Patents by Inventor Sébastien Le Craz

Sébastien Le Craz 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: 20230113179
    Abstract: A sol composition for producing dielectric layers on a metallic substrate including 10 to 30%, by weight of the sol composition, of a precursor including a trialkoxysilane, 10 to 40%, by weight of the sol composition, of titanium dioxide particles whose median size is below 500 nm, 4.5 to 36%, by weight of the sol composition, of silica particles whose particle size distribution D90 is below 100 nm, 5 to 15%, by weight of the sol composition, of a solvent capable of making the precursor miscible in water, 0.1 to 2%, by weight of the sol composition, of an acidic catalyst, the remainder being water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Sébastien LE CRAZ
  • Patent number: 8679593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for coating a static or moving metal substrate with a simple or complex shape, by means of an ultra-thin mineral/organic hybrid coating layer with a thickness comprised between 50 to 500 nm, deposited on the substrate: from an aqueous solution comprising oxide nanoparticles, under basic pH conditions, said substrate being at a temperature lower than 50° C., the total deposition and drying duration being less than 10 seconds, wherein the aqueous solution further comprises at least one pre-polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Centre de Recherches Metallurgiques ASBL-Centrum Voor Research in de Metallurgie VZW
    Inventor: Sébastien Le Craz
  • Publication number: 20120148759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for coating a static or moving metal substrate with a simple or complex shape, by means of an ultra-thin mineral/organic hybrid coating layer with a thickness comprised between 50 to 500 nm, deposited on the substrate: from an aqueous solution comprising oxide nanoparticles, under basic pH conditions, said substrate being at a temperature lower than 50° C., the total deposition and drying duration being less than 10 seconds, wherein the aqueous solution further comprises at least one pre-polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Sébastien Le Craz
  • Patent number: 7959982
    Abstract: A method for continuously coating a substrate in motion such as a metal strip made of steel, the coating formed being an ultra-fine film of a thickness between 10 and 100 nm, deposited on the substrate: from a solution containing nanoparticles of oxides, in conditions of controlled pH, said substrate being at a temperature higher than 120° C., the total duration of the deposition being less than 5 seconds and preferably less than 1 second, characterized in that at least one chemical additive, called a “refiner”, is incorporated into said solution, said refiner having, mutatis mutandis, the effect of restricting the formation of said coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Centre de Recherches Metallurgiques ASBL—Centrum Voor Research in de Metallurgie VZW
    Inventor: Sébastien Le Craz
  • Publication number: 20100173106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuously coating a substrate in motion such as a metal strip made of steel, the coating formed being an ultra-fine film of a thickness between 10 and 100 nm, deposited on the substrate: from a solution containing nanoparticles of oxides, in conditions of controlled pH, said substrate being at a temperature higher than 120° C., the total duration of the deposition being less than 5 seconds and preferably less than 1 second, characterised in that at least one chemical additive, called a “refiner”, is incorporated into said solution, said refiner having, mutatis mutandis, the effect of restricting the formation of said coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Sébastien LE CRAZ
  • Publication number: 20070141246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuously coating a substrate in motion such as a metal strip made of steel, the coating formed being an ultra-fine film of a thickness between 10 and 100 nm, deposited on the substrate: from a solution containing nanoparticles of oxides, in conditions of controlled pH, said substrate being at a temperature higher than 120° C., the total duration of the deposition being less than 5 seconds and preferably less than 1 second, characterised in that at least one chemical additive, called a “refiner”, is incorporated into said solution, said refiner having, mutatis mutandis, the effect of restricting the formation of said coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventor: Sebastien Le Craz