Patents by Inventor Alain Portes

Alain Portes 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: 8250852
    Abstract: A pre-cooler having an annular cross-sectional shape about the axis of a pod and arranged inside the rear part of an inner shroud in external contact with a cold flow exiting a fan duct channel and in close contact with a cooling air stream drawn from the cold flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Damien Prat
  • Patent number: 8181900
    Abstract: The invention relates to acoustic lining for an aircraft, which can cover a leading edge, such as an air inlet in the nacelle of a propulsion unit, said lining comprising: (i) from the inside outwards, a reflective layer (28), at least one cellular structure (30) and an acoustically resistive structure (32) having a pre-determined proportion of open surface; and (ii) at least one frost treatment system in the form of at least one heating layer (46) comprising open zones through which acoustic waves can pass, which co-operate at least partially with the open zones in the acoustically resistive structure. The invention is characterized in that the acoustically resistive structure (32) includes at least one structural layer (36) with openings (38) and in that said at least one heating layer (46) is disposed under the structural layer (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Gilles Chene, Fabrice Gantie, Alain Porte
  • Patent number: 8172037
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coating for acoustic treatment at the surface of an aircraft, in particular at the leading edge such as the air intake of an aircraft nacelle, said coating including an acoustically resistive layer (28), at least one cellular structure (30) and a reflective layer (32), characterized in that it comprises ducts (34) provided between said cellular structure (30) and the acoustically resistive structure (28), the ducts being each defined by a wall (36) separate from the walls of the cellular structure (30) and one end of the ducts being connected to a hot air supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane
  • Publication number: 20120097261
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle includes at its outside wall a cowl moveable relative to the nacelle so as to block or unblock an opening. The cowl includes an articulation and locking/unlocking elements distant from the upstream edge of the cowl that include elements for limiting the appearance of scooping phenomena. The limiting elements include at least one lock integral with the rest of the nacelle or respectively the cowl that can occupy a locked state in which part of the lock interferes with the cowl or respectively the rest of the nacelle and prevents a deformation that includes a radial component of the cowl, and another free state in which the part no longer interferes with the cowl or respectively the rest of the nacelle and allows the opening movement of the cowl, with the switch from one state to the next being generated by a gas pressure variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S)
    Inventors: Alain PORTE, Frédéric CHELIN, Thierry SURPLY
  • Publication number: 20120097260
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle includes at its outside wall a cowl that can move relative to the rest of the nacelle so as to block or unblock an opening. The cowl includes an articulation relative to the rest of the nacelle and locking/unlocking elements distant from the upstream edge of the cowl that includes elements for limiting the appearance of scooping phenomena. The limiting elements include at least one electromagnetic torque, having one element integral with the rest of the nacelle and the other element integral with the cowl, with at least one of these two elements emitting a magnetic field that generates a force of attraction on the other element, and the surfaces of the two elements of the electromagnetic torque that are flattened against one another are arranged in planes having at least one component in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S)
    Inventors: Alain PORTE, Frédéric CHELIN, Etienne BERTIN
  • Publication number: 20120090694
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle includes a lip whose surface contacts with the aerodynamic streams extends inside the nacelle by an inside wall that delimits a layer that empties at a power plant and outside of the nacelle by an outside wall, a first front frame connects the inside and outside walls, delimiting an annular pipe with the lip, and a rear frame connects the inside and outside walls at a junction zone between the inside pipe and power plant pipe, for a given cross-section of the nacelle along a plane that contains the longitudinal axis of the nacelle, a point A at the intersection between the rear frame and the inside wall, and a point B at the intersection between the rear frame and the outside wall, with B being offset toward the rear of the nacelle relative to A over more than 50% of the rear frame's periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S)
    Inventors: Alain PORTE, Jacques LALANE, Frederic CHELIN
  • Publication number: 20120091285
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle includes a lip that is extended inside the nacelle by an inside wall that delimits a pipe that empties at a power plant and outside of the nacelle by an outside wall, a first frame called a front frame that connects the inside wall and the outside wall, delimiting an annular pipe with the lip, and a second frame called a rear frame that connects the inside wall and the outside wall close to the power plant, characterized in that it includes at least one junction zone—at at least one cross-section of the nacelle along a plane that contains the longitudinal axis of the nacelle—an element that constitutes at least one part of the outside wall and at least one part of the front frame and that includes an offset whose shapes are suitable for accommodating a panel that forms the lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S)
    Inventors: Alain PORTE, Frederic CHELIN
  • Publication number: 20120090695
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle that makes it possible to channel a stream of air in a longitudinal direction and that includes at least two panels (50, 50?) placed end to end in the longitudinal direction, each including a so-called aerodynamic surface (52, 52?) that is in contact with the air stream and an edge (54, 54?) that is in contact with the edge of the other panel, characterized in that at least one of the panels includes—at its edge (54, 54?)—at least one partition (58) that projects relative to the edge that extends in the direction of the edge of the other panel, in a manner that is secant to the aerodynamic surface and in a plane that contains the longitudinal direction, so as to limit the circulation of air between the edges of the panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S)
    Inventors: Alain PORTE, Jacques LALANE, Frederic CHELIN, Thierry SURPLY
  • Patent number: 8142144
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aircraft turbine engine. The turbine engine includes an air intake having a tubular internal wall and a fan enclosed by a tubular fan casing, and the rear end of the said air intake internal wall and the front end of the fan casing are joined together by at least one fastener. The air intake internal wall, the fan casing, or both, are comprised of a resin/fiber composite. The rear end of the air intake internal wall and the front end of the fan casing are uniform, and have no projections that join the internal wall and casing together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Frederic Chelin, David Lambert
  • Patent number: 8141337
    Abstract: A bypass turbine engine includes a precooler having an annular cross-sectional shape about the axis of a pod and arranged inside the rear part of an inner shroud in contact with a cold fluid exiting a fan duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Damien Prat
  • Publication number: 20120048389
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle including a pipe (32), a peripheral wall (34), a lip (36), and a front frame (38) connecting the peripheral wall (34) and the pipe (32) and forming with the lip (36) a space (50) in which the hot air that is provided for frost treatment can circulate, with the pipe (32) including a coating (44) for the composite material acoustic treatment, is characterized in that the nacelle includes at least one element (52) made of a heat-conducting material inserted between the lip (36) and the pipe (32) ensuring the continuity of the aerodynamic surfaces of the lip (36) and the pipe (32) and the propagation of heat from the space (50) toward the rear of the nacelle, whereby the at least one element (52) includes a coating (54) for acoustic treatment that is made of a heat-resistant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Chelin, Alain Porte, Fabrice Gantie, Jacques Lalane
  • Patent number: 8096105
    Abstract: A plurality of hatches are distributed on the rear periphery of an engine cowl. The hatches are opened only when turbojet engine power is greater than cruising power. In an open position, the hatches draw hot air jets passing through an intermediate chamber before ejecting the jets through longitudinally-distributed communication components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Alain Porte
  • Publication number: 20110303302
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle includes an outside wall (22), at least one air system with at least one air intake (30), whereby the nacelle is connected by connecting element to a mast that is itself connected to the aircraft, with the connecting element allowing a relative movement between the nacelle and the mast in the longitudinal direction of the nacelle, whereby at the front of the junction zone with the nacelle, the mast includes an aerodynamic surface that is called a fairing (24) that covers and exposes a zone of the outside wall called an overlapping zone (28) based on the position of the nacelle (10) relative to the mast, characterized in that an air intake (30) for an air system is arranged at the overlapping zone (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Alain PORTE, Matthieu FARGUES, Thomas STEVENS
  • Patent number: 8047470
    Abstract: According to the invention, a scaled articulation device is mounted on at least one of the branches of a hot-air circulation circuit in the form of a bracket so as to provide a bracket with capabilities of deforming about the articulation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Alain Porte
  • Publication number: 20110253843
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (1) that comprises a mobile plate (18) controlled by a means for fluid communication (23) between the outer (18A) and inner surfaces of the mobile plate (18), wherein said means is located at least in the vicinity of a limited downstream area (24) of said outer surface (18A), are at a high pressure when the aircraft flies at cruising speed, and are capable of transmitting said high pressure to an extended area (26) of said inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Emeric Chancerelle, Franck Alvarez, Damien Prat
  • Publication number: 20110226903
    Abstract: A device for defrosting a leading edge of an aircraft, includes at least one opening (52) for ejecting hot air, a pipe (56) for directing the hot air from a power plant to the ejection opening (52), and elements (58) for measuring the pressure inside the pipe (56), characterized in that the pipe (56) includes at least one cross-section reduction called a chokepoint (62) upstream from the elements (58) for measuring pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Alain PORTE, Jerome DEWITTE, Emmanuel CAYROL
  • Publication number: 20110174930
    Abstract: The object of the invention is an aircraft nacelle that comprises at least one part, called a door (14), that moves relative to a stationary part (20) and a connecting device that makes it possible to limit the offset between said door and said stationary part in a direction that corresponds to the primary direction of the flow of air outside of the nacelle during flight, whereby said device comprises, on the one hand, an indexer (40) that is connected to the door (14) that comprises an attachment surface (63) and at least one attachment element (66), and, on the other hand, at least one stop (58) that is connected to the stationary part (20) against which said indexer (40) can rest in such a way as to limit its movement in said direction, characterized in that said at least one attachment element (66), oriented in the radial direction, is arranged upstream from the stop (58) in said direction, said at least one stop (58) comprising a surface relative to the door arranged essentially at the attachment surface
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Alain PORTE, Jacques LALANE, Franck ALVAREZ
  • Publication number: 20110168852
    Abstract: A process for deposition of a coating whose purpose is to improve the laminar flows at a junction between a first panel (36) of a leading edge and a second panel (34) of an adjacent surface according to the direction of the flows, characterized in that it includes the following stages: determining the theoretical continuous surface (46) at the junction, producing a shallow groove (48) relative to the theoretical continuous surface (46), which extends over a width such that the outside surfaces of the panels (34, 36) do not project further relative to the theoretical surface (46), and depositing a coating (50) in the groove (48) in such a way as to fill it in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONAS SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Philippe Descamps
  • Publication number: 20110168839
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle includes an air intake that makes it possible to channel the air in a pipe in the direction of a pipe of a power plant that is arranged in the extension of the pipe, whereby the pipe of the air intake includes at least one panel that integrates an acoustic treatment with an acoustically resistive porous layer that is in contact with the aerodynamic stream that enters into the nacelle, at least one alveolar structure, and a reflective or impermeable layer that forms the rear surface of the panel, a flange that ensures the connection between the air intake and the power plant including at least one wing that is connected to the air intake by a number of connecting elements, characterized in that some of the connecting elements have axes that are secant with the edge of the panel that delimits the pipe of the air intake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Matthieu Fargues, Jacques Lalane
  • Patent number: 7971684
    Abstract: A panel for acoustic treatment connected to a surface of an aircraft, includes—from the outside to the inside—an acoustically resistive porous layer, at least one alveolar structure, and a reflective or impermeable layer, whereby the acoustically resistive porous layer includes—at the outside surface that can be in contact with the aerodynamic flows—one sheet or piece of sheet metal including open zones (14) that allow sound waves to pass and filled zones (16) that do not allow sound waves to pass, characterized in that the sheet or piece of sheet metal of the acoustically resistive layer includes sets of microperforations (18), whereby each set of microperforations forms an open zone (14), the sets of microperforations being separated from one another by at least one series of bands separated by filled zones (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Fabrice Gantie, Bernard Duprieu, Valerie Frustie, Alain Porte, Thomas Gilles, Jacques Lalane