Patents Assigned to Safran Electronics & Defense
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Publication number: 20240145191Abstract: This bistable switch (24) is intended to be fitted in an aircraft and comprises a frame (26) and a control means (34, 94) which is intended to be operated by a user, the control means (34, 94) being movable relative to the frame (26) between a first control position and a second control position. This switch (24) comprises a leaf spring (52) which is mechanically connected to the frame (26) and to the control means (34, 94), the leaf spring (52) being arranged in a buckling state and being configured to switch between the two control positions in each of its two stable buckling positions, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventor: Hector Morinet
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Publication number: 20240129160Abstract: The present invention relates to a bidirectional data communication method for a bidirectional data communication system (100), in particular an embedded bidirectional data communication system (100), comprising: at least one first communicating device (200a) configured to implement a single-pair Ethernet protocol and one second communicating device (200b) configured to implement a single-pair Ethernet protocol and comprising a second packet management module (220b) connected to a first physical link management module (231b) and to a second physical link managment module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Safran Electronics & DefenseInventors: Patrice TOILLON, Thiebault JEANDON
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Patent number: 11945571Abstract: A piloting device arranged to be integrated in a pre-existing aircraft that includes original systems comprising both a flight control system and an autopilot system is distinct from and autonomous relative to the original systems and includes a positioning unit and a control unit. The positioning unit is arranged to produce positioning data for the pre-existing aircraft. The control unit is arranged to perform a geofencing function from the positioning data produced by the positioning unit and to produce an alternative piloting setpoint for the pre-existing aircraft. The alternative piloting setpoint is adapted to supplement both a manual piloting setpoint produced by a pilot of the pre-existing aircraft via the flight control system and also an autopilot setpoint produced by the autopilot system.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Alexandre Guyamier, Julien Farjon, Nicolas Cadalen
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Patent number: 11946743Abstract: Angular sensor with vibrating resonator includes a supporting structure, a first mass and a second mass which are concentric, and mechanical springs arranged symmetrically in pairs, the pairs themselves being arranged symmetrically with respect to one another. Each spring comprises a first elastic leaf and a second elastic leaf which are connected to one another by one end, the first elastic leaf of one of the springs of each pair being parallel to the second elastic leaf of the other of the springs of the same pair. The four elastic leaves of at least one pair comprise two adjacent pairs of leaves making an angle of approximately 45° between them. The sensor is not provided with electrostatic springs.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Alain Jeanroy, Philippe Onfroy
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Patent number: 11947100Abstract: A telescope including a fastener plate, a primary mirror carried by a front face of the plate, and a secondary mirror held facing the primary mirror by a support, wherein the support includes a primary sleeve mounted around the primary mirror, a secondary sleeve mounted around the secondary mirror, and arms connecting the secondary sleeve to the primary sleeve, and in that the arms are curved towards the primary mirror.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Charlotte Hoeltzel, Cédric Tacconi, Christophe Furui, Franck Seillier, Guillaume Anna
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Publication number: 20240102540Abstract: Rudder pedal and brake inceptor devices are described that utilize a straight-line mechanism and rotary joints to achieve straight line motion in a compact volume. The devices can include four or more bar linkages that translate forward motion of a pedal into a rotary motion of a common shaft, such that forward motion of one pedal causes the other pedal to retract while allowing for yaw motion control of the aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Safran Electronics & Defense, Avionics USA, LLCInventors: Ryan Fleming, Andrew Wright
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Patent number: 11941079Abstract: A method for assisting with the navigation of a fleet of vehicles including a main vehicle and a secondary vehicle that is mobile in relation to the main vehicle, the method including receiving relative movement data, acquired by one or more sensors, between the main vehicle and the secondary vehicle, estimating a navigation status of the fleet of vehicles by an invariant Kalman filter using the received data as observations, the navigation status including first variables representing a first rigid transformation linking a location mark associated with the main vehicle to a reference point, and second variables representing a second rigid transformation linking a location mark associated with the main vehicle to a location mark associated with the secondary vehicle, the invariant Kalman filter using, as an internal composition law, a law including a term-by term composition of the first rigid transformation and the second rigid transformation.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Emmanuel Robert, Axel Barrau, Thomas Bernal
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Patent number: 11929650Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine comprising a rotor and a stator. The rotor (40, 4) comprises a plurality of permanent magnets (4), the stator comprises a plurality of coils suitable for being powered by an electric current and two Hall effect sensors (6) on supports (60). The sensors are configured to detect a change in gradient of the normal component of a magnetic field generated by the permanent magnets (4). The stator comprises a part (7) comprising —a first zone (7a), —a second zone (7b), and a third zone (7c) extending from the first zone (7a) up to the second zone (7b). The maximum radial thickness of the third zone (7c) is less than the minimum radial thickness of the first zone and the second zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Alberto Rossi, Jérôme Piaton, Benjamin Daguse
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Patent number: 11927429Abstract: A system for firing a projectile mounted on a carrier, the decision assistance system comprising: a first simulator for simulating a navigation system of the carrier and configured to produce a precision of a solution for navigation of the carrier; a second simulator for simulating a navigation system of the projectile and configured to be initialized with the precision of the solution for navigation of the carrier and produce a precision of a solution for navigation of the projectile; and a selector configured to select or not the projectile as projectile to be fired as a function of the precision of a solution for navigation of the projectile.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Alexandre Bouvet, Laurent Goumy, Yoann Chevalier
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Patent number: 11921231Abstract: A method and a device for monitoring a region (R) in which a carrier (100) is located, which device comprises a display unit displaying a polar plot (10) having a center symbolizing the current position of the carrier (100) and in which there is placed a first moving-body symbol (1, 2, 3) representing the current position of the moving body (101, 102, 103); the polar plot (10) being surrounded by an annular band (20) of width (l) representing a predetermined monitoring duration and containing second moving-body symbols (1?, 2?, 3?) representative of successive angle readings of the path of said moving body (101, 102, 103).Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Cédric Ollagnier, Isabelle Ollagnier
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Patent number: 11906539Abstract: An accelerometer sensor includes a casing, a pendulum fixed to the casing, a movable electrode carried by the pendulum and connected to a detection circuit, a first electrode and a second electrode rigidly attached to the casing to form, with the moving electrode, two capacitors of variable capacitance depending on a distance between the electrodes. The accelerometer sensor further includes a control unit that carries out detection operations to measure the variable capacitances of the capacitors. The control unit also performs a control operation of the movable electrode depending on the capacitances measured by applying a logic signal for controlling a switch for selective connection of the fixed electrodes to an excitation circuit delivering a control signal to the fixed electrodes in order to keep the pendulum in a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Philippe Ullah, Vincent Ragot, Nicolas Bigourie
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Publication number: 20240025534Abstract: A method for controlling an engine, a device for controlling an engine and an aircraft, the method comprising the steps of determining a first intensity Kp, representing a stiffness, according to a physical stiffness Kss of the mechanical connection and a stiffness setpoint Kpspec to be rendered on the control column, a second intensity Kv, representing a damping, according to a physical damping fss between the control column and the engine and a damping setpoint Kvspec to be rendered on the control column, and a third intensity Ka, representing an inertia, according to a physical inertia Jss of the control column and an inertia setpoint Kaspec to be rendered on the control column.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Safran Electronics & DefenseInventors: Badr MANSOURI, Hicham JANATI IDRISSI, Pascal COPPÉE
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Publication number: 20240017356Abstract: Process for protecting a part comprising an aluminum-based alloy having a copper content greater than or equal to 0.5% by mass, the process comprising depositing a non-conductive protective layer over the entire part, laser pickling by means of a laser beam of an area of the non-conductive protective layer so as to form an unprotected area, chemical conversion, with trivalent chromium, of the unprotected area so as to form a conductive protective layer, and drying of the part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Coralie CHEVALLIER, Mathieu LEROY, Marie SAVOYE, Etienne NEMETH
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Publication number: 20240009700Abstract: Process for protecting a part comprising an aluminum-based alloy, the process comprising depositing a primer paint layer by anaphoresis over the entire part, polymerizing the primer paint layer in order to form a non-conductive polymerized primer paint layer, laser pickling, by means of a laser beam, an area of the non-conductive polymerized primer paint layer in order to form an unpainted area, trivalent chromium chemical conversion of the unpainted area in order to form a conductive protective layer and drying the part, depositing a finishing paint layer on at least a portion of the non-conductive polymerized primer paint layer, and polymerizing the finishing paint layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Mathieu LEROY, Marie SAVOYE, Coralie CHEVALLIER, Etienne NEMETH
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Patent number: 11870520Abstract: An antenna in a system is provided and includes a first device and at least one second mobile device, where the first device communicates with the second device(s). In an acquisition mode, for each antenna of an antenna system, a first item of communication quality information is obtained, and the antenna the first item of information of which is the highest is selected. In a pursuit mode, if the selected antenna is sectoral, a second item of communication quality information is obtained, and the antenna the second item of information of which is the highest is selected. For each antenna, a third item of communication quality is obtained if the selected antenna is the omnidirectional antenna, and from the third items of information, the antenna the third item of information of which is the highest is selected.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventor: Eric Todeschini
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Patent number: 11867731Abstract: A method for measuring the hardware and operational state of a dual-circuit solenoid valve including first and second coaxial coils each associated with a circuit is disclosed. The method includes the steps of injecting a sinusoidal current into the first coil; measuring the voltage induced across the terminals of the second coil; and plotting at least one curve of a first magnitude proportional to the measured induced voltage as a function of a second magnitude proportional to the injected sinusoidal current.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Blaise Lapôtre, Loïc Parisot
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Patent number: 11866153Abstract: The invention relates to a force application device for a control stick of an aircraft, said control stick comprising a control lever that is connected to at least one motor comprising a drive shaft that can be rotated about an axis, the force application device comprising: a first pin connected to the shaft, a housing, an electromagnet, a movable actuator comprising a magnetic material, a coupling device comprising an input gear connected to the housing and an output gear comprising a second pin, and means for clamping the first pin and the second pin which comprise a first tooth and a second tooth, said device having an operating configuration in which the electromagnet is active and the output gear is positioned at a distance from the input gear, and a blocking configuration in which the electromagnet is inactive and the gears are meshed.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Corentin Le Roux, Mickael Werquin, Yannick Attrazic
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Patent number: 11846513Abstract: A path is defined to be followed by a vehicle in an environment represented by a graph of nodes connected by edges. Each node represents the vehicle's position. Each edge between two nodes indicates a transition cost between the two nodes. An instance of the graph, which is represented by a start node, a destination node and mandatory nodes through which the vehicle must pass, is obtained. An initial order of travel through the mandatory nodes is obtained by applying a procedure, using a graph convolutional neural network, adapted to the graph, to the instance. A procedure of local optimisation of the mandatory nodes is executed in order to obtain an optimised order. A path for the instance is defined to be resolved: from the optimised order and for each pair of nodes of the instance to be resolved, from a shortest path between the nodes of the pair.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventor: Kevin Osanlou
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Patent number: 11849373Abstract: A central communication unit (13), comprising: transmitter means arranged to transmit a single global downlink frame (17) addressed to all of the subscriber communication units, the global downlink frame comprising a plurality of data packets, each addressed to a respective one of the subscriber communication units, the global downlink frame supplying a common reference time so that, after receiving the global downlink frame (17), each subscriber communication unit can start transmitting an uplink frame (18) at the end of a waiting interval starting at the common reference time and having a duration equal to a respective waiting duration that is associated with said subscriber communication unit; and receiver means arranged to receive in succession the uplink frames (18) transmitted by each of the subscriber communication units.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Patrice Toillon, Thiebault Jeandon, Cédric Moreau
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Patent number: 11834151Abstract: A configuration system (80) arranged to configure an aircraft in a single-pilot mode and a two-pilot mode, comprising: acquisition means (84) and authentication means (83) arranged to acquire and authenticate a configuration order that defines the selected mode and controls the configuration system (80) to configure the aircraft in the selected mode; first activation means (85) arranged to activate equipment dedicated to piloting by a single-pilot on board when the aircraft is configured in single-pilot mode, and to deactivate dedicated equipment when the aircraft is configured in two-pilot mode; verification means (87) arranged to, when the aircraft is configured in the single-pilot mode, verify that single-pilot flight conditions are met and inform the sole pilot on board and a ground station of the results of these checks.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, ST ENGINEERING AEROSPACE LTDInventors: Eric Walter, Loïc Fougeres, Mikaël Diaz, Philippe Tranie, Ng Kwee Chye, Tay Siew Liong