Patents by Inventor Yann Greday

Yann Greday 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).

  • Method and plant for cooling a moving metal strip
    Patent number: 7527701
    Abstract: In order to cool a metal strip (2) which moves in a continuous manner: the strip (2) is pressed onto a main cooling roller (10) so that the strip forms an arc whose inner face delimits, with the outer face of this roller, a contact zone which is suitable for discharging part of the heat of the strip towards the inner side of the roller, the strip (2) is held in contact with the main cooling roller (10) by means of a support roller (14) on the outer face of the strip, which roller is constituted by a resiliently deformable and thermo-capacitive material, and the heat transmitted from the strip (2) to the support roller (14) is discharged using secondary cooling means (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Usinor
    Inventors: Hugues Cornil, Yann Greday, Benoît Deweer, Stéphane Lecomte, Jacques Mottoulle
  • Method and plant for cooling a moving metal strip
    Publication number: 20060254682
    Abstract: In order to cool a metal strip (2) which moves in a continuous manner: the strip (2) is pressed onto a main cooling roller (10) so that the strip forms an arc whose inner face delimits, with the outer face of this roller, a contact zone which is suitable for discharging part of the heat of the strip towards the inner side of the roller, the strip (2) is held in contact with the main cooling roller (10) by means of a support roller (14) on the outer face of the strip, which roller is constituted by a resiliently deformable and thermo-capacitive material, and the heat transmitted from the strip (2) to the support roller (14) is discharged using secondary cooling means (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: USINOR
    Inventors: Hugues Cornil, Yann Greday, Benoit Deweer, Stephane Lecomte, Jacques Mottoulle