Patents by Inventor Philippe Niec

Philippe Niec 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: 11738382
    Abstract: The principles of the present invention further provide both a shaped metal container and its preforms that exhibit a rounded grain structure characteristic created by an annealing process and a method for making a shaped metal container. The process of making said metal container results in a quicker process time and uses less metals (at least 10% metal weight savings), thus allowing for a decrease in the costs of making such shaped metal containers. A shaped metal container may include work hardened rolled sheet-metal defining a sidewall, an opening, and a base, where at least one section along the sidewall has grains with an average aspect ratio less than about 4 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: The Coca-Cola Company, Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Philippe Niec, Marc Lemiale, John Adams, Yuping Lin
  • Publication number: 20210114077
    Abstract: The principles of the present invention further provide both a shaped metal container and its preforms that exhibit a rounded grain structure characteristic created by an annealing process and a method for making a shaped metal container. The process of making said metal container results in a quicker process time and uses less metals (at least 10% metal weight savings), thus allowing for a decrease in the costs of making such shaped metal containers. A shaped metal container may include work hardened rolled sheet-metal defining a sidewall, an opening, and a base, where at least one section along the sidewall has grains with an average aspect ratio less than about 4 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Philippe NIEC, Marc Lemiale, John Adams, Yuping Lin
  • Patent number: 10906081
    Abstract: The principles of the present invention further provide both a shaped metal container and its preforms that exhibit a rounded grain structure characteristic created by an annealing process and a method for making a shaped metal container. The process of making said metal container results in a quicker process time and uses less metals (at least 10% metal weight savings), thus allowing for a decrease in the costs of making such shaped metal containers. A shaped metal container may include work hardened rolled sheet-metal defining a sidewall, an opening, and a base, where at least one section along the sidewall has grains with an average aspect ratio less than about 4 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: The Coca-Cola Company, Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Philippe Niec, Marc Lemiale, John E. Adams, Yuping Lin
  • Publication number: 20210024241
    Abstract: Disclosed is a container including a box body made of a metal material, the box body including a side wall closed by at least one bottom wall. The side wall includes at least one reinforcing zone that extends over at least part of the height and the circumference of the side wall. The reinforcing zone includes at least one reinforcing moulding. The virtual lines of the reinforcing zone, designed to form straight virtual lines on the reinforcing zone when it is set flat, are each intersected by the at least one reinforcing moulding. Preferably, the at least one reinforcing moulding consists of a non-straight reinforcing moulding with a non-straight contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Philippe NIEC
  • Patent number: 9643750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an end panel to be seamed by a double seam to a container body which double seam includes an end hook confined by the container body and a body hook, wherein a panel edge of the end panel forms the end hook and is provided with at least one notch, wherein the panel edge includes at least two adjacent edge parts of which a first edge part has a first radius and a second edge part has a second radius or is a straight edge, and the notch has a width to depth ration of about 10 to 150, and is formed in both adjacent edge parts, to a container body and to a container provided with such end panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Nicolas Legresy, Philippe Niec
  • Publication number: 20160256910
    Abstract: The principles of the present invention further provide both a shaped metal container and its preforms that exhibit a rounded grain structure characteristic created by an annealing process and a method for making a shaped metal container. The process of making said metal container results in a quicker process time and uses less metals (at least 10% metal weight savings), thus allowing for a decrease in the costs of making such shaped metal containers. A shaped metal container may include work hardened rolled sheet-metal defining a sidewall, an opening, and a base, where at least one section along the sidewall has grains with an average aspect ratio less than about 4 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Philippe NIEC, Marc LEMIALE, John E. ADAMS, Yuping LIN
  • Publication number: 20150076165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an end panel to be seamed by a double seam to a container body which double seam includes an end hook confined by the container body and a body hook, wherein a panel edge of the end panel forms the end hook and is provided with at least one notch, wherein the panel edge includes at least two adjacent edge parts of which a first edge part has a first radius and a second edge part has a second radius or is a straight edge, and the notch has a width to depth ration of about 10 to 150, and is formed in both adjacent edge parts, to a container body and to a container provided with such end panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Nicolas Legresy, Philippe Niec
  • Publication number: 20150027974
    Abstract: The metal packaging includes a tubular part (1) defining a longitudinal axis (1?), which tubular part (1) includes a one-piece annular structure (10) made up of one moulding (11) or of several mouldings (11) which are formed on a plane (13) running perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (1?) and on the circumference of the tubular part (1) to form an annular lower surface (12) against which a handling member is intended to rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: ARDAGH MP GROUP NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventor: Philippe Niec