Patents by Inventor Benoit ORTEU
Benoit ORTEU 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).
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Patent number: 11772781Abstract: An aircraft including two main landing gears and also a main landing gear bay configured to house, on either side of a vertical median plane, the two main landing gears in a retracted position, the main landing gear bay including a rear transverse wall, a front transverse wall and also an end wall that is approximately perpendicular to the rear and front transverse walls. The main landing gear bay includes at least one strut connecting the rear or front transverse wall and the end wall, approximately positioned in the vertical median plane.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Benoit Orteu, Damien Sire
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Publication number: 20230192268Abstract: An aircraft part has a fuselage portion and a floor, at least a part of which is joined to the fuselage portion via elastic link rods. Each elastic link rod is provided with a first end that is configured to be fixed to the floor and with a second end that is configured to be fixed to the fuselage portion. The elastic link rods are configured to exhibit a stiffness that makes it possible both to transmit loads between the floor and the fuselage portion and to absorb displacements brought about by deformations of the fuselage portion. The aircraft part thus making it possible, at a lower cost and with a lower mass, to obtain a connection between the floor and the fuselage portion that exhibits suitable elasticity to be able to transmit inertial loads while absorbing deformations of the fuselage portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Jérôme DURAND, Benoit ORTEU
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Publication number: 20230150646Abstract: An aircraft floor including at least one hinge connecting movable and fixed floor parts, which has a pivot axis parallel to a longitudinal direction. The floor also includes at least two beams, each including first and second beam portions secured respectively to the fixed and movable floor parts and connected together by a pivot link, and at least one rail including at least one first rail portion secured to the movable floor part and at least one second rail portion secured to the fixed floor part of the floor, extending the first rail portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Benoit ORTEU, Ludovic MIL, Lionel LAGANIER, Dominique MARTY, Philippe ROBERT
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Publication number: 20230148389Abstract: A structural assembly for an aircraft having pairs of main gantries distributed in the longitudinal direction, two transverse panels fixed to the front and the rear of the pairs of main gantries to together define a compartment for a landing gear of the aircraft, at least one pair of secondary gantries between the main gantries, at least one crossmember parallel to the transverse panels and that straddles at least one secondary gantry, and, for each secondary gantry and each crossmember straddling the secondary gantry, a connecting rod mounted to be able to freely rotate, via a first end, on a lower part of the crossmember and, via a second end, on an outer lateral part of the secondary gantry. Such an arrangement reduces the vertical bulk of the structural assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Benoit Orteu, Ludovic Mil, Lionel Laganier, Dominique Marty, Philippe Robert
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Publication number: 20230141505Abstract: An aircraft including a floor positioned above a central wing box and in a front fuselage portion positioned in front of the central wing box. The floor includes at least one rail which has at least first and second rail portions and at least one articulation connecting the first and second rail portions and configured to allow a pivoting movement, about a transverse and horizontal pivot pin, between the connected first and second rail portions. By virtue of this articulation, it is possible to integrate the rails into the floor and not to position them on the floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Benoit Orteu, Ludovic Mil, Lionel Laganier, Dominique Marty, Philippe Robert
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Patent number: 11565822Abstract: A propulsion assembly having a pylon, a turbomachine comprising an engine and a fan that is enclosed by a fan casing, a nacelle surrounding the engine and the fan casing and having a load support disposed in the top part of the nacelle, a front engine attachment between the pylon and a front part of the engine, a rear engine attachment between the pylon and a rear part of the engine, a front fan attachment between the fan casing and the load support, and a rear pylon attachment between the pylon and the load support. Such a propulsion assembly allows a reduction in bulk since the load of the turbojet engine is distributed between the load support and the pylon, and the pylon is attached to the engine.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Philippe Auge, Benoit Orteu, Julien Bernat, Jean Geliot, Delphine Jalbert, Frédéric Ridray, Laurent Lafont, Pascal Gardes
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Publication number: 20220315200Abstract: A landing gear bay including a bottom wall which includes longitudinal beams and at least one panel forming an airtight barrier between first and second zones disposed on either side of the panel. The panel has first and second longitudinal edges each linked to one of the longitudinal beams. The second zone is configured to sustain a pressure greater than that of the first zone. The panel has a profile that is substantially constant in the longitudinal direction and includes at least one central part offset toward the second zone with respect to its first and second longitudinal edges. This solution makes it possible to limit the vertical stresses applied to the longitudinal beams by virtue of the pressure difference between the first and second zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Benoit ORTEU, Damien SIRE
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Publication number: 20220289365Abstract: An aircraft including two main landing gears and also a main landing gear bay configured to house, on either side of a vertical median plane, the two main landing gears in a retracted position, the main landing gear bay including a rear transverse wall, a front transverse wall and also an end wall that is approximately perpendicular to the rear and front transverse walls. The main landing gear bay includes at least one strut connecting the rear or front transverse wall and the end wall, approximately positioned in the vertical median plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Benoit ORTEU, Damien SIRE
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Patent number: 11319081Abstract: A mounting pylon comprising a structure that comprises two C-shaped semi-structures and comprising an upper spar, a lower spar and a lateral flank, an upper panel, a lower panel, a reacting attachment point, two bars attached between the reacting attachment point and a jet engine, and a front wing attachment point attached to a wing box. The lateral flank comprises joists that are aligned between the front wing attachment point and the reacting attachment point, and where the angles between two successive joists are equal.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Thomas Deforet, Benoit Orteu, Olivier Gleize
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Patent number: 11255293Abstract: A turbofan with a secondary duct and including a fixed structure and a mobile assembly including a frame with openwork regions. The mobile assembly is translatable between advanced and extended positions. The openwork regions are positioned across the window in the extended position. A plurality of blocking doors is provided, each being mobile between stowed and deployed positions. An array of rams move the mobile assembly. A cascade grille mounts on the frame across the openwork region. The grille slides on the frame parallel to the translational direction. For each grille, a rear stop limits rearward movement, and a compression spring pushes the grille to the rear for abutment against a rear stop. For each grille, the fixed structure comprises a stop element against which the grille abuts upon movement from the advanced position to the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Pascal Gardes, Frédéric Ridray, Benoit Orteu, Pascal Gougeon, Frédéric Piard
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Patent number: 11193450Abstract: A nacelle comprising a fixed structure with a fixed cowling and a cowling movable in translation between closed and open positions, to open an opening between a duct and the exterior. A blocking door is rotatably movable on the movable cowling between a stowed position and a deployed position. A deployment system comprises an arm with a first end articulated on the blocking door and a second end that bears a stop, a slider fixed to the arm, a linear guide system is fixed on the fixed structure and guides the slide, and a cam. The stop is configured to lie against the cam when the movable cowling reaches an intermediate position from the closed position and to be guided by the cam to drive the rotation of the arm about the slider when the movable cowling moves from the intermediate position to an open position.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Sreekanth Ganapathi Raju, Benoit Orteu, Laurent Cazeaux, Olivier Denoy
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Patent number: 11105297Abstract: A turbofan having a nacelle comprising a slider translatable between an advanced position and a retracted position to open a window between a duct and the exterior, a plurality of blades, each one rotatable on the slider between a stowed position and a deployed position, and a maneuvering system that moves each blade and comprises, for each blade, a shaft rotatable on the slider and on which the blade is fixed, and a toothed sector fixed to the shaft, and a toothed arc rotatable on the slider about a longitudinal axis, where the teeth of the toothed arc mesh with the teeth of each toothed sector, a cam, as one with the toothed arc, and a groove, as one with a fixed structure, which receives the cam and where, when the slider moves, the cam follows the groove and rotates the toothed arc.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Pascal Gardes, Guillaume Seguin, Laurent Tizac, Fabien Menou, Frédéric Ridray, Benoit Orteu, Romain Cusset
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Patent number: 10934009Abstract: An engine attachment system comprising an engine pylon with a top wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls, and a front engine attachment with a beam which bears two connecting rods for fixing the engine. The engine attachment system also comprises an intermediate piece with a bottom wall and four lateral walls, wherein the beam is fixed against an outer face of the bottom wall, wherein the intermediate piece is fitted at a front-end face of the engine pylon in such a way that an inner face of the bottom wall comes against the front-end face of the engine pylon, and in such a way that the lateral walls of the intermediate piece are superposed with the walls of the engine pylon. In such an engine attachment system, the front engine attachment is thus located on the front-end face of the engine pylon, allowing a space saving.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Stéphane Combes, Jean Geliot, Thomas Deforet, Adeline Soulie, Benoit Orteu
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Patent number: 10882630Abstract: A dual-flow jet engine comprising a fixed structure, a central core, and a cowl comprising a fixed part and a mobile cowl mounted to be rotationally mobile on the fixed structure via hinges with swan neck fitting. The fixed part has a first edge and the mobile cowl has a second edge, in which, when the mobile cowl is in a closed position, the second edge extends against the first edge. For each hinge with swan neck fitting, the fixed part is hollowed at the first edge, so as to delimit a recess opposite the swan neck fitting and allow the passage of the swan neck fitting when the mobile cowl switches from the closed position to the open position. The recess for each hinge with swan neck fitting allows for a reduction of the dimensions of the swan neck during the movement of the mobile cowl.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Stéphane Combes, Jean Geliot, Thomas Deforet, Adeline Soulie, Benoit Orteu
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Publication number: 20200318574Abstract: A turbofan with a secondary duct and including a fixed structure and a mobile assembly including a frame with openwork regions. The mobile assembly is translatable between advanced and retracted positions. The openwork regions are positioned across the window in the retracted position. A plurality of blocking doors is provided, each being mobile between stowed and deployed positions. An array of rams move the mobile assembly. A cascade grille mounts on the frame across the openwork region. The grille slides on the frame parallel to the translational direction. For each grille, a rear stop limits rearward movement, and a compression spring pushes the grille to the rear for abutment against a rear stop. For each grille, the fixed structure comprises a stop element against which the grille abuts upon movement from the advanced position to the retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Pascal GARDES, Frédéric RIDRAY, Benoit ORTEU
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Patent number: 10759542Abstract: A rear engine attachment includes a beam attached to the reactor strut, a rudder mounted by a pivot connection on the beam about a main rotational axis, and two thrust rods each exhibiting a first end attached to the rudder and a second end attached to a front section of an engine, the two thrust rods and the rudder attached to the beam together defining a primary thrust path between the engine and the reactor strut to bear the engine thrust. For each thrust rod, the rear engine attachment exhibits a waiting fail-safe system activated in the event of a failure of the primary thrust path. The rear engine attachment includes, for each thrust rod, a break detector integral with the rudder which is provided to come into contact with the beam in the event of a failure of the primary thrust path. The attachment allows a quick inspection to be made to determine whether there has been a failure of the primary thrust path.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)Inventors: Jean Pierre Couffignal, Jérôme Cassagne, Didier Rovatti, Thomas Deforet, Benoit Orteu, Michael Belin, Miren Egana-Abarrategui
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Publication number: 20200263632Abstract: A nacelle comprising a fixed structure with a fixed cowling and a cowling movable in translation between closed and open positions, to open an opening between a duct and the exterior. A blocking door is rotatably movable on the movable cowling between a stowed position and a deployed position. A deployment system comprises an arm with a first end articulated on the blocking door and a second end that bears a stop, a slider fixed to the arm, a linear guide system is fixed on the fixed structure and guides the slide, and a cam. The stop is configured to lie against the cam when the movable cowling reaches an intermediate position from the closed position and to be guided by the cam to drive the rotation of the arm about the slider when the movable cowling moves from the intermediate position to an open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Sreekanth GANAPATHI RAJU, Benoit ORTEU, Laurent CAZEAUX, Olivier DENOY
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Patent number: 10746100Abstract: A heat exchange device to be positioned in an aircraft pylon and including a heat exchanger and an obturator to adopt a closed state where it prevents flow of air from flowing through the heat exchanger, and more- or less-permissive states where it allows flow of air to flow with a higher or lower flow rate. The obturator includes slats each including a pivot axis, the pivot axes of the various slats being mutually parallel and intersecting the direction of the flow of air, the slats being simultaneously mobile in rotation about their pivot axis between a closed position in which the slats are contiguous, which corresponds to the closed state of the obturator, and an open position in which the slats are spread apart, which corresponds to the permissive state of the obturator.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)Inventors: Stéphane Combes, Jean Geliot, Thomas Deforet, Adeline Soulie, Benoit Orteu
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Publication number: 20200256282Abstract: A turbojet comprising a nacelle with a fixed cowl, a fan duct and a thrust reverser comprising a cowl movable between a stowed and a deployed position where the movable cowl is remote from the fixed cowl, at least one blocking flap movable between the closed position and a fixed position where the flap at least partially blocks the fan duct, and also a drive mechanism for moving the movable cowl and the blocking flap. The drive mechanism comprises a roller slide comprising a rail and a roller rotatable in the rail, a connecting rod with a first end movable on the roller and a second end movable on the blocking flap. The rail comprises a bearing surface extending parallel to a turbojet longitudinal axis to support the connecting rod during movement of the movable cowl from the stowed position to an intermediate position between the stowed and deployed positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Fabien MENOU, Laurent CAZEAUX, Benoit ORTEU
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Publication number: 20200240359Abstract: A turbofan having a nacelle comprising a slider translatable between an advanced position and a retracted position to open a window between a duct and the exterior, a plurality of blades, each one rotatable on the slider between a stowed position and a deployed position, and a maneuvering system that moves each blade and comprises, for each blade, a shaft rotatable on the slider and on which the blade is fixed, and a toothed sector fixed to the shaft, and a toothed arc rotatable on the slider about a longitudinal axis, where the teeth of the toothed arc mesh with the teeth of each toothed sector, a cam, as one with the toothed arc, and a groove, as one with a fixed structure, which receives the cam and where, when the slider moves, the cam follows the groove and rotates the toothed arc.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Pascal GARDES, Guillaume SEGUIN, Laurent TIZAC, Fabien MENOU, Frédéric RIDRAY, Benoit ORTEU, Romain CUSSET