Patents by Inventor Aurelien VAYSSIERE

Aurelien VAYSSIERE 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: 11912402
    Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft with a fuselage that forms an aircraft interior region, the fuselage comprising an upper primary skin that separates the aircraft interior region from an aircraft upper deck arranged above the fuselage, wherein the aircraft upper deck comprises an engine accommodating region with a firewall arrangement, the engine accommodating region accommodating at least one aircraft engine within the firewall arrangement, wherein the firewall arrangement comprises at least one gasket for tightening pass-through of a torque tube that connects the at least one aircraft engine to a main gear box of the rotary wing aircraft, and wherein the at least one gasket comprises at least two fire proof shells and a ring-shaped flexible fire proof bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Aurelien Vayssiere, Hubert Neukirch, Markus Kammerer, Bernhard Rein
  • Publication number: 20240035314
    Abstract: An aircraft door with an inner door space; a door opening system arranged at least partly in the inner door space. The door opening system comprises: at least one locking device for locking the aircraft door in a locked state, actuation kinematics for actuating the at least one locking device, and at least one transmission rod coupling the actuation kinematics with the at least one locking device; wherein the at least one transmission rod is displaceable in the inner door space by means of the actuation kinematics for actuating the at least one locking device; and an anti-vibration device mounted in the inner door space to the at least one transmission rod for absorbing vibrations of the at least one transmission rod, wherein the anti-vibration device is displaceable in the inner door space together with the at least one transmission rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien VAYSSIERE, Pierre ARNOULD, Pierre FRUITET, Alexandre FACOMPRE
  • Publication number: 20240003171
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a door locking assembly for locking a door of an aircraft, comprising a locking hook adapted for blocking in a locking position a lockable arm of a door of an aircraft; a release lever connected to the locking hook for moving the locking hook from a releasing position into the locking position in response to being actuated by a lockable arm of a door of an aircraft; an operating handle connected at least to the release lever and rotatable for moving the locking hook from the locking position to the releasing position; and a locking indicator connected to the locking hook for indicating positioning of the locking hook in one of the locking position or the releasing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien VAYSSIERE, Aurelien RENARD, Pierre FRUITET, Bernhard REIN
  • Patent number: 11655017
    Abstract: A stiffener skeleton that is configured to be mounted to an upper deck of a rotary wing aircraft in a maintenance phase, comprising an upper stiffening structure with a plurality of supporting arms for providing upside stiffening support, and a lateral stiffening structure with a plurality of supporting legs for providing lateral stiffening support, wherein the plurality of supporting arms and the plurality of supporting legs form a self-supporting frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien Vayssiere, Nicolas Montil, Mathieu Gester, Hubert Neukirch, Pascal Jervaise, Markus Kammerer, Pierre Arnould
  • Patent number: 11603180
    Abstract: An aircraft with a fuselage and at least one emergency exit system, the at least one emergency exit system including a jettisonable component that is accommodated and locked in an associated frame structure of the aircraft in normal operation mode to form a portion of the fuselage and that is releasable from the associated frame structure for being jettisoned from the aircraft in an emergency mode; and further including an emergency evacuation assistance device that is adapted to assist in an emergency evacuation of the aircraft via the associated frame structure in the emergency mode; wherein the emergency evacuation assistance device is attached to the jettisonable component such that the emergency evacuation assistance device is deployed by means of the jettisonable component when the jettisonable component is jettisoned from the aircraft in the emergency mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien Vayssiere, Bernhard Rein, Sven Laessig, Hubert Neukirch, Pierre Fruitet
  • Publication number: 20220332411
    Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft with a fuselage that forms an aircraft interior region, the fuselage comprising an upper primary skin that separates the aircraft interior region from an aircraft upper deck arranged above the fuselage, wherein the aircraft upper deck comprises an engine accommodating region with a firewall arrangement, the engine accommodating region accommodating at least one aircraft engine within the firewall arrangement, wherein the firewall arrangement comprises at least one gasket for tightening pass-through of a torque tube that connects the at least one aircraft engine to a main gear box of the rotary wing aircraft, and wherein the at least one gasket comprises at least two fire proof shells and a ring-shaped flexible fire proof bellows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Aurelien VAYSSIERE, Hubert NEUKIRCH, Markus KAMMERER, Bernhard REIN
  • Publication number: 20220161915
    Abstract: A stiffener skeleton that is configured to be mounted to an upper deck of a rotary wing aircraft in a maintenance phase, comprising an upper stiffening structure with a plurality of supporting arms for providing upside stiffening support, and a lateral stiffening structure with a plurality of supporting legs for providing lateral stiffening support, wherein the plurality of supporting arms and the plurality of supporting legs form a self-supporting frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien VAYSSIERE, Nicolas MONTIL, Mathieu GESTER, Hubert NEUKIRCH, Pascal JERVAISE, Markus KAMMERER, Pierre ARNOULD
  • Publication number: 20210229794
    Abstract: A vehicle with at least one emergency exit system, the at least one emergency exit system comprising a jettisonable component that is accommodated and locked in an associated frame structure of the vehicle in normal operation mode and releasable from the associated frame structure for being jettisoned from the vehicle in an emergency mode; and further comprising an emergency evacuation assistance device that is adapted to assist in an emergency evacuation of the vehicle via the associated frame structure in the emergency mode; wherein the emergency evacuation assistance device is attached to the jettisonable component such that the emergency evacuation assistance device is deployed by means of the jettisonable component when the jettisonable component is jettisoned from the vehicle in the emergency mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicants: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien VAYSSIERE, Bernhard REIN, Sven LAESSIG, Hubert NEUKIRCH, Pierre FRUITET
  • Patent number: 10807706
    Abstract: A jettisonable emergency exit for a vehicle, comprising an outer peripheral edge that is adapted to be accommodated in an associated frame provided in a vehicle, wherein at least one emergency exit retention means and at least one emergency exit locking device are integrated into the outer peripheral edge, the at least one emergency exit retention means comprising at least one non-retractable pivot finger around which the jettisonable emergency exit is rotatable in an emergency mode, and the at least one emergency exit locking device comprising at least one locking hook that is adapted for locking the jettisonable emergency exit in an associated locking position in normal operation mode and for releasing the jettisonable emergency exit in an associated retracted position in the emergency mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTER
    Inventors: Fabrice Joussellin, Aurelien Vayssiere, Pierre Fruitet, Laure-Anne Mathieu, Hassene Heboub, Philippe Benentendi
  • Patent number: 10717513
    Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft with a fuselage that is equipped with at least one rail, comprising at least one sliding element, in particular a sliding door or a sliding window, that is slidably supported by the at least one rail, wherein the at least one sliding element is at least slidable along the at least one rail by means of an opening sliding movement into an opening movement direction from a fully closed position into a fully opened position, wherein a dampening unit is provided that dampens the opening sliding movement of the at least one sliding element upon reaching of the fully opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH, Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Aurelien Vayssiere, Pierre Fruitet, Fabrice Joussellin, Robert Sienicki, Bartlomiej Tazbir, Michal Mroz, Bernhard Rein
  • Patent number: 10066430
    Abstract: A sliding closing element for a sliding closing element arrangement of a vehicle, the sliding closing element arrangement comprising at least one rail that is adapted for slidably supporting the sliding closing element, the sliding closing element comprising at least one fail safe sliding arm assembly with at least one bogie support arm and at least one safety arm, the at least one bogie support arm comprising at least one bogie assembly with at least one guide roller that is adapted for rolling along the at least one rail in operation, and the at least one safety arm being adapted for retaining the at least one fail safe sliding arm assembly on the at least one rail in case of a failure of the at least one bogie support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Fabrice Joussellin, Aurelien Vayssiere
  • Publication number: 20180148157
    Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft with a fuselage that is equipped with at least one rail, comprising at least one sliding element, in particular a sliding door or a sliding window, that is slidably supported by the at least one rail, wherein the at least one sliding element is at least slidable along the at least one rail by means of an opening sliding movement into an opening movement direction from a fully closed position into a fully opened position, wherein a dampening unit is provided that dampens the opening sliding movement of the at least one sliding element upon reaching of the fully opened position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicants: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien VAYSSIERE, Pierre FRUITET, Fabrice JOUSSELLIN, Robert SIENICKI, Bartlomiej TAZBIR, Michal MROZ, Bernhard REIN
  • Publication number: 20160355249
    Abstract: A jettisonable emergency exit for a vehicle, comprising an outer peripheral edge that is adapted to be accommodated in an associated frame provided in a vehicle, wherein at least one emergency exit retention means and at least one emergency exit locking device are integrated into the outer peripheral edge, the at least one emergency exit retention means comprising at least one non-retractable pivot finger around which the jettisonable emergency exit is rotatable in an emergency mode, and the at least one emergency exit locking device comprising at least one locking hook that is adapted for locking the jettisonable emergency exit in an associated locking position in normal operation mode and for releasing the jettisonable emergency exit in an associated retracted position in the emergency mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Fabrice JOUSSELLIN, Aurelien VAYSSIERE, Pierre FRUITET, Laure-Anne MATHIEU, Hassene HEBOUB, Philippe BENENTENDI
  • Publication number: 20160245006
    Abstract: A sliding closing element for a sliding closing element arrangement of a vehicle, the sliding closing element arrangement comprising at least one rail that is adapted for slidably supporting the sliding closing element, the sliding closing element comprising at least one fail safe sliding arm assembly with at least one bogie support arm and at least one safety arm, the at least one bogie support arm comprising at least one bogie assembly with at least one guide roller that is adapted for rolling along the at least one rail in operation, and the at least one safety arm being adapted for retaining the at least one fail safe sliding arm assembly on the at least one rail in case of a failure of the at least one bogie support arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Fabrice JOUSSELLIN, Aurelien VAYSSIERE