Patents by Inventor Alain Milhau

Alain Milhau 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: 6655635
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage and a fixed flying surface having two wings, and a cradle-shaped ventral fairing at the crossover of the latter with the flying surface and provided with two longitudinal flanges climbing laterally along the fuselage and being provided with an opening for the passage with play of the corresponding wing to form a first peripheral slot around the ventral fairing and a second peripheral slot around each wing. An elongate seal is fixed to the periphery of the ventral fairing and to the periphery of each opening, so at to shut off the first and second slots, respectively. The seal includes a longitudinal elastic end lip applied, via the inner face of its free end, respectively against the fuselage or the flying surface and a longitudinal leaktightness member, carried by the inner face of the seal set back with respect to the end lip and also able to be applied against the fuselage or flying surface, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Maury, Alain Milhau, Bernard Pauly
  • Publication number: 20030066933
    Abstract: Aircraft with ventral fairing and seal for such an aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Maury, Alain Milhau, Bernard Pauly