Patents by Inventor Alexandre Legardez

Alexandre Legardez 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: 11945575
    Abstract: A retractable fuselage mounted landing gear assembly is disclosed. The landing gear assembly includes a main strut, a drag stay and a landing gear main fitting. A first end of the drag stay is attached to the main strut and a second end of the drag stay is connected to the fuselage. A first end of the landing main fitting is attached to the main strut and a second end of the main fitting is connected to the fuselage. When the landing gear is extended, substantially all the landing gear loads are transferred from the landing gear to the fuselage via one or more of the drag stay and the main fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Christopher James Perkins, Marco Boscolo, Nicholas White, Xavier Matheis, Alexandre Legardez, Simon Roux, Sébastien Crouzet
  • Patent number: 11691717
    Abstract: A module includes two main landing gears and a landing gear bay containing the landing gears. The bay has two lateral walls, a roof wall, a front wall and a rear wall. The roof wall, the front wall and the rear wall together form a pressurization barrier between the bay and a pressurized compartment. By virtue of the landing gear module, it is now possible to assemble and test the main landing gears and the one or more doors and the fairing before they are installed on the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Daniel Bellet, Alexandre Legardez
  • Publication number: 20220126985
    Abstract: A module includes two main landing gears and a landing gear bay containing the landing gears. The bay has two lateral walls, a roof wall, a front wall and a rear wall. The roof wall, the front wall and the rear wall together form a pressurization barrier between the bay and a pressurized compartment. By virtue of the landing gear module, it is now possible to assemble and test the main landing gears and the one or more doors and the fairing before they are installed on the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Daniel Bellet, Alexandre Legardez
  • Publication number: 20220009620
    Abstract: A retractable fuselage mounted landing gear assembly is disclosed. The landing gear assembly includes a main strut, a drag stay and a landing gear main fitting. A first end of the drag stay is attached to the main strut and a second end of the drag stay is connected to the fuselage. A first end of the landing main fitting is attached to the main strut and a second end of the main fitting is connected to the fuselage. When the landing gear is extended, substantially all the landing gear loads are transferred from the landing gear to the fuselage via one or more of the drag stay and the main fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher James PERKINS, Marco BOSCOLO, Nicholas WHITE, Xavier MATHEIS, Alexandre LEGARDEZ, Simon ROUX, Sébastien CROUZET
  • Patent number: 10343768
    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear well roof including a first reinforced main structure and a second reinforced main structure spaced from each other in a transverse direction of the roof and equipped with respective mounting for articulating a structural element of the first landing gear and mounting for articulating a structural element of the second landing gear. A membrane connecting the first reinforced main structure and the second reinforced main structure is disposed between them in the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Daniel Bellet, Guillaume Gallant, François Loyant, Alexandre Legardez, Simon Roux
  • Publication number: 20190112034
    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear bay roof for forming a pressurization barrier between an upper pressurized compartment and a landing gear bay for the housing of a landing gear. The roof comprises a main bulkhead extending in a longitudinal direction, an inclined forward bulkhead, rigidly connected to a forward edge of the main wall, and an inclined aft bulkhead, rigidly connected to an aft edge of the main bulkhead. The forward bulkhead and the aft bulkhead each form an obtuse angle with the main bulkhead. This configuration enables a better absorption of loads by the landing gear bay roof and a shorter and optimized path for transmission of the mechanical loads, in particular to the fuselage member to which the aft bulkhead is configured to be connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel BELLET, Francois LOYANT, Alexandre LEGARDEZ, Simon ROUX, Sebastien CROUZET, Laurent DUBREUIL, Alain PRUDENT
  • Patent number: 9452818
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a wing box and a fuselage provided with a connecting device configured to be connected to the wing box and to transmit thereto stresses undergone by the fuselage during maneuvers of the aircraft are provided. The connecting device is formed by a keel beam and a keel beam panel connected to the beam via a connecting portion of the beam, that is moreover provided with a main portion extending in a first, generally longitudinal direction and a transfer portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction and configured to be connected to the box. The main, transfer and connecting portions are configured to direct a major part of the stresses received by the beam in the second direction and transmit said major part of the stresses to the box by compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francois Loyant, Alexandre Legardez
  • Publication number: 20160185451
    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear well roof including a first reinforced main structure and a second reinforced main structure spaced from each other in a transverse direction of the roof and equipped with respective mounting for articulating a structural element of the first landing gear and mounting for articulating a structural element of the second landing bear. A membrane connecting the first reinforced main structure and the second reinforced main structure is disposed between them in the transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel BELLET, Guillaume GALLANT, François LOYANT, Alexandre LEGARDEZ, Simon ROUX
  • Publication number: 20140158828
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a wing box and a fuselage provided with a connecting device configured to be connected to the wing box and to transmit thereto stresses undergone by the fuselage during manoeuvres of the aircraft are provided. The connecting device is formed by a keel beam and a keel beam panel connected to the beam via a connecting portion of the beam, that is moreover provided with a main portion extending in a first, generally longitudinal direction and a transfer portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction and configured to be connected to the box. The main, transfer and connecting portions are configured to direct a major part of the stresses received by the beam in the second direction and transmit said major part of the stresses to the box by compression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francois Loyant, Alexandre Legardez