Patents by Inventor Jean-Yves Loreau

Jean-Yves Loreau 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: 8362390
    Abstract: A method of laser welding of two members by their respective edges, on a first surface of a slideway section, wherein at least a first one of said members is welded by application of two parallel laser beams from a second surface of the slideway section, with a distance between the beams approximately corresponding to the thickness of the first member, to obtain a laser transmission welding in a single run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Faurecia Sieges d' Automobile
    Inventor: Jean-Yves Loreau
  • Publication number: 20100314928
    Abstract: A method of laser welding of two members by their respective edges, on a first surface of a slideway section, wherein at least a first one of said members is welded by application of two parallel laser beams from a second surface of the slideway section, with a distance between the beams approximately corresponding to the thickness of the first member, to obtain a laser transmission welding in a single run.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: FAURECIA SIEGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventor: Jean-Yves LOREAU
  • Patent number: 6010191
    Abstract: The seat for automobile vehicles includes a seat frame and a backrest frame installed so as to pivot on the seat frame. A mechanism locking the backrest in position. The mechanism includes two half-housings which can rotate in relation to each other around a pivoting axis and attached to a flange of the seat frame and to a flange of the backrest frame respectively. At least one of the two half-housings includes studs inserted into holes formed in the corresponding seat frame flange and a space is then made between at least one stud and the corresponding hole into which a weld mass is deposited. The weld mass joins the seat frame half-housing to the seat frame flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Equipements S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Calinaud, Jean-Yves Loreau, Ludovic Chaillou