Patents by Inventor Jean-Yves Elegoet

Jean-Yves Elegoet 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: 8887511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nacelle (1) for a jet engine (4) comprising a forward air inlet section (5), a mid-section (6) intended to surround a jet engine fan, and an aft section (9), at least one portion forming the aft section being connected to the mid-section via an at least partially peripheral radial knife-edge (31) capable of engaging by complementarity of shape with a corresponding groove (32) belonging to a portion (6a) of the mid-section, characterized in that the knife-edge comprises at least one reinforcing segment (35, 36) situated in a region for accommodating high loads, said reinforcing segment being made from a material which is stronger than the remainder of the knife-edge and tailored to the loads which are to be borne by said segment in this region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Aircelle
    Inventors: Etienne Germain, Jean-Yves Elegoët, Patrice Dhainault
  • Patent number: 8789355
    Abstract: Disclosed is a structure for a grid-type thrust reverser, the reverser including an upper beam, a lower beam, and two half-frames fastened to the upper beam and the lower beam, and hollow structures defined by the two half-frames, the hollow structures each having upper ends and lower ends, wherein at least one of the upper and lower beams includes integral parts delimited by walls, the walls forming casings fitted into and blocking corresponding ends of the half-frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Aircelle
    Inventor: Jean-Yves Elegoet
  • Publication number: 20110233305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a structure for a thrust inverter, that comprises: a boom (3, 5) for a thrust inverter structure, that comprises an integrated portion defining a bowl to be inserted into and attached to a front half-frame (1) of said thrust inverter; a front half-frame (1) for the thrust inverter structure, shaped at least one of its two ends so as to be fitted on and attached to a bowl of a boom according to the above; and a thrust inverter half-structure, characterised in that it comprises upper (3) and lower (5) booms and a front half-frame (1) according to the above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: AIRCELLE
    Inventor: Jean-Yves Elegoet
  • Publication number: 20100229526
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nacelle (1) for a jet engine (4) comprising a forward air inlet section (5), a mid-section (6) intended to surround a jet engine fan, and an aft section (9), at least one portion forming the aft section being connected to the mid-section via an at least partially peripheral radial knife-edge (31) capable of engaging by complementarity of shape with a corresponding groove (32) belonging to a portion (6a) of the mid-section, characterized in that the knife-edge comprises at least one reinforcing segment (35, 36) situated in a region for accommodating high loads, said reinforcing segment being made from a material which is stronger than the remainder of the knife-edge and tailored to the loads which are to be borne by said segment in this region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Etienne Germain, Jean-Yves Elegoet, Patrice Dhainault