Patents by Inventor Bernard Brandt
Bernard Brandt 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).
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Patent number: 10190505Abstract: A gearbox to be attached to a turbine engine to drive at least one apparatus annexed to the turbine engine, the gearbox including a housing; a power take-off member capable of engaging with a radial shaft of the turbine engine; at least one kinematic chain located inside the housing and capable of transmitting the rotational movement of the power take-off member to at least one rotatable shaft of an apparatus. The kinematic chain includes a first end and a second end. The power take-off member is linked to the kinematic chain by a gear having convergent axes and located between the first end and the second end of the kinematic chain.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Julien Viel, Stéphane Prunera-Usach, Bernard Brandt, Samuel Raymond Germain Becquerelle
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Publication number: 20170009660Abstract: A gearbox to be attached to a turbine engine to drive at least one apparatus annexed to the turbine engine, the gearbox including a housing; a power take-off member capable of engaging with a radial shaft of the turbine engine; at least one kinematic chain located inside the housing and capable of transmitting the rotational movement of the power take-off member to at least one rotatable shaft of an apparatus. The kinematic chain includes a first end and a second end. The power take-off member is linked to the kinematic chain by a gear having convergent axes and located between the first end and the second end of the kinematic chain.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Julien VIEL, Stéphane PRUNERA-USACH, Bernard BRANDT, Samuel Raymond Germain BECQUERELLE
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Patent number: 9057317Abstract: A system and method for managing the electrical power associated with a vehicle detects whether an engine speed is below a speed set point for a minimum duration. A thermal sensor is arranged to detect whether a first temperature associated with a first cooling fan, a first coolant, or a first vehicle component is below a first target temperature. A fan controller or a power management controller is configured to disable or slow the first cooling fan to conserve a first level of electrical energy if the first temperature is below a target temperature and if the engine speed is below the speed set point for a minimum duration.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Carl Thomas Vuk, Bernard Brandt Poore, Ronnie Dean Stahlhut
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Patent number: 8905191Abstract: An assembly that includes an accessory gearbox (AGB) and a tank for a liquid lubricant for a turbojet engine. The AGB includes a gear connected to parallel shafts for mechanically driving accessories. The assembly includes a housing with two compartments and a partition perpendicular to the shafts for separating the compartments, a compartment defining the accessory gearbox and a compartment defining the liquid tank. The assembly can be compact and easily manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Hispano SuizaInventors: Bernard Brandt, Frederic Cotin, Andre Raymond Christian Deperrois
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Publication number: 20110284328Abstract: An assembly that includes an accessory gearbox (AGB) and a tank for a liquid lubricant for a turbojet engine. The AGB includes a gear connected to parallel shafts for mechanically driving accessories. The assembly includes a housing with two compartments and a partition perpendicular to the shafts for separating the compartments, a compartment defining the accessory gearbox and a compartment defining the liquid tank. The assembly can be compact and easily manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: HISPANO SUIZAInventors: Bernard Brandt, Frederic Cotin, Andre Raymond Christian Deperrois
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Patent number: 7372182Abstract: An axial gap alternator comprises a first carrier associated with or secured to an output shaft of an internal combustion engine. A first carrier carries a first set of magnets arranged radially about a rotational axis. A second carrier carries a second set of magnets arranged radially and spaced apart axially from the first set of magnets. A stator intervenes axially between the first set of magnets and the second set of magnets.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Bernard Brandt Poore, Barnard Edwin Romig
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Publication number: 20080103635Abstract: A system and method for managing the electrical power associated with a vehicle detects whether an engine speed is below a speed set point for a minimum duration. A thermal sensor is arranged to detect whether a first temperature associated with a first cooling fan, a first coolant, or a first vehicle component is below a first target temperature. A fan controller or a power management controller is configured to disable or slow the first cooling fan to conserve a first level of electrical energy if the first temperature is below a target temperature and if the engine speed is below the speed set point for a minimum duration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Carl Thomas Vuk, Bernard Brandt Poore, Ronnie Dean Stahlhut
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Patent number: 7290633Abstract: A vehicle drive speed control system is provided for a vehicle having driven rear wheels, driven steerable front wheels, a powertrain for driving the front and rear wheels at controllable speeds. A control unit controls the powertain so that a front/rear wheel speed ratio is a non-linear trigonometric function of a sensed steering angle signal. The front/rear wheel speed ratio increases as the steering angle increases. The relationship of the front/rear wheel speed ratio to the steering angle is represented by a curve which is concave in a direction of an axis of increasing speed ratio. With a mode select switch, an operator can selectively cause the control unit to control the front/rear speed ratio according to a first normal or a second more aggressive predefined relationship.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Robert Eugene Kasten, Mervin Peter Kizlyk, Norman Frederick Lemmon, Bernard Brandt Poore
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Patent number: 7224146Abstract: A dual voltage supply system supplies high and low voltage electrical power to separate high and low voltage loads. The system includes an AC alternator and first and second rectifier circuits, each connected to the alternator and a corresponding high and low voltage load. The first rectifier circuit commutates the alternator voltage to the high voltage load when the alternator voltage is higher than a voltage of the high voltage load. The second rectifier circuit commutates the alternator voltage to the low voltage load when the alternator voltage is higher than a voltage of the low voltage load and less than some maximum voltage which is less than the maximum voltage that can be tolerated by the low voltage load(s). The second rectifier circuit is turned off whenever the first rectifier circuit is turned on.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Bernard Brandt Poore, Robert Eugene Kasten
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Patent number: 4109772Abstract: A vehicular gas turbine engine power system includes an engine, an automatic clutch, a service clutch and an infinitely variable transmission coupled successively along a power train. A vehicle control system controls engine speed, transmission ratio and automatic clutch engagement in response to operator selected ground speed and engine speed commands as well as other vehicle conditions. The vehicle control system operates in a manual mode to maintain engine speed as commanded by an operator or in an automatic mode to maintain an engine speed which will minimize fuel consumption. The transmission ratio is controlled for fixed rate vehicle acceleration toward a commanded speed if sufficient power is available. Otherwise ground speed is cut back to match required power with available power. However, ground speed cut back is limited as a safety feature and disengagement of the automatic clutch prevents engine stall when the engine becomes overloaded.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1975Date of Patent: August 29, 1978Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventor: Bernard Brandt Poore