Patents by Inventor Gilles Orange
Gilles Orange 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).
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Patent number: 11498249Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of thermoplastic polymer compositions for impregnating reinforcing materials in the form of fabric or industrial fabrics for the manufacture of composite materials. The field of the invention is that of composite materials as well as molding/consolidation processes and obtained parts. The invention more particularly relates to a method of manufacturing a composite article by injection molding comprising at least the steps of introducing at least one reinforcement fabric into a preheated mold, partial closure of the mold, a temperature rise step of the mold, optionally a step of maintaining the temperature of the mold before injection of a thermoplastic polymer composition, a step of injecting a thermoplastic polymer composition into the mold, a step of mold closure to the final part thickness allowing the flow of the resin through the reinforcing fabric, a cooling step and a recovery step of the obtained composite article.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignees: RHODIA OPERATIONS, GEORGES PERNOUD SAS, BILLION SASInventors: Gilles Orange, Fabien Pascal, Patrice Jacquet, Alexandre Giroud
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Publication number: 20210339487Abstract: The invention relates to a method for continuous production of a composite material profile by injection-pultrusion from at least one reinforcing fabric and at least one thermoplastic polymer having high fluidity, said method being characterized in that: i) said fabric is continuously pulled with a pulling speed of at least 0.4 m.min?1 in the course of said process; ii) the impregnation stage is performed by injection of a polymeric composition having high fluidity through the fabric; iii) the profile is then shaped with a specific thermal profile. The invention also relates to a profile obtained according to the method of the invention and a composite article comprising such a profile the curvature whereof may be modified in its curvature by bending and/or its profile by rotational molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicants: RHODIA OPERATIONS, CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES MECANIQUES (CETIM)Inventors: Gilles Orange, Didier Tupinier, Philippe Papin, Mickaël Aubry, Jean-Michel Lebrun, Sébastien Comas-Cardona
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Publication number: 20210197428Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of thermoplastic polymer compositions for impregnating reinforcing materials in the form of fabric or industrial fabrics for the manufacture of composite materials. The field of the invention is that of composite materials as well as molding/consolidation processes and obtained parts. The invention more particularly relates to a method of manufacturing a composite article by injection molding comprising at least the steps of introducing at least one reinforcement fabric into a preheated mold, partial closure of the mold, a temperature rise step of the mold, optionally a step of maintaining the temperature of the mold before injection of a thermoplastic polymer composition, a step of injecting a thermoplastic polymer composition into the mold, a step of mold closure to the final part thickness allowing the flow of the resin through the reinforcing fabric, a cooling step and a recovery step of the obtained composite article.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Gilles ORANGE, Fabien PASCAL, Patrice JACQUET, Alexandre GIROUD
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Publication number: 20200317908Abstract: Novolak resins are incorporated for enhancing the acid resistance of polyamide compositions. Polyamide compositions containing such novolak resins are useful for producing various plastic shaped articles, such as calibrated particles or injection-molded parts, and are particularly useful for the recovery of sludge, liquids, and gases present in underground reservoirs, especially in the field of hydrocarbon extraction such as crude oil or natural gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Performance Polyamides, SASInventors: Gilles Orange, Mathilde Mercier
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Patent number: 10723879Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic composition having improved fluidity in the molten state, comprising at least: (a) a polyamide that has a melt viscosity greater than or equal to 50 Pa·s, and (b) a non-evolutive polyamide having a melt viscosity lower than the melt viscosity of said polyamide (a), above 0.8 Pa·s, and having a number-average molecular weight Mn lower than that of said polyamide (a), said composition having a melt viscosity that is stabilized at a value below the melt viscosity of said polyamide (a), said polyamide (b) having: a concentration of amine end groups (AEG) and/or of carboxyl end groups (CEG) less than or equal to 20 meq/kg, or a concentration of amine end groups (AEG) greater than or equal to 25 meq/kg; a concentration of acid end groups (CEG) greater than or equal to 25 meq/kg; and a concentration of blocked end groups (BEG) greater than or equal to 25 meq/kg.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Gilles Orange, Christiane Prebet, Didier Tupinier, Stéphane Jeol
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Patent number: 10584241Abstract: The invention concerns a thermoplastic composition having high fluidity in the molten state, comprising at least: (a) one thermoplastic polymer matrix; (b) one oligomer selected from cyclic ester oligomers, ether oligomers and mixtures thereof, said oligomer having a degree of polymerization of between 2 and 25; and (c) one phenolic polymer; said compounds (b) and (c) being present in a weight ratio (c)/(b) varying from 0.25 to 6, and preferably from approximately 0.75 to 2.75. The invention also concerns a process for producing a composite article from such a composition by impregnating a reinforcement such as a fabric or a preform, the composite article obtained according to this process, and the use of an oligomer (b) in combination with at least one phenolic polymer (c), as a plasticizing additive in a thermoplastic polymer matrix.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Gilles Orange, Didier Tupinier
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Publication number: 20180257318Abstract: The invention relates to a method for continuous production of a composite material profile by injection-pultrusion from at least one reinforcing fabric and at least one thermoplastic polymer having high fluidity, said method being characterized in that: i) said fabric is continuously pulled with a pulling speed of at least 0.4 m·min?1 in the course of said process; ii) the impregnation stage is performed by injection of a polymeric composition having high fluidity through the fabric; iii) the profile is then shaped with a specific thermal profile. The invention also relates to a profile obtained according to the method of the invention and a composite article comprising such a profile the curvature whereof may be modified in its curvature by bending and/or its profile by rotational molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Gilles ORANGE, Didier TUPINIER, Philippe PAPIN, Mickaeel AUBRY, Jean-Michel LEBRUN, Sébastien COMAS-CARDONA
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Publication number: 20170342267Abstract: The invention concerns a thermoplastic composition having high fluidity in the molten state, comprising at least: (a) one thermoplastic polymer matrix; (b) one oligomer selected from cyclic ester oligomers, ether oligomers and mixtures thereof, said oligomer having a degree of polymerization of between 2 and 25; and (c) one phenolic polymer; said compounds (b) and (c) being present in a weight ratio (c)/(b) varying from 0.25 to 6, and preferably from approximately 0.75 to 2.75. The invention also concerns a process for producing a composite article from such a composition by impregnating a reinforcement such as a fabric or a preform, the composite article obtained according to this process, and the use of an oligomer (b) in combination with at least one phenolic polymer (c), as a plasticizing additive in a thermoplastic polymer matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Gilles ORANGE, Didier TUPINIER
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Publication number: 20170342268Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic composition having improved fluidity in the molten state, comprising at least: (a) a polyamide that has a melt viscosity greater than or equal to 50 Pa·s, and (b) a non-evolutive polyamide having a melt viscosity lower than the melt viscosity of said polyamide (a), above 0.8 Pa·s, and having a number-average molecular weight Mn lower than that of said polyamide (a), said composition having a melt viscosity that is stabilized at a value below the melt viscosity of said polyamide (a), said polyamide (b) having: a concentration of amine end groups (AEG) and/or of carboxyl end groups (CEG) less than or equal to 20 meq/kg, or a concentration of amine end groups (AEG) greater than or equal to 25 meq/kg; a concentration of acid end groups (CEG) greater than or equal to 25 meq/kg; and a concentration of blocked end groups (BEG) greater than or equal to 25 meq/kg.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Gilles ORANGE, Christiane PREBET, Didier TUPINIER, Stéphane JEOL
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Publication number: 20170190901Abstract: Novolak resins ere incorporated for enhancing the acid resistance of polyamide compositions. Polyamide compositions containing such novolak resins are useful for producing various plastic shaped articles, such as calibrated particles or injection-molded parts, and are particularly useful for the recovery of sludge, liquids, and gases present in underground reservoirs, especially in the field of hydrocarbon extraction such as crude oil or natural gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Gilles Orange, Mathilde Mercier
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Patent number: 9409353Abstract: Uses of low molecular mass, non-evolutive polyamide resins for making composite articles are described. Articles obtained from such resins having good mechanical properties, such as rigidity, breaking load, impact resistance, and fatigue behavior in particular, even when the articles are manufactured according to cycles shorter than those usually used, and without any processing before or after the manufacture of the composite articles, are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Gilles Orange, Roland Durand, Olivier Gilbain, Vincent Mollet
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Patent number: 9403943Abstract: High fluidity polyamides are used for the impregnation of reinforcing cloth materials, namely, industrial fabrics, which impregnated cloths are converted into composite shaped articles.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Gilles Orange, Richard Bourdon, Roland Durand
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Patent number: 9283694Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite article is described that includes a step of impregnating a reinforcing fabric with a semi-aromatic polyester composition in the molten state, having a melt viscosity ? of 20 Pa·s to 200 Pa·s. The reinforcing fabric can be maintained at a temperature of plus or minus 50° C. relative to the melting temperature of the polyester.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Stéphane Jeol, Gilles Orange, Franck Touraud
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Patent number: 9150692Abstract: The use of a polyamide including hydroxyaromatic units in order to increase the acid resistance of a polyamide composition is described. A polyamide composition comprising a polyamide that includes hydroxyaromatic units and use thereof for the manufacture of various plastic articles such as, for example, calibrated particles or injection-molded parts is also described. Such a composition is especially useful in the field of the recovery of slurries, liquids and gases present in underground reservoirs, and in particular in the field of the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as crude oil or natural gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Gilles Orange, Mathilde Mercier, Franck Touraud, Stéphane Jeol, Roland Durand
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Patent number: 9096468Abstract: The present invention relates especially to a composition for manufacturing an article comprising one or more superposed layers each less than 5 centimeters thick, comprising a hydraulic binder and at least one compound chosen from an organic compound comprising at least two hydrophilic functions and a hydrophobic chain, and a polyamide oligomer. The use of these additives in the presence of hydraulic binder allows the manufacture of articles and coatings with good protection against water uptake, satisfactory water resistance and good mechanical properties such as breaking strength.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: RHODIA POLYAMIDES INTERMEDIATESInventors: Gilles Orange, Daniel Joubert
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Patent number: 9029439Abstract: An additive for a bitumen or polymer modified bitumen product, which is prepared by mixing together a sulphur-based product, a vulcanized rubber, for example, a waste vulcanized rubber, preferably a fatty acid, and a bitumen, is described. The use of this additive for preparing, with very limited gaseous emissions, elastomer-containing bituminous product is also described. Such use may be especially suitable for making bituminous coated material including, for example, asphalt concrete.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Rhodia (China) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Claude-Emmanuel Hedoire, Gilles Orange, Xiao Ping You
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Publication number: 20150080274Abstract: Composite propping agents of low density and of high mechanical strength are based on a thermoplastic polymer matrix, in particular having low compressive deformation at high temperatures are especially useful in the field of well fracturing for the recovery of sludges, liquids and gases present in underground reservoirs, and in particular in the field of the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as crude oil or natural gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Gilles Orange, Jean-Francois Estur, Didier Tupinier
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Publication number: 20130303666Abstract: An additive for a bitumen or polymer modified bitumen product, which is prepared by mixing together a sulphur-based product, a vulcanized rubber, for example, a waste vulcanized rubber, preferably a fatty acid, and a bitumen, is described. The use of this additive for preparing, with very limited gaseous emissions, elastomer-containing bituminous product is also described. Such use may be especially suitable for making bituminous coated material including, for example, asphalt concrete.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: RHODIA (CHINA) CO., LTD.Inventors: Claude-Emmanuel Hedoire, Gilles Orange, Xiao Ping You
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Publication number: 20130115836Abstract: The use of a polyamide modified by hydroxyl aromatic compounds used to impregnate reinforcement materials assuming the form of industrial fabric cloth for manufacturing composite materials is described. Also described, is a composite material produced and a method by which the composite material is produced. Further, the method by which the composite material is produced can include: a) impregnating a reinforcing cloth with a polyamide composition in a molten state, the polyamide including hydroxy aromatic units which are chemically linked to the polyamide chain; the composition including a novolac resin; and b) cooling and then recovering the composite article.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Franck Touraud, Gilles Orange, Stéphane Jeol, Roland Durand
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Publication number: 20130001822Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite article is described that includes a step of impregnating a reinforcing fabric with a semi-aromatic polyester composition in the molten state, having a melt viscosity ? of 20 Pa·s to 200 Pa·s. The reinforcing fabric can be maintained at a temperature of plus or minus 50° C. relative to the melting temperature of the polyester.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Stéphane Jeol, Gilles Orange, Franck Touraud