Patents by Inventor Xavier Drouet

Xavier Drouet 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: 20250360870
    Abstract: A glazed assembly includes a glazing unit for a motor vehicle, the glazing unit including a glass sheet that has first and second main faces, a light injection system for injecting light into the glass sheet, at least a portion of the generated light being injected into the glass sheet in order to propagate by reflection between the first and second main faces until reaching light extraction system. The glazed assembly further includes an opaque material that is in continuous direct contact with the first main face and is positioned between the light injection system and the light extraction system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Keihann YAVARI, Christophe KLEO, Laurent SILVESTRINI, Mickael BONHOMME, Diane LEBLANC, Xavier DROUET, Claire DAVIS, Buyin YU
  • Patent number: 12441087
    Abstract: A laminated glazing for a motor vehicle, particularly a side glazing intended to be slidably mounted in a door of the vehicle, includes at least one outer glass sheet and one inner glass sheet assembled by an interlayer which includes at least one sheet of polymer material, the glazing including at least one part for attaching the glazing provided with at least one attachment hole which has an axis and passes at least through the outer glass sheet, the attachment hole being intended to receive a system for attaching the glazing with a drive device, wherein the glazing includes at least one insert which, including a hole, is housed in a complementary cut-out provided in the interlayer, at the attachment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE
    Inventors: Frédéric Berthe, Xavier Drouet, Laurent Lamoureux, Thibault Rapenne
  • Publication number: 20250196788
    Abstract: A flexible electrical connection for a vehicle glazing that is movable in translation relative to a bodywork element of the vehicle, the flexible electrical connection having, along its length, an upstream connector attachable to an inner element fixed to the bodywork and a downstream connector attachable to a glass pane of the glazing. The flexible electrical connection includes a flexible ribbon cable including at least one conductive wire and/or at least one conductive strip and having a curved lateral shape at the connection with the upstream connector and with the downstream connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Laurent LAMOUREUX, Xavier DROUET
  • Patent number: 12326241
    Abstract: An assembly includes a glazing with an interior glass sheet having a through hole, an exterior glass sheet, and at least one intermediate plastic layer; a light-emitting diode module with a light emitting diode having an illuminating part, and a base; a support plate fixed to a face of the interior glass sheet opposite the at least one intermediate plastic layer, the support plate including several lugs extending away from the interior glass sheet and a spring element. The illuminating part is positioned in the through hole, with the base retained by the lugs, and pressed against the glazing by the spring elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Xavier Drouet, Laurent Silvestrini, Claire Davis, Buyin Yu, Christophe Kleo
  • Patent number: 12179461
    Abstract: A composite pane with electrically controllable optical properties, includes an outer pane and an inner pane joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties is integrated into the intermediate layer, wherein a securing element for reversibly securing a control unit is attached to a surface of the outer pane or of the inner pane facing away from the intermediate layer, and wherein a control unit suitable for controlling the optical properties of the functional element is arranged in the securing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Huixing Zhang, Karl Malachowski, Adil Jaafar, Xavier Drouet
  • Patent number: 12060741
    Abstract: A glazing unit for a vehicle which can be moved heightwise includes a window including at least one hole and at least one window bracket. The window bracket includes a flange including a plate positioned facing one face of the window, and a hollow tubular sleeve of which a wall extends into the hole in the window along a thickness, and a counter-flange including a counter-plate positioned facing another face of the window and a tubular counter-sleeve of which a wall extends along a thickness into the sleeve of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Laurent Lamoureux, Xavier Drouet
  • Publication number: 20240219006
    Abstract: An assembly for vehicles, particularly automobiles, includes a glazing, a light-emitting diode module and a support plate, fixed to an inner face of an interior glass sheet, said support plate including several lugs extending from said support plate towards an interior space in order to retain the module and applying an illuminating part of the module against a bottom of an opening by spring effect and applying the base against an inner face of the interior glass sheet, and/or applying the illuminating part against a bottom of the opening, each application being performed indirectly by simultaneously pressing a spring element on the module and under the lugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Xavier DROUET, Laurent SILVESTRINI, Claire DAVIS, Buyin YU, Christophe KLEO
  • Publication number: 20240066840
    Abstract: A composite pane with electrically controllable optical properties, includes an outer pane and an inner pane joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties is integrated into the intermediate layer, wherein a securing element for reversibly securing a control unit is attached to a surface of the outer pane or of the inner pane facing away from the intermediate layer, and wherein a control unit suitable for controlling the optical properties of the functional element is arranged in the securing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Huixing ZHANG, Karl MALACHOWSKI, Adil JAAFAR, Xavier DROUET
  • Publication number: 20230158780
    Abstract: A laminated glazing for a motor vehicle, particularly a side glazing intended to be slidably mounted in a door of the vehicle, includes at least one outer glass sheet and one inner glass sheet assembled by an interlayer which includes at least one sheet of polymer material, the glazing including at least one part for attaching the glazing provided with at least one attachment hole which has an axis and passes at least through the outer glass sheet, the attachment hole being intended to receive a system for attaching the glazing with a drive device, wherein the glazing includes at least one insert which, including a hole, is housed in a complementary cut-out provided in the interlayer, at the attachment part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Frédéric BERTHE, Xavier DROUET, Laurent LAMOUREUX, Thibault RAPENNE
  • Publication number: 20230032579
    Abstract: A laminated glazing for a motor vehicle, notably side glazing intended to be slidingly mounted in a door of the vehicle, includes at least one outer sheet of glass and one inner sheet of glass joined together by an interlayer which includes at least one sheet of polymer material, in which a visible zone and a non-visible zone of the glazing extend on either side of a limit of visibility and including, in the non-visible zone situated below the limit of visibility, at least one fixing part which includes at least one fixing hole intended to receive a link system with a driving device of the glazing and at least one insert including an orifice configured to be aligned with the fixing hole, wherein the insert includes at least one part which is interposed between the interlayer and one of the outer or inner one of the sheets of glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Frédéric BERTHE, Xavier DROUET
  • Publication number: 20220220791
    Abstract: A glazing unit for a vehicle which can be moved heightwise includes a window including at least one hole and at least one window bracket. The window bracket includes a flange including a plate positioned facing one face of the window, and a hollow tubular sleeve of which a wall extends into the hole in the window along a thickness, and a counter-flange including a counter-plate positioned facing another face of the window and a tubular counter-sleeve of which a wall extends along a thickness into the sleeve of the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent LAMOUREUX, Xavier DROUET
  • Patent number: 6787204
    Abstract: A multiple glazed insulating unit, especially for an aircraft window, with electromagnetic armor. An insulating multiple glazing unit includes a glazed section provided with at least two superposed panes of mechanically-strong transparent substrate, between which is interposed at least one gap filled with gas. The panes are mounted at their periphery in a seal, by which the glazing unit can be built into a structure designed to enclose a space containing instruments susceptible to being disturbed by an electromagnetic field, and which has an electromagnetic shielding function. The glazed section is provided with at least one continuous electrically-conductive transparent thin layer, and the seal is made conductive at least in part to ensure connection of the electrically-conductive transparent thin layer to the structure. Conductivities of the electrically-conductive transparent thin layer and of the seal are chosen to ensure continuity of the electromagnetic shielding of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Pierre Chaussade, Xavier Drouet
  • Publication number: 20030087048
    Abstract: A multiple glazed insulating unit, especially for an aircraft window, with electromagnetic armour. An insulating multiple glazing unit includes a glazed section provided with at least two superposed panes of mechanically-strong transparent substrate, between which is interposed at least one gap filled with gas. The panes are mounted at their periphery in a seal, by which the glazing unit can be built into a structure designed to enclose a space containing instruments susceptible to being disturbed by an electromagnetic field, and which has an electromagnetic shielding function. The glazed section is provided with at least one continuous electrically-conductive transparent thin layer, and the seal is made conductive at least in part to ensure connection of the electrically-conductive transparent thin layer to the structure. Conductivities of the electrically-conductive transparent thin layer and of the seal are chosen to ensure continuity of the electromagnetic shielding of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Pierre Chaussade, Xavier Drouet
  • Patent number: 5021349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lymphoblastoid cell culture medium making it possible in particular to prepare products which can be administered to man by intravenous injection, the said culture medium containing, in addition to the constituent components of ISCOVE's medium, only human albumin as protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Foundation Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine
    Inventors: Xavier Drouet, Dominique Goossens, Philippe Rouger