Patents by Inventor Olivier DUTHOIT

Olivier DUTHOIT 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: 12684657
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible multilayer heating device, of the heating mat type, for implementing preforming or consolidation of fibrous preforms of composite parts. The device includes at least one first support layer, at least one first heating lead arranged on the at least one first support layer and defining a heat-treatment surface adapted to the surface of the composite part to be preformed or consolidated. A first network of wires is electrically connected to the at least one first heating lead. At least one second heating lead is arranged on the at least one first support layer and defines at least one thermal-blocking belt at the at least one periphery of the heat-treatment surface. A second network of wires is electrically connected to the at least one second heating lead. The invention also relates to plant equipped with a mould and such a heating mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARTS ET METIERS
    Inventors: Marc Legrand, Olivier Duthoit, Martin Gautherot, Bernard Paluch
  • Publication number: 20250083364
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer device for a mould having a surface layer and at least one reinforcing layer made of composite material coated with a thermosetting material. The surface layer includes a functional face of complex shape constituting a negative of a composite part to be manufactured. The multilayer device further includes at least one first heating network configured to heat the functional face and to implement a thermal treatment surface for the composite part and at least one second heating network configured to heat the surface layer around the functional face and to define at least one thermal blocking belt at the at least one periphery of the thermal treatment surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Marc LEGRAND, Olivier DUTHOIT
  • Publication number: 20230067296
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible multilayer heating device, of the heating mat type, for implementing preforming or consolidation of fibrous preforms of composite parts. The device includes at least one first support layer, at least one first heating lead arranged on the at least one first support layer and defining a heat-treatment surface adapted to the surface of the composite part to be preformed or consolidated. A first network of wires is electrically connected to the at least one first heating lead. At least one second heating lead is arranged on the at least one first support layer and defines at least one thermal-blocking belt at the at least one periphery of the heat-treatment surface. A second network of wires is electrically connected to the at least one second heating lead. The invention also relates to plant equipped with a mould and such a heating mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Marc LEGRAND, Olivier DUTHOIT, Martin GAUTHEROT, Bernard PALUCH