Patents by Inventor Gilles Francois

Gilles Francois 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).

  • Patent number: 11952485
    Abstract: The invention relates to a (meth)acrylic composition comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of a liquid (meth)acrylic syrup comprising: (a1) from 10% by weight to 50% by weight of one or more (meth)acrylic polymers P1, and (a2) from 50% by weight to 90% by weight of one or more (meth)acrylic monomers M1 comprising only one (meth)acrylic function per monomer, (b) from 20 parts by weight to 300 parts by weight of a mineral filler C, (c) from 0.01 part by weight to 5 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic monomer M2 comprising at least two (meth)acrylic functions per monomer, (d) from 0.01 part by weight to 5 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic monomer M3, the monomer M3 being: either a (meth)acrylic monomer M31 comprising only one (meth)acrylic function per monomer and being different from the monomer(s) M1, or a (meth)acrylic monomer M32 comprising at least two (meth)acrylic functions per monomer and being different from the monomer M2, and (e) from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Gilles Francois, Guillaume Cledat
  • Patent number: 11040501
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molding device (1) and a method for the manufacture of structured or semistructured composite components comprising a polymer resin (50) and a fibrous substrate (51). According to the invention, the device comprises a mold (2) comprising a bottom and a lateral surface, a part (10) that is movable along the lateral surface of the mold, comprising a compression surface (14) forming a cavity (7) with the bottom and the lateral surface (5) of said mold (2), characterized in that the movable part (10) comprises a vacuum-drawing channel (13, 23) opening into a chamber (25, 42) located above the cavity and communicating with said cavity (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Pierre Gerard, Gilles Francois, Sébastien Taillemite, Henri Perrin
  • Patent number: 10688735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molding device (1) and a method for the manufacture of structured or semistructured composite components comprising a polymer resin (50) and a fibrous substrate (51). According to the invention, the device comprises a mold (2) comprising a bottom and a lateral surface, a part (10) that is movable along the lateral surface of the mold, comprising a compression surface (14) forming a cavity (7) with the bottom and the lateral surface (5) of said mold (2), characterized in that the movable part (10) comprises a vacuum-drawing channel (13, 23) opening into a chamber (25, 42) located above the cavity and communicating with said cavity (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Gilles Francois, Pierre Gerard, Henri Perrin, Sébastien Taillemite
  • Patent number: 10294358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an impregnation process for a fibrous substrate, a liquid composition for implementing this process and the obtained impregnated fibrous substrate. The impregnated fibrous substrate is suitable for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. In particular the present invention deals with an industrial process for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with a viscous liquid composition containing mainly methacrylic or acrylic components. This viscous composition is called hereafter liquid (meth) acrylic syrup. The invention concerns also a fibrous substrate pre-impregnated with said syrup which is useful for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. More particular the impregnation of fibrous substrate with the (meth) acrylic syrup is achieved in a closed mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Pierre Gerard, Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Gilles Hochstetter, Michel Glotin, Camille Perrin, Gilles Francois
  • Patent number: 9950808
    Abstract: A method and a device for configuring an alerts management system for an aircraft comprises: generating a list of a plurality of alerts and of resolution procedures for an aircraft; for each alert, defining: distinctive characteristics of the alert; logic for detecting the alert; at least one procedure for resolving the alert; and, for each alert, defining recording in a dedicated alerts file the set of information defined for said alert, the alerts file having a structure and a format of data that are predefined for the alerts and the procedures; determining existing links between the dedicated alerts files; and in response to the determining step, updating the content of the dedicated alerts files according to the links identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Fabien Guilley, Chris Deseure, Gilles Francois
  • Patent number: 9140498
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a bundle of plates for a heat exchanger made up of a stack of plates. The method includes reducing by machining the initial thickness of each plate by making at least at the periphery of the plate, at least one connecting shoe having a height greater than the thickness of the machined plate, forming on the central portion of the plate, corrugations, to be superposed pairwise on the plates, connecting the shoes in contact with the plates of each pair through a weld bead, superposing the pairs of plates and connecting the shoes in contact with the pairs of plates through a sealed weld bead by arranging a superposition of open or closed ends for alternate inflow or outflow of said fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: ALFA LAVAL VICARB, ALFA LAVAL PACKINOX, Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives, AREVA NP
    Inventors: Gilles Francois, Gabriel Merle, Patrice Tochon, Franck Pra, Claude Roussel, Olivier Noel Baron, Pierre-Xavier Bussonnet, Alain Bourgeon
  • Publication number: 20150218362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an impregnation process for a fibrous substrate, a liquid composition for implementing this process and the obtained impregnated fibrous substrate. The impregnated fibrous substrate is suitable for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. In particular the present invention deals with an industrial process for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with a viscous liquid composition containing mainly methacrylic or acrylic components. This viscous composition is called hereafter liquid (meth) acrylic syrup. The invention concerns also a fibrous substrate pre-impregnated with said syrup which is useful for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. More particular the impregnation of fibrous substrate with the (meth) acrylic syrup is achieved in a closed mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Pierre Gerard, Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Gilles Hochstetter, Michel Glotin, Camille Perrin, Gilles Francois
  • Publication number: 20140359564
    Abstract: The invention relates to onboard failure warning management systems on aircraft, or flight warning systems (FWS). Traditionally, the logic of these systems refers to procedures to be executed by the crew in response to warnings. Modifications, however minor, to the procedures involve a new development that can be installed on the airplane computer only as part of a costly maintenance procedure, given notably the need to carry out exhaustive tests on the application. The invention introduces the concept of tasks defined by a set of variables, notably the warning and the procedure in which the task is executed, its category, its priority level and its status. Thus, the computer programs can be organized in modules that call the tasks to be executed, the parameters of said tasks being defined in a configuration table that can be updated as the procedures change during simple operation maintenance procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Gilles Francois, Fabien Guilley, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
  • Patent number: 8833436
    Abstract: The heat exchange assembly (1) for exchanging heat between a first and a second fluid comprises: a plurality of heat exchange modules (12) for exchanging heat between the first and second fluids, these being distributed about a central axis (X) and having opposing respective lateral faces (47); feed manifolds (14, 16) for feeding the modules (12) with primary and secondary fluid and collection manifolds (18, 20) for removing these fluids. At least some of the said manifolds (14, 16) or parts of the said manifolds (18) run between the modules (12), the said manifolds (14, 16) or parts of manifolds (18) flanking one and the same module (12) being positioned substantially symmetrically with respect to the mid-plane situated between the two lateral faces (47) of the said module (12) in such a way that the said manifolds (14, 16) or parts of manifolds (18) create substantially identical thermal stresses in the lateral faces (47) of the module (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Areva NP
    Inventor: Gilles Francois
  • Patent number: 8659447
    Abstract: The invention relates to onboard failure warning management systems on aircraft, or flight warning systems (FWS). Traditionally, the logic of these systems refers to procedures to be executed by the crew in response to warnings. Modifications, however minor, to the procedures involve a new development that can be installed on the airplane computer only as part of a costly maintenance procedure, given notably the need to carry out exhaustive tests on the application. The invention introduces the concept of tasks defined by a set of variables, notably the warning and the procedure in which the task is executed, its category, its priority level and its status. Thus, the computer programs can be organized in modules that call the tasks to be executed, the parameters of said tasks being defined in a configuration table that can be updated as the procedures change during simple operation maintenance procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Gilles Francois, Fabien Guilley, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
  • Patent number: 8612069
    Abstract: A method is provided for dynamically consolidating items of an aeronautical procedure in order to present to the operator the best action to perform according to the context of all the systems, in order to reduce his cognitive workload faced with an action to be carried out. The method consists, for each item of a procedure, in determining the text of the requested action, in choosing the text of the corresponding response that the crew must perform according to the general state and the configuration of the aircraft, in incorporating in the corresponding item the texts of the requested action and of the corresponding response, in displaying this duly enriched item, in detecting whether the requested action has indeed been accomplished and in displaying the result of this detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Fabien Guilley, Gabrielle De Brito, Gilles Francois
  • Patent number: 8527133
    Abstract: The present invention lies in the field of embedded flight management systems on board aircraft. The invention relates notably to a system for managing alerts and procedures, and more precisely to a device for managing piloting tasks carried out by a crew of an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Fabien Guilley, Gabrielle De Brito, Gilles Francois
  • Patent number: 8498755
    Abstract: A device for the coherent management of data deriving from different surveillance systems of an aircraft includes: a flight management system, the function of which is to assist the crew in following a flight plan of the aircraft and an associated trajectory; a surveillance system, the function of which is to detect any obstacles in proximity to the aircraft; a warning management system, the function of which is to detect abnormal situations and to display for the crew, where appropriate, warnings, such as potentially critical alarms or non-critical alerts, and the associated procedures to be followed when such exist; in which said flight management system, said surveillance system and said warning management system are interconnected and cooperate so that at least the warning management system has access to the flight plan of the aircraft, and is configured to display for the crew a summary of the situation when the surveillance system detects an obstacle that the aircraft should avoid according to the fligh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Gabrielle De Brito, Laurent Flotte, Gilles Francois, Fabien Guilley, Nicolas Marty
  • Patent number: 8443368
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to the field of onboard flight management systems embedded in aircraft. The invention relates to a reconfiguration device (1) for reconfiguring a task processing context. The reconfiguration device (1) according to the invention notably comprises: a module for managing the tasks to be carried out (2), performing a sorting of the tasks according to a priority criterion; a module for managing a current task (3), managing the state of progress of the current task; a module for managing a context (4), saving contexts relating to the current task, to a highest priority task and restoring one of the contexts saved on order of an operator. The present invention notably finds its application in the management of tasks for piloting an aircraft, for example the management of tasks originating from a system for managing alerts and procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Fabien Guilley, Gabrielle De Brito, Gilles Francois
  • Publication number: 20120090822
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a bundle of plates for a heat exchanger made up of a stack of plates. The method includes reducing by machining the initial thickness of each plate by making at least at the periphery of the plate, at least one connecting shoe having a height greater than the thickness of the machined plate, forming on the central portion of the plate, corrugations, to be superposed pairwise on the plates, connecting the shoes in contact with the plates of each pair through a weld bead, superposing the pairs of plates and connecting the shoes in contact with the pairs of plates through a sealed weld bead by arranging a superposition of open or closed ends for alternate inflow or outflow of said fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: ALFA LAVAL VICARB, AREVA NP, Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives, ALFA LAVAL PACKINOX
    Inventors: Gilles Francois, Gabriel Merle, Patrice Tochon, Franck Pra, Claude Roussel, Olivier Noel Baron, Pierre-Xavier Bussonnet, Alain Bourgeon
  • Patent number: 8121746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the minimum flying altitude of an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Gilles François, Nicolas Marty, Frédéric Thomas
  • Publication number: 20120029736
    Abstract: A method is provided for dynamically consolidating items of an aeronautical procedure in order to present to the operator the best action to perform according to the context of all the systems, in order to reduce his cognitive workload faced with an action to be carried out. The method consists, for each item of a procedure, in determining the text of the requested action, in choosing the text of the corresponding response that the crew must perform according to the general state and the configuration of the aircraft, in incorporating in the corresponding item the texts of the requested action and of the corresponding response, in displaying this duly enriched item, in detecting whether the requested action has indeed been accomplished and in displaying the result of this detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Fabien Guilley, Gabrielle De Brito, Gilles Francois
  • Patent number: 8090526
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the definition, in a flight plan, of the horizontal profile of an air route with vertical flight and speed profile prescribed on departure and/or on arrival, by a stringing together of check-points and/or turn points associated with local flight constraints and called “D-Fix” because they are not listed in a published navigation database like those called “Waypoints”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Nicolas Marty, Gilles Francois, Elias Bitar
  • Patent number: 8071640
    Abstract: A method for treating a cytotoxic disease by administrating compounds having a general formula X-(A)n-Y, wherein: n varies between 6 and 20; X denotes a hydrogen atom, an RaCO, RaOCO, RaNHCO or RaSO2 group, Ra being an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl group, the groups being substituted or not, on condition that X is different from H when n is equal to 6; A denotes either a group having formula (I) or (II), wherein Ri is a hydrogen atom, an amino acid side chain, an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group, said groups being substituted or not, i being an integer of between 1 and n; Y is an NRbRc, Rb and Rc group having the same meaning as given earlier for Ra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Gilles Francois Roger Guichard, Jean-Paul Briand, Vincent Semetey, Patrick Neuberg
  • Patent number: 8073584
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring dynamic parameters of an aircraft progressing over an airport zone. The aircraft is in the phase of rolling along a traffic lane. The traffic lane comprises ground markings and notably a center line. The device includes at least one means for acquiring images (101), and means (102) for measuring the deviation of the aircraft with respect to the center line on the basis of the acquired images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Nicolas Marty, Gilles Francois, Hugues Meunier