Patents by Inventor Antoine Cousin

Antoine Cousin 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: 11802524
    Abstract: A turbofan with a sliding element, rotary blades that can rotate between stowed and deployed positions, and a maneuvering system which moves each blade when the sliding element moves and which includes, for each blade, a rotary main shaft, for each main shaft, a transmission lever rigidly secured to the main shaft, at least two connecting strips articulated to one another, wherein each connecting strip is associated with at least three main shafts, the transmission levers of which are articulated to the connecting strip, and a drive system which rotates the first connecting strip when the sliding element moves. The use of rotary blades on the sliding element and the simplified maneuvering system makes the assembly more lightweight compared to the use of conventional reverser doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Simon Vanderbauwede, Lionel Sillieres, Antoine Cousin
  • Patent number: 11731775
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle including an automatically-operated locking device for limiting deformations of the cowl. This automatically-operated locking device includes at least one locking post connected to the cowl, at least one latch able to move between a first position corresponding to a locked state in which the latch prevents the locking post from becoming distanced from a fixed structure and a second position corresponding to an unlocked state in which the latch allows the locking post to become distanced from the fixed structure, at least one return system configured to hold the latch in its second position corresponding to the unlocked state, the cowl holding the latch in its first position when the cowl is in the closed position and allowing the latch to pivot toward its second position when the cowl is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Antoine Cousin, Laurent Caliman, Jérôme Gaillardo
  • Patent number: 11572189
    Abstract: An acoustic absorption structure comprising a plurality of resonators. Each resonator comprises a first chamber which has a first mouthpiece delimited by an edge pressed against an inner surface of a porous zone of a skin so that the first chamber and the skin delimit a first cavity, a second chamber, in which is positioned the first chamber, which delimits, with the first chamber, a second cavity, at least one acoustic orifice passing through the first chamber, at least one drainage orifice passing through the first chamber and at least one drainage hole passing the second chamber, each drainage orifice and each drainage hole being configured to limit an accumulation of fluid in the resonator. Also, an aircraft propulsive assembly or an aircraft comprising the acoustic absorption structure are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Claire Maffre, Jérôme Gaillardo, Lionel Czapla, Florian Ravise, Laurent Caliman, Laurent Cazeaux, Antoine Cousin, Denis Brossard
  • Publication number: 20230008832
    Abstract: A turbofan with a sliding element, rotary blades that can rotate between stowed and deployed positions, and a maneuvering system which moves each blade when the sliding element moves and which includes, for each blade, a rotary main shaft, for each main shaft, a transmission lever rigidly secured to the main shaft, at least two connecting strips articulated to one another, wherein each connecting strip is associated with at least three main shafts, the transmission levers of which are articulated to the connecting strip, and a drive system which rotates the first connecting strip when the sliding element moves. The use of rotary blades on the sliding element and the simplified maneuvering system makes the assembly more lightweight compared to the use of conventional reverser doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Simon Vanderbauwede, Lionel Sillieres, Antoine Cousin
  • Patent number: 11434849
    Abstract: A turbofan engine with a nacelle including a runner translationally mobile between advanced and back-off positions to open a window between a stream and an outside, a plurality of blades, each rotatable on the runner between retracted and deployed positions, and a maneuvering system displacing each blade and comprising, for each blade, a shaft rotatable on the runner and to which the blade is fixed, and a toothed segment on the shaft, and a toothed arc rotatable on the runner about a longitudinal axis, the tooth arc teeth meshing with the toothed segment teeth, a slip translationally mobile on the runner in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis between first and second positions, a connecting rod mounted articulated between the slip and the toothed arc, a rib integral to the fixed structure, and a guiding U integral to the slip and which straddles the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Antoine Cousin, Frédéric Ridray
  • Patent number: 11293376
    Abstract: A nacelle comprising a fixed structure with a fixed cowl and a duct, a mobile assembly with a chassis forming a frame and a mobile cowl, the chassis being mobile, relative to the fixed structure, in translation between an advanced position and a retracted position to open an opening through the frame between the duct and the outside. The mobile assembly comprises at least one threaded rod parallel to the direction of displacement and fixed to the chassis through the frame. The fixed structure comprises an outer, an inner, and at least one intermediate box fixed to the inner box and to the outer box. For each threaded rod, the fixed structure comprises a motorized ball nut which meshes with the threaded rod, and an actuator which turns the ball nut and is fixed to at least one box from among the outer, the inner, or the intermediate box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Antoine Cousin, Laurent Caliman, Jérôme Gaillardo
  • Patent number: 11193379
    Abstract: A turbofan having a nacelle including a slider mobile in translation between advanced and retracted positions to open a window between a duct and the exterior, a plurality of blades, each being mobile in rotation on the slider between stowed and deployed positions, and a maneuvering system that moves each blade and includes, for each blade, a shaft mobile in rotation on the slider and on which the blade is fixed, an arm having a first end fixed to the shaft and a second end, an arc which is coaxial with the longitudinal axis and is rotatably mounted on the slider, about the longitudinal axis, a lever mounted in articulated fashion between the arc and the second end of the arm, and an actuation system which rotates the arc in one direction and in the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Gardes, Antoine Cousin, Antoine Boudou
  • Publication number: 20210300578
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle including an automatically-operated locking device for limiting deformations of the cowl. This automatically-operated locking device includes at least one locking post connected to the cowl, at least one latch able to move between a first position corresponding to a locked state in which the latch prevents the locking post from becoming distanced from a fixed structure and a second position corresponding to an unlocked state in which the latch allows the locking post to become distanced from the fixed structure, at least one return system configured to hold the latch in its second position corresponding to the unlocked state, the cowl holding the latch in its first position when the cowl is in the closed position and allowing the latch to pivot toward its second position when the cowl is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Antoine COUSIN, Laurent CALIMAN, Jérôme GAILLARDO
  • Publication number: 20200378340
    Abstract: A turbofan engine with a nacelle including a runner translationally mobile between advanced and back-off positions to open a window between a stream and an outside, a plurality of blades, each rotatable on the runner between retracted and deployed positions, and a maneuvering system displacing each blade and comprising, for each blade, a shaft rotatable on the runner and to which the blade is fixed, and a toothed segment on the shaft, and a toothed arc rotatable on the runner about a longitudinal axis, the tooth arc teeth meshing with the toothed segment teeth, a slip translationally mobile on the runner in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis between first and second positions, a connecting rod mounted articulated between the slip and the toothed arc, a rib integral to the fixed structure, and a guiding U integral to the slip and which straddles the rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Antoine COUSIN, Frédéric RIDRAY
  • Publication number: 20200362708
    Abstract: A turbofan having a nacelle including a slider mobile in translation between advanced and retracted positions to open a window between a duct and the exterior, a plurality of blades, each being mobile in rotation on the slider between stowed and deployed positions, and a maneuvering system that moves each blade and includes, for each blade, a shaft mobile in rotation on the slider and on which the blade is fixed, an arm having a first end fixed to the shaft and a second end, an arc which is coaxial with the longitudinal axis and is rotatably mounted on the slider, about the longitudinal axis, a lever mounted in articulated fashion between the arc and the second end of the arm, and an actuation system which rotates the arc in one direction and in the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Pascal GARDES, Antoine COUSIN, Antoine BOUDOU
  • Publication number: 20200231296
    Abstract: A nacelle comprising a fixed structure with a fixed cowl and a duct, a mobile assembly with a chassis forming a frame and a mobile cowl, the chassis being mobile, relative to the fixed structure, in translation between an advanced position and a retracted position to open an opening through the frame between the duct and the outside. The mobile assembly comprises at least one threaded rod parallel to the direction of displacement and fixed to the chassis through the frame. The fixed structure comprises an outer, an inner, and at least one intermediate box fixed to the inner box and to the outer box. For each threaded rod, the fixed structure comprises a motorized ball nut which meshes with the threaded rod, and an actuator which turns the ball nut and is fixed to at least one box from among the outer, the inner, or the intermediate box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Antoine COUSIN, Laurent CALIMAN, Jérôme GAILLARDO
  • Publication number: 20200164998
    Abstract: An acoustic absorption structure comprising a plurality of resonators. Each resonator comprises a first chamber which has a first mouthpiece delimited by an edge pressed against an inner surface of a porous zone of a skin so that the first chamber and the skin delimit a first cavity, a second chamber, in which is positioned the first chamber, which delimits, with the first chamber, a second cavity, at least one acoustic orifice passing through the first chamber, at least one drainage orifice passing through the first chamber and at least one drainage hole passing the second chamber, each drainage orifice and each drainage hole being configured to limit an accumulation of fluid in the resonator. Also, an aircraft propulsive assembly or an aircraft comprising the acoustic absorption structure are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Claire MAFFRE, Jérôme GAILLARDO, Lionel CZAPLA, Florian RAVISE, Laurent CALIMAN, Laurent CAZEAUX, Antoine COUSIN, Denis BROSSARD
  • Publication number: 20200025128
    Abstract: A dual flow jet engine comprising a core, a surrounding nacelle, delimiting, with the core, a secondary jet, and having a structure and an outer skin fixed to the structure. The nacelle comprises an annular structure through which windows delimited by the annular structure are produced between the secondary jet and the outside. Each window has a regulation system comprising at least one shutter having an outer face, a leading and a trailing edge. Each shutter is mounted articulated at the nacelle structure window at its leading edge and is mobile between a closed position wherein the trailing edge is close to the outer skin and so the shutter closes the window and an open position where the shutter trailing edge moves outwards away from the outer skin to free the window, and for each shutter, a maneuvering system to displace the shutter between the open and closed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Antoine COUSIN, Laurent CALIMAN, Jérôme GAILLARDO
  • Patent number: 9573694
    Abstract: An engine fastener for an aircraft, to secure an engine to a pylon and comprising a fastener body fixed to the pylon and having a cylindrical extension, and a fixing assembly comprising a paddle fixed to the engine and a connection arrangement joined to the paddle and arranged on the cylindrical extension to form a ball-and-socket joint between the cylindrical extension and the paddle. The connection arrangement comprises a ball, formed in one piece, having a central bore in which the cylindrical extension fits, and of which the outer surface is a spherical portion, a fixing element fixing the ball on the cylindrical extension, and two cages, each having an inner surface assuming the form of a spherical portion. The two inner surfaces are arranged opposite one another to house the ball, and for each cage, a joining element joins the cage to the paddle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Antoine Cousin, Thomas Deforet
  • Publication number: 20150336678
    Abstract: An engine fastener for an aircraft, to secure an engine to a pylon and comprising a fastener body fixed to the pylon and having a cylindrical extension, and a fixing assembly comprising a paddle fixed to the engine and a connection arrangement joined to the paddle and arranged on the cylindrical extension to form a ball-and-socket joint between the cylindrical extension and the paddle. The connection arrangement comprises a ball, formed in one piece, having a central bore in which the cylindrical extension fits, and of which the outer surface is a spherical portion, a fixing element fixing the ball on the cylindrical extension, and two cages, each having an inner surface assuming the form of a spherical portion. The two inner surfaces are arranged opposite one another to house the ball, and for each cage, a joining element joins the cage to the paddle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Antoine Cousin, Thomas Deforet
  • Patent number: 7789344
    Abstract: An aircraft engine mounting device attachment arrangement includes a fitting perforated with two orifices, and two ball joints respectively housed in the orifices. The arrangement also includes two anti-rotation systems used to lock the ball joints in their orifices, the system including a main plate traversed by an external ring of the ball joint and including tappets cooperating with notches provided on the ring, the system including a main plate traversed by a main plate of the ball joint and including tappets cooperating with notches provided on the ring. In addition, the plates are connected rigidly to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Antoine Cousin, Jerome Cassagne
  • Publication number: 20080067286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft engine mounting device attachment arrangement (23) comprising a fitting (24) perforated with two orifices (102a, 102b), and two ball joints (25a, 25b) respectively housed in said orifices. The arrangement also comprises two anti-rotation systems (122a, 122b) used to lock the ball joints in their orifices, the system (122a) comprising a main plate (124a) traversed by an external ring (108a) of the ball joint (25a) and comprising tappets (132) cooperating with notches (120) provided on the ring (108a), the system (122b) comprising a main plate (124b) traversed by a main plate (108b) of the ball joint (25b) and comprising tappets (132) cooperating with notches (120) provided on the ring (108b). In addition, the plates (124a, 124b) are connected rigidly to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Airbus France
    Inventors: Antoine COUSIN, Jerome Cassagne