Patents by Inventor Christophe Balemboy

Christophe Balemboy 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: 9290279
    Abstract: A landing system of a body and a space probe provided with such a system for landing on a bearing ground. The landing system includes landing legs (5), each with a footpad (6) at the end thereof, intended for braking the landing impact of the body when coming into contact with the ground and for supporting the body on the ground after landing. The footpads (6) are not coplanar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: ASTRIUM SAS
    Inventors: Christophe Balemboy, Mark Kinnersley, Robert Andre Laine, Xavier Sembely
  • Patent number: 9073646
    Abstract: A system includes a mother probe forming a carrier space vehicle (1) and a plurality of daughter probes (2a, 2b, 2c) aligned in a longitudinal axis (A) of the mother probe, in which the attachment of the daughter probes to the mother probe is carried out by a plurality of probe-supporting annular segments (5a, 5b, 5c) each provided with an annular collar (3a, 3b, 3c) for attaching a daughter probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: ASTRIUM SAS
    Inventors: Christophe Balemboy, Robert Andre Laine, Xavier Sembely
  • Patent number: 8991764
    Abstract: A space probe including a descent module with a mobile exploration vehicle, wherein the descent module is a landing module inside which the mobile exploration vehicle is fastened, the landing module being provided with landing legs which can be deployed under the lower level of the mobile exploration vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Astrium SAS
    Inventors: Valery Auger, Christophe Balemboy, Robert Andre Laine, Marie-Claire Perkinson
  • Publication number: 20120210808
    Abstract: A system includes a mother probe forming a carrier space vehicle (1) and a plurality of daughter probes (2a, 2b, 2c) aligned in a longitudinal axis (A) of the mother probe, in which the attachment of the daughter probes to the mother probe is carried out by a plurality of probe-supporting annular segments (5a, 5b, 5c) each provided with an annular collar (3a, 3b, 3c) for attaching a daughter probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: ASTRIUM SAS
    Inventors: Christophe Balemboy, Robert Andre Laine, Xavier Sembely
  • Publication number: 20120153077
    Abstract: A landing system of a body and a space probe provided with such a system for landing on a bearing ground. The landing system includes landing legs (5), each with a footpad (6) at the end thereof, intended for braking the landing impact of the body when coming into contact with the ground and for supporting the body on the ground after landing. The footpads (6) are not coplanar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: ASTRIUM SAS
    Inventors: Christophe Balemboy, Mark Kinnersley, Robert Andre Laine, Xavier Sembely
  • Publication number: 20120080562
    Abstract: A space probe including a descent module with a mobile exploration vehicle, wherein the descent module is a landing module inside which the mobile exploration vehicle is fastened, the landing module being provided with landing legs which can be deployed under the lower level of the mobile exploration vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: ASTRIUM SAS
    Inventors: Valery Auger, Christophe Balemboy, Robert Andre Laine, Marie-claire Perkinson
  • Patent number: 5865025
    Abstract: A fuel injection stub (6) for a ramjet is designed to operate at a high Mach number. According to the invention, said stub includes a carbon-carbon composite body (10), in which a rail of elementary injectors is arranged, and a nose piece (11) consisting of a thin skin of carbon-carbon composite in at least approximately the shape of a dihedron, the edge (11A) of which has a radius of curvature (r) at most equal to 2 mm and the angle of which is at most equal to 15.degree.. Means (23, 27) for injecting a coolant into the sealed chamber (18) are arranged in said body (10), said injection means producing a number of jets of pressurized coolant striking the concave face of said skin (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Patrick Peres, Julien Lansalot, Christophe Balemboy
  • Patent number: 5169260
    Abstract: Device for linking two objects, one of these objects (1) bearing sections of mobile bayonets (3) connected by connecting rods (4) to enable them to be controlled simultaneously. The other object bears fixed bayonet sections. Mobile bayonet sections (3) are preferably composed of two concentric rings (7) and (9) connected by a freeable ratchet mechanism (12) for breaking up the movement into one phase for establishing the link by the bayonets and one wedge clamping phase. The rotation of the bayonets is only authorized if the action of a locking system (20) is interrupted. Application for the linking of portions of aeronautical, space or submarine vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Christophe Balemboy, Jean-Luc Pavec, Jean-Claude Girol