Patents by Inventor Ali Zolghadri

Ali Zolghadri 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: 10209162
    Abstract: The detecting means (1) comprise measuring means (2) adapted to measure and provide at least one raw data corresponding to an aircraft parameter, computing means (3) adapted to estimate at least one derivative of said raw data, and detecting means (4) adapted to detect a failure with the aid of said derivative, said computing means (3) being adapted to estimate said derivative by differentiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Institut Polytechnique De Bordeaux, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Universite De Bordequx
    Inventors: Anca Gheorghe, Philippe Goupil, Rémy Dayre, Ali Zolghadri, Jérôme Cieslak, Denis Efimov
  • Patent number: 9128482
    Abstract: A system for detecting jamming and/or uncontrolled movement of an aircraft control surface includes first means for estimating the value of at least one parameter of an equation simulating the feedback loop dynamic of the control surface, according to a recursive autoregressive method with exogenous variable of RARX type in a recursive least squares way, and second means for detecting jamming and/or uncontrolled movement of the control surface, according to the estimated parameter value by the application of a decision test in the parametric space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: Airbus Operations SAS, Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite de Bordeaux
    Inventors: Anca Gheorghe, Rémy Dayre, Philippe Goupil, Ali Zolghadri, Jérôme Cieslak, David Henry
  • Publication number: 20140372078
    Abstract: The detecting means (1) comprise measuring means (2) adapted to measure and provide at least one raw data corresponding to an aircraft parameter, computing means (3) adapted to estimate at least one derivative of said raw data, and detecting means (4) adapted to detect a failure with the aid of said derivative, said computing means (3) being adapted to estimate said derivative by differentiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Anca GHEORGHE, Philippe GOUPIL, Rémy DAYRE, Ali ZOLGHADRI, Jérôme CIESLAK, Denis EFIMOV
  • Patent number: 8818573
    Abstract: A detection device determines whether an uncontrolled movement of a control surface of an aircraft is occurring. The device includes means for calculating the difference between a theoretical command and an actual command in order to form a residual value, and means for detecting an uncontrolled movement of the control surface, if a comparison value depending on this residual value is greater than a threshold value If the comparison value is greater than the threshold value during a confirmation time, then the uncontrolled movement of the control surface of the aircraft is confirmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (SAS), Universite Bordeaux I, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Philippe Goupil, Rémy Dayre, Hervé Le Berre, Anca Gheorghe, Ali Zolghadri, Jérôme Cieslak
  • Publication number: 20140236396
    Abstract: A system for detecting jamming and/or uncontrolled movement of an aircraft control surface includes first means for estimating the value of at least one parameter of an equation simulating the feedback loop dynamic of the control surface, according to a recursive autoregressive method with exogenous variable of RARX type in a recursive least squares way, and second means for detecting jamming and/or uncontrolled movement of the control surface, according to the estimated parameter value by the application of a decision test in the parametric space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: Airbus Operations SAS, Universite de Bordeaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux
    Inventors: Anca Gheorghe, Rémy Dayre, Philippe Goupil, Ali Zolghadri, Jérôme Cieslak, David Henry
  • Patent number: 8755956
    Abstract: The detection device includes, but is not limited to a device that is configured to determine a control error corresponding to the difference between a first control instruction and a control surface position, a second device that is configured to calculate the difference between this control error and a second control instruction in such a way as to form a comparison signal, and a third device that is configured to detect a jamming of the control surface if this comparison signal is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignees: Airbus Operations S.A.S., Universite Bordeaux 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Philippe Goupil, Rémy Dayre, Hervé Le Berre, Anca Gheorghe, Ali Zolghadri, Jérôme Cieslak, David Henry
  • Publication number: 20130116863
    Abstract: The detection device includes, but is not limited to a device that is configured to determine a control error corresponding to the difference between a first control instruction and a control surface position, a second device that is configured to calculate the difference between this control error and a second control instruction in such a way as to form a comparison signal, and a third device that is configured to detect a jamming of the control surface if this comparison signal is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Philippe GOUPIL, Rémy DAYRE, Hervé LE BERRE, Anca GHEORGHE, Ali ZOLGHADRI, Jérôme CIESLAK, David HENRY
  • Publication number: 20130026287
    Abstract: Method and device for detecting an uncontrolled movement of an aircraft control surface. The detection device (1) comprises means (29) for calculating the difference between a theoretical command and an actual command in order to form a residual value, and means (40) for detecting an uncontrolled movement of the control surface, if a comparison value depending on this residual value is greater than a threshold value (?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicants: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1
    Inventors: Philippe Goupil, Rémy Dayre, Hervé Le Berre, Anca Gheorghe, Ali Zolghadri, Jérôme Cieslak
  • Patent number: 8160770
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting at least one oscillatory fault in at least one positional slaving chain for at least one airfoil of an aircraft. The method involves estimating a reference position of the airfoil in the absence of a fault, and calculating a residual value based on the difference between the estimated reference position and the actual position measured by at least one sensor. The calculated residual value is compared with at least one predetermined threshold value to determine the number of successive and alternating overshoots of the predetermined threshold value by the residual value, and oscillatory fault is determined based on the determined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: Airbus Operations SAS, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Bordeaux
    Inventors: Philippe Goupil, Ali Zolghadri, Loic Lavigne
  • Publication number: 20100152925
    Abstract: The detection device (1) comprises means (19) for estimating, with the aid of a model, a reference position of the airfoil, as well as the values of parameters of said model making it possible to update it, and means (21, 23) for detecting an oscillatory fault with the aid of this reference position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicants: AIRBUS France, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE BORDEAUX 1
    Inventors: Philippe GOUPIL, Ali Zolghadri, Loic Lavigne