Patents by Inventor Stéphane Ribes

Stéphane Ribes 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: 20220111804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sound protection screen with an external shell made of a moulded thermoplastic material, an internal sub-layer based on resiliently compressible moulded polyurethane foam. The sub-layer is over-moulded with the rear side of the external shell. by over-moulding The shell is based on a sheet of thermoformed thermoplastic material and has a thickness between 0.2 and 1 mm. The shell can be a two-layered shell, with an external layer based on polyolefin. The external layer having at the side of the sub-layer, in order to allow adhesion between the shell and the sub-layer, with a rear layer based on a thermoplastic material that adheres to the foam. The shell can also be a single layer based on polyolefin, the rear side being subjected to a surface treatment that allows the adhesion to the sub-layer to be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Marc Pothier, Stéphane Ribes
  • Publication number: 20190241133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shield comprising: a thermo-compressed porous three-dimensional shell based on glass fibers, the fibers being joined together by a binding agent. The shield includes a foam-based inner spring layer, and additionally has the following features: the foam layer is produced by reaction injection molding (RIM), the layer overmolding the shell. The shell has a porosity arranged in order to enable the foam to penetrate a fraction of the thickness of the shell, so as to create a leaktight skin the binding agent is based on polypropylene. The shell comprises between 45 and 55% by weight of glass fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Stéphane RIBES, Christophe CAPRON
  • Patent number: 10315550
    Abstract: An access floor of a motor vehicle comprising a structural core made from injection-molded thermoplastic material, the core comprising at least one first part, the first part having a first face for receiving feet of passengers, defining a generally flat and horizontal surface, and a first rear face, defining a non-planar surface, wherein the first part comprises a network of contiguous cells defining a repetitive pattern extending along two axes, the cells being open on the reception and rear faces and delimited by partitions extending vertically, wherein two contiguous cells having at least one common portion of the partition, the core comprising an MFR fluidity in accordance with ISO 1133, greater than or equal to 50, the partitions have a thickness of between 0.6 and 1.6 mm, the thickness varying progressively so as to exhibit at least one undercut enabling the core to be removed from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: CERA APS
    Inventors: Stéphane Ribes, Carlos Martins, Benoit Philippe
  • Patent number: 10232804
    Abstract: An acoustic protection cover for encapsulating a motor vehicle component, the cover including: a based on injection-molding material, the material comprising a thermoplastic matrix and a filler that is dispersed in such a way as to exhibit a density of between 1.3 and 1.6, the shell comprising two half-shells delimited by a thin region originating from the molding and forming a flexible hinge; a layer of elastically compressible foam overmolding the internal face of the shell, so that the cover forms an insulation system of the “mass-spring” type, the mass being formed by the shell and the spring by the layer; a means of holding the half-shells together once the hinge has been folded, so as to allow the component to be encapsulated, the matrix being made of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) and the level of filling being less than or equal to 50% by mass of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: CERA APS
    Inventors: David Drezet, Michael Raybaud, Stéphane Ribes
  • Publication number: 20180244185
    Abstract: An access floor of a motor vehicle comprising a structural core made from injection-moulded thermoplastic material, the core comprising at least one first part, the first part having a first face for receiving feet of passengers, defining a generally flat and horizontal surface, and a first rear face, defining a non-planar surface, wherein the first part comprises a network of contiguous cells defining a repetitive pattern extending along two axes, the cells being open on the reception and rear faces and delimited by partitions extending vertically, wherein two contiguous cells having at least one common portion of the partition, the core comprising an MFR fluidity in accordance with ISO 1133, greater than or equal to 50, the partitions have a thickness of between 0.6 and 1.6 mm, the thickness varying progressively so as to exhibit at least one undercut enabling the core to be removed from the mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Stéphane Ribes, Carlos Martins, Benoit Philippe
  • Publication number: 20170197562
    Abstract: An acoustic protection cover for encapsulating a motor vehicle component, the cover including: a based on injection-molding material, the material comprising a thermoplastic matrix and a filler that is dispersed in such a way as to exhibit a density of between 1.3 and 1.6, the shell comprising two half-shells delimited by a thin region originating from the molding and forming a flexible hinge; a layer of elastically compressible foam overmolding the internal face of the shell, so that the cover forms an insulation system of the “mass-spring” type, the mass being formed by the shell and the spring by the layer; a means of holding the half-shells together once the hinge has been folded, so as to allow the component to be encapsulated, the matrix being made of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) and the level of filling being less than or equal to 50% by mass of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: David Drezet, Michael Raybaud, Stéphane Ribes