Patents by Inventor Pascal Andre Jean Toussaint

Pascal Andre Jean Toussaint 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).

  • Method for manufacturing fibrous material assemblies to produce supporting structure, assemblies produced by said method, and structure implementing said assemblies
    Patent number: 8650820
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing an assembly in a supporting structure, constituted by parts (7,8) made of a fibrous material forming an elongate element that is at least partially hollow (10), with a longitudinal axis of symmetry (9), delimiting an inner area (11) and a outer area (12), characterized in that it consists of achieving the densification on the two end portions (13) of the hollow element, in order to exert, on each of the two end portions of the elongate hollow element, outward tensile forces in opposite directions to each other along its longitudinal axis in order to create an axial prestressing force having a determined value, and to maintain the elongate hollow element in this prestressed condition during the installation of the assembly in the structure. Also described are the assemblies obtained by this method and the structures using such assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Universite de Lorraine
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Maurice Bocquet, Pascal Andre Jean Toussaint
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FIBROUS MATERIAL ASSEMBLIES TO PRODUCE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, ASSEMBLIES PRODUCED BY SAID METHOD, AND STRUCTURE IMPLEMENTING SAID ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20120141706
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing an assembly in a supporting structure, constituted by parts (7,8) made of a fibrous material forming an elongate element that is at least partially hollow (10), with a longitudinal axis of symmetry (9), delimiting an inner area (11) and a outer area (12), characterized in that it consists of achieving the densification on the two end portions (13) of the hollow element, in order to exert, on each of the two end portions of the elongate hollow element, outward tensile forces in opposite directions to each other along its longitudinal axis in order to create an axial prestressing force having a determined value, and to maintain the elongate hollow element in this prestressed condition during the installation of the assembly in the structure. Also described are the assemblies obtained by this method and the structures using such assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE HENRI POINCARE NANCY 1
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Maurice Bocquet, Pascal Andre Jean Toussaint