Patents by Inventor Michel Pons

Michel Pons 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: 12354757
    Abstract: Composite nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate comprising a metallic material and a ceramic material (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a DLI-MOCVD deposition process. The composite nuclear component has improved resistance to oxidation and/or migration of undesired material. The invention also relates to the use of the composite nuclear component for combating oxidation and/or degradation of the ceramic material contained in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Schuster, Fernando Lomello, Francis Maury, Alexandre Michau, Raphaël Boichot, Michel Pons
  • Patent number: 11715572
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a composite nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate comprising a metallic material and a ceramic material (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a DLI-MOCVD deposition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Schuster, Fernando Lomello, Francis Maury, Alexandre Michau, Raphaël Boichot, Michel Pons
  • Patent number: 11634810
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Schuster, Fernando Lomello, Francis Maury, Alexandre Michau, Raphaël Boichot, Michel Pons
  • Patent number: 11545273
    Abstract: A composite nuclear reactor component comprises a support and a protective layer (2). The support contains a substrate (1) based on a metal. The substrate is coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and the protective layer (2). The protective layer (2) is composed of a material which comprises amorphous chromium carbide. The nuclear reactor component provides for improved resistance to oxidation, hydriding, and/or migration of undesired material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Schuster, Fernando Lomello, Francis Maury, Alexandre Michau, Raphaël Boichot, Michel Pons
  • Patent number: 11142822
    Abstract: Process for the chemical vapor deposition by DLI-MOCVD on a substrate of a protective coating composed of at least one protective layer comprising a transition metal M: a) having available, in a feed tank, a mother solution containing a hydrocarbon solvent devoid of oxygen atom and a precursor of bis(arene) type containing the transition metal M to be deposited, and, if appropriate, a carbon-incorporation inhibitor; b) vaporizing said mother solution and introducing it into a CVD reactor in order to carry out the deposition of the protective layer on said substrate; c) collecting, at the outlet of the reactor, a fraction of the gaseous effluent comprising the unconsumed precursor, the aromatic byproducts of the precursor and the solvent, these entities together forming a daughter solution, and; d) pouring the daughter solution thus obtained into the feed tank in order to obtain a new mother solution capable of being used in step a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Schuster, Francis Maury, Alexandre Michau, Michel Pons, Raphaël Boichot, Fernando Lomello
  • Patent number: 11104994
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component that includes i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate being coated or not coated with an interposed layer positioned between the substrate and at least one protective layer and ii) the protective layer composed of a protective material including partially metastable chromium; the process includes a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Schuster, Fernando Lomello, Francis Maury, Alexandre Michau, Raphaël Boichot, Michel Pons
  • Patent number: 10811146
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising amorphous chromium carbide; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Schuster, Fernando Lomello, Francis Maury, Alexandre Michau, Raphaël Boichot, Michel Pons
  • Publication number: 20150162470
    Abstract: The invention relates to a structure adapted for the formation of solar cells, comprising the following successive elements, namely: a sheet (1) of textured metal with crystal grains having an average size greater than 50 ?m, said sheet being adapted to form a rear face electrode of the cells; a diffusion barrier layer (2) having a thickness of between 0.2 and 2 ?m, made from an electrically conductive material with crystal grains having an average size greater than 50 ?m; and a doped multicrystalline silicon layer (3) having a thickness of between 30 and 100 ?m, with crystal grains having an average size greater than 50 to 100 ?m, in which the average diffusion length of the carriers is greater than 50 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicants: Institut Polytechnique De Grenoble, Center National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Guy Chichignoud, Elisabeth Blanquet, Isabelle Gelard, Carmen Jimenez, Eirini Sarigiannidou, Kader Zaidat, Francois Weiss, Michel Pons
  • Patent number: 8373605
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic antenna that comprises a radiating element composed of a first, electrically conducting, fluid substance (F1) sitting on a first element (S1) and of a second fluid substance (F2) sitting on a second element (S2), the first fluid substance (F1) being in contact with the second fluid substance (F2), said fluid substances being immiscible and said first and second elements being electrically conducting and electrically isolated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Marc Berenguer, Emmanuel Dreina, Michel Pons
  • Patent number: 8212725
    Abstract: The method is to fabricate a microelectronic device with an integrated antenna. This method may include forming at least a first semiconducting layer on a substrate, forming in at least one zone of the first semiconducting layer of a structure to limit the circulation of current in the zone of the first semiconducting layer, forming a plurality of layers on the semiconducting layer and at least one antenna in the plurality of layers, with the antenna being formed opposite the zone. The antenna may be operable at radio frequencies above 10 GHz, and may have an improved emission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Michel Pons, Frédéric Lemaire
  • Patent number: 8125393
    Abstract: A reconfigurable electromagnetic antenna which comprises a radiating element consisting of a fluid substance that conducts electricity, the volume of the fluid substance being variable and that also comprises a matrix of electrodes on which the fluid substance is moved by electro-wetting. The properties of the antenna in frequency, polarization or even in radiation pattern evolve dynamically. The reconfiguration of the antenna in frequency, in polarization or in radiation pattern is continuous and reversible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Emmanuel Dreina, Michel Pons, Marc Berenguer
  • Publication number: 20100265143
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic antenna that comprises a radiating element composed of a first, electrically conducting, fluid substance (F1) sitting on a first element (S1) and of a second fluid substance (F2) sitting on a second element (S2), the first fluid substance (F1) being in contact with the second fluid substance (F2), said fluid substances being immiscible and said first and second elements being electrically conducting and electrically isolated from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: FRANCE TELECOM
    Inventors: Marc Berenguer, Emmanuel Dreina, Michel Pons
  • Patent number: 7655091
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device (10) for forming in single-crystal state a compound body with incongruent evaporation, capable of being in monocrystalline or polycrystalline form, comprising at least one first chamber (20) containing a substrate (42) whereat is formed a polycrystalline source of said body and a monocrystalline germ (46) of said body; a second chamber (14), said substrate being arranged between the two chambers; means for input (36) of gaseous precursors of said body into the second chamber capable of bringing about deposition of said body in polycrystalline form on the substrate; and heating means (26) for maintaining the substrate at a temperature higher than the temperature of the germ so as to bring about sublimation of the polycrystalline source and the deposition on the germ of said body in monocrystalline form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Roland Madar, Michel Pons, Francis Baillet, Ludovic Charpentier, Etienne Pernot, Didier Chaussende, Daniel Turover
  • Publication number: 20090322646
    Abstract: A reconfigurable electromagnetic antenna which comprises a radiating element consisting of a fluid substance that conducts electricity, the volume of the fluid substance being variable and that also comprises a matrix of electrodes on which the fluid substance is moved by electro-wetting. The properties of the antenna in frequency, polarization or even in radiation pattern evolve dynamically. The reconfiguration of the antenna in frequency, in polarization or in radiation pattern is continuous and reversible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: France Telecom
    Inventors: Emmanuel Dreina, Michel Pons, Marc Berenguer
  • Patent number: 7368297
    Abstract: A method for forming catalytic sites at the surface of a support, which includes: depositing on the surface a liquid film (3) containing elements (4) of a living matter, capable of moving when subjected to an electric and/or magnetic field and designed to form catalytic traces or alterations at the surface of the substrate; applying an electric and/or magnetic field to the film such that, under the effect of the field, at least some of the living matter elements move and assemble on zones of the substrate surface; and eliminating the liquid film and the living matter at the substrate surface while allowing the traces left by the living element at the substrate surface to subsist so as to constitute the catalytic sites at the locations of the traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble
    Inventors: Michel Pons, Francis Baillet
  • Publication number: 20060158378
    Abstract: The method is to fabricate a microelectronic device with an integrated antenna. This method may include forming at least a first semiconducting layer on a substrate, forming in at least one zone of the first semiconducting layer of a structure to limit the circulation of current in the zone of the first semiconducting layer, forming a plurality of layers on the semiconducting layer and at least one antenna in the plurality of layers, with the antenna being formed opposite the zone. The antenna may be operable at radio frequencies above 10 GHz, and may have an improved emission efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Michel Pons, Frederic Lemaire
  • Publication number: 20050257734
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device (10) for forming in single-crystal state a compound body with incongruent evaporation, capable of being in monocrystalline or polycrystalline form, comprising at least one first chamber (20) containing a substrate (42) whereat is formed a polycrystalline source of said body and a monocrystalline germ (46) of said body; a second chamber (14), said substrate being arranged between the two chambers; means for input (36) of gaseous precursors of said body into the second chamber capable of bringing about deposition of said body in polycrystalline form on the substrate; and heating means (26) for maintaining the substrate at a temperature higher than the temperature of the germ so as to bring about sublimation of the polycrystalline source and the deposition on the germ of said body in monocrystalline form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Roland Madar, Michel Pons, Francis Baillet, Lucovic Charpentier, Etienne Pernot, Didier Chaussende, Daniel Turover
  • Publication number: 20050239492
    Abstract: The reception device for a mobile telephone terminal includes an antenna coupled to a circuit for reception and processing of the radio waves received by the antenna. The antenna is embodied as a multi-sensor antenna to achieve a given level of spatial diversity whereby the sensors are coupled in parallel to the reception and processing circuit. The reception and processing circuit includes a number of reception and processing stages coupled in parallel to which are connected the sensors of the multi-sensor antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Patrice Senn, Faycal Touati, Michel Pons
  • Publication number: 20040261694
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for forming catalytic sites at the surface of a support, which consists in: depositing on said surface a liquid film (3) containing elements (4) of a living matter, capable of moving when subjected to an electric and/or magnetic field and designed to form catalytic traces or alterations at the surface of the substrate; applying an electric and/or magnetic field to said film such that, under the effect of the field, at least some of said living matter elements move and assemble on zones of the substrate surface; and eliminating the liquid film and the living matter at the substrate surface while allowing the traces left by said living element at the substrate surface to subsist so as to constitute said catalytic sites at the locations of said traces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Michel Pons, Francis Baillet
  • Patent number: 6784518
    Abstract: The integrated circuit comprises an inductor made at a metallization level of the circuit and a buried layer situated in the substrate of the integrated circuit under the said inductor, and connection means linking the inductor to the buried layer. The connection means are configured in such a way as to ensure the same potential in terms of dynamic response between the inductor and the buried layer. This equipotential is ensured by a transistor in a follower type arrangement made in the substrate and connected in parallel with the stray capacitances under the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: France Télécom
    Inventors: Gérard Merckel, Michel Pons, Patrice Senn, Jean Michel Fournier