Patents by Inventor Frédéric PIARD

Frédéric PIARD 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: 11975858
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle comprising first and second ducts, each including, in a radial direction, at least one first or second acoustically resistive layer, at least one first or second alveolar structure, as well as a first or second reflective layer. The first and second ducts include first and second flanges which are positioned on transverse planes, oriented towards the interior, and are connected respectively to the first and second reflective layers and are maintained placed against one another by connection elements accessible from the interior of the first and second ducts. The first and second ducts are configured to form at least one receptacle in which there are positioned the first and second flanges as well as the connection elements, the receptacle being closed by at least one cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Lionel Czapla, Frédéric Piard
  • Publication number: 20230132103
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle comprising first and second ducts, each including, in a radial direction, at least one first or second acoustically resistive layer, at least one first or second alveolar structure, as well as a first or second reflective layer. The first and second ducts include first and second flanges which are positioned on transverse planes, oriented towards the interior, and are connected respectively to the first and second reflective layers and are maintained placed against one another by connection elements accessible from the interior of the first and second ducts. The first and second ducts are configured to form at least one receptacle in which there are positioned the first and second flanges as well as the connection elements, the receptacle being closed by at least one cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Lionel CZAPLA, Frédéric PIARD
  • Publication number: 20230084689
    Abstract: An assembly including a support panel of an internal fixed structure, a thermal protection element and a plurality of fastening systems. Each fastening system includes a female part secured to the support panel and which has, in its interior, a circular shoulder, and a male part including a sleeve pierced with a main bore, a slide movable in translation in the main bore and a plurality of balls. For each ball, the sleeve has a secondary bore, and each ball is movable along the secondary bore between a locking position and an unlocking position. The slide is movable in translation between a blocking position and an unlocking position. Such an assembly makes it possible to fasten the thermal protection element to the support panel in a simple and rapid manner, also permitting easy removal if necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Frédéric PIARD, Lionel CZAPLA
  • Patent number: 11255293
    Abstract: A turbofan with a secondary duct and including a fixed structure and a mobile assembly including a frame with openwork regions. The mobile assembly is translatable between advanced and extended positions. The openwork regions are positioned across the window in the extended position. A plurality of blocking doors is provided, each being mobile between stowed and deployed positions. An array of rams move the mobile assembly. A cascade grille mounts on the frame across the openwork region. The grille slides on the frame parallel to the translational direction. For each grille, a rear stop limits rearward movement, and a compression spring pushes the grille to the rear for abutment against a rear stop. For each grille, the fixed structure comprises a stop element against which the grille abuts upon movement from the advanced position to the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Gardes, Frédéric Ridray, Benoit Orteu, Pascal Gougeon, Frédéric Piard
  • Patent number: 11187188
    Abstract: A ducted fan turbojet including a nacelle including a fixed structure, a thrust reverser system having a frame, a mobile structure fastened to the frame, inner doors and outer doors hinged at the frame. The frame is mobile in translation on the fixed structure between a forward position and a rear position so as to define a window between the fixed structure and the mobile structure, the window being open between a bypass duct and the exterior of the nacelle. Each door is mobile between a stowed position and a deployed position and the mobile structure is assembled hinged on the frame via at least one hinge whose axis of rotation is globally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the ducted fan turbojet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Ridray, Lionel Czapla, Frédéric Piard
  • Patent number: 11168644
    Abstract: A turbofan including a motor, nacelle and a secondary duct therebetween. The nacelle includes a fan casing with front and rear parts, a fixed assembly including a fixed structure and the front part, a mobile assembly with an openwork frame, a mobile cowl and the rear part and mobile between advanced and retracted positions in which a window is open between the secondary duct and the exterior of the nacelle, inner doors articulated between stowed and deployed positions, a first actuator for moving the frame and a second actuator for moving each inner door. The rear part is divided into outer flaps mobile between lowered and raised positions and is moved by an electric motor. A jet engine accordingly serves to increase retraction distance by freeing up part of the fan cowl and improve orientation of flow of air passing through the window by orienting the outer flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Laurent Presseq, Julie Cazalis, Lionel Sillieres, Bastian Sabathier, José Goncalves, Frédéric Piard, Lionel Czapla, Thierry Gaches, Frédéric Ridray, Pascal Gardes
  • Patent number: 11161619
    Abstract: A turbojet engine comprising an engine, a nacelle comprising a fan case, an intermediate case having a part forming a hub and an outer shroud radially spaced away from the hub by a secondary, or bypass, flow path and fixed to the hub via arms, in which the outer shroud is situated to the rear and in the continuity of the fan case, a fixed structure fixed to the outer shroud, a mobile assembly mounted with the ability to effect translational movement on the fixed structure, and a ramp fixed to the outer shroud and configured to direct the secondary or bypass flow to exit the outer shroud. Such a turbojet engine makes it possible to simplify assembly and among other things, makes it possible to fix the ramp directly to the outer shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Gardes, Frédéric Ridray, Frédéric Piard, José Goncalves
  • Patent number: 11143141
    Abstract: A nacelle having a window open between a secondary jet and the outside of the nacelle and comprising a fixed structure and a thrust-reversing system having a frame and outer doors articulated on the frame. The frame is translationally mobile on the fixed structure between an advanced position and a retracted position. Each outer door is mobile between a stowed position and a deployed position. The nacelle comprises at least one anti-vibration system which comprises a chock fixed to the fixed structure and having a hole, and a finger fixed to the outer door. The finger and the hole are configured so that the finger lodges in the hole when the frame is in advanced position. Such a nacelle makes it possible to limit the vibrations of the outer doors when they are in stowed position and before the mobile frame begins to be displaced to the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Ridray, Frédéric Piard
  • Patent number: 11072433
    Abstract: A locking system for locking a cowl to a fixed structure including first and second parts, the first part including a first hook moveable on the cowl and a first shaft fixed to the fixed structure in which the first hook is moveable between locked and unlocked positions, in which the second part includes a handle actuateable between closed and open positions, a second hook and a second shaft fixed to the fixed structure or to another cowl symmetric with the cowl, in which the second hook is moveable between locked and unlocked positions and in which the second hook is mounted where passage of the handle from the closed to open positions causes the second hook to pass from the locked into the unlocked position and vice versa, and in which the locking system also includes a transmission system to move the first hook from the locked into the unlocked position when the handle passes from the closed into the open position, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Thierry Gaches, Mathieu Kaleta, Pascal Gougeon, Lionel Czapla, Frédéric Piard, Bastian Sabathier, Lionel Sillieres
  • Patent number: 10995700
    Abstract: A jet engine including a motor with a fan casing and a nacelle which includes a mobile cowl and a main slider that is mobile in translation between an advanced position and a retracted position in which the mobile cowl and the fan casing define, between them, a window. The nacelle also includes reverser flaps and exterior flaps, each one being mounted articulated on the main slider between a stowed position in which it obstructs the window and a deployed position in which it does not obstruct the window, a secondary slider that is mobile in translation on the main slider between a first position and a second position, a transmission system making each reverser flap and exterior flap pass from the stowed position to the deployed position when the secondary slider passes from the first position to the second position, and a set of actuators that bring about a movement in translation of the main slider and of the secondary slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Frédéric Ridray, Lionel Czapla, Frédéric Piard
  • Patent number: 10836503
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle air intake structure including an air intake lip with a U-shaped section to ensure air is shared between an inner face and an outer face. An acoustic panel is on the intake lip rear on the side of the inner face level with a first assembly point. An outer panel is on the intake lip rear on the side of the outer face level with a second assembly point. A front reinforcing frame on the intake lip inside is fixed to the air intake lip on the side of the inner face level with a first fixing point and on the side of the outer face level with a second fixing point. The length of the chord between the stop point and each fixing point is between ? and ? of the total chord between the stop point and the assembly point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Eric Haramburu, Patrick Oberle, Grégory Albet, Vincent Billerot, Frédéric Piard, Franck Oundjian
  • Patent number: 10830089
    Abstract: A turbofan with a fan casing and a nacelle which comprises a fixed structure, a movable assembly with a movable cowl and a slide, which is translationally movable between an advanced position and a retreated position in which the movable cowl is moved away from the fan casing in order to define a window open between a duct and the outside of the nacelle, a plurality of blades, each being mounted rotatably on the slide, where each blade is movable between a retracted position in which the blade is outside of the duct and a deployed position in which the blade is across the duct, a set of actuators for moving the slide and an operating system configured to move each blade from the retracted position to the deployed position, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Gardes, Frédéric Ridray, Frédéric Piard
  • Patent number: 10690088
    Abstract: A turbofan including a motor with a fan casing and a nacelle which includes a mobile cowl and a main slider bearing gratings and being mobile in translation between an advanced position and a retracted position in which the mobile cowl and the fan casing define, between them, a window. The nacelle also includes reverser flaps, each one being mounted articulated on the main slider between a closed position in which it obstructs the window and an open position in which it does not obstruct the window, a secondary slider mounted mobile in translation on the main slider between a first position and a second position, a transmission system configured to make each reverser flap pass from the closed position to the open position when the secondary slider passes from the first position to the second position, and a set of actuators that bring about a movement in translation of the main slider, and of the secondary slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Frédéric Ridray, Lionel Czapla, Frédéric Piard
  • Patent number: 10655563
    Abstract: A nacelle has a fixed cowl and a mobile cowl, which is movable along a translation path between closing and opening positions, a window delimited by the fixed cowl and the mobile cowl and open between an airflow and exterior of the nacelle, a reverser flap rotatably mounted to move between closed and open positions, and a drive mechanism configured to control passage of the reverser flap between the closed and open positions as the mobile cowl moves between the closed and open positions. From the closing/closed positions, the drive mechanism assures a translation of the mobile cowl and a rotation of the reverser flap toward their respective opening/open positions. From the open/opening positions, the drive mechanism assures a rotation of the reverser flap and a translation of the mobile cowl toward their respective closed/closing position. In some embodiments, the nacelle further includes an additional, or second, flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Thierry Surply, Alain Porte, Patrick Oberle, Eric Haramburu, Thomas Sauvalle, Benoit Letay, Frédéric Piard, Vincent Billerot, Franck Oundjian
  • Publication number: 20200080513
    Abstract: A turbofan including a motor, nacelle and a secondary duct therebetween. The nacelle includes a fan casing with front and rear parts, a fixed assembly including a fixed structure and the front part, a mobile assembly with an openwork frame, a mobile cowl and the rear part and mobile between advanced and retracted positions in which a window is open between the secondary duct and the exterior of the nacelle, inner doors articulated between stowed and deployed positions, a first actuator for moving the frame and a second actuator for moving each inner door. The rear part is divided into outer flaps mobile between lowered and raised positions and is moved by an electric motor. A jet engine accordingly serves to increase retraction distance by freeing up part of the fan cowl and improve orientation of flow of air passing through the window by orienting the outer flaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Laurent Presseq, Julie Cazalis, Lionel Sillieres, Bastian Sabathier, José Goncalves, Frédéric Piard, Lionel Czapla, Thierry Gaches, Frédéric Ridray, Pascal Gardes
  • Publication number: 20200079516
    Abstract: A locking system for locking a cowl to a fixed structure including first and second parts, the first part including a first hook moveable on the cowl and a first shaft fixed to the fixed structure in which the first hook is moveable between locked and unlocked positions, in which the second part includes a handle actuateable between closed and open positions, a second hook and a second shaft fixed to the fixed structure or to another cowl symmetric with the cowl, in which the second hook is moveable between locked and unlocked positions and in which the second hook is mounted where passage of the handle from the closed to open positions causes the second hook to pass from the locked into the unlocked position and vice versa, and in which the locking system also includes a transmission system to move the first hook from the locked into the unlocked position when the handle passes from the closed into the open position, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Thierry Gaches, Mathieu Kaleta, Pascal Gougeon, Lionel Czapla, Frédéric Piard, Bastian Sabathier, Lionel Sillieres
  • Patent number: 10550796
    Abstract: A turbofan comprising a fan casing and a nacelle comprising a cowl translatable between an advanced position and a pushed-back position in which the mobile cowl and the fan casing define a window therebetween. The nacelle also comprises reverser flaps, each reverser flap being mounted in a linked manner on the mobile assembly between a closed position in which it obstructs the window and an open position in which it does not obstruct the window. The nacelle also has an impelling mechanism comprising a lever arm rotatable on the mobile assembly and having a roller, a connecting rod mounted rotatably between the reverser flap and the lever arm, and a channel receiving the roller, the channel having a front part parallel with the translation direction and a rear part extending after the front part and oriented inward as it progresses from the front toward the rear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Laurent Tizac, Frédéric Ridray, Lionel Czapla, Frédéric Piard
  • Publication number: 20200025139
    Abstract: A jet engine comprising an engine, a fan casing and a nacelle comprising a fixed structure and a thrust reversing system having a mobile assembly with a mobile cowl and a frame. The mobile assembly is translationally mobile on the fixed structure between an advanced and a retracted position to define a window between the secondary jet and outside of the nacelle. Inner and outer doors are mounted articulated between a stowed and a deployed position. For each pair of doors, a runner is translationally mobile between a first and second position. Switching each door of the pair from the stowed to the deployed position is mechanically associated with the runner switching from the first to the second position. For each runner, an actuator ensures the translational runner displacement from the first to the second position. Each runner comprises two portions fastened to one another to adjust the mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Frédéric RIDRAY, Frédéric PIARD
  • Publication number: 20190309704
    Abstract: A ducted fan turbojet including a nacelle including a fixed structure, a thrust reverser system having a frame, a mobile structure fastened to the frame, inner doors and outer doors hinged at the frame. The frame is mobile in translation on the fixed structure between a forward position and a rear position so as to define a window between the fixed structure and the mobile structure, the window being open between a bypass duct and the exterior of the nacelle. Each door is mobile between a stowed position and a deployed position and the mobile structure is assembled hinged on the frame via at least one hinge whose axis of rotation is globally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the ducted fan turbojet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Frédéric RIDRAY, Lionel CZAPLA, Frédéric PIARD
  • Publication number: 20190293019
    Abstract: A nacelle for a bypass turbojet engine having a secondary flow path, the nacelle exhibiting an open window between the secondary flow path and the outside of the nacelle and comprising a reverser system comprising doors in which each door is able to move between a stowed position in which the door closes off the window and a deployed position in which the door does not close off the window. For each door, at least one locking system is configured to lock the door in the stowed position, to unlock the door automatically when the door leaves its stowed position and to lock the door automatically when the door arrives in its stowed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Frédéric RIDRAY, Frédéric PIARD