Patents by Inventor Bernard Francois Carcy

Bernard Francois Carcy 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).

  • Workshop for preparing aircraft engines for shipping
    Patent number: 8776360
    Abstract: A workshop for preparing aeroengines for shipping, the workshop including a station for fitting test and measurement mechanism on an engine, a mechanism for transporting the engine to test premises and for returning the engine to the workshop, a station for removing the test and measurement mechanism, a station for endoscopic inspection, a finishing station, and a shipping station. The engines are transported from one station to another by spreaders fastened on the engines and attached to hoists that are movable in translation along an overhead structure arranged in the workshop, each station being fitted with computer terminals for displaying and tracking the tasks to be performed on the engine in the corresponding station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Bernard Francois Carcy, Christophe Andre Cheneau, Jacques Georges Philippe Guerin, Henri Muzellec
  • WORKSHOP FOR PREPARING AIRCRAFT ENGINES FOR SHIPPING
    Publication number: 20120017431
    Abstract: A workshop for preparing aeroengines for shipping, the workshop including a station for fitting test and measurement mechanism on an engine, a mechanism for transporting the engine to test premises and for returning the engine to the workshop, a station for removing the test and measurement mechanism, a station for endoscopic inspection, a finishing station, and a shipping station. The engines are transported from one station to another by spreaders fastened on the engines and attached to hoists that are movable in translation along an overhead structure arranged in the workshop, each station being fitted with computer terminals for displaying and tracking the tasks to be performed on the engine in the corresponding station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Bernard Francois Carcy, Christophe Andre Cheneau, Jacques Georges, Philippe Guerin, Henri Muzellec