Patents by Inventor Jean F. Lacombe

Jean F. Lacombe 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: 4885527
    Abstract: Device for the continuous measurement of the impregnation level by a substance of fibers which may or may not conduct electricity. This device has a cylindrical resonant cavity (2) excited in accordance with mode TE.sub.113 and provided with first microwave input and output (e1, s1) for respective coupling to a microwave source (2) and a detector (16) of the microwave power from the cavity when the fiber is conductive, so that the first component (E1) of the electrical field of the resonant mode is perpendicular to the fiber, second microwave input and output (e2, s2) for respective coupling to the source and the detector when the fiber is non-conductive, so that the second component (E2) of the electric field of the resonant mode is parallel to the fiber, a mode filter (40) for eliminating from the cavity the first component of the electric field when the fiber is non-conductive, and means for processing the signal supplied by the detector in order to deduce the impregnation rate therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Jean F. Lacombe, Jean L. Miane