Patents by Inventor Stephane Rougeault

Stephane Rougeault 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: 20060159385
    Abstract: This extensometer, applied in particular to the monitoring of concrete structures, is intended to measure deformations of a host material and comprises at least one test specimen (18) which undergoes linear bending stresses, and at least one Bragg grating (14) formed in an optic fibre (16) and fixed to the test specimen. Any deformation of the host material is transmitted to the grating via the test specimen. The extensometer also comprises mechanical means (20, 22) which transform deformation of the material into bending of the test specimen, which deforms the grating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Stephane Rougeault, Pierre Ferdinand
  • Publication number: 20040114850
    Abstract: According to the invention, that relates particularly to monitoring of structures, part of the optical fiber (4) containing a Bragg grating (R) is arranged in a tube (16); this part is tensioned between the two ends of the tube; the ends of this part are fixed to the ends of the tube; this tube will be rigidly fixed to a host material (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Veronique Dewyntermarty, Stephane Rougeault, Pierre Ferdinand
  • Publication number: 20030095249
    Abstract: This inclinometer comprises an upper part (4), a lower part (6) forming a pendulum suspended from the upper part by an articulation (8), at least two portions of optic fibre (20, 22) placed on either side of said articulation, the ends of each portion being fastened to the two parts, each portion being previously put under tension between said parts, and at least one Bragg grating (24) in one of the portions. Any variation in the inclination of a structure to which is fastened the upper part induces a stress on the grating, which then modifies a light propagating in the portion where it is placed. The variation in inclination is determined from the modified light. The invention applies in particular to the surveillance of civil engineering structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Pierre Ferdinand, Stephane Rougeault
  • Patent number: 5726744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a planar, rosette-type, optical microsystem with strain gauges having dielectric guides used for measuring a system of strains or stresses applied to a part, in which the part is under purely longitudinal strain, at least one rosette being formed by at least two strain gauges with dielectric guides (J1, J2, J3) and in which a calculating circuit makes it possible to determine said strain by resolving a system of equations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Commissariat a l 'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Pierre Ferdinand, Sylvain Magne, Stephane Rougeault