Patents by Inventor Jean-Louis Bravet

Jean-Louis Bravet 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: 7101611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product which is at least partly transparent and of high optical quality, equivalent to that of a glass window, which can be approved as a motor-vehicle window according to the various standards in force, and having a plastic core coated with a skin comprising at least one plastic film coated with a scratch-resistant layer; it also relates to a process for manufacturing this product and to the application of the latter as a body element, part of which forms a window, for example for motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Marc Maurer
  • Patent number: 6998169
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product which is at least partly transparent and of high optical quality, equivalent to that of a glass window, which can be approved as a motor-vehicle window according to the various standards in force, and having a plastic core coated with a skin comprising at least one plastic film coated with a scratch-resistant layer; it also relates to a process for manufacturing this product and to the application of the latter as a body element, part of which forms a window, for example for motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Marc Maurer
  • Publication number: 20050238902
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product which is at least partly transparent and of high optical quality, equivalent to that of a glass window, which can be approved as a motor-vehicle window according to the various standards in force, and having a plastic core coated with a skin comprising at least one plastic film coated with a scratch-resistant layer; it also relates to a process for manufacturing this product and to the application of the latter as a body element, part of which forms a window, for example for motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Marc Maurer
  • Patent number: 6811857
    Abstract: The invention concerns an essentially flat plastic product, at least partly transparent and whereof one part at least of the external surface consists of added overmoulded plastic material. The invention also concerns two methods for making said product, using injection moulding technique and the use of said product as glazing for transport vehicles or buildings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Rym Benyahia, Bernard Bureau, Fabrice Ducreuzot
  • Patent number: 6432522
    Abstract: An optically transparent glazing measures about 3 to 5 mm in total thickness, and has an interlayer film, the interlayer film comprises at least two polymeric film layers: a core film layer having a modulus of at least 25,000 psi (173 MPa) and a surface film layer having a maximum modulus of 15,000 (104 MPa) at 50 to 10,000 Hz and 20° C.; and the glazing is characterized by an acoustical barrier insulating capacity at least equivalent to that of a 3.85 mm thick monolithic pane of glass. The glazing also has an Articulation Index value of less than 64.2% at 50 to 10,000 Hz, a sharpness value of less than 150 at 50 to 10,000 Hz, a penetration resistance of at least 9 meters in test method ECE R43, A6 4.2, and a maximum haze of 4%. The interlayer film has a bending stiffness of at least 0.01 Pa*m3. The surface film layer has a maximum tan delta of 0.6 at 50 to 10,000 Hz and 20° C. The interlayer film preferably comprises one core film layer of between 1.0 and 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignees: Saint-Gobain Vitrage, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Friedman, Deirdre C. McDonnell-Lee, Marc Rehfeld, Jean-Louis Bravet, Jean-Philippe Boure, Volkmar Offermann
  • Publication number: 20010041251
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product which is at least partly transparent and of high optical quality, equivalent to that of a glass window, which can be approved as a motor-vehicle window according to the various standards in force, and having a plastic core coated with a skin comprising at least one plastic film coated with a scratch-resistant layer; it also relates to a process for manufacturing this product and to the application of the latter as a body element, part of which forms a window, for example for motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: JEAN-LOUIS BRAVET, MARC MAURER
  • Patent number: 6265054
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite glazing material of the type including two sheets of glass and an interlayer of transparent plastic of greater thickness than the thickness of the sheets of glass, characterized in that the plastic is capable of adhering to the glass. The glazing material has a total thickness smaller than 5 mm, a ratio of the thickness of the interlayer to the thickness of the sheets of glass of between 1 and 10, a mass per unit area lower than 6 kg/m2 and a Young's modulus higher than 30 GPa at a total thickness of glazing material of 3 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Bernard Bureau, Claude Morin, Christian Padoy, Boris Vidal
  • Patent number: 6054189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a sheet of plastic coated with a hard varnish on at least part of at least one of its sides, including:1) preparing a sheet of plastic by injection molding,2) applying the varnish to the said sheet, and3) heating the combination at a temperature at least equal to the softening point of the plastic of which the sheet is made, the varnish of at least a central part of the said combination being free of any mechanical contact other than that with the said sheet; the flat or curved transparent sheet thus obtained; its application as a motor-vehicle component containing a transparent part forming glazing and as motor-vehicle glazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Bernard Bureau, Claude Didelot, Claude Morin
  • Patent number: 5945199
    Abstract: A pane formed of a substrate and a film of polymeric material. The film of polymeric material has a thickness that varies in at least one predetermined zone of the pane, with the result that the external faces of the pane are not parallel to each other in this zone. The pane is useful in an eye-level display system for the purpose of eliminating a double reflection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignees: Saint-Gobain Vitrage, Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Claude Morin, Jean-Louis Bravet
  • Patent number: 5786070
    Abstract: A transparent, smooth and cross-linked polyurethane resin sheet prepared from a reaction-curable composition which comprises a high molecular weight polyol mixture (A) comprising a polyester polyol and/or a polycarbonate polyol, as its main components, and containing a diol and a trivalent or higher valent polyol, the average hydroxyl value of the mixture being from 40 to 120, and the equivalent ratio of (the trivalent or higher valent polyol)/(the diol) being from 0.1 to 0.8, a substantially bivalent chain extender (B) in an amount of from 1.9 to 6.0 equivalents per equivalent of the polyol mixture (A), and a substantially bivalent alicyclic or aliphatic polyisocyanate compound (C) in an amount of from 0.8 to 1.2 equivalents per equivalent of the sum of the polyol mixture (A) and the chain extender (B), as its main components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company Ltd., Saint Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Toshihiko Higuchi, Satoshi Kondo, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Jean-Louis Bravet, Noel Crux
  • Patent number: 5560959
    Abstract: A process for producing a multi-layer film having a plurality of synthetic resin layers laminated on a releasable flat substrate by casting, which comprises firstly forming on the substrate a synthetic resin layer having adhesive or sticking properties, and then casting and curing on the synthetic resin layer having adhesive or sticking properties at least one kind of reaction-curable resin raw material mixture substantially free from a solvent to form at least one cured synthetic resin layer, so that the uppermost layer is composed of a cured synthetic resin superior in surface properties to its adjacent layer. Further, surface defects transferred from the substrate to the adhesive layer are substantially eliminated by a subsequent lamination step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company Ltd., Saint Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimoda, Noriyuki Yoshihara, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Kaori Yoshida, Jean-Louis Bravet, Michel Moncheaux
  • Patent number: 5554431
    Abstract: A sheet of plastic material is provided adapted to be assembled with a glass substrate to form an asymmetric pane. The plastic material sheet contains at least two films, where one film is an adhesive film intended for contact with the glass substrate and a second film is adjacent to the adhesive film, at least the adjacent film containing at least one organosilane coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignees: Saint-Gobain Vitrage, Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Noel Crux, Anne L'Her
  • Patent number: 5529655
    Abstract: This invention relates to a laminated safety pane, comprising a monolithic or laminated substrate of glass and/or of plastics material and a sheet of plastics material comprising at least one external polyurethane film providing desirable surface properties. According to the invention, the pane is provided, on at least one zone of the polyurethane film, with a gluing prefilm compatible with a film of adhesive deposited later, this prefilm being deposited after an electrical treatment applied to at least the zone of the polyurethane film which is to receive the prefilm, this electrical treatment being chosen from among the treatments of the corona discharge type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignees: Saint-Gobain Vitrage International, Ashahi Glass Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Otto Jandeleit, Eiji Hirano, Seiichi Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 5296303
    Abstract: A process for the continuous production of a plastic sheet of high optical quality capable of being used in laminated glasses, having at least a thin layer resistant to scoring and abrasion which entails high-speed centrifugal spraying of a mixture of reaction components, onto a plane horizontal support carried in a uniform movement of advancement relative to the spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Francois de Toytot, Gerd Leyens, Siegfried Pikhardt, Herbert Bayer
  • Patent number: 5279882
    Abstract: One-piece or laminated window fitted with a peripheral duplicate-molded profile ready for mounting by adhesive bonding in a bay, wherein the surface of the peripheral profile intended to be bonded is coated with a polymerized layer obtained from a composition, which contains an isocyanate constituent and a polyalcohol constituent present in excess in relation to the isocyanate constituent in order to form, after polymerization, a polyurethane layer having free hydroxyl groups capable of reacting subsequently with the adhesive strip used to mount the window, wherein the polyalcohol constituent contains at least one polyvinyl chloride copolymer containing free hydroxyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage International
    Inventors: Gerard Daude, Jean-Louis Bravet, Gerard Dimier
  • Patent number: 5082736
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molded window glass intended to be installed by gluing it into a window opening, especially a window opening in a car.The molded profile has at least one reactive surface comprising free OH groups which can subsequently react with the strip of adhesive used for installation of the window glass in the window opening by gluing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage International
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Gerard Daude
  • Patent number: 5039573
    Abstract: A polyurethane-based sheet of high optical quality having energy-absorbing properties, obtained by the reactive pouring or spraying, on a flat, horizontal base, of a reactive mixture of an isocyanate component and a polyhydric alcohol component is disclosed. The ratio of the NCO equivalent isocyanate groups to the OH equivalent groups used in approximately equal to 1. The isocyanate component comprises a mixture of 3-isocyanatomethyl-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexylisocyanate (isocyanate I) and bis-4-isocyanatocyclohexylmethane (isocyanate II), in a proportion of an isocyanate (I) NCO equivalent of 0.1 to 0.8, and of an isocanate (II) NCO equivalent, with the total NCO equivalent being about 1.The layer according to the invention is used in laminated glass containing at least one sheet of glass and one layer of a plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Recherche
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Sylvie Drujon
  • Patent number: 5032665
    Abstract: A high optical quality polyurethane layer is manufactured by reactive pouring or reactive spraying of a reaction mixture comprising an aliphatic isocyanate component and a polyol component followed by a polymerization comprising the passage of the layer through a catalytic atmosphere containing at least one tertiary amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Gerard Daude, Noel Crux
  • Patent number: 4921759
    Abstract: A high optical quality transparent plastic sheet having a polyurethane layer formed by reactive pouring or reactive pulverization onto a flat horizontal support of a reaction mixture containing a polyol component and an isocyanate component, with the surface of the polyurethane layer which was facing the support during the formation of the layer containing an acrylic polymer resulting from the contact, during deposition of the reaction mixture, of the reaction mixture with a thin acrylic layer previously deposited on the support. The acrylic layer and the polyurethane layer are interpenetrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Roger Orain, Jean-Louis Bravet, Gerard Dimier, Philippe Dagaut, Gerard Daude
  • Patent number: 4871579
    Abstract: A process for coating a transparent article of high optical quality, which comprises spraying a polymerizable reaction mixture of reaction components on the transparent article to form a homogeneous coating layer of high optical quality, wherein the mixture of reaction components is sprayed by high-speed centrifugal spraying; and polymerizing the resultant coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bravet, Francois Toytot, Gerd Leyens, Siegfried Pikhardt, Herbert Bayer