Patents by Inventor Olivier Francois

Olivier Francois 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: 10710413
    Abstract: Protective reinforcement (3) for a tire has mean radial thickness T at least equal to two times diameter D of reinforcer (4), and comprises respectively on its radially interior face (31) and on its radially exterior face (32) parts (7) made of elastomeric compound having axial width W at least equal to diameter D of reinforcer (4). The path of any reinforcer (4), in circumferential direction (XX?), varies radially between radially interior first face (31) and radially exterior second face (32), in such a way that the set of paths of reinforcers (4) of protective reinforcement (3) constitutes a three-dimensional lattice. Furthermore, protective reinforcement (3) comprises a first family of reinforcers (41) each having a path, in the circumferential direction (XX), contained in circumferential plane (XZ) and a second family of reinforcers (42) each having a path, in the circumferential direction (XX?), that follows a zigzag curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Olivier Francois, Rimyalegdo Kiebre
  • Publication number: 20190375494
    Abstract: Airplane tire with a tread wear indicator, with a circumferential ridge (4) of the tread (2) having an initial height H0 and an allowable remaining height HR. Wear indicator (6) comprises N cylindrical cavities (7) emerging on rolling surface (3) and independent of one another. The N cavities are divided into a first family of N1 wear cavities C1i (8) having respective initial depths P1i in pairs that are distinct and equal to i*(H0?HR)/N1, i being an integer number varying from 1 to N1, and into a second family of N2 positioning cavities C2j (9), j being an integer number varying from 1 to N2, each positioning cavity C2j having an initial depth P2j strictly greater than (H0?HR), such that only the N2 positioning cavities C2j (9) emerge on rolling surface (3) when height HR of circumferential ridge (4) is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Olivier FRANCOIS
  • Patent number: 10449806
    Abstract: A tire for an aeroplane with the tread (2) comprising two shoulder ribs (6) having an axial width LS, each shoulder rib (6) comprises cavities (8) that open onto the tread surface (3), forming an opening surface (81) inscribed in a circle of diameter D. These cavities (8) are distributed circumferentially at a circumferential spacing P and along a periodic curve (9) having a period T and an amplitude A. The circumferential spacing P between two consecutive cavities (8) is at most equal to 0.2 times the period T of the periodic curve (9), the period T of the periodic curve (9) is at most equal to the circumferential length LC of the contact patch (31), and the amplitude A of the periodic curve (9) is at most equal to 0.5 times the axial width LS of the shoulder rib (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Olivier Francois, Antoine Canzi
  • Publication number: 20190286769
    Abstract: A method simulates behavior of a structure by finite element calculation in which a global model represents the structure, a local model represents an area of the structure including geometric details, and an auxiliary model represents the area without the geometric details. The method includes determining by finite element calculation in the global model of a nodal displacement field corresponding to a loading applied to the global model; applying the nodal displacement field to the local and auxiliary models and determining the corresponding forces; calculating a correction when convergence of the solution obtained for the global model is not achieved, and the applying is resumed with a nodal displacement field calculated in the global model after implementing the correction; determining values of internal variables for the different loading increments; and assessing the evolution in the behavior of the structure over time as a function of these values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: Safran Aircraft Engines, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Geoffrey Juan Desmeure, Maxime Guy Roland Blanchard, Olivier Francois Gerard Allix, Pierre Noel Gosselet
  • Publication number: 20180303978
    Abstract: An intermixed particulate bioresorbable material including cathodic particles and anodic particles bound to each other, wherein the anodic and cathodic particles are made respectively of an anodic and a cathodic material, the anodic and cathodic materials forming a galvanic couple. The anodic and cathodic particles are present in a predetermined ratio and the anodic particles, cathodic particles and predetermined ratio are such that bioresorption of the bioresorbable material is promoted by galvanic corrosion between the anodic and cathodic materials. Also, a medical device, manufactured using the bioresorbable material and a method of manufacturing the bioresorbable material and the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Rosaire Mongrain, Olivier Francois Bertrand, Stephen Yue
  • Patent number: 10028847
    Abstract: An intermixed particulate bioresorbable material including cathodic particles and anodic particles bound to each other, wherein the anodic and cathodic particles are made respectively of an anodic and a cathodic material, the anodic and cathodic materials forming a galvanic couple. The anodic and cathodic particles are present in a predetermined ratio and the anodic particles, cathodic particles and predetermined ratio are such that bioresorption of said stent is promoted by galvanic corrosion between said anodic and cathodic materials. Also, a medical device, such as a stent, manufactured using the bioresorbable material and a method of manufacturing the bioresorbable material and the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Les Enterprises Nanostent Inc.
    Inventors: Rosaire Mongrain, Olivier Francois Bertrand, Stephen Yue
  • Publication number: 20180046766
    Abstract: A hardware device and/or software system providing a method of timestamping, indexing, securing, and transmitting biomedical information (such as DNA sequences, patient chart notes, lab tests, diagnoses, radiology results, and similar information) along with metadata associated with this information (such as date, time, author); using a public or private distributed cryptographic hash ledger method to create a stable, tamperproof index that permits auditing and tracing information transit over an or several electronic networks/transmission methods; optionally compressing and/or encrypting information using secure encryption methods such as quantum-safe/quantum-secure/quantum-resilient methods that secures the key and the payload independently, and then storing the information on a local electronic device or computer, such as a DNA sequencing machine, or transmitting the information over an electronic network or storing it on a removable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew DEONARINE, Railton FRITH, Nicolas NEWTON, Olivier Francois Roussy NEWTON
  • Publication number: 20180022156
    Abstract: Protective reinforcement (3) for a tire has a mean radial thickness T at least equal to two times the diameter D of a reinforcer (4), the protective reinforcement (3) comprises respectively on its radially interior face (31) and on its radially exterior face (32) parts (7) made of elastomeric compound having an axial width W at least equal to the diameter D of a reinforcer (4), and the path of any reinforcer (4), in the circumferential direction (XX?) of the tire, varies radially between the radially interior first face (31) and the radially exterior second face (32), in such a way that the set of paths of the reinforcers (4) of the protective reinforcement (3) constitutes a three-dimensional lattice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Rimyalegdo KIEBRE, Olivier FRANCOIS
  • Publication number: 20170361656
    Abstract: Protective reinforcement (3) for a tire has a mean radial thickness T at least equal to two times the diameter D of a ?12-reinforce (4), comprises respectively on its radially interior face (31) and on its radially exterior face (32) parts (7) made of elastomeric compound having an axial width W at least equal to the diameter D of a ?12-reinforcer (4), and the path of any ?12-reinforce (4), in the circumferential direction (XX?), varies radially between the radially interior first face (31) and the radially exterior second face (32), in such a way that the set of paths of the reinforcers (4) of the protective reinforcement (3) constitutes a three-dimensional lattice. Furthermore, the path of any ?12-reinforce (4), in the circumferential direction (XX?), is a zigzag curve extending axially over the entire axial width L of the protective reinforcement (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Rimyalegdo KIEBRE, Olivier FRANCOIS
  • Publication number: 20170361657
    Abstract: Protective reinforcement (3) for a tire has mean radial thickness T at least equal to two times diameter D of reinforcer (4), and comprises respectively on its radially interior face (31) and on its radially exterior face (32) parts (7) made of elastomeric compound having axial width W at least equal to diameter D of reinforcer (4). The path of any reinforcer (4), in circumferential direction (XX?), varies radially between radially interior first face (31) and radially exterior second face (32), in such a way that the set of paths of reinforcers (4) of protective reinforcement (3) constitutes a three-dimensional lattice. Furthermore, protective reinforcement (3) comprises a first family of reinforcers (41) each having a path, in the circumferential direction (XX?), contained in circumferential plane (XZ) and a second family of reinforcers (42) each having a path, in the circumferential direction (XX?), that follows a zigzag curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier FRANCOIS, Rimyalegdo KIEBRE
  • Publication number: 20170313134
    Abstract: A tire for an aeroplane with the tread (2) comprising two shoulder ribs (6) having an axial width LS, each shoulder rib (6) comprises cavities (8) that open onto the tread surface (3), forming an opening surface (81) inscribed in a circle of diameter D. These cavities (8) are distributed circumferentially at a circumferential spacing P and along a periodic curve (9) having a period T and an amplitude A. The circumferential spacing P between two consecutive cavities (8) is at most equal to 0.2 times the period T of the periodic curve (9), the period T of the periodic curve (9) is at most equal to the circumferential length LC of the contact patch (31), and the amplitude A of the periodic curve (9) is at most equal to 0.5 times the axial width LS of the shoulder rib (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Olivier FRANCOIS, Antoine CANZI
  • Patent number: 9752533
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a locking system includes N locks, each lock being monitored by two locking sensors, each locking sensor being capable of indicating if the lock that it monitors is in a locked or unlocked state, each locking sensor being able to be in a valid or invalid status, the method including determining the state of the locking system on the basis of the state of the locks detected by the locking sensors; determining a reliability level associated with the state of the locking system on the basis of the number of valid locking sensors monitoring the locks that are in the same state as the locking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gabriel Allut, Mohamed Bozetine, Antoine Olivier François Colin, Barbara-Ann Piquet
  • Patent number: 9702833
    Abstract: A device for testing a tyre (2) for representing tomographical images of sections of a casing of the tyre includes a source (11) of ionizing radiation arranged outside the tyre (2) and a detector (12) for receiving the radiation. The detector (12) is situated opposite the source (11) with respect to at least one section of the casing. The axis (X-X) of the tyre runs parallel to a sectional plane (P) passing through the focus (F) of the source (11) and the detector (12). The tyre and the source-detector assembly are moved with rotational motion relative to one another about an axis of rotation (Z-Z) perpendicular to the sectional plane (P), according to a predetermined angular excursion range. The detector (12) is disposed in a central internal zone (20) of the tyre (2) during the testing cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: CyXplus
    Inventors: Agnès Decroux, Fabrice Ficalora, Olivier Roubaud, Olivier Francois
  • Publication number: 20160252050
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a locking system includes N locks, each lock being monitored by two locking sensors, each locking sensor being capable of indicating if the lock that it monitors is in a locked or unlocked state, each locking sensor being able to be in a valid or invalid status, the method including determining the state of the locking system on the basis of the state of the locks detected by the locking sensors; determining a reliability level associated with the state of the locking system on the basis of the number of valid locking sensors monitoring the locks that are in the same state as the locking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Gabriel ALLUT, Mohamed BOZETINE, Antoine Olivier Francois COLIN, Barbara-Ann PIQUET
  • Publication number: 20150377802
    Abstract: A device for testing a tyre (2) for representing tomographical images of sections of a casing of the tyre includes a source (11) of ionizing radiation arranged outside the tyre (2) and a detector (12) for receiving the radiation. The detector (12) is situated opposite the source (11) with respect to at least one section of the casing. The axis (X-X) of the tyre runs parallel to a sectional plane (P) passing through the focus (F) of the source (11) and the detector (12). The tyre and the source-detector assembly are moved with rotational motion relative to one another about an axis of rotation (Z-Z) perpendicular to the sectional plane (P), according to a predetermined angular excursion range. The detector (12) is disposed in a central internal zone (20) of the tyre (2) during the testing cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Agnès DECROUX, Fabrice FICALORA, Olivier ROUBAUD, Olivier FRANCOIS
  • Patent number: 9188082
    Abstract: A method for monitoring at least one locking device of an electrical thrust reversal system for a turbine engine, the method being carried out by a computer prior to the take-off of the turbine engine, the method including sending a command for opening the locking devices; verifying the opening of the locking devices; sending a command for closing the locking devices; and verifying the closing of the locking devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Olivier François Colin, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Catherine Dorothée Josette Ibanez Garcia
  • Patent number: 9010474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-balancing human transporter comprising a platform (1) flanked by two wheels (10) and equipped with a holding and driving stick (7) and a gyroscopic stabilization device acting on motors (14) that drive the wheels, each of the wheels comprising a rim (12) which collaborates with bearings (7) borne by respective crescent-shaped mounts (5) each of which extends essentially facing the associated rim and which support the associated drive motor so that this motor drives the corresponding wheel by acting on the rim, the mounts being fixed to the sides of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Universite Paris-SUD 11
    Inventors: Pascal Marie Christian Yves Martinelli, Alexis Louis Williams, Olivier François Larive, Nicolas René Coibion
  • Publication number: 20150094798
    Abstract: An intermixed particulate bioresorbable material including cathodic particles and anodic particles bound to each other, wherein the anodic and cathodic particles are made respectively of an anodic and a cathodic material, the anodic and cathodic materials forming a galvanic couple. The anodic and cathodic particles are present in a predetermined ratio and the anodic particles, cathodic particles and predetermined ratio are such that bioresorption of said stent is promoted by galvanic corrosion between said anodic and cathodic materials. Also, a medical device, such as a stent, manufactured using the bioresorbable material and a method of manufacturing the bioresorbable material and the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Rosaire Mongrain, Olivier Francois Bertrand, Stephen Yue
  • Patent number: 8842741
    Abstract: In a video processing device, scale of a video image is detected for vertical and horizontal directions based on pixel information, for example, per pixel vertical and horizontal gradients. Gradients are utilized or discarded based on picture format, standard deviation of luma levels and pixel location relative to black border edges, graphics and/or overlaid content. Mosquito noise filters are adapted based on scale and/or noise strength. Median and/or linear filter results are selected based on a weakest, a strongest and/or a blended result. Horizontal and vertical operations are performed separately for edge detection, edge strength determination, filtering and filter correction control. Horizontal and vertical block grid spacing and grid shift are determined. Block noise strength is determined. Block noise filters are configured based on scaling and/or noise strength. Filter corrections are limited based on block noise strength. Noise reduction results may be blended to generate a pixel correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Schoner, Jaewon Shin, Olivier Francois Joseph Harel, Advait Madhav Mogre, Hyeong-Seok Victor Ha
  • Publication number: 20140272875
    Abstract: The invention relates to an appliance for simulating the chewing action of a mammal, said appliance comprising two elements (21, 22) simulating a mobile lower maxilla and a fixed upper maxilla. The two elements are formed by two parallel disks (21, 22) aligned on a common axis (A-A?), a face of each disk, facing the other disk (21, 22), being provided with at least one raised part (31, 33) projecting from said face. The appliance comprises means (16, 17,18,19) for driving at least one (21) of said disks in relation to the other disk (22), rotationally about the common axis (A-A?) and in translation (12,13,14) parallel to said axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Olivier Francois, Alain Woda, Monique Alric, Lionel Batier, Sylvain Denis, François Callardo, Marie Agnès Peyron, Anne Mishellany-Dutour