Patents by Inventor Michel Gaubil

Michel Gaubil 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).

  • Publication number: 20090038936
    Abstract: A novel fused and cast refractory product with a high zirconia content having improved electrical resistivity includes, as a percentage by weight relative to the oxides and for a total of more than 98.5%: ZrO2+Hf2O: >85% SiO2: 2% to 10% Al2O3: 0.1% to 2.4%, with Al2O3/SiO2<0.5 Y2O3: ?1%, B2O3: <1.5%; and a dopant selected from the group formed by V2O5, CrO3, Nb2O5, MoO3, Ta2O5, WO3, and mixtures thereof, in a weighted quantity such that: 0.2%?2.43V2O5+8.84CrO3+1.66Nb2O5+6.14MoO3+Ta2O5+3.81WO3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Yves Boussant-Roux, Isabelle Cabodi, Michel Gaubil
  • Publication number: 20080076659
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel fused and cast refractory product with a high zirconia content having improved electrical resistivity. Said refractory product comprises, as a percentage by weight relative to the oxides and for a total of more than 98.5%: ZrO2+Hf2O: >85% SiO2: 1% to 12% Al2O3: 0.1% to 2.4%, with Al2O3/SiO2<0.5 Y2O3: ?1%, B2O3: <1.5%; and a dopant selected from the group formed by V2O5, CrO3, Nb2O5, MoO3, Ta2O5, WO3, and mixtures thereof, in a weighted quantity such that: 0.2%?2.43V2O5+8.84CrO3+1.66Nb2O5+6.14MoO3+Ta2O5+3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Yves Boussant-Roux, Isabelle Cabodi, Michel Gaubil
  • Patent number: 7335617
    Abstract: The invention relates to a melted and cast refractory product which is intended, for example, for a checker work element of a glass furnace regenerator, having the following average chemical weight composition, expressed in weight percent based on oxide content: 0.4%<MgO<2.5%; 0.2%<SIO2<2%; CaO<0.4%; impurities<0.5% AL2O3: complement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Europeen
    Inventors: Yves Boussant-Roux, Michel Gaubil, Olivier Citti
  • Publication number: 20070270303
    Abstract: An AZS type fused cast refractory product presenting the following chemical composition, as a percentage by weight: ZrO2: 15.5% to 22%; SiO2: 10.5% to 15%; Na2O+K2O+Li2O: 1.0% to 2.5%; impurities: <1%. Application to glass furnaces, in particular to the superstructures and crowns thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EURO
    Inventors: Yves Boussant-Roux, Isabelle Cabodi, Michel Gaubil
  • Publication number: 20050159294
    Abstract: The invention concerns a refractory product comprising more than 85% of zirconia (ZrO2), characterized in that it comprises in wt. % with respect to oxides: ZrO2>92%, SiO2: 2 to 8%, Na2O: 0.12 to 1%, Al2O3: 0.2 to 2%, 0.5%?Y2O3+CaO?2.6%, with the proviso that Y2O3: 0.3 to 2% and that CaO: 0.5 to 1.93%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Centre De Recherches Et D'Etudes Europeen
    Inventors: Yves Boussant-Roux, Michel Gaubil