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: 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: 20220234800
    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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Sylvain DEFERT
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220234799
    Abstract: An assembly for closing a tube, said assembly comprising a tube head (3) provided with a neck (10) and a cap (5) closing said neck (10), said assembly further comprising a stopper (30) comprising a punch (7) adapted to perforate said cap (5), said neck (10) and said stopper (30) being configured to guide the stopper (30) to a closing position in which said punch (7) has perforated said cap (5), characterized in that said cap comprising a lateral skirt (23) provided with at least one notch (60) opening radially, said neck comprising a protrusion (61) configured to cooperate angularly with said notch (60) to block a withdrawal of the cap (30), once said cap (30) is in said closing position
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Franck FRITSCH, Louis MIETTE
  • Patent number: 11235912
    Abstract: A cap configured to close a container including a neck is disclosed herein. The cap includes at least one protruding element configured to cooperate with a slot situated on the neck such that the cap goes from a first position to a second position. The cap also includes at least one opening situated on an upper wall of the cap that is aligned with the at least one protruding element of the cap. The cap yet further includes a sealing element configured to impart sealing between the cap and the neck. The sealing element is radially offset relative to the protruding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain Defert, Franck Fritsch
  • Patent number: 10717568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube closure assembly. The assembly includes a tube head that includes a neck and a closure liner sealing said neck, and a cap that includes a punch provided with at least one tooth. The one or more teeth are configured to peripherally cut said closure liner. The cap is configured to transition from an open flush position, in which the one or more teeth are flush with said closure liner, to a perforation position, in which the one or more teeth perforate the closure liner, then from the perforation position to an end-of-travel position allowing partial cutting of the closure liner, the transition from the perforation position to the end-of-travel position being carried out with an angular rotational range below 360°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventor: Sylvain Defert
  • Patent number: 10518948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for closing a tube. The assembly includes a tube head including a neck and a closure liner sealing the neck. The assembly also includes a cap that includes a punch adapted to cut the closure liner. The neck and the cap are configured to allow the cap to be fixedly held on the neck in a first position—the standby position—in which the punch is held at a distance from the closure liner, and in a second position—the position of use—in which the punch perforates the closure liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventor: Sylvain Defert
  • Patent number: 10370162
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for the closure of a tube. The assembly includes a cap that includes a punch adapted to cut a seal. The seal is adapted to seal a neck of a tube head. The cap is configured to be fixed to the neck in a first position, known as the standby position, and a second position, known as the use position. The assembly also includes a ring movably fixed to the cap. The assembly is configured to allow the passage from an extended position, with the aim of the punch being protected by the ring in the standby position of the cap, to a retracted position, with the aim of the seal being pierced by the punch in the use position of the cap, a passage of the assembly from the extended position to the retracted position being effected by a sliding of the cap through the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Sylvain Defert, Franck Fritsch
  • 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