Patents by Inventor Marc Farcy

Marc Farcy 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: 20230211874
    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear includes: a strut assembly hinged by its upper end to a structure element of the aircraft to pivot between deployed and retracted states; an interlocking system having a stay including an arm hinged to the strut assembly via a lifting pin carried by two lugs of a clevis of the strut assembly, this arm being terminated by a head through which the pin passes and which is located between the lugs; and a lifting jack having one end connected to a first end of the pin which is located outside the clevis, a first end stop carried by the pin at its first end beyond the jack, and a second end stop carried by the pin at its second end. The landing gear includes a system for translationally locking the lifting pin in the event of the pin breaking between its first end and the clevis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Philippe Domingos FERNANDES, Marc FARCY, Nicolas LUDGER
  • Patent number: 11407524
    Abstract: An aircraft undercarriage comprising a top portion (2) secured to the aircraft and a steerable bottom portion (3) carrying wheels and suitable for being steered by a steering control system (4) fitted to the undercarriage or else by an external towing device, the undercarriage being fitted with visual warning means (9) for indicating an angular overstroke. The visual warning means comprising at least one visual indicator (14) mounted to move between a retracted position that is invisible and an extended position that is visible. An aircraft provided with an undercarriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Philippe Fernandes, Marc Farcy, Christophe Clement
  • Patent number: 11142336
    Abstract: An aircraft undercarriage comprising a shock absorber further comprising first and second portions that are mounted to slide telescopically relative to each other and that can come into internal abutment in the event of the shock absorber being compressed, the undercarriage being fitted with a detector device for detecting the shock absorber coming into internal abutment, which comprises firstly a punch secured to the first portion of the shock absorber or to a portion of the undercarriage that does not slide relative to the first portion of the shock absorber, and secondly a sacrificial piece secured to the second portion of the shock absorber or to a portion of the undercarriage that does not slide relative to the second portion of the shock absorber, the punch and the sacrificial piece being arranged in such a manner that, in the event of the two portions of the shock absorber coming into internal abutment, the punch strikes the sacrificial piece so as to form an indentation therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Marc Farcy, Thibault Faure, Frédéric Renault
  • Publication number: 20200398996
    Abstract: An aircraft undercarriage comprising a top portion (2) secured to the aircraft and a steerable bottom portion (3) carrying wheels and suitable for being steered by a steering control system (4) fitted to the undercarriage or else by an external towing device, the undercarriage being fitted with visual warning means (9) for indicating an angular overstroke. The visual warning means comprising at least one visual indicator (14) mounted to move between a retracted position that is invisible and an extended position that is visible. An aircraft provided with an undercarriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Philippe FERNANDES, Marc FARCY, Christophe CLEMENT
  • Publication number: 20200339277
    Abstract: An aircraft undercarriage comprising a shock absorber further comprising first and second portions that are mounted to slide telescopically relative to each other and that can come into internal abutment in the event of the shock absorber being compressed, the undercarriage being fitted with a detector device for detecting the shock absorber coming into internal abutment, which comprises firstly a punch secured to the first portion of the shock absorber or to a portion of the undercarriage that does not slide relative to the first portion of the shock absorber, and secondly a sacrificial piece secured to the second portion of the shock absorber or to a portion of the undercarriage that does not slide relative to the second portion of the shock absorber, the punch and the sacrificial piece being arranged in such a manner that, in the event of the two portions of the shock absorber coming into internal abutment, the punch strikes the sacrificial piece so as to form an indentation therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Marc Farcy, Thibault Faure, Frédéric Renault
  • Patent number: 9574645
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steering actuator piston with a rack (6) for an aircraft landing gear (1) characterized in that the piston comprises a body (10) made of a lightweight alloy having an externally threaded main span (11) terminated on one side by a shoulder (12) and extended on the other side by a skirt (13), the body having screwed to it a tapped bronze bushing having on its outer wall at least one groove for receiving a seal, the skirt having a drilling to receive a pin for securing the piston to the rack, the bushing extending in service between the shoulder and the pin so that it is retained axially between the shoulder and the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
    Inventor: Marc Farcy
  • Publication number: 20150000433
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steering actuator piston with a rack (6) for an aircraft landing gear (1) characterized in that the piston comprises a body (10) made of a lightweight alloy having an externally threaded main span (11) terminated on one side by a shoulder (12) and extended on the other side by a skirt (13), the body having screwed to it a tapped bronze bushing having on its outer wall at least one groove for receiving a seal, the skirt having a drilling to receive a pin for securing the piston to the rack, the bushing extending in service between the shoulder and the pin so that it is retained axially between the shoulder and the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
    Inventor: Marc Farcy