Patents by Inventor Andre Pfiffer

Andre Pfiffer 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).

  • Combined steering and drag-reduction device
    Patent number: 9500456
    Abstract: A combined steering and drag reduction device for a missile is disclosed. The device includes a base and an upper part which are arranged in succession along a main axis of navigation of the missile. Advantageously, the device also includes a pressurized-gas generator and at least one lateral thruster having at least one nozzle configured to deliver a thrust, by expanding gas transmitted by the generator and oriented along an axis substantially perpendicular to the main axis. The at least one lateral thruster also has at least one stabilizing chamber configured to expand the gas transmitted by the generator and expel it through an outlet section of the base substantially perpendicular to the main axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: ROXEL FRANCE, HERAKLES
    Inventors: Andre Pfiffer, Pascal Caubet, Jean-Michel Larrieu
  • Propulsion system for flying machine, particularly for a missile
    Patent number: 9169806
    Abstract: A propulsion system including: a booster; a turbojet engine; the booster including a chamber which is fixed to a rear casing of the turbojet engine by being arranged along the longitudinal axis thereof, which chamber includes at a rear a jet pipe and includes at least one charge and a mechanism initiating the charge; and gas bleed tubes connected to the booster and which are configured either for igniting the combustion chamber of the turbojet engine on for starting the turbine of the turbojet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignees: MICROTURBO SA, MBDA France, ROXEL France
    Inventors: Gilles Aime Yann Guyader, Jean-Francois Rideau, Andre Pfiffer, Jean-Francois Doualle
  • COMBINED STEERING AND DRAG-REDUCTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150276362
    Abstract: A combined steering and drag reduction device for a missile is disclosed. The device includes a base and an upper part which are arranged in succession along a main axis of navigation of the missile. Advantageously, the device also includes a pressurized-gas generator and at least one lateral thruster having at least one nozzle configured to deliver a thrust, by expanding gas transmitted by the generator and oriented along an axis substantially perpendicular to the main axis. The at least one lateral thruster also has at least one stabilizing chamber configured to expand the gas transmitted by the generator and expel it through an outlet section of the base substantially perpendicular to the main axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Andre Pfiffer, Pascal Caubet, Jean-Michel Larrieu
  • PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR FLYING MACHINE, PARTICULARLY FOR A MISSILE
    Publication number: 20130269313
    Abstract: A propulsion system including: a booster; a turbojet engine; the booster including a chamber which is fixed to a rear casing of the turbojet engine by being arranged along the longitudinal axis thereof, which chamber includes at a rear a jet pipe and includes at least one charge and a mechanism initiating the charge; and gas bleed tubes connected to the booster and which are configured either for igniting the combustion chamber of the turbojet engine on for starting the turbine of the turbojet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicants: MICROTURBO, ROXEL France, MBDA France
    Inventors: Gilles Aime Yann Guyader, Jean-Francois Rideau, Andre Pfiffer, Jean-Francois Doualle