Patents by Inventor Nicolas Gondrexon

Nicolas Gondrexon 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: 20220401887
    Abstract: A device for filtering liquids, including a filtration module and an ultrasound emission module, where the ultrasound emission module is fixed distant from the filtration module using a fixing means, and the ultrasound emission module is equipped coaxially along its axis with a weight or is equipped perpendicular to its axis with at least one weight, the filtration module and the ultrasound module equipped with its at least one weight going into resonance via the fixing means when the ultrasound emission module emits ultrasound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Nicolas HENGL, Frédéric PIGNON, Nicolas GONDREXON, Stéphane BAUP, Yao JIN
  • Patent number: 8828872
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for etching a structure (1) including at least one material (4) to be etched, said method consisting in: selecting at least one chemical species that can react with the material (4) to be etched; selecting at least one soluble compound that can release this chemical species; producing a solution (11) containing the compound and a powder of particles or solid grains (13) in suspension; placing the material to be etched in the presence of the solution; and producing high-frequency ultrasounds in the solution, at at least one frequency, capable of generating active cavitation bubbles such that the chemical species is generated and reacts with the material to be etched, thereby producing a soluble compound or a precipitate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Universite Joseph Fourier
    Inventors: Francis Baillet, Nicolas Gondrexon
  • Patent number: 8828255
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for etching a structure (1) including at least one material (4) to be etched, said method consisting in: selecting at least one chemical species that can react with the material (4) to be etched; selecting at least one soluble compound that can release this chemical species; producing a solution (11) containing said compound; placing the structure (1) in a position such that the surface of the material to be etched is in the presence of the solution and additional bubbles of a gas; and producing high-frequency ultrasounds in the solution, at at least one frequency, capable of generating reactive cavitation bubbles such that the chemical species is generated in the presence of these additional bubbles and reacts with the material to be etched, thereby producing a soluble compound or a precipitate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Universite Joseph Fourier
    Inventors: Francis Baillet, Nicolas Gondrexon
  • Patent number: 8440092
    Abstract: Method and device for selectively etching a first material (4) relative to a second material (2), comprising a bath (11) of a solution capable of producing at least one chemical species for etching the first material (4) but not the second (2) and a system (12) for generating ultrasound at a frequency between 100 kHz and 3 MHz in the bath in order to produce cavitation bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignees: Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Universite Joseph Fourier
    Inventors: Francis Baillet, Nicolas Gondrexon
  • Publication number: 20120149196
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for etching a structure (1) including at least one material (4) to be etched, said method consisting in: selecting at least one chemical species that can react with the material (4) to be etched; selecting at least one soluble compound that can release this chemical species; producing a solution (11) containing the compound and a powder of particles or solid grains (13) in suspension; placing the material to be etched in the presence of the solution; and producing high-frequency ultrasounds in the solution, at least one frequency, capable of generating active cavitation bubbles such that the chemical species is generated and reacts with the material to be etched, thereby producing a soluble compound or a precipitate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicants: Universite Joseph Fourier, Instutut Polytechnique de Grenoble
    Inventors: Francis Baillet, Nicolas Gondrexon
  • Publication number: 20120145670
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for etching a structure (1) including FIG. 1 at least one material (4) to be etched, said method consisting in: selecting at least one chemical species that can react with the material (4) to be etched; selecting at least one soluble compound that can release this chemical species; producing a solution (11) containing said compound; placing the structure (1) in a position such that the surface of the material to be etched is in the presence of the solution and additional bubbles of a gas; and producing high-frequency ultrasounds in the solution, at at least one frequency, capable of generating reactive cavitation bubbles such that the chemical species is generated in the presence of these additional bubbles and reacts with the material to be etched, thereby producing a soluble compound or a precipitate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicants: Universite Joseph Fourier, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble
    Inventors: Francis Baillet, Nicolas Gondrexon
  • Publication number: 20110017707
    Abstract: Method and device for selectively etching a first material (4) relative to a second material (2), comprising a bath (11) of a solution capable of producing at least one chemical species for etching the first material (4) but not the second (2) and a system (12) for generating ultrasound at a frequency between 100 kHz and 3 MHz in the bath in order to produce cavitation bubbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Francis Baillet, Nicolas Gondrexon