Patents by Inventor Luc Bernard
Luc Bernard 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).
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Patent number: 8398791Abstract: Cobalt based alloys exhibiting high-temperature mechanical strength in an oxidizing medium are provided. The alloys are free of W and Hf and include the following elements in percentage by weight of the alloy: 23 to 34% Cr; 6 to 12% Ni; 6.0 to 10% Ta; 0.3 to 1.2% C; less than 3% Fe; less than 1% Si; less than 0.5% Mn; less than 0.1% Zr; and a balance of cobalt and impurities. Ta/C molar ratios of the alloys are at least 0.3.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignees: Saint-Gobain Isover, Saint-Gobain SevaInventors: Patrice Berthod, Jean-Luc Bernard, Christophe Liebaut
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Publication number: 20120270718Abstract: A centrifuge to rotate about a rotation axis, the centrifuge including: an annular wall pierced with a plurality of holes, the annular wall having the rotation axis as its axis of symmetry; and a row of one continuous relief or of discontinuous reliefs, situated on an outer surface of the centrifuge, on the annular wall and/or above and close to the annular wall when the centrifuge is in a centrifuging position, the row being horizontal or inclined at an angle of more than 0° and less than 90° relative to the horizontal when the centrifuge is in the centrifuging position. The centrifuge makes it possible to improve energy consumption of a device for forming mineral fibers furnished with the centrifuge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVERInventors: Oleg Boulanov, Jean-Luc Bernard
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Patent number: 8262964Abstract: An alloy, characterized in that it contains the following elements (the proportions being indicated in percentages by weight of the alloy): Cr: ?23 to 34% Ti: 0.2 to 5% Ta: 0.5 to 7% C: 0.2 to 1.2% Ni: less than 5% Fe: less than 3% Si: less than 1% Mn: less than 0.5%, the balance consisting of cobalt and inevitable impurities. An article for the manufacture of mineral wool, especially fiberizing spinner, made of such an alloy.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignees: Saint-Gobain Isover, Saint-Gobain SevaInventors: Jean-Luc Bernard, Patrice Berthod, Ludovic Hericher, Christophe Liebaut, Sylvain Michon
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Publication number: 20120120052Abstract: A system for tolerancing geometrical templates upgrades the geometrical template to include a unique identifier and index corresponding to each sub-feature of the template. The upgraded template is associated to a set of 3D annotations and the association is stored in a catalog which uses the unique identifier as an index. Upon instantiation of the geometrical template, a list of corresponding tolerance templates are retrieved and displayed for selection, and a selected tolerance template is then instantiated onto the geometrical template.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Zhi Yuan GONG, Christophe Naveau, Luc Bernard Robert Hernandez, Dominique Guy Gaunet
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Publication number: 20110301329Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of a highly pure albumin solution the process comprising subjecting albumin (preferably expressed and secreted by transformed yeast) to a series of chromatographic steps. Preferably, the process comprises the steps of positive mode cation exchange chromatography, positive mode anion exchange chromatography, positive mode affinity chromatography, negative mode affinity chromatography (preferably using immobilised aminophenylboronic acid), negative mode cation exchange chromatography, and negative or positive mode anion exchange chromatography. A process for reducing the level of nickel in an albumin solution is also disclosed, as is a recombinant albumin coding sequence comprising two or more in-frame translation stop codons.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: Novozymes Biopharma DK A/SInventors: Hendrik Van Urk, David John Mead, Philip Harvey Morton, Andrew John Cartwright, Jason Cameron, David James Ballance, Michel Gaston Joseph Grandgeorge, Stephen Berezenko, John Rodney Woodrow, Darrell Sleep, Jean-Luc Bernard Veron
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Publication number: 20110256790Abstract: A thermal insulation product includes an infrared radiation absorbing and scattering material dispersed on fibers forming a porous structure. The infrared absorbing and scattering material can include borate compounds, carbonate compounds, and alumina compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVERInventors: Murray S. Toas, Kurt Mankell, Alain Yang, Kevin Gallagher, Dave Ober, Gary Tripp, Eladio Montoya, Jean-Luc Bernard
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Publication number: 20110240308Abstract: Disclosed herein is a guide frame (10) for location at one or more points along the length of a riser tower structure (112,114). The riser tower structure is of a type that has an upper end supported at a depth below the sea surface and has a central core (200) with one or more conduits (220) arranged therearound extending from the seabed toward the surface. In use, the guide frame guides the conduit (s) relative to the central core, said guide frame (10) being attachable to said riser tower structure non-continuously (40,50), thereby not becoming an integral part of said riser tower structure. Also disclosed is a riser tower comprising such guide frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventor: Jean-Luc Bernard Legras
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Patent number: 8026190Abstract: Insulating element from mineral fibers for shipbuilding with an insulating element in form of a plate or roll felt for shipbuilding the composition of the mineral fibers of the insulating element points an alkali/alkaline-earth mass ratio of the fiber structure of the insulating element is determined by an average geometrical fiber diameter of ?4 ?m and a surface weight of 0.8 through 4.3 kg/m2 and a binding agent portion above 0.5 until 4 weight %.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Saint-Gobain IsoverInventors: Horst Keller, Ina Bruer, Gerald Amannt, Jean-Luc Bernard
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Patent number: 7993877Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of a highly pure recombinant albumin solution having a nickel ion content of less than 100 ng per gram of albumin. The process comprises subjecting a recombinant albumin to a series of chromatography, concentration, and diafiltration steps.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Novozymes Biopharma DK A/SInventors: Hendrik Van Urk, David John Mead, Philip Harvey Morton, Andrew John Cartwright, Jason Cameron, David James Ballance, Michel Gaston Joseph Grandgeorge, Stephen Berezenko, John Rodney Woodrow, Darrell Sleep, Jean-Luc Bernard Veron
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Publication number: 20110014839Abstract: Insulating element from mineral fibers for shipbuilding with an insulating element in form of a plate or roll felt for shipbuilding the composition of the mineral fibers of the insulating element points an alkali/alkaline-earth mass ratio of the fiber structure of the insulating element is determined by an average geometrical fiber diameter of ?4 ?m and a surface weight of 0.8 through 4.3 kg/m2 and a binding agent portion above 0.5 until 4 weight %.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVERInventors: Horst Keller, Ina Bruer, Gerald Amannt, Jean-Luc Bernard
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Publication number: 20100244310Abstract: An alloy, characterized in that it contains the following elements (the proportions being indicated in percentages by weight of the alloy): Cr: ?23 to 34% Ti: 0.2 to 5% Ta: 0.5 to 7% C: 0.2 to 1.2% Ni: less than 5% Fe: less than 3% Si: less than 1% Mn: less than 0.5%, the balance consisting of cobalt and inevitable impurities. An article for the manufacture of mineral wool, especially fiberizing spinner, made of such an alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicants: Saint-Gobain Isover, Saint-Gobain SevaInventors: Jean-Luc Bernard, Patrice Berthod, Ludovic Hericher, Christophe Liebaut, Sylvain Michon
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Patent number: 7803729Abstract: Insulating element from mineral fibers for shipbuilding with an insulating element in form of a plate or roll felt for shipbuilding the composition of the mineral fibers of the insulating element points an alkali/alkaline-earth mass ratio of the fiber structure of the insulating element is determined by an average geometrical fiber diameter of ?4 ?m and a surface weight of 0.8 through 4.3 kg/m2 and a binding agent portion above 0.5 until 4 weight %.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2004Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Saint-Gobain IsoverInventors: Horst Keller, Ina Bruer, Gerald Amannt, Jean-Luc Bernard
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Patent number: 7740931Abstract: At a fire protection gate with an encompassing structure and bilateral steel plate shells, between which a fire protection inset is provided, consisting of at least an insulating element in the form of a plate of mineral fibers, soluble in a physical milieu and reinforced with a binding agent, the composition of the mineral fibers of said insulating element features an alkali/earth alkali-mass relation of <1 and the fiber structure of said insulating element is determined by an average geometrical fiber diameter of ?4 ?m, a gross density in the range of 60 to 130 kg/m3 and a portion of the binding agent, relative to the fiber mass, in the range of 1 to 3 weight %.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2004Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Inventors: Horst Keller, Ralph Beyer, Gerald Amannt, Jean-Luc Bernard
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Patent number: 7658609Abstract: An internal combustion burner, especially for attenuation of mineral fibers, and including a combustion chamber, into which at least one duct for feeding fuel and oxidizer opens, and provided with an expansion orifice. The combustion chamber is provided with at least one flame stabilizing element, the geometry of the walls of which is chosen to create a confinement zone in which at least part of the combustion between oxidizer and fuel takes place.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2003Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Saint-Gobain IsoverInventors: Oleg Boulanov, Christopher Ellison, Jean-Luc Bernard
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Patent number: 7638447Abstract: The subject of the invention is a mineral wool capable of dissolving in a physiological medium, which wool comprises the constituents below in the following percentages by weight: SiO2 39–44%, preferably 40–43% Al2O3 16–27%, preferably 16–26% CaO 6–20%, preferably 8–18% MgO 1–5%, preferably 1–4.9% Na2O 0–15%, preferably 2–12% K2O 0–15%, preferably 2–12% R2O (Na2O + K2O) 10–14.7%, preferably 10–13.5% P2O5 0–3%, especially 0–2% Fe2O3 (total iron) 1.5–15%, especially 3.2–8% B2O3 0–2%, preferably 0–1% TiO2 0–2%, preferably 0.4–1%.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2004Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Saint-Gobain IsoverInventors: Jean-Luc Bernard, Eric Bocquet
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Publication number: 20090171070Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of a highly pure recombinant albumin solution having a nickel ion content of less than 100 ng per gram of albumin. The process comprises subjecting a recombinant albumin to a series of chromatography, concentration, and diafiltration steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2008Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOPHARMA UK LIMITEDInventors: Hendrik Van Urk, David John Mead, Philip Harvey Morton, Andrew John Cartwright, Jason Cameron, David James Ballance, Michel Gaston Joseph Grandgeorge, Stephen Berezenko, John Rodney Woodrow, Darrell Sleep, Jean-Luc Bernard Veron
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Publication number: 20080196638Abstract: At a fire protection gate with an encompassing structure and bilateral steel plate shells, between which a fire protection inset is provided, consisting of at least an insulating element in the form of a plate of mineral fibers, soluble in a physical milieu and reinforced with a binding agent, the composition of the mineral fibers of said insulating element features an alkali/earth alkali-mass relation of <1 and the fiber structure of said insulating element is determined by an average geometrical fiber diameter of ?4 ?m, a gross density in the range of 60 to 130 kg/m3 and a portion of the binding agent, relative to the fiber mass, in the range of 1 to 3 weight %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2004Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: Saint-Gobain Isover Les MiroirsInventors: Horst Keller, Ralph Beyer, Gerald Amannt, Jean-Luc Bernard
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Publication number: 20080191179Abstract: The invention relates to thermally-stable mineral wool which can dissolve in a physiological medium, comprising fibres containing the following constituents, expressed in percentage by weight, namely: 35-60 % SiO2, preferably 39-55 %; 12-27% Al2O3, preferably 16-25%; 0-35% CaO, preferably 3-25%; 0-30% MgO, preferably 0-15%; 0-17% Na2O, preferably 6-12%; 0-17% K2O, preferably 3-12%; 10-17% R2O (Na2O+K2O), preferably 12-17%; 0-5% P2O5, preferably 0-2%; 0-20% Fe2O3; 0-8% B2O3, preferably 0-4%; and 0-3% TiO2, and at least one phosphorous compound that can react with said fibres at a temperature of less than 1000° C. in order to form a coating on the surface thereof. The invention is characterised in that the phosphorous content of said compound, as expressed in phosphorus atom weight, varies between 0.0005%, in particular more than 0.01%, and 1%, in particular less than 0.5%, of the total weight of the fibres.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVERInventors: Jean-Luc Bernard, Jerome Douce
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Publication number: 20070292303Abstract: The process for manufacturing mineral wool by internal centrifuging is characterized in that the temperature of the mineral material in the fiberizing spinner dish is at least 1150° C. and in that the fiberizing spinner dish is made of a cobalt-based alloy comprising the following elements (in percentages by weight of the alloy): Cr 23 ?to 34% Fe less than 3% Ni ??6 to 12% Si less than 1% Ta ??3 to 10% Mn less than 0.5% C 0.2 to 1.2% Zr less than 0.1% W ??0 to 8%, the balance consisting of cobalt and inevitable impurities and the tantalum-to carbon molar ration being at least 0.3. Alloys particularly suitable for this process satisfy the above formula and do not contain tungsten. The alloys according to the invention can be used for other purposes in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature of at least 1100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicants: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER, SAINT-GOBAIN SEVAInventors: Patrice Berthod, Jean-Luc Bernard, Christophe Liebaut
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Publication number: 20070184740Abstract: At an insulation material sheet, consisting of a mineral fiber felt bound with a binding agent, of biosoluble mineral fibers, rolled up in the form of a roll, the composition of the mineral fibers features an alkali/earth alkali relation of <1 and the fiber structure is determined by the following features, i.e. average fiber diameter <4 ?m, gross density in the range of 8 to 25 kg/m3 and binding agent portion in the range of 4 to 5,5 weight %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2004Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: Saint-Gobain IsoverInventors: Horst Keller, Michael Schumm, Jean-Luc Bernard