Patents by Inventor Laurent Pinto

Laurent Pinto 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: 8458885
    Abstract: Process for assembling a first part made of metal material and a second part made of composite material, by an attachment element, which includes: —pre-piercing the parts to form a recess with a diameter D1 in the first and the second parts; —installing an insert having a variable diameter in the direction of the thickness of the parts in the recess, the insert including a main hollow body and at least one flange designed to rest at least partially against the outside surface of a part, the insert being designed to accommodate the attachment element; generating residual compression constraints by radial expansion on the inner wall of the insert by an expansion tool having an outside diameter that works with the inside diameter of the insert in at least one zone of the two parts along the circumference of the insert; —boring the recess of the main body wider so that the insert has a final inside diameter that is significantly greater than the outside diameter of the attachment element to allow play between the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Stephane Bianco, Laurent Pinto
  • Publication number: 20110119891
    Abstract: Process for assembling a first part made of metal material and a second part made of composite material, by an attachment element, which includes: —pre-piercing the parts to form a recess with a diameter D1in the first and the second parts; —installing an insert having a variable diameter in the direction of the thickness of the parts in the recess, the insert including a main hollow body and at least one flange designed to rest at least partially against the outside surface of a part, the insert being designed to accommodate the attachment element; generating residual compression constraints by radial expansion on the inner wall of the insert by an expansion tool having an outside diameter that works with the inside diameter of the insert in at least one zone of the two parts along the circumference of the insert; —boring the recess of the main body wider so that the insert has a final inside diameter that is significantly greater than the outside diameter of the attachment element to allow play between the
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Stephane Bianco, Laurent Pinto