Patents by Inventor Alain Y. Geoffroy

Alain Y. Geoffroy 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: 4451822
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for checking a plurality of indicator lights, wherein the intensity passing through each indicator light is sequentially measured and the measurements are compared with nominal intensities. The invention is more particularly applicable to the checking of the indicator lights of devices monitoring functional members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale
    Inventors: Bernard P. Verse, Alain Y. Geoffroy, Pierre Gentet
  • Patent number: 4430715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for braking an aircraft taxiing on the ground. According to the invention, if an abnormality such as hydroplaning or bursting of a non-braked wheel is detected, the speed most representative of the real speed of the aircraft with respect to the ground is memorized. This memorized speed is regularly reduced to allow braking for the whole duration of the disturbance, avoiding locking or elimination of braking of the wheels of the main landing gear. The invention is more particularly applicable to the braking of wide-body aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale
    Inventors: Pierre Gentet, Alain Y. Geoffroy, Alain M. Caillebotte
  • Patent number: 4195803
    Abstract: System for braking a vehicle comprising an anti-skid device receiving speed data from a detector coupled to a non-braked wheel, wherein the system comprises a correction device comprising on the one hand first apparatus adapted to tramsmit to the anti-skid device the speed data each time that the variations of these data in time are lower than a deceleration threshold representative of the aquaplaning of the non-braked wheel, and, on the other hand, second apparatus adapted, each time that the variations of the velocity data are greater than the threshold, to transmit to the anti-skid device an estimated decreasing speed datum. The invention is more particularly applied to the braking of aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale
    Inventors: Alain J. Faure, Alain Y. Geoffroy, Louis Signorelli