Patents by Inventor Richard Herault
Richard Herault 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).
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Patent number: 10427386Abstract: The present invention provides a semi-product made of a prepreg, a three-dimensional preform and an overmolded part. More particularly, the present invention provides a semi-product made of a prepreg, including at least a first prepreg layer and a second prepreg layer, characterized in that a magnetic material layer is laid between the first prepreg layer and the second prepreg layer. Since the magnetic material layer is added between the prepreg layers, the produced semi-product, when being made into a three-dimensional preform and further into an overmolded part, can be well supported and positioned due to attraction to the magnetic material layer by the magnet on the die, and therefore be precisely shaped.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Compagnie Plastic OmniumInventors: Jean-Yves Demange, Richard Herault
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Publication number: 20160318262Abstract: Method for producing a plastic part having a sandwich structure, wherein: at least two fibre-reinforced plastic sheets are positioned in a mould; at least one foam insert is positioned in the mould between the plastic sheets, the foam insert forming a structural core; the mould is closed, and pressure and temperature chosen to enable the plastic to flow and polymerise are applied; and the part thus obtained is removed from the mould.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: Compagnie Plastic OmniumInventors: Jean-Francois PRAT, Denis GILLE, Richard HERAULT
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Publication number: 20160297183Abstract: The present invention provides a semi-product made of a prepreg, a three-dimensional preform and an overmolded part. More particularly, the present invention provides a semi-product made of a prepreg, including at least a first prepreg layer and a second prepreg layer, characterized in that a magnetic material layer is laid between the first prepreg layer and the second prepreg layer. Since the magnetic material layer is added between the prepreg layers, the produced semi-product, when being made into a three-dimensional preform and further into an overmolded part, can be well supported and positioned due to attraction to the magnetic material layer by the magnet on the die, and therefore be precisely shaped.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: Compagnie Plastic OmniumInventors: Jean-Yves DEMANGE, Richard HERAULT
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Publication number: 20160010718Abstract: A cylinder for a movable bodywork element of a motor vehicle, capable of containing a fluid, comprising a chamber and a piston. The piston consists of a rod and a head. The head of the piston has a surface opposite the rod that faces a surface at the bottom of the chamber. The bottom of the cylinder chamber comprises at least one stop. The stop has a contact surface impermeable to fluid that faces at least a portion of at least one of the surfaces. The contact surface of the stop is arranged in such a way as to expel the fluid located between the contact surface and the portion of at least one of the surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUMInventor: Richard HERAULT
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Patent number: 8962120Abstract: Non-pneumatic resilient wheel (10), that is supported structurally and defines three perpendicular directions, circumferential (X), axial (Y) and radial (Z). The wheel comprises a hub (11); an annular band referred to a shear band (13) comprising at least one inner circumferential membrane (14) and one outer circumferential membrane (16) that are oriented in the circumferential direction X; and a plurality of support elements (12) that connect the hub (11) to the inner circumferential membrane (14). The two membranes (14, 16) are connected to one another, in zones (17) referred to as anchoring zones, by means of a series (15A, 15B, 15C), that extends in the circumferential direction (X), of cylinder structures (15) referred to as connecting cylindrical structures that are non-touching in the circumferential direction X.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2009Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Antonio Delfino, Richard Herault, Denis Martin, Jean-Paul Meraldi
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Patent number: 8883283Abstract: A laminated product (1) that forms a deformable cellular structure, comprising: an upper band (2) and a lower band (3) both oriented in the same main direction (X); and between the two bands and connecting the latter in zones (4a, 4b) referred to anchoring zones, a series (5A, 5B, 5C) that extends in the direction X, of cylindrical structures (5) referred to connecting cylindrical structures that are non-touching in the direction X. Each connecting cylindrical structure (5) comprises a plurality of preferably concentric elementary cylinders (5a, 5b) having their generatrix oriented along an axis Y perpendicular to the direction X, said elementary cylinders being fitted one inside the other and interconnected to one another in each anchoring zone (4). Said elementary cylinders are especially composite cylinders comprising fibers embedded in a resin matrix.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Techniques S.A, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Antonio Delfino, Richard Herault, Jean-Paul Meraldi
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Publication number: 20110260525Abstract: Non-pneumatic resilient wheel (10), that is supported structurally and defines three perpendicular directions, circumferential (X), axial (Y) and radial (Z). The wheel comprises a hub (11); an annular band referred to a shear band (13) comprising at least one inner circumferential membrane (14) and one outer circumferential membrane (16) that are oriented in the circumferential direction X; and a plurality of support elements (12) that connect the hub (11) to the inner circumferential membrane (14). The two membranes (14, 16) are connected to one another, in zones (17) referred to as anchoring zones, by means of a series (15A, 15B, 15C), that extends in the circumferential direction (X), of cylinder structures (15) referred to as connecting cylindrical structures that are non-touching in the circumferential direction X.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Antonio Delfino, Richard Herault, Denis Martin, Jean-Paul Meraldi
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Publication number: 20110104428Abstract: A laminated product (1) that forms a deformable cellular structure, comprising: an upper band (2) and a lower band (3) both oriented in the same main direction (X); and between the two bands and connecting the latter in zones (4a, 4b) referred to anchoring zones, a series (5A, 5B, 5C) that extends in the direction X, of cylindrical structures (5) referred to connecting cylindrical structures that are non-touching in the direction X. Each connecting cylindrical structure (5) comprises a plurality of preferably concentric elementary cylinders (5a, 5b) having their generatrix oriented along an axis Y perpendicular to the direction X, said elementary cylinders being fitted one inside the other and interconnected to one another in each anchoring zone (4). Said elementary cylinders are especially composite cylinders comprising fibres embedded in a resin matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicants: Societe de Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Antonio Delfino, Richard Herault, Jean-Paul Meraldi
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Publication number: 20100310956Abstract: A distribution plate for a fuel cell, comprising a first plate (11) made of electrically conductive material having an inner face and having an outer face (11o) adapted to cooperate with an ion-exchange membrane, the outer face (11o) comprising a network of distribution channels (111) for a first gas, the distribution plate having a second plate (12) made of electrically conductive material having an outer face and having an inner face (12i) adapted to be applied against the inner face of the first plate (11), a network of channels (122) for the circulation of a coolant being provided on the inner face either of the first plate (11) or (12i) of the second plate (12), or on both, the plates being joined by a uniform layer of an electrically conductive link material (2) covering the inner face of each of the first and second plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: Michelin Recherche er Technique S.A.Inventors: David Olsommer, Richard Herault