Patents by Inventor Jacques Devroc

Jacques Devroc 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: 10294557
    Abstract: A steel part having a homogeneous multiphase microstructure in each region of the part, the microstructure containing ferrite, wherein the steel part is obtained by a process involving: cutting a blank from a strip of steel, having a specified composition; optionally, the blank undergoes prior cold deformation; the blank is heated to reach a soak temperature Ts above Ac1 but below Ac3 and held at this soak temperature Ts for a soak time ts adjusted so that the steel, after the blank has been heated, has an austenite content equal to or greater than 25% by area; the heated blank is transferred into a forming tool to hot-form the part; and the part is cooled within the tool at a cooling rate V such that the microstructure of the steel, after cooling the part, is a multiphase microstructure containing ferrite and being homogeneous in each region of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal France
    Inventors: Jacques Corquillet, Jacques Devroc, Jean-Louis Hochard, Jean-Pierre Laurent, Antoine Moulin, Nathalie Romanowski
  • Publication number: 20120211128
    Abstract: A steel part having a homogeneous multiphase microstructure in each region of the part, the microstructure containing ferrite, wherein the steel part is obtained by a process involving: cutting a blank from a strip of steel, having a specified composition; optionally, the blank undergoes prior cold deformation; the blank is heated to reach a soak temperature Ts above Ac1 but below Ac3 and held at this soak temperature Ts for a soak time ts adjusted so that the steel, after the blank has been heated, has an austenite content equal to or greater than 25% by area; the heated blank is transferred into a forming tool to hot-form the part; and the part is cooled within the tool at a cooling rate V such that the microstructure of the steel, after cooling the part, is a multiphase microstructure containing ferrite and being homogeneous in each region of the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: ArcelorMittal France
    Inventors: Jacques CORQUILLET, Jacques DEVROC, Jean-Louis HOCHARD, Jean-Pierre LAURENT, Antoine MOULIN, Nathalie ROMANOWSKI
  • Patent number: 8114227
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a process for manufacturing a part made of steel having a multiphase microstructure, said microstructure comprising ferrite and being homogeneous in each of the regions of said part, which process comprises the steps consisting in: cutting a blank from a strip of steel, the composition of which is typical of that of steels having a multiphase microstructure; said blank is heated so as to reach a soak temperature Ts above Ac1 but below Ac3 and held at this soak temperature Ts for a soak time ts adjusted so that the steel, after the blank has been heated, has an austenite content equal to or greater than 25% by area; said heated blank is transferred into a forming tool so as to hot-form said part; and said part is cooled within the tool at a cooling rate V such that the microstructure of the steel, after the part has been cooled, is a multiphase microstructure, said microstructure comprising ferrite and being homogeneous in each of the regions of said part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Arcelormittal France
    Inventors: Jacques Corquillet, Jacques Devroc, Jean-Louis Hochard, Jean-Pierre Laurent, Antoine Moulin, Nathalie Romanowski
  • Patent number: 7708843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a part having very high mechanical properties from a hot-rolled or cold-rolled steel strip, comprising precoating said strip with aluminum or an aluminum alloy, cold deformation of the coated strip, possible cutting of the excess sheet with a view to the final geometry of the part, heating of the part so as to form an intermetallic compound from the steel/precoat interface and to austenitize the steel, transfer of the part to a tool and cooling of the part in the tool at a rate such that the steel has, after being cooled, a martensitic or bainitic structure or a martensite-bainite structure. The precoating is carried out by electroplating, by chemical or physical vapor deposition or by co-rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal France
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Laurent, Jacques Devroc
  • Publication number: 20080308194
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a process for manufacturing a part made of steel having a multiphase microstructure, said microstructure comprising ferrite and being homogeneous in each of the regions of said part, which process comprises the steps consisting in: cutting a blank from a strip of steel, the composition of which is typical of that of steels having a multiphase microstructure; said blank is heated so as to reach a soak temperature Ts above Ac1 but below Ac3 and held at this soak temperature Ts for a soak time ts adjusted so that the steel, after the blank has been heated, has an austenite content equal to or greater than 25% by area; said heated blank is transferred into a forming tool so as to hot-form said part; and said part is cooled within the tool at a cooling rate V such that the microstructure of the steel, after the part has been cooled, is a multiphase microstructure, said microstructure comprising ferrite and being homogeneous in each of the regions of said part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: ArcelorMittal France
    Inventors: Jacques Corquillet, Jacques Devroc, Jean-Louis Hochard, Jean-Pierre Laurent, Antoine Moulin, Nathalie Romanowski
  • Publication number: 20080283156
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a part having very high mechanical properties from a hot-rolled or cold-rolled steel strip, comprising precoating said strip with aluminum or an aluminum alloy, cold deformation of the coated strip, possible cutting of the excess sheet with a view to the final geometry of the part, heating of the part so as to form an intermetallic compound from the steel/precoat interface and to austenitize the steel, transfer of the part to a tool and cooling of the part in the tool at a rate such that the steel has, after being cooled, a martensitic or bainitic structure or a martensite-bainite structure. The precoating is carried out by electroplating, by chemical or physical vapor deposition or by co-rolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: ARCELOR France
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Laurent, Jacques Devroc
  • Patent number: 6554919
    Abstract: Hot-rolled steel with very high elasticity limit and mechanical resistance usable in particular for auto parts production, characterized by the following composition by weight: 0.08%<carbon<0.16% 1%<manganese<2% 0.02%<aluminum<0.1% silicon<0.5% phosphorus<0.03% sulfur<0.01% vanadium<0.3% chromium<1% nitrogen<0.015% molybdenum<0.6%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Usinor
    Inventors: Xavier Bano, Jacques Devroc
  • Publication number: 20010049956
    Abstract: Hot-rolled steel with very high elasticity limit and mechanical resistance usable in particular for auto parts production, characterized by the following composition by weight:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Xavier Bano, Jacques Devroc
  • Patent number: 6296805
    Abstract: Hot-rolled steel sheet which then can be cold-rolled, coated, the steel in the sheet having the following composition by weight: 0.15%<carbon<0.5% 0.5%<manganese<3% 0.1%<silicon<0.5% 0.01%<chromium<1% titanium<0.2% aluminum<0.1% phosphorus<0.1% sulfur<0.05% 0.0005%<boron<0.08%, the remainder being iron and impurities inherent in processing, the sheet ensuring a very high mechanical resistance after thermal treatment and the aluminum-based coating ensuring a high resistance to corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Sollac
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Laurent, Jean-Paul Hennechart, Dominique Spehner, Jacques Devroc
  • Patent number: RE44153
    Abstract: Hot-rolled steel sheet which then can be cold-rolled, coated, the steel in the sheet having the following composition by weight: 0.15%<carbon<0.5% 0.5%<manganese<3% 0.1%<silicon<0.5% 0.01%<chromium<1% titanium<0.2% aluminum<0.1% phosphorus<0.1% sulfur<0.05% 0.0005%<boron<0.08%, the remainder being iron and impurities inherent in processing, the sheet ensuring a very high mechanical resistance after thermal treatment and the aluminum-based coating ensuring a high resistance to corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Laurent, Jean-Paul Hennechart, Dominique Spehner, Jacques Devroc
  • Patent number: RE44940
    Abstract: Hot-rolled steel sheet which then can be cold-rolled, coated, the steel in the sheet having the following composition by weight: 0.15%<carbon<0.5% 0.5%<manganese<3% 0.1%<silicon<0.5% 0.01%<chromium<1% titanium<0.2% aluminum<0.1% phosphorus<0.1% sulfur<0.05% 0.0005%<boron<0.08%, the remainder being iron and impurities inherent in processing, the shoot ensuring a very high mechanical resistance after thermal treatment and the aluminum-based coating ensuring a high resistance to corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: ArcelorMittal France, ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Laurent, Jean-Paul Hennechart, Dominique Spehner, Jacques Devroc