Patents by Inventor André Barbieri

André Barbieri 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: 9033275
    Abstract: An undercarriage (6) provided with an undercarriage leg (10) and a shock absorber (20), said undercarriage (6) including an actuator-shock absorber (30), said undercarriage leg (10) comprising both a first element (11) carrying contact means (13) and a second element (12), which elements are hinged to each other. The undercarriage (6) includes pivot means (40) enabling said undercarriage leg (10) to pivot firstly in a first direction (S1) in order to retract said undercarriage leg (10) into said housing (4) under drive from said actuator-shock absorber (30), and secondly, during an emergency landing, in a second direction (S2) opposite to the first direction (S1) in order to move said undercarriage leg (10) away from said housing (4) while stressing said actuator-shock absorber (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: André Barbieri, Bruno Cacciaguerra
  • Patent number: 8947268
    Abstract: An instrument panel for a rotorcraft having two pilot seats, said instrument panel being arranged under an anti-glare shield (4) and including display means (2), at least some of the display means (2) being suitable for acting as communications means, said display means (2) comprising a first set (5) of display means (2) arranged on the instrument panel, and a second set (6) of display means (2) arranged on the instrument panel, wherein the instrument panel includes, symmetrically relative to a longitudinal axis, a central dashboard (3), and at least two lateral dashboards arranged on either side of the central dashboard (3), the dashboards being mutually parallel and presenting a forward longitudinal offset from one dashboard to the next starting from the central dashboard (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventor: André Barbieri
  • Publication number: 20120080558
    Abstract: An undercarriage (6) provided with an undercarriage leg (10) and a shock absorber (20), said undercarriage (6) including an actuator-shock absorber (30), said undercarriage leg (10) comprising both a first element (11) carrying contact means (13) and a second element (12), which elements are hinged to each other. The undercarriage (6) includes pivot means (40) enabling said undercarriage leg (10) to pivot firstly in a first direction (S1) in order to retract said undercarriage leg (10) into said housing (4) under drive from said actuator-shock absorber (30), and secondly, during an emergency landing, in a second direction (S2) opposite to the first direction (S1) in order to move said undercarriage leg (10) away from said housing (4) while stressing said actuator-shock absorber (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventors: André Barbieri, Bruno Cacciaguerra
  • Publication number: 20120075120
    Abstract: An instrument panel for a rotorcraft having two pilot seats, said instrument panel being arranged under an anti-glare shield (4) and including display means (2), at least some of the display means (2) being suitable for acting as communications means, said display means (2) comprising a first set (5) of display means (2) arranged on the instrument panel, and a second set (6) of display means (2) arranged on the instrument panel, wherein the instrument panel includes, symmetrically relative to a longitudinal axis, a central dashboard (3), and at least two lateral dashboards arranged on either side of the central dashboard (3), the dashboards being mutually parallel and presenting a forward longitudinal offset from one dashboard to the next starting from the central dashboard (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventor: André Barbieri