Patents by Inventor Benoit Pontallier

Benoit Pontallier 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: 9116518
    Abstract: After the control system has been started, which system has two control paths that are used as alternatives for delivering a control electric current to an electrohydraulic member for transforming said current into hydraulic power that is delivered to the actuator, and before powering a starter-generator of the engine, the detection method comprises implementing the following steps for each of the control paths in succession: delivering a predetermined test electric current over said path; evaluating a difference between the test electric current and a measurement of the electric current as transformed into hydraulic power by the electrohydraulic member; and if said difference is greater than a predefined threshold, detecting an electrical failure on said path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Godel, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Julien Marcel Roger Maille, Benoit Pontallier
  • Patent number: 9021870
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a system for actuating variable geometries of a turbojet engine, the actuation system including a control device, a servovalve, and an actuator controlled by the servovalve, the control device configured to determine a control current according to a set position value and to a measured position of the actuator and to provide the control current to the servovalve. The monitoring method includes: detecting a stabilized condition; determining an average value of the control current during the detecting the stabilized condition; and comparing the average value with a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Franck Godel, Benoit Pontallier
  • Patent number: 9021854
    Abstract: A device and method of monitoring the measurement of a fuel flow rate fed to an airplane engine includes delivering the measurement from a mass flowmeter. The monitoring also includes evaluating whether at least the following conditions are satisfied: a signal delivered by the flowmeter is less than a given value; and the engine is running on its own. The measurement is invalidated if these conditions are satisfied simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Godel, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Julien Marcel Roger Maille, Benoit Pontallier
  • Publication number: 20140000352
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a system for actuating variable geometries of a turbojet engine, the actuation system including a control device, a servovalve, and an actuator controlled by the servovalve, the control device configured to determine a control current according to a set position value and to a measured position of the actuator and to provide the control current to the servovalve. The monitoring method includes: detecting a stabilized condition; determining an average value of the control current during the detecting the stabilized condition; and comparing the average value with a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Franck Godel, Benoit Pontallier
  • Publication number: 20120272710
    Abstract: A device and method of monitoring the measurement of a fuel flow rate fed to an airplane engine includes delivering the measurement from a mass flowmeter. The monitoring also includes evaluating whether at least the following conditions are satisfied: a signal delivered by the flowmeter is less than a given value; and the engine is running on its own. The measurement is invalidated if these conditions are satisfied simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Godel, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Julien Marcel Roger Maille, Benoit Pontallier
  • Publication number: 20110234236
    Abstract: After the control system has been started, which system has two control paths that are used as alternatives for delivering a control electric current to an electrohydraulic member for transforming said current into hydraulic power that is delivered to the actuator, and before powering a starter-generator of the engine, the detection method comprises implementing the following steps for each of the control paths in succession: delivering a predetermined test electric current over said path; evaluating a difference between the test electric current and a measurement of the electric current as transformed into hydraulic power by the electrohydraulic member; and if said difference is greater than a predefined threshold, detecting an electrical failure on said path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck GODEL, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Julien Marcel Roger Maille, Benoït Pontallier