Patents by Inventor Sandrine Dulac

Sandrine Dulac 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: 8413876
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strip or sheet of aluminium alloy, comprising at least 80% by weight of aluminium and 0.01 to 0.5% yttrium and/or 0.05 to 0.5% bismuth, coated on at least one face with a brazing alloy. Said sheets and strips are used for the production of pieces by non-flux brazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: Constellium France, Constellium Rolled Products, Ravenswood, LLC
    Inventors: Sandrine Dulac, Sylvain Henry
  • Patent number: 8210421
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of plated strips comprising at least two layers of different metals or alloys. The process allows subsequent separation of different cropped layers resulting from shearing the plated strips. The process comprises preparing plates corresponding to each of the plating layers, superimposing and assembly of these plates to form a composite plate, hot and possibly cold rolling of this composite plate to obtain a plated strip, and shearing of cropping areas during or after rolling. In one embodiment, prior to superimposing the different plates, an anti-sticking agent is applied to the cropping areas of at least one of the surfaces of the plates which will be in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Constellium France
    Inventors: Sandrine Dulac, Christian Barthelemy, Sylvain Henry, Armand Gabriel
  • Publication number: 20110315748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strip or sheet of aluminium alloy, comprising at least 80% by weight of aluminium and 0.01 to 0.5% yttrium and/or 0.05 to 0.5% bismuth, coated on at least one face with a brazing alloy. Said sheets and strips are used for the production of pieces by non-flux brazing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: ALCAN ROLLED PRODUCTS-RAVENSWOOD, LLC, ALCAN RHENALU
    Inventors: SANDRINE DULAC, SYLVAIN HENRY
  • Patent number: 7926701
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminum alloy strip or sheet with the following composition (% by weight): Si 0.3-1.0; Fe<1.0; Cu 0.3-1.0; Mn 0.3-2.0; Mg 0.3-3.0; Zn<6.0; Ti<0.1; Zr<0.3; Cr<0.3; Ni<2.0; Co<2.0; Bi<0.5; Y<0.5, other elements <0.05 each and 0.15 total, the remainder being aluminum, coated on at least one face with an aluminum brazing alloy containing 4 to 15% of silicon and 0.01 to 0.5% of at least one of the Ag, Be, Bi, Ce, La, Pb, Pd, Sb, Y elements or mischmetal. Sheets and strips according to the invention can be used particularly for fluxless brazing of heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignees: Alcan Rhenalu, Alcan Rolled Products—Ravenswood, LLC
    Inventors: Sandrine Dulac, Sylvain Henry
  • Patent number: 7875129
    Abstract: A method of assembling aluminum alloy products, such as sheets, strips or tubes, by means of fluxless brazing, where the absence of flux is made possible by using a prior treatment resulting in formation of a conversion layer on the surface of the products. The treatment involves using a solution containing K+ and F? ions and at least one acid in a quantity such that the pH of the solution is less than 3. The inventive method enables effective flux was brazing in industrial conditions, such as a for the production of heat exchangers used in motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Alcan Rhenalu
    Inventors: Sylvestre Safrany, Michel Mediouni, Sylvain Henry, Sandrine Dulac
  • Publication number: 20070204935
    Abstract: A method of assembling aluminum alloy products, such as sheets, strips or tubes, by means of fluxless brazing, where the absence of flux is made possible by using a prior treatment resulting in formation of a conversion layer on the surface of the products. The treatment involves using a solution containing K+ and F? ions and at least one acid in a quantity such that the pH of the solution is less than 3. The inventive method enables effective flux was brazing in industrial conditions, such as a for the production of heat exchangers used in motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: ALCAN RHENALU
    Inventors: Sylvestre Safrany, Michel Mediouni, Sylvain Henry, Sandrine Dulac
  • Publication number: 20070158386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assembling sheets of aluminium alloy, comprising a welding without flux, in a controlled atmosphere, at a temperature of 580 to 620° C. a rapid cooling and, optionally, reheating to a temperature of 80 to 250° C. in which at least one of the sheets has a core alloy comprising (wt. %), Si 0.3 1.0, Fe<1.0, Cu 0.3 1.0, Mn 0.3 2.0, Mg 0.3 3.0, Zn<6.0, Ti<0.1, Zr<0.3, Cr<0.3, Ni<2.0, Co<2.0, Bi<0.5, Y<0.5, other elements <0.05 each, to a total of 0.15, the remainder being aluminium and covered on at least one face with a welding aluminium alloy, comprising 4 to 15 % silicon and 0.01 to 0.5% of at least one of the elements Ag, Be, Bi, Ce, La, Pb, Pd, Sb, Y or a mixed metal. The method is particularly suitable for the non-flux welding of heat exchangers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicants: ALCAN RHENALU, ALCAN ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC
    Inventors: Sandrine Dulac, Sylvain Henry
  • Publication number: 20070099023
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strip or sheet of aluminium alloy, comprising at least 80% by weight of aluminium and 0.01 to 0.5% yttrium and/or 0.05 to 0.5% bismuth, coated on at least one face with a brazing alloy. Said sheets and strips are used for the production of pieces by non-flux brazing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Alcan Rhenalu
    Inventors: Sandrine Dulac, Sylvain Henry
  • Publication number: 20070031695
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of plated strips comprising at least two layers of different metals or alloys. The process allows subsequent separation of different cropped layers resulting from shearing the plated strips. The process comprises preparing plates corresponding to each of the plating layers, superimposing and assembly of these plates to form a composite plate, hot and possibly cold rolling of this composite plate to obtain a plated strip, and shearing of cropping areas during or after rolling. In one embodiment, prior to superimposing the different plates, an anti-sticking agent is applied to the cropping areas of at least one of the surfaces of the plates which will be in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Sylvain Henry, Armand Gabriel, Sandrine Dulac, Christian Barthelemy