Patents by Inventor Jean-François PRAT

Jean-François PRAT 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).

  • BODYWORK PART COMPRISING AN OVERMOLDED INSERT MADE FROM AMORPHOUS POLYOLEFIN
    Publication number: 20210138976
    Abstract: The invention concerns a bodywork part for a motor vehicle comprising at least one transparent or translucent overmolded insert), the insert being produced from a material made from amorphous polyolefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Jean-François PRAT, Laura MOISAN
  • METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN INSERT FOR AN OPENING PANEL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180147756
    Abstract: An elongate element is formed from a composite material and a coil is formed by winding the elongate element around a master model. The master model provides the coil with the general shape of a continuous ring and with dimensions that allow the resulting coil to form an insert equipped with at least two parts that are intended to extend respectively through at least two separate opening panel zones to be reinforced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: David TRESSE, Emilien HUMMER, Issam KHAYAT, Jean-Francois PRAT
  • PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A MOTOR VEHICLE PART
    Publication number: 20170361781
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a motor vehicle part, wherein the part is produced by molding a filled thermoplastic material, the part thus molded is subsequently reinforced by positioning locally and at the surface of the part at least one reinforcing element including strips of unidirectional continuous fibers, the strips being deposited non-continuously on the part in at least one stress concentration zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Issam KHAYAT, Jean-Francois PRAT, David TRESSE, Arnaud ESCOFFIER
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC PART HAVING A FOAM CORE
    Publication number: 20160318262
    Abstract: Method for producing a plastic part having a sandwich structure, wherein: at least two fibre-reinforced plastic sheets are positioned in a mould; at least one foam insert is positioned in the mould between the plastic sheets, the foam insert forming a structural core; the mould is closed, and pressure and temperature chosen to enable the plastic to flow and polymerise are applied; and the part thus obtained is removed from the mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Jean-Francois PRAT, Denis GILLE, Richard HERAULT