Patents by Inventor Philippe Gegout

Philippe Gegout 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: 20130142213
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for controlling the corrosion of a concrete structure, in which said structure includes at least one sensor comprising a metal element located at a determined depth between the surface of the concrete and the first reinforcement bed, said process including the measurement of the corrosion of said metal element by implementing: the induction heating of said metal element, by applying magnetic excitation above the surface of the structure, the production of at least one thermographic image of the surface of the structure, and the deduction, on the basis of the thermographic image, of the degree of corrosion of the metal element. The invention also relates to a process for producing a concrete structure, in which at least one sensor including a metal element is placed in the concrete in order to subsequently implement said corrosion inspection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Fabien Barberon, Philippe Gegout, Julien Lopez-Rios