Patents by Inventor Anthony Lorand

Anthony Lorand 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: 9828975
    Abstract: A system for regulating the flow rate of a propellant fluid for an electrical thruster of a space vehicle, the vehicle including a tank of propellant fluid and a flow rate regulator connected to the outlet of said tank; the flow rate regulator including a heater element controlled by a computer and adapted to heat the propellant fluid and to modify its physical properties so as to vary the flow rate of propellant fluid leaving the tank; said system being characterized in that the computer also includes a plurality of empirical calibration curves that have been determined empirically for defining the flow rate of propellant fluid as a function of the magnitude of heating and as a function of environmental parameters, such that said computer also performs a function of determining the flow rate of the propellant fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Vanessa Vial, Anthony Lorand, Kevin Giboudeaux, Vaitua Leroi
  • Publication number: 20170159647
    Abstract: A system for regulating the flow rate of a propellant fluid for an electrical thruster of a space vehicle, the vehicle including a tank of propellant fluid and a flow rate regulator connected to the outlet of said tank; the flow rate regulator including a heater element controlled by a computer and adapted to heat the propellant fluid and to modify its physical properties so as to vary the flow rate of propellant fluid leaving the tank; said system being characterized in that the computer also includes a plurality of empirical calibration curves that have been determined empirically for defining the flow rate of propellant fluid as a function of the magnitude of heating and as a function of environmental parameters, such that said computer also performs a function of determining the flow rate of the propellant fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Vanessa Vial, Anthony Lorand, Kevin Giboudeaux, Vaitua Leroi
  • Patent number: 7855483
    Abstract: A turbomachine such as an aircraft turbojet including an electrical generator/starter that can be mounted and dismounted by axial translation in an upstream enclosure of the turbomachine between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor, and couple to electrical cables which extend inside the structural arms of the intermediate casing of the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignees: Snecma, Hispano-Suiza
    Inventors: Philippe Pierre Vincent Bouiller, Anthony Lorand, Stephane Rousselin
  • Patent number: 7758360
    Abstract: An electric connector assembly includes a plug having primary contacts and a base having secondary contacts capable of interacting with the primary contacts. The connector assembly also includes a closure flap fixed to the base and capable of pivoting between a closed position in which it closes off an axis to the secondary contacts and an open position in which it frees an access to the secondary contacts to make it possible to connect the plug to the base, and an annular sleeve fixed to an electric cable connected to the plug and capable of being moved between two extreme positions, a bottom position in which it covers the closure flap when the plug and the base are connected and a top position in which it frees an access to the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hispano Suiza
    Inventors: Yves Lucien Tranquille Lesage, Anthony Lorand, Christian Henry Mazelle
  • Patent number: 7687714
    Abstract: A shielded and sealed electric harness having conductors housed in a tubular structure providing protection and shielding, the structure being constituted by a tubular inner textile braid, an intermediate metal tubular braid for electromagnetic shielding, and a corrugated outer sheath having its end adhesively bonded to a heat-shrink endpiece for fastening onto a portion of a connector of a branch joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Hispano Suiza
    Inventors: Geoffray Deterre, Pascal Henrioux, Anthony Lorand, Pascal Pelisson
  • Publication number: 20090309432
    Abstract: A turbomachine such as an aircraft turbojet including an electrical generator/starter that can be mounted and dismounted by axial translation in an upstream enclosure of the turbomachine between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor, and couple to electrical cables which extend inside the structural arms of the intermediate casing of the turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicants: SNECMA, HISPANO-SUIZA
    Inventors: Philippe Pierre Vincent Bouiller, Anthony Lorand, Stephane Rousselin
  • Patent number: 7619331
    Abstract: Turbomachine such as an aircraft turbojet comprising an electrical generator/starter (26) that can be mounted and dismounted by axial translation in an upstream enclosure (18) of the turbomachine between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor, and couple to electrical cables (34) which extend inside the structural arms (12) of the intermediate casing (10) of the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignees: SNECMA, Hispano-Suiza
    Inventors: Philippe Pierre Vincent Bouiller, Anthony Lorand, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20080142637
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric connector assembly comprising a plug (10) having primary contacts (20) and a base (12) having secondary contacts (24) capable of interacting with the primary contacts. The connector assembly also comprises a closure flap (30) fixed to the base and capable of pivoting between a closed position in which it closes off an axis to the secondary contacts (24) and an open position in which it frees an access to the secondary contacts to make it possible to connect the plug to the base, and an annular sleeve (40) fixed to an electric cable (14) connected to the plug (10) and capable of being moved between two extreme positions, a bottom position in which it covers the closure flap (30) when the plug and the base are connected and a top position in which it frees an access to the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: HISPANO - SUIZA
    Inventors: Yves Lucien Tranquille Lesage, Anthony Lorand, Christian Henry Mazelle
  • Publication number: 20070270037
    Abstract: A shielded and sealed electric harness comprises conductors housed in a tubular structure providing protection and shielding, the structure being constituted by a tubular inner textile braid, an intermediate metal tubular braid for electromagnetic shielding, and a corrugated outer sheath having its end adhesively bonded to a heat-shrink endpiece for fastening onto a portion of a connector of a branch joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: HISPANO SUIZA
    Inventors: Geoffray Deterre, Pascal Henrioux, Anthony Lorand, Pascal Pelisson
  • Publication number: 20070217905
    Abstract: Turbomachine such as an aircraft turbojet comprising an electrical generator/starter (26) that can be mounted and dismounted by axial translation in an upstream enclosure (18) of the turbomachine between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor, and couple to electrical cables (34) which extend inside the structural arms (12) of the intermediate casing (10) of the turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicants: SNECMA, HISPANO - SUIZA
    Inventors: Philippe BOUILLER, Anthony LORAND, Stephane ROUSSELIN