Patents by Inventor Roland Durand

Roland Durand 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: 9409353
    Abstract: Uses of low molecular mass, non-evolutive polyamide resins for making composite articles are described. Articles obtained from such resins having good mechanical properties, such as rigidity, breaking load, impact resistance, and fatigue behavior in particular, even when the articles are manufactured according to cycles shorter than those usually used, and without any processing before or after the manufacture of the composite articles, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Gilles Orange, Roland Durand, Olivier Gilbain, Vincent Mollet
  • Patent number: 9403943
    Abstract: High fluidity polyamides are used for the impregnation of reinforcing cloth materials, namely, industrial fabrics, which impregnated cloths are converted into composite shaped articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Gilles Orange, Richard Bourdon, Roland Durand
  • Patent number: 9150692
    Abstract: The use of a polyamide including hydroxyaromatic units in order to increase the acid resistance of a polyamide composition is described. A polyamide composition comprising a polyamide that includes hydroxyaromatic units and use thereof for the manufacture of various plastic articles such as, for example, calibrated particles or injection-molded parts is also described. Such a composition is especially useful in the field of the recovery of slurries, liquids and gases present in underground reservoirs, and in particular in the field of the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as crude oil or natural gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Gilles Orange, Mathilde Mercier, Franck Touraud, Stéphane Jeol, Roland Durand
  • Patent number: 8557170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the manufacture of nonwoven surfaces. It relates more particularly to a process for the manufacture of nonwoven surfaces by the process of direct melt spinning of continuous filaments arranged in the form of a sheet. This process employs a composition based on a thermoplastic polymer exhibiting an electrical conductivity sufficient to prevent the formation of electrostatic charges or to allow their removal during the spinning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Roland Durand, Bertrand Bordes, Matthieu Helft, Caroll Vergelati
  • Publication number: 20130115836
    Abstract: The use of a polyamide modified by hydroxyl aromatic compounds used to impregnate reinforcement materials assuming the form of industrial fabric cloth for manufacturing composite materials is described. Also described, is a composite material produced and a method by which the composite material is produced. Further, the method by which the composite material is produced can include: a) impregnating a reinforcing cloth with a polyamide composition in a molten state, the polyamide including hydroxy aromatic units which are chemically linked to the polyamide chain; the composition including a novolac resin; and b) cooling and then recovering the composite article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Franck Touraud, Gilles Orange, Stéphane Jeol, Roland Durand
  • Publication number: 20120322326
    Abstract: The use of polyamide of high melt flow employed in the impregnation of reinforcing materials taking the form of a cloth of industrial fabrics for the manufacture of composite materials is described. The described use relates to composite materials and their manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Gilles Orange, Roland Durand, Franck Touraud
  • Publication number: 20120238164
    Abstract: The use of polyamide modified by hydroxyaromatic compounds employed in the impregnation of reinforcing materials taking the form of a cloth of industrial fabrics for the manufacture of composite materials is described. The described use relates to composite materials and of their manufacturing processes. Also described, is a process for the manufacture of a composite article including at least: a) a stage of impregnation of a reinforcing cloth with a polyamide composition in the molten state, where the polyamide includes hydroxyaromatic units chemically bonded to the polyamide chain; and b) a stage of cooling and subsequently recovering the composite article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Franck Touraud, Gilles Orange, Stéphane Jeol, Roland Durand
  • Publication number: 20120177922
    Abstract: The use of a polyamide including hydroxyaromatic units in order to increase the acid resistance of a polyamide composition is described. A polyamide composition comprising a polyamide that includes hydroxyaromatic units and use thereof for the manufacture of various plastic articles such as, for example, calibrated particles or injection-molded parts is also described. Such a composition is especially useful in the field of the recovery of slurries, liquids and gases present in underground reservoirs, and in particular in the field of the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as crude oil or natural gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Gilles Orange, Mathilde Mercier, Franck Touraud, Stéphane Jeol, Roland Durand
  • Publication number: 20110003523
    Abstract: The invention relates to an agent for the hydrophilisation of an organic plastic material such as a thermoplastic polymer, wherein said hydrophilisation agent is selected from optionally polyalkoxylated ester phosphates in their acid form or salt form. The invention also relates to objects made of thermoplastic polymers having surfaces hydrophilised by the agents of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Pascal Herve, Roland Durand, Sylvie Touzet
  • Publication number: 20100215920
    Abstract: High fluidity polyamides are used for the impregnation of reinforcing cloth materials, namely, industrial fabrics, which impregnated cloths are converted into composite shaped articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Gilles Orange, Richard Bourdon, Roland Durand
  • Patent number: 7625968
    Abstract: Combinations of inorganic fillers improve the mattness of thermoplastic polymer compositions, in particular of fibers produced from thermoplastic polymer compositions, and in particular the mattness of fibers of thermoplastic polymer compositions suited for flocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Rhodia Performance Fibres
    Inventors: Roland Durand, Arnaud Koscher, Sergio Refinetti
  • Publication number: 20080290553
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method for the production of non-woven surfaces, in particular, a method for the production of non-woven surfaces by the process of direct spinning of molten filaments arranged in the form of a mat. Said method makes use of a composition of thermoplastic polymers with an electrical conductivity sufficient to either avoid the build-up of electrostatic charges, or to permit the removal thereof during the spinning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Roland Durand, Bertrand Bordes, Matthieu Helft, Caroll Vergelati