Patents by Inventor CAROLE FLOQUET-PICARD

CAROLE FLOQUET-PICARD 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).

  • Distress beacon system for an aircraft or another vehicle
    Patent number: 9540112
    Abstract: A versatile distress beacon system for an aircraft, a ship or other vehicles, including a beacon and a mounting to provide the function of an automatic beacon or a survival beacon. The automatic distress beacon system includes a mounting rigidly attached to the structure of the aircraft and a beacon removably mounted on the mounting. The mounting includes an electronic management unit having a first connector to connect to the data bus and to control the aircraft to receive data from the data bus and orders to activate the beacon, and a second connector to connect to the beacon to transmit data and activation orders to same. The beacon having a memory module to store the transmitted data and a radio transmission module connected to a transmission antenna. The mounting has a detector to detect abnormal events connected to the electronic management unit, with a view to activating the beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ELTA
    Inventors: Alain Cavan, Thierry Portes, Claude Cresp, Carole Floquet-Picard
  • DISTRESS BEACON SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT OR ANOTHER VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150298813
    Abstract: A versatile distress beacon system for an aircraft, a ship or other vehicles, including a beacon and a mounting to provide the function of an automatic beacon or a survival beacon. The automatic distress beacon system includes a mounting rigidly attached to the structure of the aircraft and a beacon removably mounted on the mounting. The mounting includes an electronic management unit having a first connector to connect to the data bus and to control the aircraft to receive data from the data bus and orders to activate the beacon, and a second connector to connect to the beacon to transmit data and activation orders to same. The beacon having a memory module to store the transmitted data and a radio transmission module connected to a transmission antenna. The mounting has a detector to detect abnormal events connected to the electronic management unit, with a view to activating the beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: ALAIN CAVAN, THIERRY PORTES, CLAUDE CRESP, CAROLE FLOQUET-PICARD