Patents Assigned to Intertechnique
  • Patent number: 8720437
    Abstract: A head protective equipment comprises: —a breathing mask (2) connectable to a breathing-gas source and adapted to be applied, in a use position, around an user's nose and mouth, for supplying said user with breathing gas; —a shield (6) adapted to be applied around the user's eyes; and—first and second lock elements (28, 30, 38, 40), respectively located on said mask and on said shield, and adapted to cooperate with each other in order to secure said shield to said mask when said mask is in said use position around said user's nose and mouth, said first and second elements being adapted to create a snap-together connection, —said shield and said mask being adapted to be locked together by a two-step movement, the first step consisting in approaching the shield to the mask until said shield reaches said mask, and the second step being a substantially linear movement until locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventors: Severine Aubonnet, Frederic Berthet
  • Patent number: 8616516
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a mounting bracket for use in connection with a rail, for assembling cabin interior components into an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Intertechnique S.A.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rittner, Rudiger Meckes, Hasso Weinmann
  • Patent number: 8485473
    Abstract: According to the invention, the method comprises exposing a surface (3) sensitive to relative wind and monitoring the thermal flow variations between the surface (3) and the aerodynamic flow, said variations resulting from that of the forced-convection thermal exchange coefficient between the surface (3) and the aerodynamic flow depending on the rime or ice build-up, using the temperature sensor (12) under the surface (3), considering that stripping occurs by the flow of an ice layer formed on the surface (3) if it is detected, preferably after heating by at least one heater (4), that there is a brisk rise of the flow at a temperature close to 0° C., and supplying after the detection of ice stripping, a signal indicating the presence of rime or rime conditions. A cooler (5) may cool the surface (3) for anticipating the formation of ice with a heating process. The invention can be used for detecting rime and/or rime conditions on a flying aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventors: Nicolas Picco, Bruno Thillays, Philippe Portier, Francois Larue
  • Patent number: 8474456
    Abstract: Oxygen breathing masks, as well as methods of providing oxygen to persons, are detailed. The devices may include mechanisms for supplying either oxygen or ambient air to a person depending on inspiration pressure applied by the person to a first volume to which the person's mouth and/or nose is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Intertechnique, S.A.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rittner, Rudiger Meckes
  • Patent number: 8464717
    Abstract: A breathing mask (1) for aircraft crewmember or passenger comprises a rigid portion (3) to be fit against the face of an user, said rigid portion comprising elements to bring a breathable gas to the user. The breathing mask further comprises an extensible harness (4) having end portions (5) connected to said rigid portion and including an inflatable element (6) connected to a source (7) of pressurized gas through a manually operable valve which delivers the pressurized gas to the inflatable element for extending the harness when actuated, and which reduces the pressure in said inflatable element to retract the harness and to cause the rigid portion to engage the face of the user when released. The source of pressurized gas is an autonomous container (7) supported by the rigid portion and containing the pressurized gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventor: Vincent Greter
  • Publication number: 20130126676
    Abstract: The aircraft refuelling equipment (20) of an aircraft comprises a pipework (22) in which a fuel supply line (13) is connected to a plurality of tank supply lines, fuel tanks connected to tank supply lines of the pipework, first valves (24, 25,26) allowing each fuel tank to be disconnected from the fuel supply line, and at least one captor (30) that provides a signal indicative of a pressure or a flow rate. For each of said first valves, a first valve flow parameter can be estimated, using said captor. The equipment further comprises:—at least one actuator associated with each of said first valves, the actuator allowing adjustment of the opening of the associated first valve; and an electronic control unit (ECU) connected to the respective actuator-first valve assemblies and adapted to regulate an opening of the first ECU valves, using respective first valve flow parameter data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Intertechnique
    Inventors: Nicolas Travers, Antoine Veyrat-Masson
  • Patent number: 8393326
    Abstract: A device for oxygen supply of a user in an aircraft comprising a breathing mask (20), a stowage box (1) for the breathing mask and an oxygen supply hose (22) having one end connected to the stowage box and the other end connected to the breathing mask, wherein the device further comprises means (3) to fix the stowage box in a ceiling of the aircraft, an aperture on the bottom side of the stowage box closed by a door (7) and a leash (28) connected to the stowage box by one end and to the breathing mask by the other end so that, when the door is open, the mask falls and is kept hovered by the oxygen supply hose and the leash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventors: Leopoldine Bachelard, Sebastien Bruckert
  • Publication number: 20130037029
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement of a plurality of oxygen breathing devices, in particular for providing oxygen to passenger or crew of an aircraft, each oxygen breathing device comprising an oxygen source, wherein oxygen is stored, in particular in chemically bound form or compressed form, an oxygen guiding device for guiding oxygen from the oxygen source to a person. According to the invention, an arrangement of a plurality of oxygen breathing devices is provided, wherein a first one of said plurality of oxygen breathing devices further comprises an integrated transmitter comprising a sender adapted for wireless communication with a receiver of a second one of said oxygen breathing devices and a receiver adapted for wireless communication with a sender of said second oxygen breathing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Intertechnique, S.A.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rittner, Rudiger Meckes, Peter Glosekotter, Christoph Bauer
  • Publication number: 20130020845
    Abstract: Passenger seat for a system of passenger seats of an aircraft cabin, comprising: a seat body, an energy harvesting system for providing electrical energy, in particular for use in the passenger seat electrical net and/or aircraft electrical net, wherein an energy harvesting device of the energy harvesting system is provided to the seat body, wherein the energy harvesting device is adapted for capturing from the seat body ambient energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Intertechnique
    Inventors: GUNTER BOOMGARDEN, MARK NIEDOSTATEK, WOLFGANG RITTNER
  • Patent number: 8261744
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement of a plurality of oxygen breathing devices, in particular for providing oxygen to passenger or crew of an aircraft, each oxygen breathing device comprising an oxygen source, wherein oxygen is stored, in particular in chemically bound form or compressed form, an oxygen guiding device for guiding oxygen from the oxygen source to a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Intertechnique, S.A.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rittner, Rudiger Meckes, Peter Glosekotter, Christoph Bauer
  • Patent number: 8261743
    Abstract: The invention relates to a breathing apparatus for providing a respiratory gas to a crewmember in a cabin of an aircraft, said breathable apparatus comprising an air inlet (5) for admission of ambient air in said breathing apparatus, an additional gas inlet (2) for admission of additional gas in said breathing apparatus, an outlet nozzle (4) for feeding said crew member with the respiratory gas comprising said ambient air and/or additional gas, said breathing apparatus further comprising neutralizing means (70, 141) for neutralizing at least partially the admission of said additional gas below a predefined cabin altitude (Z1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventors: Leopoldine Bachelard, Vincent Gillotin
  • Patent number: 8225791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a respiratory gas supply circuit for an aircraft carrying passengers and/or crewmembers (1) in a cabin, including a source of breathable gas (R1, R2), at least one supply line (20) connected to said source, a first actuating device (60, 12) provided on said supply line to open at least partially or close the supply of breathable gas, a respiratory device (50) adapted to be worn on one passenger or crewmember's face, said respiratory device being connected to said supply line, and further including an ambient air inlet (40), said respiratory device providing to said one passenger or crewmember a respiratory gas to be inhaled corresponding to ambient air and/or breathable gas, wherein said ambient air inlet further includes a second actuating device (4, 11) to open at least partially or close said ambient air inlet; and, both said first and second actuating devices are operated so that at least one of said first and second actuating devices is closed at each instant of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventor: Vincent Greter
  • Patent number: 8188665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) which is electrically connected to an anode and a source. According to the invention one of the anode and the source is thermally coupled to a first heat conductor, the heat conductor being thermally coupled to a first Peltier element to convert thermal energy transmitted from and generated in the light emitting crystal when the light emitting crystal is provided with electrical energy into electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Intertechnique, S.A.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rittner, Rudiger Meckes, Gunter Boomgaarden
  • Patent number: 8171932
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oxygen breathing device for an aircraft, in particular for oxygen supply to crew member in a cockpit of an aircraft, comprising a filter unit having an inflow port and an outflow port, the filter unit being adapted to extract nitrogen from an air flow flowing from the inflow port to the outflow port through the filter unit, wherein the filter unit is adapted to receive compressed air, preferably, bleed air from a precompressor stage of a turbine driving the aircraft, or directly by a separate electrically driven compressor, via a bleed air supply line connected to the inflow port, a first pressure regulator in the bleed air supply line, a first water separator which is arranged in the bleed air supply line in flow direction of the bleed air before the first pressure regulator and a connection port which can be brought in fluid communication with said outflow port of the filter unit and which is adapted to be coupled to at least one oxygen supply mask via an oxygen supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Intertechnique, S.A.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rittner, Rudiger Meckes, Mark Niedostatek
  • Patent number: 7584753
    Abstract: A demand and dilution mask regulator comprising an oxygen feed circuit and a dilution circuit for supplying air. The oxygen feed circuit and the dilution circuit are connected to a mixing chamber (35). In the dilution circuit, the inhaled breathe-in air flow rate is measured through a capillary duct (43) connected to a Venturi construction (41). A method of regulating the flow rate of additional oxygen uses flow rate data measured through the capillary duct (43) for controlling the oxygen flow rate to be supplied to the mixing chamber (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventors: Séverine Aubonnet, Patrick Maire, Didier Lamourette, Benoît Estaca Sagot
  • Patent number: 7575006
    Abstract: The invention relates to a respirator mask with hygienic protection. More specifically, the invention relates to a respirator face mask (2) which provides physiological protection, comprising: an oronasal face piece (10), a semi-flexible lip element (6) which is used to position the oronasal face piece (10) on the user's face (1), and hygienic protection means (4) which are removably-positioned at least partially inside the mask (2). The aforementioned removable protection means (4) comprise (i) a first part (4a) which provides hygienic protection and (ii) a second part (4b) which maintains the hygienic protection means (4) inside the mask (2), said second part (4b) co-operating elastically with the above-mentioned semi-flexible lip element (6) or the face piece (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventor: Robert Schegerin
  • Patent number: 7549420
    Abstract: The invention concerns a protective headgear comprising a respirator (2) capable of being connected to a breathing mixture source, an eye protecting shield (5) and first (32) and second (56) lock elements, respectively located on the respirator (2) and on the shield (6) and adapted to co-operate with each other to secure the shield (6) to the respirator (2), when the respirator is in its use position on the user's face, the first (32) and second (56) lock elements being adapted to be mutually engaged and interlocked by a movement bringing the shield (6) closer to the respirator (2), from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventors: Patrice Martinez, Jean-Claude Urgel, Patrick Maire, Philippe Gerard, Xavier Flament
  • Patent number: 7434685
    Abstract: A storage case for aircraft flight personnel's goggles is provided. The storage case has a case bottom and two doors. Each door has a closure adapted to maintain the goggles in the case between the case bottom and the doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventors: Patrice Martinez, Gilles Pena, Laurent Preveyraud
  • Patent number: 7434766
    Abstract: Systems for supplying emergency oxygen or other gases to persons are addressed. The systems may include pod assemblies mounted on fixed-position masts between or adjacent passenger seats or pop-up modules installed within upper portions of seat backs. The pod assemblies and pop-up modules additionally may include other passenger-service equipment. Also optionally included in the systems are modular central gas supplies and alternative oxygen mask designs for passengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignees: Weber Aircraft LP, Intertechnique
    Inventors: Alexander N. Pozzi, Scott F. Carbary, Paul R. Bentley, Marc Andre Coutu, Vincent Greter
  • Patent number: RE44545
    Abstract: The invention relates to a respirator mask with hygienic protection. More specifically, the invention relates to a respirator face mask (2) which provides physiological protection, comprising: an oronasal face piece (10), a semi-flexible lip element (6) which is used to position the oronasal face piece (10) on the user's face (1), and hygienic protection means (4) which are removably-positioned at least partially inside the mask (2). The aforementioned removable protection means (4) comprise (i) a first part (4a) which provides hygienic protection and (ii) a second part (4b) which maintains the hygienic protection means (4) inside the mask (2), said second part (4b) co-operating elastically with the above-mentioned semi-flexible lip element (6) or the face piece (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Intertechnique
    Inventor: Robert Schegerin