Patents by Inventor Jonathan Merlet

Jonathan Merlet 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).

  • Manufacture of fibre-reinforced composite hydrofoils and aerofoils and elongate foil
    Patent number: 12473833
    Abstract: An elongate foil, selected from a hydrofoil and an aerofoil, having a body of laminated plies of fibre-reinforced resin matrix composite material, wherein the body has a central internal surface, extending between opposite longitudinal ends of the elongate foil, at which opposite first and second side parts of the elongate foil, which is curved along the length of the elongate foil and each first and second side part defines a respective opposite first or second foil surface, are bonded together, wherein each first and second side part of the elongate foil comprises a respective first or second laminated stack of plies of fibrous reinforcement, whereby the first foil surface has a first curved contour profile along a length of the elongate foil and a second curved contour profile transverse to the length of the elongate foil, each of the first and second curved contour profiles being formed by varying the number of plies of fibrous reinforcement at positions along the respective contour profile, and the secon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: North Thin Ply Technology Sarl
    Inventors: Xavier Lepercq, Gerard Gautier, Thomas Ricard, Olivier Thomassin, Francois Mordasini, Jonathan Merlet
  • Manufacture of Fibre-Reinforced Composite Hydrofoils and Aerofoils and Elongate Foil
    Publication number: 20250084767
    Abstract: An elongate foil, selected from a hydrofoil and an aerofoil, having a body of laminated plies of fibre-reinforced resin matrix composite material, wherein the body has a central internal surface, extending between opposite longitudinal ends of the elongate foil, at which opposite first and second side parts of the elongate foil, which is curved along the length of the elongate foil and each first and second side part defines a respective opposite first or second foil surface, are bonded together, wherein each first and second side part of the elongate foil comprises a respective first or second laminated stack of plies of fibrous reinforcement, whereby the first foil surface has a first curved contour profile along a length of the elongate foil and a second curved contour profile transverse to the length of the elongate foil, each of the first and second curved contour profiles being formed by varying the number of plies of fibrous reinforcement at positions along the respective contour profile, and the secon
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Xavier Lepercq, Gerard Gautier, Thomas Ricard, Olivier Thomassin, Francois Mordasini, Jonathan Merlet