Patents by Inventor Sergio PACE

Sergio PACE 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: 11668002
    Abstract: A coated metallic substrate including at least a first coating of aluminum, such first coating having a thickness below 5 ?m and being directly topped by a second coating including from 0.5 to 5.9% by weight of magnesium, the balance being zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Daniel Chaleix, Christian Allely, Eric Silberberg, Sergio Pace, Lucie Gaouyat
  • Publication number: 20230079019
    Abstract: A steel sheet is provided with a coating having at least one layer of zinc and a top layer of paint applied by cataphoresis. The zinc layer is deposited by a jet vapor deposition process in a deposition chamber maintained at a pressure between 6·10?2 mbar and 2·10?1 mbar. A fabrication method and an installation are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Chaleix, Daniel Jacques, Sergio Pace, Eric Silberberg, Bruno Schmitz, Xavier Vanden Eynde
  • Patent number: 11525182
    Abstract: A steel sheet is provided with a coating having at least one layer of zinc and a top layer of paint applied by cataphoresis. The zinc layer is deposited by a jet vapor deposition process in a deposition chamber maintained at a pressure between 6·10?2 mbar and 2·10?1 mbar. A fabrication method and an installation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Daniel Chaleix, Daniel Jacques, Sergio Pace, Eric Silberberg, Bruno Schmitz, Xavier Vanden Eynde
  • Patent number: 11492695
    Abstract: A Method for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from at least one metal inside a vacuum deposition facility including a vacuum chamber; a substrate coated with at least one metal on both sides of the substrate having an average thickness, wherein the coating is deposited homogenously such that the maximum thickness of the coating can exceed the average thickness of 15% maximum. A vacuum deposition facility also is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Eric Silberberg, Sergio Pace, Remy Bonnemann
  • Patent number: 11447874
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a substrate provided with a plurality of layers, includes: providing a steel substrate with an oxide layer including metal oxides on the steel substrate; providing a metal coating layer directly on the oxide layer, the metal coating layer including: at least 8% by weight nickel; at least 10% by weight chromium; and a remainder being iron and impurities from a fabrication process; and providing an anti-corrosion coating layer directly on the metal coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Daniel Chaleix, Eric Silberberg, Bruno Schmitz, Xavier Vanden Eynde, Sergio Pace
  • Publication number: 20220228252
    Abstract: A vacuum deposition facility is provided for continuously depositing on a running substrate coatings formed from metal alloys including a main element and at least one additional element. The facility includes a vacuum deposition chamber and a substrate running through the chamber. The facility also includes a vapor jet coater, an evaporation crucible for feeding the vapor jet coater with a vapor having the main element and the at least one additional element, a recharging furnace for feeding the evaporation crucible with the main element in molten state and maintaining a constant level of liquid in the evaporation crucible, and a feeding unit being fed with the at least one additional element in solid state for feeding the evaporation crucible with the at least one additional element either in molten state, in solid state or partially in solid state. A process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Sergio PACE, Eric SILBERBERG, Dimitri WILDERS, Rémy BONNEMANN, Lucie GAOUYAT
  • Patent number: 11319626
    Abstract: A vacuum deposition facility is provided for continuously depositing on a running substrate coatings formed from metal alloys including a main element and at least one additional element. The facility includes a vacuum deposition chamber and a substrate running through the chamber. The facility also includes a vapor jet coater, an evaporation crucible for feeding the vapor jet coater with a vapor having the main element and the at least one additional element, a recharging furnace for feeding the evaporation crucible with the main element in molten state and maintaining a constant level of liquid in the evaporation crucible, and a feeding unit being fed with the at least one additional element in solid state for feeding the evaporation crucible with the at least one additional element either in molten state, in solid state or partially in solid state. A process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Sergio Pace, Eric Silberberg, Dimitri Wilders, Rémy Bonnemann, Lucie Gaouyat
  • Publication number: 20210254205
    Abstract: A method for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from at least one metal inside a vacuum deposition facility including a vacuum chamber; a coated substrate coated with at least one metal and a vacuum deposition facility for the method for continuously depositing on a running substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Eric SILBERBERG, Sergio PACE, Remy BONNEMANN
  • Publication number: 20210238734
    Abstract: A vacuum deposition facility 1 for continuously depositing, on a running substrate S, coatings formed from metal or metal alloy, the facility including an evaporation crucible 4 suited to supply metal or metal alloy vapor and including an evaporation pipe 7, a deposition chamber 2 suited to have the substrate S run through along a given path P and a vapor jet coater 3 linking the evaporation pipe to the deposition chamber, wherein the vapor jet coater further includes a repartition chamber 31 including at least one reheater 33 positioned within the repartition chamber and a vapor outlet orifice 32 including a base opening linking the vapor outlet orifice to the repartition chamber, a top opening through which the vapor can exit in the deposition chamber and two sides converging toward each other in the direction of the top opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Sergio PACE, Bruno SCHMITZ, Didier MARNEFFE, Eric SILBERBERG
  • Publication number: 20210230736
    Abstract: A Method for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from at least one metal inside a vacuum deposition facility including a vacuum chamber; a substrate coated with at least one metal on both sides of the substrate having an average thickness, wherein the coating is deposited homogenously such that the maximum thickness of the coating can exceed the average thickness of 15% maximum. A vacuum deposition facility also is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Eric SILBERBERG, Sergio PACE, Remy BONNEMANN
  • Publication number: 20210164088
    Abstract: A vacuum deposition facility for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from metal or metal alloy, the facility including—a vacuum chamber and a device for running the substrate through the vacuum chamber along a given path, wherein the vacuum chamber further includes: a central casing including a substrate entry and a substrate exit located on two opposite sides of the central casing and a vapor jet coater, the inner walls of the central casing being suited to be heated at a temperature above the condensation temperature of the metal or metal alloy vapors, a vapor trap in the form of an external casing located at the substrate exit of the central casing, the inner walls of the vapor trap being suited to be maintained at a temperature below the condensation temperature of the metal or metal alloy vapors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Eric SILBERBERG, Bruno SCHMITZ, Sergio PACE, Remy BONNEMANN, Didier MARNEFFE
  • Publication number: 20200362450
    Abstract: A vacuum deposition facility for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from metal or metal alloy, and including: a central casing including a vapor jet coater, the inner walls of the central casing being suited to be heated at a temperature above the condensation temperature of the metal or metal alloy vapors, a vapor trap located at the substrate exit of the central casing, the inner walls of the vapor trap being suited to be maintained at a temperature below the condensation temperature of the metal or metal alloy vapors, the passage linking the central casing to the vapor trap including at least one thermal connector extending at least from the inner walls of the central casing to the inner walls of the vapor trap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Eric SILBERBERG, Bruno SCHMITZ, Sergio PACE, Remy BONNEMANN, Didier MARNEFFE
  • Publication number: 20200263289
    Abstract: A coated metallic substrate including at least a first coating consisting of aluminum is provided. The first coating has a thickness between 1.0 and 4.5 ?m and is directly topped by a second coating based on zinc, such second coating having a thickness between 1.5 and 9.0 ?m. The thickness ratio of the first coating with respect to the second coating is between 0.2 and 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel CHALEIX, Christian ALLELY, Eric SILBERBERG, Sergio PACE, Lucie GAOUYAT
  • Publication number: 20200199762
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a substrate provided with a plurality of layers, includes: providing a steel substrate with an oxide layer including metal oxides on the steel substrate; providing a metal coating layer directly on the oxide layer, the metal coating layer including: at least 8% by weight nickel; at least 10% by weight chromium; and a remainder being iron and impurities from a fabrication process; and providing an anti-corrosion coating layer directly on the metal coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Chaleix, Eric Silberberg, Bruno Schmitz, Xavier Vanden Eynde, Sergio Pace
  • Publication number: 20200190656
    Abstract: A coated metallic substrate including at least a first coating of aluminum, such first coating having a thickness below 5 ?m and being directly topped by a second coating including from 0.5 to 5.9% by weight of magnesium, the balance being zinc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel CHALEIX, Christian ALLELY, Eric SILBERBERG, Sergio PACE, Lucie GAOUYAT
  • Patent number: 10619250
    Abstract: Substrate provided with a plurality of layers, at least one of which includes metal oxides and is topped directly by a metal coating layer that contains at least 8% by weight nickel and at least 10% by weight chromium, the remainder being iron, additional elements and the impurities resulting from the fabrication process, wherein this metal coating layer is topped directly by an anticorrosion coating layer. A corresponding fabrication method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Daniel Chaleix, Eric Silberberg, Bruno Schmitz, Xavier Vanden Eynde, Sergio Pace
  • Patent number: 10400326
    Abstract: A steel sheet is provided with a coating having at least one layer of zinc and a top layer of paint applied by cataphoresis. The zinc layer is deposited by a jet vapor deposition process in a deposition chamber maintained at a pressure between 6·10?2 mbar and 2·10?1 mbar. A fabrication method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal SA
    Inventors: Daniel Chaleix, Daniel Jacques, Sergio Pace, Eric Silberberg, Bruno Schmitz, Xavier Vanden Eynde
  • Publication number: 20190242006
    Abstract: A vacuum deposition facility is provided for continuously depositing on a running substrate coatings formed from metal alloys including a main element and at least one additional element. The facility includes a vacuum deposition chamber and a substrate running through the chamber. The facility also includes a vapor jet coater, an evaporation crucible for feeding the vapor jet coater with a vapor having the main element and the at least one additional element, a recharging furnace for feeding the evaporation crucible with the main element in molten state and maintaining a constant level of liquid in the evaporation crucible, and a feeding unit being fed with the at least one additional element in solid state for feeding the evaporation crucible with the at least one additional element either in molten state, in solid state or partially in solid state. A process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Sergio PACE, Eric SILBERBERG, Dimitri WILDERS, Rémy BONNEMANN, Lucie GAOUYAT
  • Publication number: 20190233934
    Abstract: A steel sheet is provided with a coating having at least one layer of zinc and a top layer of paint applied by cataphoresis. The zinc layer is deposited by a jet vapor deposition process in a deposition chamber maintained at a pressure between 6·10?2 mbar and 2·10?1 mbar. A fabrication method and an installation are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Chaleix, Daniel Jacques, Sergio Pace, Eric Silberberg, Bruno Schmitz, Xavier Vanden Eynde
  • Publication number: 20180209021
    Abstract: A method for the fabrication of a coated sheet is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a sheet in a deposition chamber, maintaining the deposition chamber at a pressure Pchamber, maintaining an ejection chamber that is located inside the deposition chamber at a pressure Peject and coating the sheet with zinc with a sonic vapor jet. A ratio of the pressures Pchamber to Peject is between 2·10?3 and 5.5·10?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Chaleix, Isabelle Capitani, Eric Silberberg, Sergio Pace, Bruno Schmitz, Xavier Vanden Eynde