Patents by Inventor Bénédicte Rinaldi

Bénédicte Rinaldi 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: 20180222129
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a spar for a blade, which spar includes transversely at least one arrangement. A male former is defined for each arrangement that is to be fabricated and each arrangement is subdivided into a pressure-side subassembly and a suction-side subassembly, each comprising a plurality of hanks, each hank comprising a plurality of U-shaped tape segments stacked on one another. Each subassembly of an arrangement is fabricated outside a mold for fabricating the blade on a single former adapted to that particular arrangement, fabrication being by stacking tape segments on the former using a fiber placement method implemented by a placement head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Jacques GAFFIERO, Benedicte RINALDI, Andre AMARI
  • Patent number: 9950478
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a spar for a blade, which spar includes transversely at least one arrangement. A male former is defined for each arrangement that is to be fabricated and each arrangement is subdivided into a pressure-side subassembly and a suction-side subassembly, each comprising a plurality of hanks, each hank comprising a plurality of U-shaped tape segments stacked on one another. Each subassembly of an arrangement is fabricated outside a mold for fabricating the blade on a single former adapted to that particular arrangement, fabrication being by stacking tape segments on the former using a fiber placement method implemented by a placement head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Jacques Gaffiero, Benedicte Rinaldi, Andre Amari
  • Patent number: 9673554
    Abstract: The invention provides a rotary-wing aircraft rotor fitted with a connector device for connecting electrical power between a hub (1) and blades (2) of said rotor. For each of the blades (2), a wired connection (4) provides an electrical connection between the hub (1) and the blade (2). A guide path (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) holds the wired connection (4) in shape and guides it under tension to move over itself, accompanying the pivoting movement of the blade root (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Jacques Gaffiero, Andre Amari, Benedicte Rinaldi, David Broucke
  • Publication number: 20160016365
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a spar for a blade, which spar includes transversely at least one arrangement. A male former is defined for each arrangement that is to be fabricated and each arrangement is subdivided into a pressure-side subassembly and a suction-side subassembly, each comprising a plurality of hanks, each hank comprising a plurality of U-shaped tape segments stacked on one another. Each subassembly of an arrangement is fabricated outside a mold for fabricating the blade on a single former adapted to that particular arrangement, fabrication being by stacking tape segments on the former using a fiber placement method implemented by a placement head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jacques GAFFIERO, Benedicte RINALDI, Andre AMARI
  • Patent number: 8888464
    Abstract: Method for fabricating a reinforcing coating for a part made of composite material. Pre-impregnated reinforcing fibers are used in the form of slivers and said slivers are laid on the part in two layers of longitudinal slivers by being placed thereon. This fabrication makes provision for using an angular orientation for the slivers of each layer respectively of 0° and of some other angle relative to said determined direction of the solid body for covering using an interlaced pattern type that gives layer crossing lines parallel to a longitudinal axis of the solid body for covering, which pattern type is selected to form interlacing patterns that limit the number of layer crossing lines along the longitudinal axis of the solid body for covering to a single line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Jacques Gaffiero, André Amari, Bénédicte Rinaldi, Didier Trallero
  • Publication number: 20140024251
    Abstract: The invention provides a rotary-wing aircraft rotor fitted with a connector device for connecting electrical power between a hub (1) and blades (2) of said rotor. For each of the blades (2), a wired connection (4) provides an electrical connection between the hub (1) and the blade (2). A guide path (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) holds the wired connection (4) in shape and guides it under tension to move over itself, accompanying the pivoting movement of the blade root (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Jacques Gaffiero, Andre Amari, Benedicte Rinaldi, David Broucke
  • Publication number: 20120141288
    Abstract: Method for fabricating a reinforcing coating for a part made of composite material. Pre-impregnated reinforcing fibers are used in the form of slivers and said slivers are laid on the part in two layers of longitudinal slivers by being placed thereon. This fabrication makes provision for using an angular orientation for the slivers of each layer respectively of 0° and of some other angle relative to said determined direction of the solid body for covering using an interlaced pattern type that gives layer crossing lines parallel to a longitudinal axis of the solid body for covering, which pattern type is selected to form interlacing patterns that limit the number of layer crossing lines along the longitudinal axis of the solid body for covering to a single line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventors: Jacques Gaffiero, André Amari, Bénédicte Rinaldi, Didier Trallero