Patents by Inventor Jean THEVENET

Jean THEVENET 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: 11067489
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and method for testing wear and friction properties of different materials under various experimental conditions representative of real usage conditions. In general, the device according to the invention is based on contacting a sample with a rotating disk with intermittent contact, in “open cycle” conditions, where dynamic loads are applied to the sample for the contact to occur. The control of dynamic loading is fully independent of the disk rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: RHODIA OPERATIONS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Paul Sotta, Matthieu Guibert, Jean-Luc Loubet, Jean Thevenet, Loïc Vanel, Menglong Huang
  • Publication number: 20190242800
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and method for testing wear and friction properties of different materials under various experimental conditions representative of real usage conditions. In general, the device according to the invention is based on contacting a sample with a rotating disk with intermittent contact, in “open cycle” conditions, where dynamic loads are applied to the sample for the contact to occur. The control of dynamic loading is fully independent of the disk rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Paul SOTTA, Matthieu GUIBERT, Jean-Luc LOUBET, Jean THEVENET, Loïc VANEL, Menglong HUANG