Patents by Inventor Andre A. Masse

Andre A. Masse 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).

  • Publication number: 20240140367
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid recovery system for a motor vehicle where such a recovery system includes at least one liquid intake that communicates with a tank, which is designed to store liquid from the liquid intake, and is designed with an arrangement below the motor vehicle's beltline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Laurent ANDRE-MASSE, Philippe CARRARO, Julien CARRION, Pierre-Francois DUPRAT, Jean-Francois ROUSSEAU, Grégory VILLEMIN
  • Patent number: 11904816
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid recovery system for a motor vehicle and to a vehicle including such a recovery system that that includes at least one liquid intake that communicates with a tank and is referred to as the first tank, which is designed to store liquid from the liquid intake and where the liquid intake is arrangeably designed below the vehicle's beltline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Laurent Andre-Masse, Philippe Carraro, Julien Carrion, Pierre-Francois Duprat, Jean-Francois Rousseau, Grégory Villemin
  • Patent number: 11091126
    Abstract: An end joining piece (4) for a windscreen wiper for a glazed surface of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The end piece has at least a receipt receptacle (410) for receiving an end part of a longitudinal vertebra (20), and at least one flexible tongue (6a, 6b) which is configured to go from a first, position of rest, to a second, retracted position, by displacement in a first direction (F2a, F2b) during the insertion of the longitudinal vertebra in the receipt receptacle (410), the flexible tongue including an engagement ramp along which the vertebra is made to thrust, to provide the tongue with its second, retracted position. The engagement ramp (620a, 620b) has an inclination which is configured to exert on the longitudinal vertebra a force which tends to displace this vertebra in a second direction (F3a, F3b), which, together with the first direction of displacement, forms a non-zero angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Guillaume Mouleyre, Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Laurent Thierry Andre Masse
  • Publication number: 20210107435
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid recovery system for a motor vehicle and to a vehicle including such a recovery system that that includes at least one liquid intake that communicates with a tank and is referred to as the first tank, which is designed to store liquid from the liquid intake and where the liquid intake is arrangeably designed below the vehicle's beltline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Laurent ANDRE-MASSE, Philippe CARRARO, Julien CARRION, Pierre-Francois DUPRAT, Jean-Francois ROUSSEAU, Grégory VILLEMIN
  • Publication number: 20190366983
    Abstract: An end joining piece (4) for a windscreen wiper for a glazed surface of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The end piece has at least a receipt receptacle (410) for receiving an end part of a longitudinal vertebra (20), and at least one flexible tongue (6a, 6b) which is configured to go from a first, position of rest, to a second, retracted position, by displacement in a first direction (F2a, F2b) during the insertion of the longitudinal vertebra in the receipt receptacle (410), the flexible tongue including an engagement ramp along which the vertebra is made to thrust, to provide the tongue with its second, retracted position. The engagement ramp (620a, 620b) has an inclination which is configured to exert on the longitudinal vertebra a force which tends to displace this vertebra in a second direction (F3a, F3b), which, together with the first direction of displacement, forms a non-zero angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Guillaume Mouleyre, Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Laurent Thierry Andre Masse
  • Publication number: 20180326949
    Abstract: Device for locking a windshield wiper (10) to a drive arm (12), characterized in that it comprises electrical means (4) able to drive a reversible movement of at least one locking element (5) secured to the arm (12) or to the wiper (10), said at least one locking element (5) moving relative to the arm (12) or to the wiper (10) to which it is secured between an unlocked position in which said at least one locking element (5) is secured only to the arm (12) or to the wiper (10) and a locked position in which said at least one element (5) is secured to the arm (12) and to the wiper (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Julien Carrion, Laurent Andre-Masse, Geoffrey Bayard, Christophe Chassaing, Grégory Kolanowski, Chantal Marquet, Gilles Petitet
  • Patent number: 9983577
    Abstract: A method for monitoring degradation of an onboard device of an aircraft, implemented by a computer, the degree of degradation of the onboard device being defined by an abnormality score formed by the counting of occurrences of abnormalities noted by a control system of the device, the monitoring method comprising a step of comparing an abnormality score obtained for an observation sequence of given length (n, t) with a decision threshold (ks) and a step of issuing an alarm in the event of the decision threshold (ks) being reached or exceeded, the decision threshold (ks) being determined automatically for a given probability of alarm Pa, corresponding to the probability that an alarm will be issued during the monitoring method whereas the onboard device is sound, by means of the following steps: a step of obtaining an abnormality score (r) on at least one reference sequence corresponding to flights of the aircraft without degradation and with a length (m, tc) equal to a plurality of lengths (n, t) of observ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jean-Remi Andre Masse, Pierre Gerald Lalonde, Aurore Fabienne Paule Humeau, Armand Dariouche Alimardani, Guilhem Alcide Auguste Foiret
  • Publication number: 20170160734
    Abstract: A method for monitoring degradation of an onboard device of an aircraft, implemented by a computer, the degree of degradation of the onboard device being defined by an abnormality score formed by the counting of occurrences of abnormalities noted by a control system of the device, the monitoring method comprising a step of comparing an abnormality score obtained for an observation sequence of given length (n, t) with a decision threshold (ks) and a step of issuing an alarm in the event of the decision threshold (ks) being reached or exceeded, the decision threshold (ks) being determined automatically for a given probability of alarm Pa, corresponding to the probability that an alarm will be issued during the monitoring method whereas the onboard device is sound, by means of the following steps: a step of obtaining an abnormality score (r) on at least one reference sequence corresponding to flights of the aircraft without degradation and with a length (m, tc) equal to a plurality of lengths (n, t) of observ
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Remi Andre MASSE, Pierre Gerald LALONDE, Aurore Fabienne Paule HUMEAU, Armand Dariouche ALIMARDANI, Guilhem Alcide Auguste FOIRET
  • Patent number: 9598178
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a degradation in an on-board device of an aircraft, comprising a step of comparing an abnormality score obtained for a given flight of said aircraft with a decision threshold (S) and a step of transmitting an alert in the event of said decision threshold (S) being exceeded, said decision threshold (S) being automatically determined for a given probability of alert Pa, corresponding to the probability of an alert being transmitted during the monitoring method when said on-board device is healthy, by means of a plurality of steps, including a step of reading the antecedent of the continuous adjusted division function for the value 1?Peac, said antecedent corresponding to said decision threshold (S), with Peac being the elementary probability of exceeding the threshold for confirmation per k exceedances of threshold during n consecutive flights and being a function of the probability of alert Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: SNECMA, SAFRAN ENGINEERING SERVICES, UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES
    Inventors: Jean-Remi Andre Masse, Ouadie Hmad, Edith Grall-Maes, Pierre Jean Emile Beauseroy
  • Patent number: 9346558
    Abstract: A method for monitoring degradation of an on-board device of an aircraft includes comparing an abnormality score obtained for a given aircraft flight to a decision threshold and emitting an alarm when the decision threshold is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Remi Andre Masse, Pierre Jean Emile Beauseroy, Xavier Boulet, Edith Grall-Maes, Ouadie Hmad
  • Patent number: 9273613
    Abstract: A method monitoring a servo-control loop, including: estimating monitoring parameters from operating data of the servo-control loop; obtaining indicators from the monitoring parameters; determining at least one signature from values of at least some of the indicators; and detecting and locating a degradation affecting the servo-control loop as a function of the at least one determined signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Christian Aurousseau, Régis Michel Paul Deldalle, Xavier Flandrois, Jean-Rémi André Masse, Aziz Sif, Benjamin Pierre Lamoureux
  • Patent number: 9032786
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a control device of a fuel metering valve of an aircraft turbojet engine, the control device supplying a control current to a servo valve in order to modify the position of the fuel metering valve. The method includes determining the position of the fuel metering valve during a flight of the aircraft, determining the travelling speed of the fuel metering valve, and determining the control current when the travelling speed of the fuel metering valve is zero. A mean control current is calculated when the travelling speed of the fuel metering valve is zero, the mean control current forming an indicator of deterioration of the control device. The deterioration indicator is compared with a reference base of indicators with deterioration so as to infer the type of deterioration from it, and an abnormality score is calculated for the deterioration indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Remi Andre Masse, Benjamin Pierre Lamoureux, Hicham Janati Idrissi, Francis Marquisseau, Aziz Sif
  • Publication number: 20150134198
    Abstract: A method for monitoring degradation of an on-board device of an aircraft includes comparing an abnormality score obtained for a given aircraft flight to a decision threshold and emitting an alarm when the decision threshold is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Remi Andre Masse, Pierre Jean, Emile Beauseroy, Xavier Boulet, Edith Grall-Maes, Ouadie Hmad
  • Publication number: 20150073650
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a degradation in an on-board device of an aircraft, comprising a step of comparing an abnormality score obtained for a given flight of said aircraft with a decision threshold (S) and a step of transmitting an alert in the event of said decision threshold (S) being exceeded, said decision threshold (S) being automatically determined for a given probability of alert Pa, corresponding to the probability of an alert being transmitted during the monitoring method when said on-board device is healthy, by means of a plurality of steps, including a step of reading the antecedent of the continuous adjusted division function for the value 1?Peac, said antecedent corresponding to said decision threshold (S), with Peac being the elementary probability of exceeding the threshold for confirmation per k exceedances of threshold during n consecutive flights and being a function of the probability of alert Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicants: SNECMA, SAFRAN ENGINEERING SERVICES, UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES
    Inventors: Jean-Remi Andre MASSE, Ouadie HMAD, Edith GRALL-MAES, Pierre Jean Emile BEAUSEROY
  • Patent number: 8831855
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a servo-control loop (3) of an actuator system (2) for actuating variable-geometry components of a turbojet, said method comprising: an estimation step of estimating a plurality of monitoring parameters from operating data of the servo-control loop (2); an evaluation step of evaluating a plurality of indicators from the monitoring parameters; an evaluation step for evaluating at least one signature matrix, each signature matrix being representative of the values of at least some of the indicators; and a detection and location step of detecting and locating a degradation affecting the servo-control loop as a function of said at least one signature matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Remi Andre Masse, Christian Aurousseau, Regis Michel Paul Deldalle, Xavier Flandrois, Aziz Sif
  • Patent number: 8756026
    Abstract: A process for monitoring a machine including moving pieces, a lubrication system and an electromagnetic sensor fitted with a magnet and two electrodes is disclosed. The sensor is capable of collecting particles present in the lubrication system between the electrodes. The monitoring process includes a step for obtaining measurements of resistance between the electrodes of the sensor, taken during an operating period of the machine; a step for determining from said measurements a first autoregressive mathematical model characterizing the resistance; a step for comparison between the first model and a predetermined reference model; and a step for working out an opinion on maintenance of the machine as a function of the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Xavier Flandrois, Jean-Rémi André Masse, Maurice Georges Vernochet
  • Publication number: 20130338898
    Abstract: A method monitoring a servo-control loop, including: estimating monitoring parameters from operating data of the servo-control loop; obtaining indicators from the monitoring parameters; determining at least one signature from values of at least some of the indicators; and detecting and locating a degradation affecting the servo-control loop as a function of the at least one determined signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Christian Aurousseau, Régis Michel Paul Deldalle, Xavier Flandrois, Jean-Rémi André Masse, Aziz Sif, Benjamin Pierre Lamoureux
  • Patent number: 8275507
    Abstract: The method of the invention for monitoring a thrust reverser of a turbojet having an actuator controlled by an electric motor consists in determining a maintenance notice from a weighted combination of provisional notices, each provisional notice relating to a category of parameters associated with at least one phase of an operating cycle of the reverser, the category being selected from a category of parameters representative of a duration of said phase, of an energy seen by the motor during said phase, of a torque seen by the motor at a predefined instant of said phase, and of a duration during which the setpoint speed of rotation and the measured speed of rotation of the motor differ during said phase, each provisional notice being generated by analyzing values obtained during at least one cycle for at least one parameter of said category relative to a degradation threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Nicholas Alain Bader, Thomas Deguin, Xavier Regis Flandrois, Jean-Remi Andre Masse, Mickael Yves Maurice Sauzedde, Jean-Julien Camille Vonfelt
  • Publication number: 20120197480
    Abstract: A line replaceable unit for aircraft, the line replaceable unit including: a measuring device configured to measure useful data to define the status of the line replaceable unit, a predictive monitoring device configured to calculate indicators of potential breakdown of the line replaceable unit from useful data to define the status of the line replaceable unit, a communication interlace capable of forwarding indicators of potential breakdown to a central unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Marc Tony BENINCA, Jean-Rémi André MASSE, Marc MISSOUT
  • Publication number: 20120109486
    Abstract: The invention relates to monitoring a redundant measurement system of an aeroengine by means of an electronic unit. The monitoring comprises a step of obtaining first measurements of a physical magnitude measured in said engine, and a step of obtaining second measurements of said physical magnitude. According to the invention, the method includes a step of calculating detection residues as a function of differences between the first and second measurements, a step of determining a mean-jump flag, a step of determining a variance-jump flag, a step of determining a change-of-slope flag, and a step of generating a diagnostic notice as a function of said mean-jump flag, of said variance-jump flag, and of said change-of-slope flag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Stéphane ECOUTIN, Xavier Flandrois, Jean-Rémi André Masse