Patents by Inventor GWENAEL FAVRO

GWENAEL FAVRO 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: 11820609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a robot (100) for performing a process of picking rubber blocks arranged in a container toward a target location. The invention also relates to a process of picking rubber blocks arranged in a container, performed by the disclosed robot (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Gwenael Favro, Gregory Marcet, Maxime Tarrit
  • Publication number: 20220055837
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supply installation (22) for a site (10) for producing rubber products from rubber blocks of rubber mixtures of predetermined weight and volume, characterized in that the supply installation includes: an input station where the supply installation performs a process of entry of empty bins (BV) for receiving, during a picking process, rubber blocks identified to satisfy a rubber product production campaign; a discharge station where the supply installation performs a process of discharging full bins (BP) containing the picked rubber blocks; a supply means that manages the transport of the empty bins and the full bins to the supply installation; and a picking station that performs a process of picking the rubber blocks grouped in a container according to the status of the current rubber product production campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: GREGORY MARCET, GWENAEL FAVRO, OLIVIER COMBE
  • Publication number: 20210387817
    Abstract: The invention relates to a robot (100) for performing a process of picking rubber blocks arranged in a container toward a target location. The invention also relates to a process of picking rubber blocks arranged in a container, performed by the disclosed robot (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: GWENAEL FAVRO, GREGORY MARCET, MAXIME TARRIT
  • Publication number: 20210387359
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automated cell (100) for handling containers in which rubber blocks are arranged. The cell includes: a frame that allows the fixed installation of the cell; an automatic centering system having a guiding means that allows precise positioning of a loaded container in a loading space (112) of the cell; a clamping system having a holding means that maintains the positioning of the loaded container in the loading space of the cell; and a locking system having a locking means that maintains the positioning of the container in the loading space of the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: GREGORY MARCET, GWENAEL FAVRO, MAXIME TARRIT