Patents by Inventor Hervé Schepens

Hervé Schepens 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).

  • Eddy current probe for inspecting electrically conducting parts
    Patent number: 6339327
    Abstract: The probe for inspecting electrically conducting parts (1) of the invention comprises a row of transmitter and receiver coils (27), (28) that form an array of energized coils. The receiver coils (28) are influenced by different magnetic fields created by several neighboring transmitter coils (27) at the same time, making them sensitive to different types of flaws. The array of energized coils is displaced along the row. The probes are usually used for inspecting steam generator tubes of nuclear power plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Lyliane Potiquet, Hervé Schepens, Michel Pigeon
  • Compacting of a metal web product made
    Patent number: 4983467
    Abstract: A method of compacting a non-woven sintered metal web (1), characterized in that said non woven metal web (1) as such is isostatically pressed, preferably cold isostatically pressed. The isostatically pressed metal web may be used in filter applications and in radiant surface combustion burners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: N. V. Bekaert S.A.
    Inventors: Roger De Bruyne, Herve Schepens, Ignace Lefever, Ronny Losfeld