to the facing element (20), two connecting portions (102), of which a first end of each of them is linked to a point of the fixing portion (101), in which a second end of each connecting portion is linked to a first end of a first and of a second return portion (103), in which the return portions (103) are substantially parallel to one another and in which a second end of each of the return portions is linked to a securing segment (104) substantially perpendicular to the return portions (103).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Terre Armee Internationale
    Inventors: Nicolas Freitag, Jean-Claude Morizot, Gilles Berard
  • Publication number: 20130008098
    Abstract: The invention relates to a building including a facing, a backfill at the back of the facing, synthetic reinforcement strips distributed in the backfill, and a connection system between the reinforcement strips and the backfill. The connection system includes fasteners having the shape of a continuous closed loop, each including two first portions for hooking to the facing and, alternating with the first portions along the closed loop shape, two second portions extending towards the back of the facing where they are folded back to form two loops inside of which at least one reinforcement strip extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Nicolas Freitag, Jean-Claude Morizot, Gilles Berard
  • Publication number: 20120114431
    Abstract: Link device (100) between a facing element (20) of a reinforced ground construction work (1) and a longitudinal reinforcement (40), intended to extend in a backfill (60), which comprises a portion (101) for fixing to the facing element (20), two connecting portions (102), of which a first end of each of them is linked to a point of the fixing portion (101), in which a second end of each connecting portion is linked to a first end of a first and of a second return portion (103), in which the return portions (103) are substantially parallel to one another and in which a second end of each of the return portions is linked to a securing segment (104) substantially perpendicular to the return portions (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Nicolas Freitag, Jean-Claude Morizot, Gilles Berard