Patents Assigned to Latecoere
  • Publication number: 20210348430
    Abstract: Device for opening an aircraft door in emergencies, said door being provided with an opening mechanism, including a device (2, 5) for actuating the opening mechanism, having: a tubular maneuvering member (2), and a second locking end (4) which has a stop surface (43); resilient compression device (5); a member for holding the second locking end (4), the holding member including a rotary lock (9) and a lever (44) which is suitable for cooperating with the stop surface (43), the rotary lock (9) being rotatable about the displacement axis of the maneuvering member (2); device (31) for activating the actuation device (2, 5) which are suitable for driving the rotary lock (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventor: Didier Molinari
  • Publication number: 20210348431
    Abstract: An emergency opening device for an aircraft door provided with an opening mechanism includes an actuation device (2, 5) for actuating the opening mechanism, having: a tubular operating member (2) equipped with a second locking end (4) that includes a radial retaining finger (19); flexible compression device (5); a retaining member (9) for the second locking end (4), the retaining member (9) including a hook (28) which has a stop surface, the retaining member (9) being rotatable about the movement axis of the operating member (2); activation device (31) for the actuation device (2, 5), adapted to cause the retaining member (9) to open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventor: Nicolas Capron
  • Publication number: 20210323654
    Abstract: Aircraft door (1) including an opening (4), a frame (3), a hinge structure (5) and a circular translation guide device designed to maintain the orientation of the opening (4) during the opening or closing thereof. The hinge structure (5) is connected to the opening (4) by a lifting arm (8) allowing a lifting movement of the opening (4) relative to the hinge structure (5). The circular translation guide device includes a single link (11) connected to the frame (3) by one of the ends thereof and by the other of the ends thereof to a lever (13) which is attached to the hinge structure (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventor: Martin Gildas
  • Publication number: 20210323655
    Abstract: Aircraft door (1) having: an opening panel (2) provided with engagement abutments (26); a frame (3) intended to be attached to the fuselage (4) of the aircraft and including engagement counter-abutments (27); a hinge arm (5); a lifting lever (10); and a rotary control lever (20) which can be operated in a disengagement direction in order to unlock the opening panel (2). The door includes a one-way operating rod (18) which connects the control lever (20) to the lifting lever (10) and is designed to drive the lifting lever (10) only when the control lever (20) is actuated in the direction of disengagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventor: Martin Gildas
  • Publication number: 20210261233
    Abstract: An emergency opening device for an aircraft door provided with an opening mechanism including an actuating device (2, 5) for the opening mechanism, which includes a tubular operating member (2); elastic compression device (5); an activation device (31) for the actuation device (2,5); the operating member (2) includes a first end element (10) and a second end element (11) which are freely translatable movable relative to each other along the movement axis (X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventor: Didier Molinari
  • Publication number: 20210214065
    Abstract: Aircraft pressurized cabin door (1) including an outer panel (2) and a door structure (3). The door structure (3) includes two circumferential beams (4) fastened to the lateral edges of the door (1); a plurality of longitudinal beams (5) arranged substantially perpendicularly between the circumferential beams (4) and fastened to the outer panel (2), each longitudinal beam (5) extending from one circumferential beam (4) to the other. Each longitudinal beam (5) is an open profile of which the opening (18) is directed toward the outer panel (2), this opening (18) being closed by the internal face of the outer panel (2) to which the longitudinal beam (5) is fastened. Each beam includes a structural redundancy element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventor: Sabastien DEVILLEZ
  • Publication number: 20210206465
    Abstract: An emergency exit door (2) for an aircraft cabin, the door includes an opening-assist mechanism and an opening/closing device having a control lever (7), which can selectively be actuated to either unlock the door (2) and permit the action of the door (2) opening assist mechanism or to lock the door (2). The control lever (7) includes an adaptation mechanism (10) for adjusting the lever arm, the adaptation mechanism (10) being moveable between at least two positions: an opening-action position and a closing-action position, the lever arm (LO) of the control lever (7) in the opening-action position being shorter than the lever arm (LF1, LF2) of the control lever (7) in the closing-action position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventor: Fabien LOUVEL
  • Publication number: 20210179253
    Abstract: The invention relates to an opening system (10) for an auxiliary door (20) of an airplane in a fuselage (30), the door and the fuselage having skins in the extension of one another. In one exemplary embodiment, the system (10) includes a framing lintel (11) integrated into the fuselage, an upper beam (2S) of the door structure arranged opposite the lintel (11), and a set of three lever links (4A, 4B, 4C). Each link is connected, on the one hand, to the lintel (11) by a lever articulation (5a, 6a) fixed relative to the fuselage (30) and, on the other hand, to the upper beam (2S) by a lever articulation (5b, 6b) mobile with the door (20), the articulations (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) being connected respectively to the lintel (11) and to the upper beam (2S) by fittings (41, 43; 42, 44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventors: Christian ROMEC, Renaud OTHOMENE
  • Patent number: 10969492
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide an architecture of a laser imager having high spatial resolution, compatible with an application installed on board a vehicle, in particular on board an aircraft. For this purpose, the invention proposes the generation of a piece of wide-field laser ranging information by a suitable remote optical system. An example of a piece of equipment (1) according to the invention installed on board an aircraft moving in an environment that is likely to contain obstacles (4), in particular an aircraft on the ground, includes a laser range finder (11) coupled to an optical fibre (F1) emitting laser pulses (I), which is itself coupled to an optical system providing an interface with the environment (12) via an optical cross-connect (13) coupled to a covered optical fibre bundle, in the form of laser illuminations (Fi).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Latecoere, Office National d'Etudes et Recherches Aerospatiales
    Inventors: Gerard Boucourt, Nicolas Riviere
  • Publication number: 20200398499
    Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly of regions (10a, 10b) of composite parts (2a, 2b) with thermoplastic matrix, including a plurality of riveting points along regions (10a, 10) of the parts that overlap through the superposition of two faces (12a, 12b) of these regions (10a, 10b) which are positioned facing one another, each region (10a, 10b) having another, opposite, face (11a, 11b) which remains visible with the part (2a, 2b). The riveting is performed using assembly ties (6) made of thermoplastic resin-based composite material compatible with the material of the parts (2a, 2b). These ties (6), which are made up at least in part of a stitch of backstitch produced using a filament of a material selected from a fiber coated with aramid resin, a carbon fiber and a glass fiber, are embedded in said regions (10a, 10b) and passing right through the same with an orientation comprised between 30° and 90° with respect to their faces (11a, 11b; 12a, 12b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventors: Christophe PERRIER, Jean Michel BORLOT
  • Publication number: 20200346768
    Abstract: An assembly for arming/disarming a slide of an airplane door according to the invention comprises a system with two releasable connection mechanisms (2) linked with the door (1) and a cabin floor of the airplane, each mechanism (2) comprising a releasable connector (21b) secured to the door (1), extending at right angles to the floor on each side of a door bottom, and an anchor fitting (22b) fixed to the cabin floor. Each connector (21b) is equipped with an elastic centering element (70) and a locking/unlocking grab (25b) on the corresponding anchor fitting (22b), the connectors (21b) being linked by a girt bar (5). Each grab (25b) being rotationally mobile, one of the grabs (25b) is driven by a single command (5; 25b) which drives the other grab in rotation via the girt bar (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventor: Christian ROMEC
  • Patent number: 10819955
    Abstract: An aircraft (11) includes an enclosure and a system for surveilling areas of interest inside the enclosure. The enclosure includes a transverse aisle (13) and a longitudinal aisle (15) that intersect at an intersection zone (19), a first access door (14) being located at one end of the transverse aisle (13) and a second access door (22) being located at one end of the longitudinal aisle. In addition, the surveillance system includes a panoramic camera (17) with a panoramic field of view, the camera being positioned at the intersection zone (19) such that an area of interest associated with the first access door (14) and an area of interest associated with the second access door is located within the field of view of the panoramic camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LATECOERE
    Inventors: Gerard Boucourt, Xavier Carrier, Laurent Groux
  • Patent number: 10752331
    Abstract: An aircraft emergency exit door (10) with opening mechanisms integrated by a grouping of the mechanisms into a door beam (3) located on a given side of a window (16) of standard dimensions. In the beam, an inner handle (1) is mounted on a main shaft (102) connected with a locking shaft (8A) on which there is mounted, against return springs (83), a door blocking/locking mechanism (8) comprising a lock (81). A mechanism for conditionally opening the door (100) includes a vent flap (110), a pivot connection (12) for coupling the flap (110) to the inner handle (1), and a blocking shaft (120) that has, at each end, a pressure lever (121) equipped with supports for blocking (122) and unblocking (123) the flap (110). Return springs (32) mounted against the conditional opening mechanism (100) are calibrated to allow the opening of the flap (110) by exerting reduced pressure in residual pressure variation conditions, and to prevent it from opening in overpressure conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Latecoere
    Inventors: Cyrille Bessettes, Damien Buchet
  • Patent number: 10733858
    Abstract: The monitoring and security of at least one enclosure, allowing a constant and complete view of the enclosure, and a modulated assessment of the state of security of same. The invention proposes to transmit images of the enclosure wirelessly to a mobile medium for helping the flight crew assess the situation and the measures to take in case of a sensitive security situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Latecoere
    Inventor: Boucourt Gerard
  • Publication number: 20190169915
    Abstract: The invention aims to integrate the activation of the opening/closing phases around a single electric motor, including the treatment of the external window that may be present. An airplane electric door according to the invention has a locking system provided with means for locking a safety catch and a system (200) for coordinating door movements having a single actuating electric motor (2), a cylindrical support (501) having a vertical rotation axis (Z?Z), said support (501) being intended to be rotated by the motor (2), and a fixed guide (91). The support (501) has at least one guideway (511) connected to the arm (6), this guideway (511) being at least partially helical along the vertical axis (Z?Z) of the support (501).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventors: Cyrille BESSETTES, Damien BUCHET, Nicolas LUTZI, Renaud OTHOMENE
  • Patent number: 10240383
    Abstract: An aircraft electric door including a locking system for actuating a safety catch for locking the door, a system for moving the door between open and closed positions, and a single electric motor for actuating both the locking system and the system for moving the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LATECOERE
    Inventors: Cyrille Bessettes, Damien Buchet, Nicolas Lutzi, Renaud Othomene
  • Patent number: 10207818
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying the external environment of the airplane. The system includes a camera mounted on the door of the airplane. The camera having lens for capturing the external environment illuminated by a illumination source in order to provide a video signal, and at least one display screen connected with the camera for receiving the video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: LATECOERE
    Inventors: Cyrille Besettes, Laurent Groux, Christophe Perrier
  • Publication number: 20180319479
    Abstract: An aircraft emergency exit door (10) with opening mechanisms integrated by a grouping of the mechanisms into a door beam (3) located on a given side of a window (16) of standard dimensions. In the beam, an inner handle (1) is mounted on a main shaft (102) connected with a locking shaft (8A) on which there is mounted, against return springs (83), a door blocking/locking mechanism (8) comprising a lock (81). A mechanism for conditionally opening the door (100) includes a vent flap (110), a pivot connection (12) for coupling the flap (110) to the inner handle (1), and a blocking shaft (120) that has, at each end, a pressure lever (121) equipped with supports for blocking (122) and unblocking (123) the flap (110). Return springs (32) mounted against the conditional opening mechanism (100) are calibrated to allow the opening of the flap (110) by exerting reduced pressure in residual pressure variation conditions, and to prevent it from opening in overpressure conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventors: Cyrille BESSETTES, Damien BUCHET
  • Publication number: 20180284283
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide an architecture of a laser imager having high spatial resolution, compatible with an application installed on board a vehicle, in particular on board an aircraft. For this purpose, the invention proposes the generation of a piece of wide-field laser ranging information by a suitable remote optical system. An example of a piece of equipment (1) according to the invention installed on board an aircraft moving in an environment that is likely to contain obstacles (4), in particular an aircraft on the ground, includes a laser range finder (11) coupled to an optical fibre (F1) emitting laser pulses (I), which is itself coupled to an optical system providing an interface with the environment (12) via an optical cross-connect (13) coupled to a covered optical fibre bundle, in the form of laser illuminations (Fi).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicants: LATECOERE, OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES
    Inventors: Gerard BOUCOURT, Nicolas RIVIERE
  • Publication number: 20180273156
    Abstract: The invention proposes a simple system, with small space requirement, without hinge arms or sealing skirt, while providing secure and effective opening. To achieve this, the invention provides a door opening by a lateral guidance defining an integrated doubling-back kinematics, towards the interior then the exterior of the fuselage. An opening system of an emergency door (1) is positioned in an aircraft fuselage (2), the door and the fuselage comprising respective frameworks (11, 21) extending opposite each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: LATECOERE
    Inventors: Patrick VERGNOT, Christian ROMEC