Patents by Inventor Ives DROUADAINE

Ives DROUADAINE 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).

  • Method for producing an inner automotive structural part comprising localized reinforced areas
    Patent number: 11097329
    Abstract: A method for producing an inner automotive structural part containing localized reinforced areas, the method containing the steps of: providing an inner upper front pillar blank, an inner center pillar blank and an inner side rail blank, hot stamping the inner upper front pillar blank, hot stamping the inner center pillar blank, hot stamping the inner side rail blank, wherein, the method contains, prior to the hot stamping steps, the steps of: attaching an inner upper front pillar reinforcement blank to a part of the inner upper front pillar blank, said inner upper front pillar reinforcement blank being hot stamped together with the inner upper front pillar blank, attaching an inner center pillar reinforcement blank to a part of the inner center pillar blank, said inner center pillar reinforcement blank being hot stamped together with the inner center pillar blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL
    Inventors: Ivan Viaux, Ives Drouadaine
  • Method for producing an inner automotive structural part comprising localized reinforced areas
    Publication number: 20180354014
    Abstract: A method for producing an inner automotive structural part containing localized reinforced areas, the method containing the steps of: providing an inner upper front pillar blank, an inner center pillar blank and an inner side rail blank, hot stamping the inner upper front pillar blank, hot stamping the inner center pillar blank, hot stamping the inner side rail blank, wherein, the method contains, prior to the hot stamping steps, the steps of: attaching an inner upper front pillar reinforcement blank to a part of the inner upper front pillar blank, said inner upper front pillar reinforcement blank being hot stamped together with the inner upper front pillar blank, attaching an inner center pillar reinforcement blank to a part of the inner center pillar blank, said inner center pillar reinforcement blank being hot stamped together with the inner center pillar blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ivan VIAUX, Ives DROUADAINE