Patents by Inventor Benoit COUTURIER

Benoit COUTURIER 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: 11738639
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an electric vehicle includes a first electric propulsion motor including a stator and a rotor that has a first and second output shafts that are axially opposed and define first and second torque outputs of the first electric motor. The system also includes a second electric propulsion motor including a stator and a rotor having a second output shaft with a torque output. Further, the system includes a first reduction gearbox to receive the torque supplied on the first torque output of the first electric motor where appropriate via a first selective or non-selective coupling system, a second reduction gearbox to receive the torque supplied by the second electric motor where appropriate via a second selective or non-selective coupling system, and a third coupling system for coupling the second torque output of the first electric motor to the torque output of the second electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Olivier Marechal, Benoit Couturier
  • Publication number: 20210316608
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an electric vehicle including a first electric propulsion motor comprising a stator and a rotor having a first output shaft able to rotate about a first axis, a second electric propulsion motor comprising a stator and a rotor having a second output shaft able to rotate about a second axis, a first reducer able to receive the torque supplied by the first electric motor, via a first selective or non-selective coupling system, this first reducer having a first reduction ratio, a second reducer able to receive the torque supplied by the second electric motor, via a second selective or non-selective coupling system, this second reducer having a second reduction ratio, a third coupling system, which may or may not be selective, for coupling the first output shaft and the second output shaft, and the first axis and the second axis not being coincident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Olivier MARECHAL, Benoit COUTURIER
  • Publication number: 20210291643
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an electric vehicle includes a first electric propulsion motor including a stator and a rotor that has a first and second output shafts that are axially opposed and define first and second torque outputs of the first electric motor. The system also includes a second electric propulsion motor including a stator and a rotor having a second output shaft with a torque output. Further, the system includes a first reduction gearbox to receive the torque supplied on the first torque output of the first electric motor where appropriate via a first selective or non-selective coupling system, a second reduction gearbox to receive the torque supplied by the second electric motor where appropriate via a second selective or non-selective coupling system, and a third coupling system for coupling the second torque output of the first electric motor to the torque output of the second electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Olivier MARECHAL, Benoit COUTURIER
  • Publication number: 20200285828
    Abstract: A system for automatically updating an airport database relating to an airport includes an assembly of information sources installed on an aircraft for generating information and notably images of the airport when the aircraft is travelling over or above the airport, and units for processing this information and for correcting data from the airport database in the case where at least one difference is detected between the information generated and the data contained in the airport database, the system thus being capable of automatically updating the airport database each time that an aircraft able to generate and to collect information is taxiing over the airport and/or flying above the airport such that the data available in the airport database is recent and reliable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Jean-François Virepinte, Benoît Couturier, Fabien Moll
  • Patent number: 10457415
    Abstract: A method for assisting the braking of an aircraft on a runway comprises the steps implemented automatically, including: before the landing of the aircraft on the runway, receiving the input, by a crew member of the aircraft, of a target braking distance by a man-machine interface associated with a processing unit, the target braking distance corresponding to a distance between a threshold of the runway and a selected exit of the runway; engaging an automatic optimized braking mode of the aircraft making it possible for the aircraft to attain the target speed when it reaches the selected runway exit; and—controlling a braking system of the aircraft, while the aircraft is running on the runway, according to this automatic optimized braking mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Olivier Brardo, Antoine Casta, Benoît Couturier
  • Publication number: 20170129623
    Abstract: A method for assisting the braking of an aircraft on a runway comprises the steps implemented automatically, including: before the landing of the aircraft on the runway, receiving the input, by a crew member of the aircraft, of a target braking distance by a man-machine interface associated with a processing unit, the target braking distance corresponding to a distance between a threshold of the runway and a selected exit of the runway; engaging an automatic optimized braking mode of the aircraft making it possible for the aircraft to attain the target speed when it reaches the selected runway exit; and—controlling a braking system of the aircraft, while the aircraft is running on the runway, according to this automatic optimized braking mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Olivier BRARDO, Antoine CASTA, Benoît COUTURIER
  • Publication number: 20140249737
    Abstract: Extended and integrated aeronautical safety and surveillance system comprising first means adapted for preventing in-flight collisions between aircraft (“TCAS”) second means for carrying out a function from among the surveillance and air traffic control functions (“ADS-B”). The system also comprises third means for carrying out at least one function from among a set of ground movements assistance functions comprising in particular a function for displaying a map during the movement of an aircraft in an airport. Finally the system is characterized in that the first, second and third means are embedded on one and the same hardware platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Hugues MEUNIER, Benoît COUTURIER
  • Patent number: 8666650
    Abstract: A method for assisting in the locating of a first aircraft includes a step of emission by the first aircraft of an identifier and of a time-stamped position reading, said method further including: the reception and the storage by at least one second aircraft of the identifier and of the time-stamped position reading, and the downloading by the second aircraft, after its landing, of the identifiers and of the time-stamped position readings to a database on the ground, and, in case of disappearance of the first aircraft, the determination of the last known position of the first aircraft based on the time-stamped position readings stored in the database on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Laurence Mutuel, Benoît Couturier
  • Publication number: 20120072101
    Abstract: A method for assisting in the locating of a first aircraft includes a step of emission by the first aircraft of an identifier and of a time-stamped position reading, said method further including: the reception and the storage by at least one second aircraft of the identifier and of the time-stamped position reading, and the downloading by the second aircraft, after its landing, of the identifiers and of the time-stamped position readings to a database on the ground, and, in case of disappearance of the first aircraft, the determination of the last known position of the first aircraft based on the time-stamped position readings stored in the database on the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Laurence MUTUEL, Benoît COUTURIER