Patents by Inventor Stephane Viala

Stephane Viala 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: 9950801
    Abstract: An aircraft with an electric propulsion arrangement which includes a fuselage, a wing system attached to the fuselage, and a tail unit attached to a rear part of the fuselage. The electric propulsion arrangement is arranged on each side of the fuselage, an electrical energy generator and electricity storage and supply devices are arranged substantially along a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the fuselage. The aircraft thus incorporates a hybrid motorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS SAS
    Inventors: Stéphane Viala, Jason Zaneboni, Bruno Saint-Jalmes
  • Publication number: 20140367510
    Abstract: An aircraft with an electric propulsion arrangement which includes a fuselage, a wing system attached to the fuselage, and a tail unit attached to a rear part of the fuselage. The electric propulsion arrangement is arranged on each side of the fuselage, an electrical energy generator and electricity storage and supply devices are arranged substantially along a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the fuselage. The aircraft thus incorporates a hybrid motorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Stéphane Viala, Jason Zaneboni, Bruno Saint-Jalmes
  • Patent number: 7967243
    Abstract: The invention relates to a configuration of engines (3) for aircraft located in the rear part of the fuselage (2) of said aircraft, the engines (3) being attached in a fixed manner by pylons (5) to the structure of the aircraft, said structure comprising a torsion box (14) which traverses the fuselage (2) and is used to attach the pylons (5), the fuselage (2) comprising an opening (4) allowing the passage of the suspension pylons (5) for the engines (3), said configuration further comprising a pivoting area (8), an actuator (7) and a fitting (6) through which the actuator (7) is attached to the suspension pylons (5) and to the torsion box (14) of the aircraft, such that the assembly formed by the actuator (7) and the fitting (6) allow balancing the pylon (5) and engine (3) assembly of the aircraft through the pivoting area (8), thus achieving controllable and optimal thrust vectoring of the aircraft for each flight phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Jorge Pablo Verde Preckler, José Miguel Vizarro Toribio, Raúl Carlos Llamas Sandin, Stephane Viala
  • Publication number: 20090159741
    Abstract: The invention relates to a configuration of engines (3) for aircraft located in the rear part of the fuselage (2) of said aircraft, the engines (3) being attached in a fixed manner by pylons (5) to the structure of the aircraft, said structure comprising a torsion box (14) which traverses the fuselage (2) and is used to attach the pylons (5), the fuselage (2) comprising an opening (4) allowing the passage of the suspension pylons (5) for the engines (3), said configuration further comprising a pivoting area (8), an actuator (7) and a fitting (6) through which the actuator (7) is attached to the suspension pylons (5) and to the torsion box (14) of the aircraft, such that the assembly formed by the actuator (7) and the fitting (6) allow balancing the pylon (5) and engine (3) assembly of the aircraft through the pivoting area (8), thus achieving controllable and optimal thrust vectoring of the aircraft for each flight phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Jorge Pablo Verde Preckler, Jose Miguel Vizarro Toribio, Raul Carlos Llamas Sandin, Stephane Viala
  • Patent number: 6880785
    Abstract: Rapid-opening door. According to the invention, on its face (1.4) immediately adjacent to the pressurized space (4), the door (1) is provided with a projecting lip (10.2) in the vicinity of its free edge (11), accelerating the opening of said door in the event of decompression of the space (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Olivier Barbara, Stéphane Viala
  • Publication number: 20040000094
    Abstract: Rapid-opening door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Olivier Barbara, Stephane Viala
  • Patent number: 6443395
    Abstract: Air inlet cowl for a jet engine equipped with deicing means. According to the invention, the hollow leading edge (16) of said cowl (9) comprises a mixer (19) for forming, at each moment, a mixture of the stream of hot air (20) being injected and some, previously injected, of the stream of air that is recirculating. This evens out the temperature inside said leading edge (16), eliminating hot spots and optimizing the de-icing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Stéphane Viala, Olivier Barbara
  • Patent number: 6427434
    Abstract: A device for discharging hot air for a jet engine air inlet cowl, with a deicing circuit. The air inlet cowl for a jet engine, the leading edge of which is hollow and swept with a flow of deicing hot air, includes orifices for discharging the hot air flow to the outside of the leading edge, which form an arrangement such that at least two pressurized hot air jets passing through two adjacent orifices have, downstream of a calibration piece in which the orifices are made, different inclinations with respect to the calibration piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Matra Airbus
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Stéphane Viala
  • Publication number: 20020027180
    Abstract: According to the invention, the hollow leading edge (16) of said cowl (9) comprises a mixer (19) for forming, at each moment, a mixture of the stream of hot air (20) being injected and some, previously injected, of the stream of air that is recirculating. This evens out the temperature inside said leading edge (16), eliminating hot spots and optimizing the de-icing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Stephane Viala, Olivier Barbara
  • Publication number: 20010003897
    Abstract: Device for discharging hot air for a jet engine air inlet cowl, with a deicing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Stephane Viala
  • Patent number: D735633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Viala, Jason Zaneboni, Bruno Saint-Jalmes