Patents by Inventor Yann Bernard

Yann Bernard 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).

  • Patent number: 9903402
    Abstract: Piece to be crimped on a support, comprising a bearing head and a shaft comprising a crimping section intended to be deformed when crimping the piece, the crimping section comprising a first hollow section adjacent to the bearing head and a second section adjacent the first section, the second section being configured to deform outside of the piece into a crimping flange for crimping the piece on the support, and the first section is configured to deform inside the hollow space of the shaft into a clearance flange in order to limit stresses on the support when crimping the piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: BOLLHOFF OTALU S.A.
    Inventors: Sylvain Faguer, Yann Bernard, Emmanuelle Berlire
  • Publication number: 20150377272
    Abstract: Piece to be crimped on a support, comprising a bearing head (4) and a shaft (5) comprising a crimping section (9) intended to be deformed when crimping the piece, the crimping section (9) comprising a first hollow section (11) adjacent to the bearing head (4) and a second section (12) adjacent the first section (11), the second section (12) being configured to deform outside of the piece into a crimping flange for crimping the piece on the support, and the first section (11) is configured to deform inside the hollow space (13) of the shaft (5) into a clearance flange in order to limit stresses on the support when crimping the piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Sylvain FAGUER, Yann BERNARD, Emmanuelle BERLIRE
  • Publication number: 20130146201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a bead structure provided therein. The bead structure is defined by a homogeneous arrangement of between 3-300 cords. Each cord comprises at least one strand wrapped by at least two strands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Marie Félicien Thomas, Yann Bernard Duval, François Philippe Depouhon, Andreas Sieber, Mohammed Khiri
  • Publication number: 20120067492
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass structure, two sidewalls spaced apart a distance, two beads, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown of the carcass structure, a belt structure interposed radially between the carcass structure and the tread, and a reinforcement structure having cords of ferritic high aluminum TRIPLEX steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Yann Bernard Duval, Maurice Peter Klinkenberg, Antonio Veneziani
  • Publication number: 20120067487
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass, two sidewalls spaced apart a distance, two beads, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown of the carcass, and a belt structure radially interposed between the tread and the carcass. The belt structure has UT steel reinforcing cords. The cords have filaments with diameters ranging from 0.18 mm to 0.30 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Yann Bernard Duval, Serge Julien Auguste Imhoff, Derek Shuttleworth, Thomas Walter Starinshak, Robert Paul Wyszynski, James Christopher Kish, Anthony Hardy
  • Publication number: 20120067488
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass, two sidewalls spaced apart a distance, two beads, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown of the carcass, and a belt structure radially interposed between the tread and the carcass. The belt structure has UT steel reinforcing cords. The cords have filaments with diameters ranging from 0.18 mm to 0.22 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Serge Julien Auguste Imhoff, Anthony Hardy, Yann Bernard Duval, Thomas Walter Starinshak, Robert Paul Wyszynski, Barry Allen Matrana, James Christopher Kish
  • Publication number: 20120067490
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass, two sidewalls spaced apart a distance, two beads, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown of the carcass, and a belt structure radially interposed between the tread and the carcass. The belt structure has UT steel reinforcing cords. The cords have filaments with diameters ranging from 0.08 mm to 0.21 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Yann Bernard Duval, Serge Julien Auguste Imhoff, Anthony Hardy, Thomas Walter Starinshak, Robert Paul Wyszynski, Barry Allen Matrana, James Christopher Kish, Derek Shuttleworth
  • Publication number: 20120067489
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass, two sidewalls spaced apart a distance, two beads, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown of the carcass, and a belt structure radially interposed between the tread and the carcass. The belt structure has UT steel reinforcing cords. The cords have filaments with diameters ranging from 0.21 mm to 0.60 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Yann Bernard Duval, Serge Julien Auguste Imhoff, Anthony Hardy, Thomas Walter Starinshak, Robert Paul Wyszynski, Barry Allen Matrana, James Christopher Kish, Derek Shuttleworth
  • Patent number: 6592475
    Abstract: A sports racket frame including a main body which has an intermediate portion in the vicinity of which is provided at least one reinforcing member which defines, with the intermediate portion, an inner volume therebetween which extends about an outer periphery of the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Babolat VS
    Inventors: Marc Poggi, Yann Bernard, Yvan Le Bozec
  • Publication number: 20020052256
    Abstract: This racket frame comprises a main body (18), which presents an intermediate portion (22) in the vicinity of which are provided reinforcing means (26), these reinforcing means defining, with this intermediate portion, an intercalary volume (28) extending over the whole outer periphery of said intermediate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Marc Poggi, Yann Bernard, Yvan Le Bozec