Patents by Inventor Benoit Thomas

Benoit Thomas 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: 12600455
    Abstract: An actuation system for a cargo door of an aircraft. The cargo door covers an opening into a cargo bay when it is in a closed position. The actuation system includes a first actuator configured to outwardly rotate the cargo door from the closed position to a first open position, and a second actuator configured to outwardly rotate the cargo door from the first open position to a second open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignees: Airbus (S.A.S.), Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Mayur K V, Nishith Ramaraja, Marc Antonio Bentivoglio, Cristobal Federico Brito Maur, Benoit Thomas, Dominique Grisel, Jayaparthan Jagadeesan, Marco Lutz
  • Patent number: 12534178
    Abstract: A method of opening a cargo door of an aircraft, the aircraft including a body with an opening into a cargo bay, and a cargo door which covers the opening when it is in a closed position. A cargo door is outwardly rotated with a first actuator from the closed position to a first open position. Then an actuator rod is installed by coupling a first end of an actuator rod to the body and coupling a second end of the actuator rod to the cargo door in the first open position. Then the cargo door is outwardly rotated with the actuator rod from the first open position to a second open position by increasing a distance between the first and second ends of the actuator rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus (S.A.S.), Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Mayur K V, Nishith Ramaraja, Marc Antonio Bentivoglio, Cristobal Federico Brito Maur, Benoit Thomas, Dominique Grisel, Jayaparthan Jagadeesan, Marco Lutz
  • Patent number: 9216811
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a front beam having stiffeners and a front lower fuselage section having stiffeners, each stiffener comprising a core and at least one bearing surface. Each stiffener of the front beam is connected to a stiffener of the lower fuselage section by at least one batten which abuts against the bearing surfaces of the stiffeners. A sealed wall is arranged in a transverse plane which corresponds approximately to the connection plane between the front beam and the front lower fuselage section. The sealed wall includes cut-outs in order to allow the stiffeners and the battens to pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Paul De Ruffray, Benoit Thomas, Jean-Michel Laboire, Guillaume Delest
  • Patent number: 9138006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains suitable for the production of baker's yeasts which are osmotolerant and which exhibit intrinsic resistance to weak organic acids. The strains of the present invention are obtained by means of a process of hybridization or of mutation of the industrial S. cerevisiae strain deposited on Jul. 8, 2010 with the CNCM [French National Collection of Microorganism Cultures] under number I-4341, or from an industrial strain related thereto via the Ty profile thereof and/or via quantitative trait locus mapping (QTL mapping).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Ladriere, Jean-Charles Bartolucci, Fabienne Sucher, Benoit Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140353426
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a front beam having stiffeners and a front lower fuselage section having stiffeners, each stiffener comprising a core and at least one bearing surface. Each stiffener of the front beam is connected to a stiffener of the lower fuselage section by at least one batten which abuts against the bearing surfaces of the stiffeners. A sealed wall is arranged in a transverse plane which corresponds approximately to the connection plane between the front beam and the front lower fuselage section. The sealed wall includes cut-outs in order to allow the stiffeners and the battens to pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Paul De Ruffray, Benoit Thomas, Jean-Michel Laboire, Guillaume Delest
  • Publication number: 20140010919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains suitable for the production of baker's yeasts which are osmotolerant and which exhibit intrinsic resistance to weak organic acids. The strains of the present invention are obtained by means of a process of hybridization or of mutation of the industrial S. cerevisiae strain deposited on Jul. 8, 2010 with the CNCM [French National Collection of Microorganism Cultures] under number 1-4341, or from an industrial strain related thereto via the Ty profile thereof and/or via quantitative trait locus mapping (QTL mapping).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Ladriere, Jean-Charles Bartolucci, Fabienne Sucher, Benoit Thomas