Patents by Inventor Yorick Havelange

Yorick Havelange 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).

  • Gantry rolling floor
    Patent number: 8368043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an irradiation unit for emitting a particle beam, a gantry including the irradiation unit, a squirrel cage structure located within and supported by the gantry, a frame arranged so as to be motionless, a moving floor including a plurality of elongated members forming a primary caterpillar, two moving floor guide units having a truncated circle shape, facing each other, attached to said squirrel cage structure and the motionless frame, respectively. Each of the two moving floor guide units includes at least a first rail, said the primary caterpillar being slidably arranged on the first rail. Each moving floor guide unit includes at least a second rail having a truncated circle shape and the moving floor includes at least one secondary caterpillar including elongated members flexibly connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ion Beam Applications S.A.
    Inventors: Yorick Havelange, Sëbastien De Neuter, Vincent Piret, Bernard Bleeckx
  • Gantry Rolling Floor
    Publication number: 20110299657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an irradiation unit for emitting a particle beam, a gantry including the irradiation unit, a squirrel cage structure located within and supported by the gantry, a frame arranged so as to be motionless, a moving floor including a plurality of elongated members forming a primary caterpillar, two moving floor guide units having a truncated circle shape, facing each other, attached to said squirrel cage structure and the motionless frame, respectively. Each of the two moving floor guide units includes at least a first rail, the primary caterpillar being slidably arranged on the first rail. Each moving floor guide unit includes at least a second rail having a truncated circle shape and the moving floor includes at least one secondary caterpillar including elongated members flexibly connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Yorick Havelange, Sébastien De Neuter, Vincent Piret, Bernard Bleeckx