Patents by Inventor Benjamin Mahieu

Benjamin Mahieu 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: 8939405
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage element being a one-piece component, and including a closed wall defining an internal volume, an external surface of the wall forming the external skin of the fuselage. The wall has a cross section that includes on a side facing the internal volume a planar central part, a male connecting element at a first edge, and a female connecting element at its other edge, which connecting elements project, each connecting element configured to engage with the corresponding connecting element of another fuselage element placed side by side with the fuselage element to connect these fuselage elements longitudinally to each other, and one of the connecting elements includes a step forming a frame for the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Benjamin Mahieu
  • Publication number: 20110180665
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft fuselage element. According to the invention, -said fuselage element being a one-piece component, it comprises a closed wall (1) defining an internal volume, the external surface (2) of said wall forming the external skin of said fuselage, -said wall has a cross section which has on the side facing the internal volume a planar central part (5), a male connecting element (7) at a first edge and a female connecting element (6) at its other edge, which connecting elements project, each connecting element being designed to engage with the corresponding connecting element of another fuselage element placed side by side with said fuselage element in order to connect these fuselage elements longitudinally to each other, and -one of said connecting elements includes a step (9) forming a frame for said fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)
    Inventor: Benjamin Mahieu
  • Patent number: 7942369
    Abstract: A windscreen frame, and a method of production for a windscreen frame, designed to hold a windscreen in an opening in a wall, the frame including at least one upper horizontal frame section element, at least one lower horizontal frame section element and at least one vertical mounting, characterized in that it is a single unit in composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Souriau
    Inventors: Benjamin Mahieu, Bruno Cacciaguerra, Louis Peltier
  • Publication number: 20080073931
    Abstract: A windscreen frame, and a method of production for a windscreen frame, designed to hold a windscreen in an opening in a wall, the frame including at least one upper horizontal frame section element, at least one lower horizontal frame section element and at least one vertical mounting, characterised in that it is a single unit in composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Benjamin Mahieu, Bruno Cacciaguerra, Louis Peltier
  • Patent number: 7347399
    Abstract: A partition for an aircraft is designed to separate a cargo part from a cockpit or a passenger compartment of this aircraft. The partition includes a cellular central structure in contact with a first external wall and a second external wall of this partition. The partition also includes several stiffener elements added onto at least one of the first and second external walls. The invention also relates to an aircraft including at least one such partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Eric Bouchet, Benjamin Mahieu, Lionel Juillen, Frederic Vinches
  • Patent number: 7258303
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a partition designed to separate a cargo part from a cockpit or a passenger compartment. The partition includes a corrugated structure, defining several corrugations with an approximately omega section extending along the direction of the height of the partition. The partition also includes one or several stiffener elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Eric Bouchet, Benjamin Mahieu, Lionel Juillen, Frederic Vinches
  • Publication number: 20050279887
    Abstract: The invention relates to a partition (2) for aircraft designed to separate a cargo part from a cockpit or a passenger compartment of this aircraft, this partition (2) comprising a corrugated structure (30), defining several corrugations (38) with an approximately omega section extending along the direction of the height of the partition, this partition also comprising one or several stiffener elements (60). The invention also relates to an aircraft comprising at least one such partition (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Airbus France
    Inventors: Eric Bouchet, Benjamin Mahieu, Lionel Juillen, Frederic Vinches
  • Publication number: 20050116102
    Abstract: The invention relates to a partition (2) for aircraft designed to separate a cargo part from a cockpit or a passenger compartment of this aircraft, the partition (2) comprising a cellular central structure (30) in contact with a first external wall (32) and a second external wall (34) of this partition. According to the invention, the partition (2) also comprises several stiffener elements (46) added onto at least one of the first and second external walls (32,34). The invention also relates to an aircraft comprising at least one such partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: Airbus France
    Inventors: Eric Bouchet, Benjamin Mahieu, Lionel Juillen, Frederic Vinches