Patents by Inventor Vincent Bourguet

Vincent Bourguet 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: 6663192
    Abstract: The invention relates to an architecture for a hydraulic braking system suitable for an aircraft of the type having at least one group of main landing gear units, each landing gear unit comprising a determined number of wheels each provided with a hydraulically actuated brake, the or each landing gear group being associated with a hydraulic circuit provided with hydraulic equipment and adapted to deliver hydraulic fluid under pressure to all of the brakes of the landing gear group, the hydraulic fluid being pressurized by at least one aircraft pressure generator system associated with an aircraft hydraulic fluid supply. According to the invention, accumulators are connected on the or each circuit in sufficient number for each accumulator to feed two pairs of brakes, each pair of brakes being mounted on a distinct landing gear unit, and an electrically-driven pump being arranged to maintain a predetermined pressure level in all of the accumulators of the circuit in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Messier-Bugatti
    Inventors: Vincent Bourguet, Walid Hamzeh
  • Publication number: 20020057012
    Abstract: The invention relates to an architecture for a hydraulic braking system suitable for an aircraft of the type having at least one group of main landing gear units, each landing gear unit comprising a determined number of wheels each provided with a hydraulically actuated brake, the or each landing gear group being associated with a hydraulic circuit provided with hydraulic equipment and adapted to deliver hydraulic fluid under pressure to all of the brakes of the landing gear group, the hydraulic fluid being pressurized by at least one aircraft pressure generator system associated with an aircraft hydraulic fluid supply. According to the invention, accumulators are connected on the or each circuit in sufficient number for each accumulator to feed two pairs of brakes, each pair of brakes being mounted on a distinct landing gear unit, and an electrically-driven pump being arranged to maintain a predetermined pressure level in all of the accumulators of the circuit in question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: MESSIER-BUGATTI
    Inventors: Vincent Bourguet, Walid Hamzeh
  • Patent number: 5397173
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electro-hydraulic braking system for the wheels of aircraft landing gear. The system comprises two hydraulic pressure sources each feeding a hydraulic circuit that leads to the brakes of two groups of wheels via a single braking control stage. A circuit connects either a solenoid valve electrically controlled by the control unit or else a double metering valve mechanically controlled by the brake pedals via two shuttle valves, to one inlet of each control stage. A second circuit directly connects a solenoid valve to a second inlet of each of said control stages. Each control stage includes two symmetrical internal circuits having one servo-valve per corresponding brake, which servo-valves are cross-connected by means of a respective corresponding controlled valve. In the event of one of the circuits breaking down, the servo-valves associated with the other circuit then serve, after automatic reconfiguration, also to provide braking and anti-skid control in a paired tandem mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Messier-Bugatti
    Inventor: Vincent Bourguet