Patents Assigned to Safran Electronics & Defense
  • Publication number: 20210391773
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Alberto ROSSI, Jérôme PIATON, Benjamin DAGUSE
  • Publication number: 20210389941
    Abstract: A method and a device for managing software configurations of equipment of an aircraft, comprising a device for managing software configurations of equipment of the aircraft. The device for managing software configurations of equipment of the aircraft detects the availability of a communication link between a server on the ground and the aircraft, checks whether a configuration file is available and importing the configuration file, imports, from the server on the ground, one or more software updates identified in the configuration file and storage of the software update or updates in a temporary memory space; determines the instant as from which each update can be implemented, and demands the modification of the software configuration of the item or items of equipment with the software update or updates corresponding to the item or items of equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Denis DELVILLE, Louis Théophile THIRION, Thomas MONOT
  • Publication number: 20210384992
    Abstract: An equipment comprising an array of radio antennas and a switching device placed as a cutoff between the antennas and the associated reception channels, the switching device comprising a first so-called operational operating mode wherein each input interface is then connected directly to a different output interface so as to connect each antenna with at least the associated reception channel thereof, and a second so-called calibration operating mode, wherein an input interface corresponding to a predetermined antenna is then connected to all the output interfaces so as to transmit the electrical signal coming from the predetermined antenna to all the reception channels, the equipment being adapted for implementing a method for autocalibration of the reception channels when the switching device is in the second operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventor: Arnaud LILBERT
  • Patent number: 11192776
    Abstract: A device having both an electronic assembly having an electronic component assembled on a first substrate, and also a body defining a cavity having a first end in fluid flow communication with a fluid, the electronic component extending inside the cavity and the first substrate including a portion in contact with a wall of the cavity. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the material of the first substrate is less than that of the electronic component, and the electronic component is assembled on the first substrate by a brazing type assembly method involving the application of heat. A method of making an electronic assembly. An assembly obtained by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Riou, Nawres Sridi-Convers, Eric Bailly
  • Publication number: 20210373735
    Abstract: A multitouch touch device (DIS) employing capacitive detection, including: a touch matrix array and a first voltage-generating source configured to generate, for each row and each column of the matrix array, a first input voltage having a first frequency leading to the generation of a first output voltage. The device also includes a second voltage-generating source for generating, for each intersection between at least two rows and two columns of the matrix array, a second input voltage having a second frequency different from the first frequency leading to the generation of a second output voltage. A processing circuit is configured to determine, depending on first and second reference values, whether the first and second output voltages are representative of a press and of its position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE COCKPIT SOLUTIONS
    Inventor: Laurent Chadirac
  • Patent number: 11187438
    Abstract: A part for a Joule-Thomson cooler, comprising a gas discharge pipe and a seal closing the gas discharge pipe, the seal being capable of breaking, at least partially, under the effect of gas expansion triggered by the cooler so as to allow the gas to be discharged out of the cooler through the gas discharge pipe. The part is obtained by an additive manufacturing method that comprises stacking layers of powder along a stacking axis in order to form the part, the stacking axis being parallel to a central axis of a second gas discharge pipe separate from the first discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Bertrand Cottereau, Nicolas Duval, Edwina Bordais, Michel Bidaud
  • Patent number: 11181073
    Abstract: An actuator includes a screw mounted on a body to pivot, a nut connected to an element for moving, and that is engaged on the screw to be moved between an over-retracted first position and a deployed second position on either side of a retracted third position that is spaced apart from the over-retracted position by a distance corresponding to the screw rotating through a first angular sector and an anti-extension device comprising a friction disk having at least one smooth surface and an obstacle both for co-operating with at least one pawl, thereby defining both at least one second angular sector of free rotation for the friction disk and also a position for blocking the friction disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Mickael Werquin, Julien Hautecoeur, Christophe Bastide, Pascal Omnes
  • Publication number: 20210356232
    Abstract: An optical radiation-collecting assembly includes a convex mirror, a concave mirror with a central opening and a window, arranged such that light passes through the opening in the concave mirror, is reflected first by the convex mirror and then by the concave mirror, and subsequently passes through the window. The optical assembly is suitable for use in a homing device for guiding a rocket, preventing an optical input component of such a device from being damaged and rendered inoperative from abrasion when exposed to a high-speed air flow containing dense particles. The optical assembly also includes an image-forming function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventor: Arnaud Davenel
  • Patent number: 11175317
    Abstract: A device for detecting a drop in voltage of an AC supply delivering electrical energy to an energy converter in order to supply electrical equipment, the device being connected to an electrical energy reserve for supplying the energy converter. The device includes a full-wave rectifier for rectifying the AC supply, a comparator that compares a first predetermined voltage with a full-wave rectified voltage, a circuit for charging a capacitor in order to charge the capacitor when the rectified voltage is below the predetermined threshold, a circuit for discharging the capacitor in order to discharge the capacitor when the rectified voltage is above the predetermined threshold, a comparator for comparing the voltage at the terminals of the capacitor with a second predetermined voltage, and a circuit for controlling the reserve of electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventor: Tony Fourmont
  • Publication number: 20210348978
    Abstract: A measurement device for measuring the pressure of a wheel (3) of a vehicle, the measurement device comprising a stationary portion (5) and a movable portion (14) for being driven in rotation by the wheel, the stationary portion including a first printed circuit (7) having at least one first track formed thereon defining a first winding, the movable portion including a second printed circuit (16) having at least one second track formed thereon defining a second winding, the second printed circuit being arranged to be connected to a pressure sensor (15), the first winding and the second winding being coupled together to form a wireless communication channel, the measurement device being arranged in such a manner that the pressure sensor is electrically powered by the stationary portion via the wireless communication channel, and in such a manner that uplink data comprising pressure measurement data is transmitted to the stationary portion (5) by the movable portion (14) via the wireless communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS, SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Joel ZABULON, Didier LEVAVASSEUR
  • Patent number: 11168645
    Abstract: An actuation device for a thrust reverser includes thrust-reversal movable elements carried by a nacelle and displaceable between a retracted and deployed position. The actuating device includes two actuators mounted on the nacelle and connected to a motor and to the movable elements. The actuation device drives the movable elements in a retraction or deployment direction over a course of the actuators between the retracted and deployed position. The actuation device further includes locks for locking the movable elements in the retracted position and antideployment members associated with the actuators which allow free operation of the actuators in the direction of retraction and retain the actuators in the direction of deployment. The antideployment bodies further provide free operation of the actuators in the direction of deployment over part of the actuators stroke that corresponds to a shift from an over-retraction position to the retraction position of the movable elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Safran Nacelles, Safran Electronics & Defense
    Inventors: Hakim Maalioune, Julien Corbin, Jean-Philippe Joignet, Julien Hautecoeur, Yvon Joncour, Jean-Michel Figuet
  • Patent number: 11171250
    Abstract: A shielding element comprises a rigid substrate and at least one electrically conductive two-dimensional structure which is placed on one of the faces of the substrate. The substrate and the electrically conductive two-dimensional structure are such that the shielding element has optical-transmission and shielding-efficiency values at least one of which varies between two zones of the shielding element. Such a shielding element enables easier assembly of a detection system comprising multiple optical sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Safran Electronics & Defense, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS, Universite de Rennes 1
    Inventors: Cyril Dupeyrat, Patrice Foutrel, Philippe Besnier, Xavier Castel, Yonathan Corredores
  • Patent number: 11169042
    Abstract: A pressure measurement device (1) comprising a housing (20) extending around an electronic card (30) provided with a pressure sensor (40); the housing (20) co-operating with a first face (31) of the electronic card (30) to define a first sealed volume (3); the housing (20) also co-operating with a second face (32) of the electronic card (30) that is opposite from the first face (31) to define a second sealed volume (4); the housing (20) including at least one first channel (24) putting the medium (5) outside the housing (20) into fluid flow communication with the first sealed volume (3); the electronic card (30) including at least one second channel (33) putting the first volume (3) into fluid flow communication with the second volume (4); and the connection between the housing (20) and the electronic card (30) being arranged to allow relative movement between the housing (20) and the electronic card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, SAFRAN, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Riou, Eric Bailly
  • Patent number: 11160716
    Abstract: An exoskeleton structure includes a pelvis assembly, a first lower limb assembly, a second lower limb assembly and a back assembly. The exoskeleton structure includes pivot joints connecting each of the lower limb assemblies and the back assembly to the pelvis assembly and permitting movements of abduction or adduction of the lower limbs of the user, a relative movement of lateral inclination of the spine of the user with respect to the pelvis of the user, and a twisting movement of the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, B-TEMIA INC.
    Inventors: Alexandre Belanger-Desbiens, Francisco Soucy, Sylvain Gagne, Nathaniel Zoso, Jordane Grenier
  • Patent number: 11154450
    Abstract: An exoskeleton structure includes a leg part to be fastened to a leg of a user, a foot part to be fastened to a foot of a user, a mechanical linking assembly linking the leg part to the foot part, and including a first pivot allowing the foot part to rotate relative to the leg part about a first axis when the foot of the user makes an internal/external rotation movement relative to the leg, and a second pivot allowing the foot part to rotate relative to the leg part about a second axis when the foot of the user makes a pronation/supination movement relative to the leg. The first pivot is at a height greater than or equal to 20 centimetres from the ground, and the distance between the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation is less than or equal to 5 centimetres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, B-TEMIA INC.
    Inventors: Francisco Soucy, Nathaniel Zoso, Sylvain Gagne, Alexandre Belanger-Desbiens, Jordane Grenier
  • Patent number: 11145454
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical transformer (T, T?) comprising: a primary central winding (11a) extending around an axis (X) and configured to generate a central magnetic flux when a current is passed through it circulating in a first direction around the axis (X), two peripheral primary windings (12a, 13a) extending around the axis (X), between which the central primary winding (11a) is located, and configured to generate peripheral magnetic fluxes when currents are passed through same respectively circulating in a second direction around the axis (X) which is opposite to the first direction, the peripheral magnetic fluxes superimposing on the central magnetic flux, wherein the windings are further configured in such a way that the peripheral magnetic fluxes compensate the central magnetic flux in the regions located beyond the peripheral windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Sébastien Fontaine, Daniel Sadarnac, Charif Karimi
  • Patent number: 11140793
    Abstract: Electronic module comprising a protective casing defining an internal volume and an electronic board placed in the internal volume, the electronic module comprising: means, for detecting a predetermined environmental condition of the internal volume, means for generating a cool zone inside the internal volume, which means are arranged such that the cool zone is separated from the electronic board; a control unit that is linked to the means for detecting an environmental condition and to the means for generating a cool zone and arranged to trigger the means for generating a cool zone when the means for detecting a predetermined environmental condition in the internal volume detect an environmental condition that is liable to result in the moisture in the air contained in the internal volume condensing on the electronic board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
  • Patent number: 11131537
    Abstract: A measurement method using an inductive proximity sensor connected to a cable, the measurement method including the following steps: applying to the cable an excitation voltage at a known reference frequency; acquiring a measurement voltage representative of the excitation current that flows in the cable and in the sensor under the effect of the excitation voltage; multiplying the measurement voltage both by a first reference signal in order to obtain a first measurement signal and also by a second reference signal in order to obtain a second measurement signal; using the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal to evaluate a measurement impedance representative of the impedance of the sensor and of the cable; using the measurement impedance to estimate the inductance of the sensor or the impedance of the sensor; and comparing the inductance of the sensor or the impedance of the sensor with a predefined detection threshold in order to obtain proximity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Frédéric Bocage, Thierry Nouel De Kerangue
  • Publication number: 20210295718
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assisting with the navigation of a first vehicle (1) that is stationary in relation to a second vehicle (2) which is mobile within a reference frame, said method involving acquiring (112) movement data on the first vehicle (1) by at least one proprioceptive sensor (6), and estimating a navigation status (X 1) of the first vehicle (1) by an invariant Kalman filter using a navigation status (X 2) of the second vehicle (2) as an observation, the navigation status of the first vehicle (1) comprising variables that represent a rigid transformation (T 1) linking a first location mark associated with the first vehicle (1) to the reference frame, and variables that represent a rigid transformation (T 21) linking a location mark associated with the second vehicle (2) to the first location mark, the invariant Kalman filter using, as an internal composition taw, a law comprising a term-by-term composition of the two rigid transformations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Emmanuel ROBERT, Axel BARRAU, Thomas BERNAL
  • Patent number: 11125555
    Abstract: A method of detecting blocking of a rotor of a motor driving an actuator member with movement in translation between a first abutment and a second abutment, the method comprising the steps of, during an angular movement of the rotor, estimating at least a position (X) of the actuator member relative to the two abutments, a travel direction of the actuator member relative to the two abutments, and also a travel speed (V) of the actuator member; and on the basis at least of the estimated position of the actuator member, of the estimated travel direction of the actuator member, and of the estimated travel speed of the actuator member, detecting blocking of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Badr Mansouri, Kamal Aouchiche