Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Arnaud

Jean-Claude Arnaud 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: 6808569
    Abstract: The anchoring of the carcass reinforcing elements 1 is assured by circumferential cables 2, with the interposition of a connecting rubber composition 3. The circumferential cable 2 is arranged in several turns forming one or more helices. These circumferential cables have an operational elongation rate Af=Ae+Ap of more than 4%. This operational elongation rate does not include the specific elongation As of the “cable” effect. The maximum stress Rm of the cable 2 is preferably more than 2000 MPa. The cables have undergone a heat treatment which has, in combination, the features of being a recovery annealing treatment and which is carried out directly on cable comprising wires previously separately covered by an adherent coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Sedepro
    Inventors: Pedro Costa Pereira, Jean-Claude Arnaud
  • Publication number: 20020179217
    Abstract: The anchoring of the carcass reinforcing elements 1 is assured by circumferential cables 2, with the interposition of a connecting rubber composition 3. The circumferential cable 2 is arranged in several turns forming one or more helices. These circumferential cables have an operational elongation rate Af=Ae+Ap of more than 4%. This operational elongation rate does not include the specific elongation As of the “cable” effect. The maximum stress Rm of the cable 2 is preferably more than 2000 MPa. The cables have undergone a heat treatment which has, in combination, the features of being a recovery annealing treatment and which is carried out directly on cable comprising wires previously separately covered by an adherent coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Pedro Costa Pereira, Jean-Claude Arnaud
  • Patent number: 6425429
    Abstract: The anchoring of the carcass reinforcing elements 1 is assured by circumferential cables 2, with the interposition of a connecting rubber composition 3. The circumferential cable 2 is arranged in several turns forming one or more helices. These circumferential cables have an operational elongation rate Af=Ae+Ap of more than 4%. This operational elongation rate does not include the specific elongation As of the “cable” effect. The maximum stress Rm of the cable 2 is preferably more than 2000 MPa. The cables have undergone a heat treatment which has, in combination, the features of being a recovery annealing treatment and which is carried out directly on cable comprising wires previously separately covered by an adherent coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Sedepro
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Pedro Costa Pereira
  • Patent number: 6418994
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stainless steel wire for a carcass of a tire and a process for making such a wire. The wire comprises at least 0.02% and at most 0.2% carbon, at least 3% and at most 20% nickel, at least 12% and at most 28% chromium, the sum of the nickel and chromium being at least equal to 20% and at most 35% (% in weight). The structure of the steel comprises at least 20% in volume of martensite and it is devoid of austenite or it comprises less than 80% of it in volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Christian Lamoureux, Eric Depraetere
  • Patent number: 6153024
    Abstract: This wire stock is made of a microalloyed steel having a carbon content of between 0.2% and 0.6% by weight and furthermore containing at least one alloying element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, molybdenum and chromium, in a proportion, by weight, of at least 0.05% and at most 0.5% of said alloying element or of the combination of said alloying elements. Such wire stocks are manufactured in order to produce, by deformation and heat treatment, a ready-to-use wire which is used, for example, to reinforce articles made of plastics or made of rubber, especially tire covers, plies, belts, hoses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Ispat-Unimetal
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Eric Depraetere, Raoul Serre, Marc Francois
  • Patent number: 6106637
    Abstract: A ready-to-use metal wire comprising microalloyed steel with a structure almost entirely made up of a cold-hammered annealed martensite is disclosed. The wire diameter is of at least 0.10 mm and at most 0.50 mm, and the ultimate tensile strength of the wire is of at least 2800 MPa. The method of producing said wire comprises deforming a wire rod, performing a hardening heat treatment on the deformed wire and heating it to an annealing temperature to cause the formation of a structure almost entirely made up of annealed martensite. The wire is then cooled and deformed. Assemblies comprising at least one such wire, and wire or assemblies used in particular for reinforcing pneumatic tires, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Michelin & Cie
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Eric Depraetere, Marc Francois, Raoul Serre
  • Patent number: 6093267
    Abstract: The anchoring of the carcass reinforcing elements 1 is assured by circumferential cables 2, with the interposition of a connecting rubber composition 3. The circumferential cable 2 is arranged in several turns forming one or more helices. These circumferential cables have an operational elongation rate A.sub.f =A.sub.e +A.sub.p of more than 4%. This operational elongation rate does not include the specific elongation A.sub.s of the "cable" effect. The maximum stress R.sub.m of the cable 2 is preferably more than 2000 MPa. The cables have undergone a heat treatment which has, in combination, the features of being a recovery annealing treatment and which is carried out directly on cable comprising wires previously separately covered by an adherent coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Sedepro
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Pedro Costa Pereira
  • Patent number: 5833771
    Abstract: A stainless steel wire for reinforcing the crown (1) of tires (100), comping at least 0.02% and at most 0.2% carbon, at least 6% and at most 10% nickel, at least 16% and at most 20% chromium, the content of molybdenum of the steel being zero or at most equal to 5%, the total of the nickel, chromium and molybdenum being at least 23% and at most 28.5%, all these percentages being % by weight;the structure of the steel comprises at least 50% by volume martensite and it is without austenite or comprises less than 50% by volume thereof.Assemblies (620), reinforcement plies (62) and tires (100) comprising this wire.Process for preparing this wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin-Michelin & Cie
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Patrick Corsi, Eric Depraetere, Christian Lamoureux
  • Patent number: 5702548
    Abstract: The anchoring of the carcass reinforcing elements 1 is assured by circumferential cables 2, with the interposition of a connecting rubber composition 3. The circumferential cable 2 is arranged in several turns forming one or more helices. These circumferential cables have an operational elongation rate A.sub.f =A.sub.e +A.sub.p of more than 4%. This operational elongation rate does not include the specific elongation A.sub.s of the "cable" effect. The maximum stress R.sub.m of the cable 2 is preferably more than 2000 MPa. The cables have undergone a heat treatment which has, in combination, the features of being a recovery annealing treatment and which is carried out directly on cable comprising wires previously separately covered by an adherent coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Sedepro
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Pedro Costa Pereira
  • Patent number: 5503688
    Abstract: A metal wire having a substrate and a coating. The substrate is a steel the carbon content of which is equal to at least 0.05% and at most 0.6%, this steel having a structure comprising more than 90% work-hardened tempered martensite. The substrate is coated with a metal alloy other than steel. Method of obtaining this wire. A steel machine wire comprising 28% to 96% proeutectoid ferrite and 72% to 4% pearlite is work hardened. A hardening treatment is carried out in order to obtain a structure comprising more than 90% martensite. A depositing of metals is then effected, the wire is heated to cause the formation of an alloy and the formation of a structure comprising more than 90% tempered martensite. The wire is cooled and work hardened. This wire is used, for instance, to reinforce tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Etab. Michelin Michelin & Cie
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Bernard Prudence, Raoul Serre
  • Patent number: 5342700
    Abstract: A metal wire having the following features:(a) it is formed, at least in part, by a steel having a carbon content of at least 0.1% and at most 0.6% and a boron content of less than 8 ppm;(b) the steel of the wire has a strain-hardened lower bainite type structure (7);(c) the diameter of the wire varies from 0.10 to 0.40 mm;(d) the resistance to rupture of the wire is at least equal to 2800 MPa;(e) the elongation upon rupture of the wire is at least equal to 0.4%.The method according to the invention for producing this wire consists in strain hardening a machine wire having 28% to 90% proeutectoid ferrite and 72% to 10% perlite, thereupon carrying out a heat treatment to obtain a structure of lower bainite type, then effecting a strain hardening on the wire, the temperature of the wire upon the strain hardening being less than 0.3 T.sub.F, T.sub.F being the melting point of the steel expressed in Kelvin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Establissements Michelin-Michelin & Cie
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Bernard P. Prudence
  • Patent number: 4948876
    Abstract: A novel keratinic polymeric product is described which can be used for cosmetic purposes. This product comprises keratin peptide chains of different molecular weights, formed of amino acids bonded to one another by amide groups with more than 75 percent of the cystine linkages being in the form of S-sulphocysteine, the said peptide chains terminating at one end in a free carboxyl group and at their other end in a free amine group, the major part of said chains having a molecular weight of 1,100 to 7,500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: "L'Oreal"
    Inventors: Pierre M. Bore, Jean-Claude Arnaud
  • Patent number: 4642294
    Abstract: According to this process, (a) a compound capable of entering the surface interstices of the keratinous fibres is chosen; which is capable of producing, in an aqueous medium, a solution which is colored naturally or capable of being colored by a development, and capable, under the conditions of the process, of being stable and maintained at a pH such that no ionic charge appears; (b) an aqueous immersion solution containing the compounds chosen is prepared; (c) a specimen of the fibres to be studied is immersed therein to produce an "uptake" of the compound on the fibres, which is a function of their surface state; (d) the specimen is withdrawn from the solution and the excess of solution saturating the fibres is removed; (e) the compound present on the fibres is extracted by immersing the latter in at least one aqueous bath at the same pH as that of the aqueous immersion solution to obtain an extraction solution which is colored or whose color is developed in a step (f); and (g) the state of the surface of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Pierre Bore
  • Patent number: 4407801
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a novel pharmaceutical composition, especially having an anti-ischaemic action, containing, in combination, a high dosage (within the range of from 20 to 80 mg) of the dihydrochloride (or another mineral or organic salt) of 1-(2,3,4-trimethoxybenzyl)piperazine and a disintegrating agent, such as mannitol or sodium carboxymethyl starch, that has the effect of liberating the salt of 1-(2,3,4-trimethoxybenzyl)piperazine virtually instantaneously in the organism, this composition being, furthermore, advantageously enclosed in a thin coating film or held together by a binder that is itself readily disintegrated in situ in the organism in such a manner that it makes possible a "flash" action, that is to say a virtually instantaneous action, of the above-mentioned salt in situ. This composition is administered to the patient at a dosage of from 20 to 80 mg/day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: Science Union Et Cie
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnaud, Michelle Devissaguet
  • Patent number: 4089942
    Abstract: A deodorant composition which prevents the formation of unpleasant odors due to bacterial decomposition of perspiration comprises a cosmetic carrier and, as the active component, a mixture of at least one weak organic acid and at least one salt of a weak organic acid and an aminated organic compound. The composition on application to the desired area of the body maintains the pH of the perspiration at a value of about 3 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Pierre Bore, Jean-Claude Arnaud, Arnaud DE Labbey
  • Patent number: 3971391
    Abstract: Process for improving and modifying the cosmetic properties of living human hair comprising transforming about 25 to 70% of the cystine in hair that is not subjected to any extension stress into lanthionine. The process is carried out with an aqueous medium having a pH between about 10.5 and 13 containing at least one alkali or alkaline earth metal hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Pierre Bore, Jean-Claude Arnaud, Gregoire Kalopissis