Patents by Inventor Tiberiu Minea

Tiberiu Minea 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).

  • MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT HEATING DEVICE FOR SELECTIVE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210086286
    Abstract: A device for heating a bed of powder in an additive manufacturing apparatus comprising: a plasma generation device (20), said device being adapted to be positioned and displaced above the bed of powder, at a distance from the bed of powder allowing for the generation of the plasma thereon, an electrical power supply unit (22) for said plasma generation device, and a control unit (9) for controlling the power supply and the displacement of the plasma generation device The plasma generation device (20) comprises a magnetic plasma containment assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: GILLES WALRAND, TIBERIU MINEA, CHARLES BALLAGE, DANIEL LUNDIN, THOMAS PETTY
  • System for generating a plasma jet of metal ions
    Patent number: 10863612
    Abstract: A system for generating a plasma jet of metal ions is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS
    Inventors: Tiberiu Minea, Thomas Petty, Daniel Lundin, Charles Ballage
  • SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A PLASMA JET OF METAL IONS
    Publication number: 20190373711
    Abstract: A system for generating a plasma jet of metal ions is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Tiberiu MINEA, Thomas PETTY, Daniel LUNDIN, Charles BALLAGE
  • Nanometric emitter/receiver guides
    Patent number: 7945966
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nanoprobe comprising a silica fiber (2) with an end opening having a diameter of less than 100 nm, and a metallic sheath (11). The total diameter of the silica part and the metallic sheath (11) is less than 300 nm. The invention also relates to a method for producing one such nanoprobe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventors: Tiberiu Minea, Guy Louarn, Guirec Ollivier, Marc Chaigneau
  • NANOMETRIC EMITTER/RECEIVER GUIDES
    Publication number: 20090172846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nanoprobe comprising a silica fibre (2) with an end opening having a diameter of less than 100 nm, and a metallic sheath (11). The total diameter of the silica part and the metallic sheath (11) is less than 300 nm. The invention also relates to a method for producing one such nanoprobe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE- CNRS, UNIVERSITE DE NANTES
    Inventors: Tiberiu Minea, Guy Louarn, Guirec Ollivier, Marc Chaigneau