Patents by Inventor René Le Guillou

René Le Guillou 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: 11854435
    Abstract: A device that makes it possible to make the movements of moving platforms safer and relates more particularly to a linear actuator that can be used in a hexapod positioner supporting a load is provided. The actuator is actuated by electric control and comprises at least one hydraulic damper positioned on the actuator such that the forces generated by damping in the event of extreme breakdown are experienced only by the load and are distributed such as to limit force and acceleration peaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: René Le Guillou, Maxime Bonnet
  • Publication number: 20210390874
    Abstract: A vibration system for a simulator cockpit which includes at least one pilot seat. The vibration system comprises a vibration module for the pilot seat, the seat vibration module being composed of a platform having a top face to which the pilot seat is fixed and a bottom face to which a motor drive system is coupled. The motor drive system comprises independent mechanical means allowing the platform to be made to vibrate on three orthogonal axes, and is coupled to a control module configured to independently actuate each mechanical means and vary, in real time, the amplitude of the vibratory movements of the platform on each orthogonal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Rémy DISPAGNE, Maxime BONNET, René LE GUILLOU
  • Patent number: 11132917
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for controlling a control instrument of a simulation system reproducing a desired system, in response to a force applied onto the control instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Rémy Dispagne, René Le Guillou
  • Publication number: 20210090456
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for controlling a control instrument of a simulation system reproducing a desired system, in response to a force applied onto the control instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Rémy DISPAGNE, René LE GUILLOU
  • Publication number: 20200258415
    Abstract: A foot-braking simulation device for a simulator includes a mechanical braking module configured for supplying a linear effort value in response to a press on a brake pedal; an electromagnetic friction module configured for supplying a friction force value in response to the press on brake pedal; and a software calculation module configured for combining the values obtained from the mechanical braking and electromagnetic friction modules to calculate a control value, and generate variable force feedback on the brake pedal as a function of the control value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Matthieu DAVIEAU, René LE GUILLOU
  • Publication number: 20200152076
    Abstract: A device that makes it possible to make the movements of moving platforms safer and relates more particularly to a linear actuator that can be used in a hexapod positioner supporting a load is provided. The actuator is actuated by electric control and comprises at least one hydraulic damper positioned on the actuator such that the forces generated by damping in the event of extreme breakdown are experienced only by the load and are distributed such as to limit force and acceleration peaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: René LE GUILLOU, Maxime BONNET
  • Patent number: 8578811
    Abstract: A hexapod actuator device, notably used in flight simulators or driving simulators, includes six legs. A first end of each leg is notably mobilizable along a straight segment by virtue of a motorized carriage. The hexapod actuator comprises notably six segments of straight lines that may be coplanar or inclined with respect to the ground. A second end of each leg may be mounted free on a ball joint with three degrees of freedom in rotation. Each of the ball joints is secured to a mobile platform. The device lies in the field of systems allowing motion to be imparted to pilot cabins for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Robert Alet, René Le Guillou
  • Publication number: 20120180593
    Abstract: A hexapod actuator device, notably used in flight simulators or driving simulators, includes six legs. A first end of each leg is notably mobilizable along a straight segment by virtue of a motorized carriage. The hexapod actuator comprises notably six segments of straight lines that may be coplanar or inclined with respect to the ground. A second end of each leg may be mounted free on a ball joint with three degrees of freedom in rotation. Each of the ball joints is secured to a mobile platform. The device lies in the field of systems allowing motion to be imparted to pilot cabins for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Robert Alet, René Le Guillou
  • Patent number: 5291787
    Abstract: A vibration testing platform includes, on one side, a fastening point connected to three actuators placed in orthogonal directions to one another by link-rods hinged at both ends thereof and, on the other side, three fastening points, each point being connected to the ground by a link-rod hinged at both ends thereof. The two end link-rods are vertically oriented and the third one is horizontally oriented and placed in a transversal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Jacques Laforest, Rene Le Guillou