Patents by Inventor Xavier Castel

Xavier Castel 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: 20240151577
    Abstract: A system for controlling the activation/deactivation of an electromagnetic shielding screen of a porthole or a protective window of an optoelectronic equipment, which includes, a radiofrequency electromagnetic sensor, with a bandwidth adapted to a cut-off band of said shielding screen corresponding to a range of electromagnetic fields to be blocked, connected to a detector-rectifier with a sensitivity higher than a minimum value of the power of an electromagnetic field to be blocked by means of said shielding screen and a device for activating/deactivating said electromagnetic shielding screen, said detector-rectifier being configured, in the presence of the electromagnetic field with a power exceeding said minimum value, to activate said device for activating/deactivating the electromagnetic shielding screen by capturing the electromagnetic energy supplied by said electromagnetic fields with a power exceeding said minimum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Quentin TRICAS, Patrice FOUTREL, Philippe BESNIER, Xavier CASTEL, Claire LE PAVEN
  • Publication number: 20230395989
    Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent structure which is a honeycomb structure extending between two end faces and which includes tubular cells, each cell having walls delimiting the cell, the walls extending between the two end faces, the walls being formed from a dielectric material, at least one cell having at least one strip of electrically conductive coating arranged in at least one wall or over a surface of at least one wall, the honeycomb structure being characterized by parameters chosen so that the absorbent structure provides an attenuation of at least 10 dB for each incident wave in a frequency range having a frequency spread greater than or equal to 15 GHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Mohamed HIMDI, Raimi BEN DEWAN, Xavier CASTEL, Patrick CALDAMONE, Thierry LEVAVASSEUR, Frédéric GOURMELEN, Patrick PARNEIX
  • Publication number: 20230299214
    Abstract: An optically transparent electromagnetic shielding assembly exhibiting a shielding efficiency that is increased when a conducting or polarizable fluid produces a low electrical impedance value between a periphery and a central region of a window. Such shielding assembly is useful in detection systems that are exposed to varying intensities of electromagnetic radiation, such as microwave radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS
    Inventors: Quentin TRICAS, Patrice FOUTREL, Philippe BESNIER, Xavier CASTEL, Claire LE PAVEN
  • Publication number: 20230112155
    Abstract: A sensor for detecting a volatile compound or gas. The sensor includes a transducer having: a planar resonator including a plurality of metal tracks, on a printed circuit, of the coplanar type; and a sensitive layer deposited on a predetermined portion of the resonator. The sensitive layer is configured so that the presence of a volatile compound or of a gas to be detected implies a modification of the permittivity of the sensitive layer resulting in a modification of the features of the sensor during its electrical power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Antoine Denis, David Rondeau, Mohamed Himdi, Xavier Castel, Stéphane Cordier
  • Patent number: 11563128
    Abstract: A shielding element comprises a rigid substrate and at least one electrically conductive two-dimensional structure which is placed on one of the faces of the substrate. The substrate and the electrically conductive two-dimensional structure are such that the shielding element has optical-transmission and shielding-efficiency values at least one of which varies between two zones of the shielding element. Such a shielding element enables easier assembly of a detection system comprising multiple optical sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE Boulogne, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1
    Inventors: Cyril Dupeyrat, Patrice Foutrel, Philippe Besnier, Xavier Castel, Yonathan Corredores
  • Patent number: 11171250
    Abstract: A shielding element comprises a rigid substrate and at least one electrically conductive two-dimensional structure which is placed on one of the faces of the substrate. The substrate and the electrically conductive two-dimensional structure are such that the shielding element has optical-transmission and shielding-efficiency values at least one of which varies between two zones of the shielding element. Such a shielding element enables easier assembly of a detection system comprising multiple optical sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Safran Electronics & Defense, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS, Universite de Rennes 1
    Inventors: Cyril Dupeyrat, Patrice Foutrel, Philippe Besnier, Xavier Castel, Yonathan Corredores
  • Patent number: 11060920
    Abstract: An optically transparent electromagnetic shield assembly comprising an electrical connection device with variable electrical resistance. The electrical connection device electrically connects a conductive two-dimensional structure, which covers a transparent substrate, to a shell portion which is electrically conductive. The resistance of the connection device can be adjusted, either initially for a detection system for which the shield assembly is intended or in real time while the shield assembly is in use, according to an RF radiation intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS, UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1
    Inventors: Cyril Dupeyrat, Patrice Foutrel, Philippe Besnier, Xavier Castel, Yonathan Corredores
  • Publication number: 20210159348
    Abstract: A shielding element comprises a rigid substrate and at least one electrically conductive two-dimensional structure which is placed on one of the faces of the substrate. The substrate and the electrically conductive two-dimensional structure are such that the shielding element has optical-transmission and shielding-efficiency values at least one of which varies between two zones of the shielding element. Such a shielding element enables easier assembly of a detection system comprising multiple optical sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicants: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS -, UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1
    Inventors: Cyril DUPEYRAT, Patrice FOUTREL, Philippe BESNIER, Xavier CASTEL, Yonathan CORREDORES
  • Publication number: 20200335641
    Abstract: A shielding element comprises a rigid substrate and at least one electrically conductive two-dimensional structure which is placed on one of the faces of the substrate. The substrate and the electrically conductive two-dimensional structure are such that the shielding element has optical-transmission and shielding-efficiency values at least one of which varies between two zones of the shielding element. Such a shielding element enables easier assembly of a detection system comprising multiple optical sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicants: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS -, UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1
    Inventors: Cyril DUPEYRAT, Patrice FOUTREL, Philippe BESNIER, Xavier CASTEL, Yonathan CORREDORES
  • Publication number: 20200173859
    Abstract: An optically transparent electromagnetic shield assembly comprising an electrical connection device with variable electrical resistance. The electrical connection device electrically connects a conductive two-dimensional structure, which covers a transparent substrate, to a shell portion which is electrically conductive. The resistance of the connection device can be adjusted, either initially for a detection system for which the shield assembly is intended or in real time while the shield assembly is in use, according to an RF radiation intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS, UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1
    Inventors: Cyril Dupeyrat, Patrice Foutrel, Philippe Besnier, Xavier Castel, Yonathan Corredores
  • Publication number: 20100311103
    Abstract: One subject of the present invention is a transparent solid support coated with at least one layer of metal and with at least one layer of transparent conductive oxide (TCO), especially tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) in order to form a solid support that can be used at the same time or independently for detection by SPR and by an electrochemical method. The invention comprises a process for producing such supports, especially by cathode sputtering using a device comprising a radiofrequency (RF) generator, this device also being included in the invention. Another subject of the invention is a kit and a method for detection or identification of an organic or mineral compound by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and/or electrochemical plasmon resonance comprising or using such supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Rabah Boukherroub, Xavier Castel, Sabine Szunerits