Patents by Inventor Alexandre Machin

Alexandre Machin 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).

  • Accessory drive gearbox for controlling the flaps of an aircraft
    Patent number: 9758238
    Abstract: An accessory gearbox for a turboshaft engine of an aircraft, the gearbox including a casing, an aircraft wing flap control rod arranged so as to slide axially inside the gearbox and an actuator for driving the control rod which is mounted on the casing, the actuator including a hollow body, a piston which is arranged so as to move in translation inside the body and a piston rod which is connected to the piston and extends at least in part outside the body of the actuator the piston rod being connected to the control rod, wherein the actuator is arranged between the connection of the piston rod and the control rod, and the casing of the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Eric Le Borgne, Alexandre Machin
  • ACCESSORY DRIVE GEARBOX FOR CONTROLLING THE FLAPS OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20150232171
    Abstract: An accessory gearbox for a turboshaft engine of an aircraft, the gearbox including a casing, an aircraft wing flap control rod arranged so as to slide axially inside the gearbox and an actuator for driving the control rod which is mounted on the casing, the actuator including a hollow body, a piston which is arranged so as to move in translation inside the body and a piston rod which is connected to the piston and extends at least in part outside the body of the actuator the piston rod being connected to the control rod, wherein the actuator is arranged between the connection of the piston rod and the control rod, and the casing of the gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Eric Le Borgne, Alexandre Machin