Patents by Inventor Manfred Lipa

Manfred Lipa 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).

  • Assembly method using brazing
    Patent number: 8851359
    Abstract: A method for assembling at least two plates using a brazing process, the plates being separated by a filler material situated therebetween, includes placing the two plates, separated by the filler material, in a furnace; compressing the two plates separated by the filler material; controlling the temperature in the furnace according to a brazing cycle. The two plates separated by the filler material are compressed using a plurality of devices that can be pressurized using a fluid, the pressurizable devices being located in the furnace and being distributed over the surface of one of the two plates to which each pressurizable device applies a mechanical pressure that is remote-controlled as a function of the temperature in the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Bernard Bertrand, Dominique Guilhem, Manfred Lipa
  • ASSEMBLY METHOD USING BRAZING
    Publication number: 20120217288
    Abstract: A method for assembling at least two plates using a brazing process, the plates being separated by a filler material situated therebetween, includes placing the two plates, separated by the filler material, in a furnace; compressing the two plates separated by the filler material; controlling the temperature in the furnace according to a brazing cycle. The two plates separated by the filler material are compressed using a plurality of devices that can be pressurized using a fluid, the pressurizable devices being located in the furnace and being distributed over the surface of one of the two plates to which each pressurizable device applies a mechanical pressure that is remote-controlled as a function of the temperature in the furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Bernard Bertrand, Dominique Guilhem, Manfred Lipa
  • Heat shield
    Patent number: 5209896
    Abstract: The heat shield according to the invention makes it possible to protect a structure from a very high thermal flux. It is mainly constituted by tiles (2) fixed to a support structure (4) by means of a spring (8) fixed in translation with respect to a tile (2) and on which bears a locking arm (10). The latter can be fixed to the support structure (4) by means of locking screws (30), which are accessible from the outside through locking orifices (12) in the tile (2). The compression of the spring (8) allows locking to take place and also a satisfactory heat exchange from the tile (2) to the support structure (4), which can be cooled by cooling medium flow ducts (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Manfred Lipa, Claude Deck, Pierre Deschamps