Patents by Inventor Augustin GAKWAYA

Augustin GAKWAYA 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).

  • Helicopter skid landing gear
    Patent number: 9994308
    Abstract: A cross tube for a helicopter skid landing gear, including a monolithic metallic tube having a central portion extending transversely between two end portions with longitudinal central axes of the central portion and of the end portions being located in a plane, where the central portion has inner and outer heights, the end portions each have inner and outer heights, and the inner and outer heights of one of the central portion and the end portion are respectively greater than the inner and outer heights of the other of the central portion and the end portion. A skid tube with two portions with cross-sections having one or both of different orientations with respect to one another and different dimensions with respect to one another, and a method of forming a structural tube for a helicopter skid landing gear are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Université Laval
    Inventors: Simon Bernier, Robert Clive Fews, Michel Guillot, Augustin Gakwaya, Jocelyn Blanchet, Xavier Jean-Gilles Elie-Dit-Cosaque, Julie Levesque, Giuseppe Aquino
  • Helicopter Skid Landing Gear
    Publication number: 20140224928
    Abstract: A cross tube for a helicopter skid landing gear, including a monolithic metallic tube having a central portion extending transversely between two end portions with longitudinal central axes of the central portion and of the end portions being located in a plane, where the central portion has inner and outer heights, the end portions each have inner and outer heights, and the inner and outer heights of one of the central portion and the end portion are respectively greater than the inner and outer heights of the other of the central portion and the end portion. A skid tube with two portions with cross-sections having one or both of different orientations with respect to one another and different dimensions with respect to one another, and a method of forming a structural tube for a helicopter skid landing gear are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE LAVAL, BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Simon BERNIER, Robert Clive FEWS, Michel GUILLOT, Augustin GAKWAYA, Jocelyn BLANCHET, Xavier Jean-Gilles ELIE-DIT-COSAQUE, Julie LEVESQUE, Giuseppe AQUINO