Patents by Inventor Stéphane Coolen

Stéphane Coolen 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).

  • Sealing lock for a deposition line in vacuum on a flat product
    Patent number: 7931750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing lock, for an in vacuo chamber for deposition on a, preferably metallic, endless strip, characterized in that: the metal rollers are mounted on brackets, fixed to the covers and are immovable like the latter, the rollers of the same pair have the axes thereof arranged in the same vertical plane and are of different diameter, the position of the roller with the smaller diameter being alternated up and down on passing from a given pair to the next pair, the support cradles for the two rollers of the same pair have a lateral projection towards the center, the spacing of which with regard to the base for said rollers defines a second gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Arcelor France
    Inventors: Stéphane Coolen, Eric Silberberg, Didier Marneffe, Bernard D'Hondt, Claudio De Felice
  • Sealing lock for an in vacuo line for deposition on a flat product
    Publication number: 20060236942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing lock, for an in vacuo chamber for deposition on a, preferably metallic, endless strip, characterised in that: the metal rollers are mounted on brackets, fixed to the covers and are immovable like the latter, the rollers of the same pair have the axes thereof arranged in the same vertical plane and are of different diameter, the position of the roller with the smaller diameter being alternated up and down on passing from a given pair to the next pair, the support cradles for the two rollers of the same pair have a lateral projection towards the centre, the spacing of which with regard to the base for said rollers defines a second gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Usinor S.A.
    Inventors: Stephane Coolen, Eric Silberberg, Didier Marneffe, Bernard D'Hondt