Patents by Inventor Brice CHERAY
Brice CHERAY 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: 11603086Abstract: An apparatus for an aircraft having one or more aircraft wheel brakes, and a brake wear sensor configured to measure a wear state of a brake of the one or more aircraft wheel brakes, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor configured to determine a wear relationship between a wear state of the brake and a number of use cycles of the brake, determine a predicted wear state of the brake based on the wear relationship; determine a number of future use cycles of the brake based on a predicted condition of the brake, the predicted condition comprising the predicted wear state of the brake; and provide an indication of the determined number of the future use cycles to ground crew and/or a pilot of the aircraft, wherein the number of future use cycles is the number of use cycles for which the brake is allowed to be used, and a use cycle comprises all uses of the brake relating to a flight undertaken by the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS), AIRBUS (SAS)Inventors: Utsav Oza, Andrew Bill, Kurt Bruggemann, Rodrigo Jimenez, Brice Cheray, Maud Consola
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Patent number: 11204285Abstract: A brake temperature sensing system for an aircraft including a sensor apparatus and an interrogation apparatus. The sensor apparatus includes a temperature sensor for attachment to a brake disc of an aircraft brake, and a relay for attachment to the brake. The temperature sensor is configured to wirelessly transmit a measurement signal containing information relating to a temperature of the brake disc, responsive to receiving a wireless interrogation signal. The relay is configured to receive an interrogation signal from the interrogation apparatus; wirelessly transmit the interrogation signal to the temperature sensor; receive the wireless measurement signal from the temperature sensor; and transmit the received measurement signal. The interrogation apparatus comprises a controller configured to generate an interrogation signal; and a transceiver configured to transmit the generated interrogation signal to the sensor apparatus; and receive the measurement signal transmitted by the sensor apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignees: Airbus Operations Limited, Airbus Operations SASInventors: Kurt Bruggemann, Brice Cheray
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Patent number: 11180130Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for determining a temperature characteristic at a first location on a wheel or a brake assembly of an aircraft landing gear. The temperature characteristic at the first location is determined using relationship information based on a first temperature at a second location of the wheel or the brake assembly of the landing gear, the relationship information representing a relationship between the temperature characteristic at the first location and the first temperature. Also disclosed is a method to determine the relationship information.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.), AIRBUS (S.A.S.)Inventors: Rodrigo Jimenez, Brice Cheray, Maud Consola
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Patent number: 11027718Abstract: An apparatus for reducing brake wear having a brake de-selection function for selectively disabling at least one brake on a vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive torque information which relates to torque reacted by a brake on the vehicle during a braking event and wheel speed information which relates to a speed of a wheel associated with the brake during the braking event; calculate an energy input into the brake during the braking event, based on the received torque information and the received wheel speed information; determine whether the calculated energy input meets at least one predefined energy input criterion; and activate the brake de-selection function if the calculated energy input meets the at least one predefined energy input criterion.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)Inventors: Kurt Brüggemann, Brice Cheray, Louis Emmanuel Romana
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Patent number: 10953861Abstract: An apparatus for reducing brake wear having a brake de-selection function for selectively disabling at least one brake on a vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive torque information which relates to torque reacted by a brake on the vehicle during a braking event and wheel speed information which relates to a speed of a wheel associated with the brake during the braking event; calculate an energy input into the brake during the braking event, based on the received torque information and the received wheel speed information; determine whether the calculated energy input meets at least one predefined energy input criterion; and activate the brake de-selection function if the calculated energy input meets the at least one predefined energy input criterion.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignees: Airbus Operations Limited, Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Kurt Brüggemann, Brice Cheray, Louis Emmanuel Romana
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Publication number: 20200158580Abstract: A brake temperature sensing system for an aircraft including a sensor apparatus and an interrogation apparatus. The sensor apparatus includes a temperature sensor for attachment to a brake disc of an aircraft brake, and a relay for attachment to the brake. The temperature sensor is configured to wirelessly transmit a measurement signal containing information relating to a temperature of the brake disc, responsive to receiving a wireless interrogation signal. The relay is configured to receive an interrogation signal from the interrogation apparatus; wirelessly transmit the interrogation signal to the temperature sensor; receive the wireless measurement signal from the temperature sensor; and transmit the received measurement signal. The interrogation apparatus comprises a controller configured to generate an interrogation signal; and a transceiver configured to transmit the generated interrogation signal to the sensor apparatus; and receive the measurement signal transmitted by the sensor apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Kurt Bruggemann, Brice Cheray
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Patent number: 10564050Abstract: A brake temperature sensing system for an aircraft including a sensor apparatus and an interrogation apparatus. The sensor apparatus includes a temperature sensor for attachment to a brake disc of an aircraft brake, and a relay for attachment to the brake. The temperature sensor is configured to wirelessly transmit a measurement signal containing information relating to a temperature of the brake disc, responsive to receiving a wireless interrogation signal. The relay is configured to receive an interrogation signal from the interrogation apparatus; wirelessly transmit the interrogation signal to the temperature sensor; receive the wireless measurement signal from the temperature sensor; and transmit the received measurement signal. The interrogation apparatus comprises a controller configured to generate an interrogation signal; and a transceiver configured to transmit the generated interrogation signal to the sensor apparatus; and receive the measurement signal transmitted by the sensor apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignees: Airbus Operations Limited, Airbus Operations SASInventors: Kurt Bruggemann, Brice Cheray
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Publication number: 20190291708Abstract: An apparatus for reducing brake wear having a brake de-selection function for selectively disabling at least one brake on a vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive torque information which relates to torque reacted by a brake on the vehicle during a braking event and wheel speed information which relates to a speed of a wheel associated with the brake during the braking event; calculate an energy input into the brake during the braking event, based on the received torque information and the received wheel speed information; determine whether the calculated energy input meets at least one predefined energy input criterion; and activate the brake de-selection function if the calculated energy input meets the at least one predefined energy input criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Kurt BRUGGEMANN, Brice CHERAY, Louis Emmanuel ROMANA
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Publication number: 20190283728Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for determining a temperature characteristic at a first location on a wheel or a brake assembly of an aircraft landing gear. The temperature characteristic at the first location is determined using relationship information based on a first temperature at a second location of the wheel or the brake assembly of the landing gear, the relationship information representing a relationship between the temperature characteristic at the first location and the first temperature. Also disclosed is a method to determine the relationship information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Rodrigo JIMENEZ, Brice CHERAY, Maud CONSOLA
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Publication number: 20190263375Abstract: An apparatus with a processor configured to and a method for determining a number of future use cycles of an aircraft wheel brake based on a predicted condition of the brake is disclosed. Also disclosed is an aircraft including one or more aircraft wheel brakes and the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Utsav OZA, Andrew Bill, Kurt Bruggemann, Rodrigo Jimenez, Brice Cheray, Maud Consola
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Publication number: 20190263373Abstract: An apparatus and a method for determining a thermal oxidation state of a brake of an aircraft landing gear is disclosed. Determination of the thermal oxidation state of the brake involves determining a thermal oxidation state of the brake after a braking event, using a thermal oxidation model based on an initial thermal oxidation state before the braking event and a temperature profile of the brake with respect to time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Rodrigo JIMENEZ, Brice CHERAY, Maud CONSOLA
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Publication number: 20180079402Abstract: An apparatus for reducing brake wear having a brake de-selection function for selectively disabling at least one brake on a vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive torque information which relates to torque reacted by a brake on the vehicle during a braking event and wheel speed information which relates to a speed of a wheel associated with the brake during the braking event; calculate an energy input into the brake during the braking event, based on the received torque information and the received wheel speed information; determine whether the calculated energy input meets at least one predefined energy input criterion; and activate the brake de-selection function if the calculated energy input meets the at least one predefined energy input criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Kurt BRÜGGEMANN, Brice CHERAY, Louis Emmanuel ROMANA
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Publication number: 20170363482Abstract: A brake temperature sensing system for an aircraft including a sensor apparatus and an interrogation apparatus. The sensor apparatus includes a temperature sensor for attachment to a brake disc of an aircraft brake, and a relay for attachment to the brake. The temperature sensor is configured to wirelessly transmit a measurement signal containing information relating to a temperature of the brake disc, responsive to receiving a wireless interrogation signal. The relay is configured to receive an interrogation signal from the interrogation apparatus; wirelessly transmit the interrogation signal to the temperature sensor; receive the wireless measurement signal from the temperature sensor; and transmit the received measurement signal. The interrogation apparatus comprises a controller configured to generate an interrogation signal; and a transceiver configured to transmit the generated interrogation signal to the sensor apparatus; and receive the measurement signal transmitted by the sensor apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Kurt BRUGGEMANN, Brice CHERAY