Patents by Inventor Frédéric Chelin

Frédéric Chelin 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).

  • Publication number: 20240124148
    Abstract: A nacelle includes a thrust reverser having a cowl movable in translation and an ejection structure also movable in translation and forming with the cowl a moving assembly, the moving assembly configured to moved, alternately, into a closed position in which the ejection structure is inserted into a housing formed in the nacelle and the cowl closes an ejection opening in the nacelle, and an open position in which the cowl releases the ejection opening in the nacelle and the ejection structure is located in this ejection opening, the positioning of the ejection structure in the housing in the closed position making it possible, in particular, to make space in the ejection opening and to reduce the size of the thrust reverser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Frédéric Chelin, Christophe Bourdeau, Alexandre Bellanger, Lauren Davis
  • Publication number: 20230340929
    Abstract: A deflector provided with a spoiler for a thrust reverser of an aircraft engine nacelle. The deflector, a lateral deflector or an orbital deflector, may be in an exhaust structure of a thrust reverser and comprises a deflector plate configured to act on an aerodynamic flow. The deflector plate has a concave upstream face and a convex downstream face, as well as an intake end and an exhaust end. The deflector is fitted with a spoiler rigidly connected to the exhaust end of the deflector plate and arranged transversely in relation to the deflector plate. The spoiler endowing the deflector with specific properties to act on the aerodynamic flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Frédéric CHELIN, Christophe BOURDEAU, Romain CUSSET, Lauren DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20230340928
    Abstract: A deflector for an ejection structure of a thrust reverser is disclosed including a deflector plate configured to act on an aerodynamic flow, the deflector plate having a concave upstream face, a convex downstream face, an inlet end, and an outlet end. The upstream face and the downstream face of the deflector plate have different curved profiles, the deflector has a particular profile giving it properties allowing it to act effectively on the aerodynamic flow so as to enhance the performance of the thrust reverser in which it is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Lauren DAVIS, Christophe BOURDEAU, Frédéric CHELIN
  • Publication number: 20200340426
    Abstract: A thrust reverser door for an aircraft propulsion unit, including a seal positioned at an upstream edge of the door. This seal includes a part that projects with respect to the upstream edge of the door and a rigid core to stiffen the projecting part. This configuration serves to reduce aerodynamic disturbances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Frédéric CHELIN, Guillaume CLAIRET, Gabriel GALINDO FERNANDEZ
  • Patent number: 10377503
    Abstract: An engine assembly comprising an engine and a pod surrounding the engine that is equipped, upstream according to the direction of entry of air into the engine, with a fan provided with blades, the pod having an upstream air intake. The engine assembly also comprises a display unit including at least one light ring arranged in the air intake upstream of the fan, the light ring including at least one row of light-emitting diodes and being configured to emit at least one light beam and to project it on the blades of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Frederic Chelin, Wolfgang Rehm, Nathalie Papin, Irene Moreno Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 9719422
    Abstract: A process for the production of an acoustic treatment panel that includes an acoustically resistive layer (24), at least one alveolar structure (26), and a reflective layer (28), as well as at least one channel that is bordered at least in part by a wall (32) that is secant with at least one wall of a cell of the alveolar structure (26), includes elevating the temperature of the wall (32) and the ends of the cells of the alveolar structure (26) and injecting a pressurized gas into the channel (30) so as to expand the wall (32) of the channel so as to flatten it against the ends of the cells of the alveolar structure (26) in such a way as to produce a weld by continuous diffusion between the ends of the walls of the cells of the alveolar structure (26) and the wall (32) of the channel (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Frederic Chelin
  • Publication number: 20160355276
    Abstract: An engine assembly comprising an engine and a pod surrounding the engine that is equipped, upstream according to the direction of entry of air into the engine, with a fan provided with blades, the pod having an upstream air intake. The engine assembly also comprises a display unit including at least one light ring arranged in the air intake upstream of the fan, the light ring including at least one row of light-emitting diodes and being configured to emit at least one light beam and to project it on the blades of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Frederic Chelin, Wolfgang Rehm, Nathalie Papin, Irene Moreno Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 9353648
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle comprising a lip extended by an inner conduit forming an air intake, a front frame delimiting with said lip an annular channel wherein hot air circulates, as well as a panel for acoustic treatment comprising, from outside inwardly, an acoustic resistive layer, at least one honeycomb structure, and a reflective layer, as well as ducts for channeling hot air with each one inlet communicating with the annular channel and one outlet communicating with the inner conduit, wherein the panel for acoustic treatment comprises, upstream from the ducts, an annular channel which extends over at least a portion of the nacelle circumference, at least one conduit providing communication between said annular channel and the upstream annular channel, and a plurality of ducts that open into said downstream annular channel, the panel for acoustic treatment being connected to the front frame in regard to the annular channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Frédéric Chelin, Grégory Albet
  • Patent number: 9284060
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle includes a lip whose surface contacts with the aerodynamic streams extends inside the nacelle by an inside wall that delimits a layer that empties at a power plant and outside of the nacelle by an outside wall, a first front frame connects the inside and outside walls, delimiting an annular pipe with the lip, and a rear frame connects the inside and outside walls at a junction zone between the inside pipe and power plant pipe, for a given cross-section of the nacelle along a plane that contains the longitudinal axis of the nacelle, a point A at the intersection between the rear frame and the inside wall, and a point B at the intersection between the rear frame and the outside wall, with B being offset toward the rear of the nacelle relative to A over more than 50% of the rear frame's periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane, Frederic Chelin
  • Patent number: 9261021
    Abstract: An internal wall of an air intake and a housing of a fan form a single tubular piece made from a fiber/resin composite material. A rear end has the single tubular component connected by a flange and bolts to an external cowl of the fan duct, such that the rear end of the tubular component is uniform and the flange is attached and fixed to the rear end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Fabrice Gantie, Frederic Chelin, Patrick Oberle
  • Patent number: 9114884
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle includes a wall that delimits an inside pipe (42) that channels a stream of air to a power plant, at the front a lip (44) and on the outside an outside wall (46) that delimits a cavity (54), whereby the outside wall includes—at its inside surface—at least one stiffener (58) that is arranged in a transverse plane, characterized in that the at least one stiffener (58) includes at least one drainage opening that allows the flow of liquids through the stiffener (58) in the direction of a discharge opening (56) that is located away from the lip in such a way as to limit the risks of air being sucked inside the cavity (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Chelin, Thierry Surply
  • Patent number: 9010084
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle including a pipe (32), a peripheral wall (34), a lip (36), and a front frame (38) connecting the peripheral wall (34) and the pipe (32) and forming with the lip (36) a space (50) in which the hot air that is provided for frost treatment can circulate, with the pipe (32) including a coating (44) for the composite material acoustic treatment, is characterized in that the nacelle includes at least one element (52) made of a heat-conducting material inserted between the lip (36) and the pipe (32) ensuring the continuity of the aerodynamic surfaces of the lip (36) and the pipe (32) and the propagation of heat from the space (50) toward the rear of the nacelle, whereby the at least one element (52) includes a coating (54) for acoustic treatment that is made of a heat-resistant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Chelin, Alain Porte, Fabrice Gantie, Jacques Lalane
  • Patent number: 9003810
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle includes at its outside wall a cowl moveable relative to the nacelle so as to block or unblock an opening. The cowl includes an articulation and locking/unlocking elements distant from the upstream edge of the cowl that include elements for limiting the appearance of scooping phenomena. The limiting elements include at least one lock integral with the rest of the nacelle or respectively the cowl that can occupy a locked state in which part of the lock interferes with the cowl or respectively the rest of the nacelle and prevents a deformation that includes a radial component of the cowl, and another free state in which the part no longer interferes with the cowl or respectively the rest of the nacelle and allows the opening movement of the cowl, with the switch from one state to the next being generated by a gas pressure variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Frederic Chelin, Thierry Surply
  • Patent number: 9003760
    Abstract: An acoustic treatment panel that is connected to an air intake of an aircraft nacelle, includes at least one acoustically resistive structure (30) and a reflective layer (32), between which are located—in a direction that is essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the nacelle—bands (34) of alveolar cells spaced in such a way as to allow the passage of hot air provided for a frost treatment, characterized in that it includes pipes (36) for hot air that are each delimited by at least one partition that extends from the acoustically resistive layer (30) up to the reflective layer (32) in such a way as to insulate the bands (34) of cells in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Chelin, Thierry Surply, Dominique Haro, Fabrice Gantie, David Lambert
  • Patent number: 8991054
    Abstract: A process for the production of an acoustic treatment panel that can be connected at a surface of an aircraft, in particular at a leading edge such as an air intake of an aircraft nacelle, whereby the panel includes an acoustically resistive layer (24), at least one alveolar structure (26), and a reflective layer (28), and channels (30) placed between the alveolar structure and the acoustically resistive layer, each channel being bordered by a wall (32), the process including deforming a layer so as to produce furrows at one of its surfaces, flattening and making integral the deformed layer (34) with the acoustically resistive layer so as to border the channels, and removing material in such a way as to eliminate at least a portion of the thickness of the deformed layer (34) in which the furrows are formed between the channels, prior to the assembly of the alveolar structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Frederic Chelin, Gregory Albet
  • Patent number: 8993090
    Abstract: A repair part enables rapid and efficient repair of damaged metal structures, in particular airframe fuselage skins having internal and external faces, without necessitating any additional thickness compromising the transmission of waves. To this end, the repair part includes a double internal/external plate adapted to be fastened to the internal face and the external face of the metal structure, respectively. The repair part also includes a central hub connecting the internal plate and the external plate and forming a groove between the plates. The part is constituted of a single composite material block, and a glass ply, lining the groove, may be positioned between the plates and the structure. The hub may have passing through it at least one orifice adapted to allow connections to pass through the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Nicolas Boulet, Olivier Chaume, Frédéric Chelin
  • Patent number: 8960589
    Abstract: An acoustic treatment panel includes an acoustically resistive layer that defines a surface of an aircraft that is in contact with an aerodynamic stream, a reflective layer (50) between which are arranged at least one alveolar structure (52) with a number of cells dedicated to the acoustic treatment, and de-icing cavities (58) in which hot air circulates in contact with the acoustically resistive layer to ensure a frost treatment, characterized in that it includes holes for supplying de-icing cavities (58) with hot air and in that the capacity to treat the frost is adjusted along the zones by modifying the open surface ratio that results from the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Frédéric Chelin, Stéphane Dida, Arnaud Hormiere
  • Patent number: 8918977
    Abstract: A method is provided for destroying a blind fastener joining at least two parts. The blind fastener includes, but is not limited to a body situated in the holes provided in the joined parts, with a head at each end thereof, and portions of which protrude above the level of the holes. The method also includes, but is not limited to withdrawing the accessible head of the fastener, and creating a hole that passes through the fastener. An insertion device is configured to restrain the remainder of the fastener in the hole, which has an elongated body having a diameter smaller than or equal to that of the hole and an expandable head at one end thereof The insertion device for restraining the remainder of the fastener being immobilised or capable of only limited movement relative to the joined parts, and expelling the remainder of the fastener from the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frédéric Chelin, Jacques LaLane
  • Patent number: 8851416
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle that makes it possible to channel a stream of air in a longitudinal direction and that includes at least two panels (50, 50?) placed end to end in the longitudinal direction, each including a so-called aerodynamic surface (52, 52?) that is in contact with the air stream and an edge (54, 54?) that is in contact with the edge of the other panel, characterized in that at least one of the panels includes—at its edge (54, 54?)—at least one partition (58) that projects relative to the edge that extends in the direction of the edge of the other panel, in a manner that is secant to the aerodynamic surface and in a plane that contains the longitudinal direction, so as to limit the circulation of air between the edges of the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane, Frederic Chelin, Thierry Surply
  • Patent number: 8794572
    Abstract: An air intake of an aircraft nacelle includes: on the one hand, a lip (42) that is defined by a wall (52) whose surface that is in contact with the aerodynamic flows is extended on the inside of the nacelle by an inside wall (44) that borders a pipe that empties out at a power plant and on the outside of the nacelle by an outside wall (46), and, on the other hand, a surface-type Joule-effect defrosting system (58); at least a first alveolar structure (60.1) that is made of a material that conducts the heat and that is flattened against the inside surface of the wall (52) and inserted between the wall (52) and the defrosting system (58), and at least one second alveolar structure (60.2) that is made of composite material that is adjacent to the first structure (60.1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Frederic Chelin