Patents by Inventor Sylvain Defert

Sylvain Defert 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: 20260131341
    Abstract: A head for manufacturing a flexible tube is described. The head includes a pump and a shoulder. The pump includes a pump mechanism equipped with a piston sliding axially in a pump body and a push button mounted on the piston and equipped with a dispensing orifice for dispensing the product sucked by the pump. The shoulder is a single-piece component which is delimited externally by an annular peripheral bearing face. The bearing face surrounds a visible segment equipped with a central orifice, where the pump body is configured to be mounted. The shoulder includes a ring formed by an annular wall which extends axially upwards surrounding the central orifice to receive the push button and guide its sliding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Franck FRITSCH
  • Publication number: 20260035141
    Abstract: A head for a tube includes a flexible skirt. The head includes an annular shoulder, an exposed inner annular portion, an annular peripheral bearing face, and an annular shoulder face. The annular shoulder extends from the central portion in a substantially radial direction. The exposed inner annular portion of the shoulder is configured to be visible after assembly of the head with the flexible skirt. The annular peripheral bearing face of the shoulder against which an upper end segment of the flexible skirt is intended to be folded back to enable it to be welded. The annular shoulder face projects with respect to the peripheral bearing face. The annular shoulder face has, in axial section, an opening angle (?) greater than 125° with respect to the peripheral bearing face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Sudheer SUVARNA
  • Publication number: 20250376300
    Abstract: A head for manufacturing a flexible tube having a main axis is configured to contain a liquid or pasty product. The head includes an upper wall and an annular side wall, a free lower end edge of which defines a reference plane (A). The head includes a dispensing orifice. The lower end edge includes a projecting or recessed mark for angular indexing about the axis (X), a portion of which is axially offset relative to the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Sudheer SUVARNA
  • Publication number: 20250304329
    Abstract: A tube includes a head and a skirt extending along a main axis. The head includes a neck, and a shoulder extending radially between an upper end of the skirt and the neck. The shoulder is an annular piece of laminated material which is distinct from the skirt. An annular outer section of the shoulder is attached to an upper end section of the skirt. The annular outer section of the shoulder is attached to a connecting ring which is attached to the upper end section of the skirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Sanket PANDYA, Thierry MAURICE, Sudheer SUVARNA
  • Patent number: 12330836
    Abstract: An assembly for closing a tube is described. The assembly includes a tube head provided with a neck and a lid closing the neck. The assembly further includes a cap (30) including a punch adapted to perforate the lid. The neck and the cap being configured to guide the cap to a closing position in which the punch has perforated the lid. The cap includes a lateral skirt provided with at least one notch opening radially. The neck includes a protrusion configured to cooperate angularly with the notch to block a withdrawal of the cap, once the cap is in the closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain Defert, Franck Fritsch, Louis Miette
  • Patent number: 12325557
    Abstract: An assembly for closing a tube. The assembly includes a tube head that has a neck and a cap. The assembly defines a guide path, a thread and a thread portion allowing the cap to be positioned on the neck by cooperation with the guide path and the thread. The assembly further includes a first and a second stop element for the thread portion, the stop elements being angularly spaced apart and defining a passage between the guide path and the thread. The assembly is configured to allow axial displacement of the thread portion through the passage with a non-return effect produced by at least one of said stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain Defert, Franck Fritsch, Louis Miette
  • Publication number: 20250108964
    Abstract: A head for manufacturing a flexible tube for containing a liquid or pasty product includes an upper wall and an annular side wall, a lower end edge of which extends in a radial plane (P). The head further includes a dispensing orifice and a protuberance, a portion of which projects from said plane (P). The projecting portion is eccentric with respect to the center of the tube head. The lower end edge has an oblong shape extending along a major axis (B) in the plane (P) and have two main vertices at each end of the major axis (B). The protuberance is arranged in the vicinity of one main vertex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Franck FRITSCH
  • Patent number: 12195249
    Abstract: A plug configured to close a receptacle comprising a neck, the plug comprising: —an upper wall and a peripheral wall extending transverse to said upper wall; —at least one projecting element configured to engage with a groove located on the neck so that the plug transitions from a first position to a second position; —at least one opening located on the peripheral wall of the plug, the one or more openings being in line with the projecting elements of the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventor: Sylvain Defert
  • Patent number: 12122573
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for closing a tube, said assembly comprising a tube head (3) that has a neck (10) and a closing cover (5) for closing said neck (10), the assembly further comprising a cap (30) which is provided with a piercing element (7) designed to perforate said closing cover (5), the neck (10) and cap (30) being configured such that the cap (30) is guided into a closed position in which said piercing element (7) has perforated the closing cover (5), said piercing element comprising one or more teeth (50) for cutting through the closing cover (5), which extend from a free edge (80) of the piercing element (7), at least one angular portion (81) of said free edge (80), referred to as the passage portion, being configured to remain in the neck (10) when in said closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventor: Sylvain Defert
  • Publication number: 20240308739
    Abstract: A capsule includes a cap pivotally attached to a base by means of a hinge, and a tamper-evident device. The tamper-evident device includes a radial lug; an orifice for housing the lug, one contour of which is closed by a tongue, a first end of which is connected by a frangible bridge and a second end of which is connected by a flexible bridge, so that when the cap is opened for the first time, a retention face for retaining the lug hooks onto the tongue and causes the breakage of the frangible bridge and the pivoting of the tongue about the flexible bridge. The retention face for retaining the lug extends radially so that the tongue pivots about a radial axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Franck FRITSCH
  • Publication number: 20240286786
    Abstract: An assembly for closing a tube a neck extending along a main axis to a free upper end edge, and comprising a helical external thread, a cap comprising an internal thread complementary to the external thread to allow the cap to be screwed onto the neck, and means for centering the cap with respect to the neck while it is being screwed on, formed by at least one projection which extends from the root of the thread of one of the external thread or the internal thread, a residual radial clearance remaining between the cap and the neck at the level of the projections in the screwed position of the cap on the neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Sudheer SUVARNA
  • Publication number: 20240101313
    Abstract: A head for manufacturing a flexible tube for containing a liquid or pasty product, comprising an upper wall and an annular side wall, the lower distal end of which defines a plane (A), said head comprising a dispensing orifice extended by a protuberance, a portion of which protrudes from said plane (A), said protruding portion being eccentric relative to the center of the tube head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Albea Services
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Franck FRITSCH
  • Publication number: 20230122129
    Abstract: A head for the manufacture of a flexible tube for containing a liquid or pasty product, having a reduced height in relation to its diameter and comprising a base configured to be attached to a skirt of said tube and a cover pivotally mounted on the base between an open position and a closed position, the head comprising at least one anti-tamper system having at least two legs projecting from the cover, the legs being connected to each other by at least one continuous breakable bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Franck FRITSCH
  • Publication number: 20220289439
    Abstract: A plug configured to close a receptacle comprising a neck, the plug comprising:—an upper wall and a peripheral wall extending transverse to said upper wall; —at least one projecting element configured to engage with a groove located on the neck so that the plug transitions from a first position to a second position; —at least one opening located on the peripheral wall of the plug, the one or more openings being in line with the projecting elements of the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Sylvain DEFERT
  • Publication number: 20220234797
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for closing a tube, said assembly comprising a tube head that has a neck (10) and a cap (30), said assembly defining a guide path, a thread and a thread portion (11) allowing the cap (30) to be positioned on the neck (10) by cooperation with the guide path and the thread, said assembly comprising a first (24) and a second (25) stop element for said thread portion (11), said stop elements (24, 25) being angularly spaced apart and defining a passage (26) between the guide path and the thread, said assembly being configured to allow axial displacement of the thread portion (11) through the passage (26) with a non-return effect produced by at least one (24) of said stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Franck FRITSCH, Louis MIETTE
  • Publication number: 20220234798
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for closing a tube, said assembly comprising a tube head (3) that has a neck (10) and a closing cover (5) for closing said neck (10), the assembly further comprising a cap (30) which is provided with a piercing element (7) designed to perforate said closing cover (5), the neck (10) and cap (30) being configured such that the cap (30) is guided on the neck (10) into a closed position in which said piercing element (7) has perforated the closing cover, passing via an intermediate position in which the piercing element (7) has finished piercing said closing cover (5), and this also produces a material deformation which seals the closure, said assembly being configured such that the intermediate position is passed through prior to the material deformation which seals the closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Louis MIETTE
  • Patent number: D1019385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Sylvain Defert, Franck Fritsch
  • Patent number: D1054287
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Sylvain Defert, Franck Fritsch
  • Patent number: D1054855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Sylvain Defert, Franck Fritsch
  • Patent number: D1054856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Sylvain Defert, Franck Fritsch