Patents by Inventor Bruno MAILLARD

Bruno MAILLARD 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: 10360741
    Abstract: The disclosure herein proposes identifying precursors to all the phenomena which can have an impact on the service use of an aircraft. It relates to a system for predicting failures in an aircraft, including a processor configured to analyze a current behavior of at least one flight parameter of the aircraft to detect any deviation of the current behavior relative to a predetermined behavior model of the parameter, the behavior model being determined from a plurality of series of learning data relating to the parameter collected during the flights of a set of aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S), Airbus (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Jean-Max Huet, Franck Duluc, Eric Benhamou, Bruno Maillard
  • Publication number: 20170352204
    Abstract: The disclosure herein proposes identifying precursors to all the phenomena which can have an impact on the service use of an aircraft. It relates to a system for predicting failures in an aircraft, including a processor configured to analyze a current behavior of at least one flight parameter of the aircraft to detect any deviation of the current behavior relative to a predetermined behavior model of the parameter, the behavior model being determined from a plurality of series of learning data relating to the parameter collected during the flights of a set of aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Max HUET, Franck DULUC, Eric BENHAMOU, Bruno MAILLARD
  • Patent number: 9834317
    Abstract: A method of assistance for troubleshooting is provided. A purpose is to prioritize identifiers each associated with a piece of equipment the failure of which can be the cause of a fault within an aircraft. The method is based on transmitting to an expert system, a list of identifiers, and receiving, for each identifier, a family of pertinent parameters, with each pertinent parameter being associated with at least one sensor of the aircraft and taking measurements of the pertinent parameters. Knowing these measurements, it is possible to deduce therefrom, for each identifier, a priority corresponding to the probability that the associated equipment is effectively defective. A system for implementing this method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Stéphane Besseau, Jean-Max Huet, François Michaud, Eric Ben Hamou, Loïc Joffre, Bruno Maillard
  • Patent number: 9767413
    Abstract: According to a first aspect, the subject matter disclosed herein relates to a decision aid method for maintenance operations of aircraft equipment, the aircraft including a maintenance system arranged to make a record of equipment failure messages and of equipment failure warning messages emitted during a flight, the method comprising extracting at least one combination of failure messages corresponding to failure messages recorded by the maintenance system during a flight and a set of previous flights; determining, as a function of the at least one extracted combination, a probability of occurrence of at least one warning message possibly accompanied by one or more failure messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Jean-Max Huet, Stéphane Besseau, Bruno Maillard, François Michaud
  • Publication number: 20150088363
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of assistance for troubleshooting. A purpose is to prioritize identifiers each associated with a piece of equipment the failure of which can be the cause of a fault within an aircraft. The method is based on transmitting to an expert system, a list of identifiers, and receiving, for each identifier, a family of pertinent parameters, with each pertinent parameter being associated with at least one sensor of the aircraft and taking measurements of the pertinent parameters. Knowing these measurements, it is possible to deduce therefrom, for each identifier, a priority corresponding to the probability that the associated equipment is effectively defective. The disclosure also relates to a system for implementing this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Stéphane BESSEAU, Jean-Max HUET, Fran?ois MICHAUD, Eric BEN HAMOU, Loïc JOFFRE, Bruno MAILLARD
  • Publication number: 20150039551
    Abstract: According to a first aspect, the subject matter disclosed herein relates to a decision aid method for maintenance operations of aircraft equipment, the aircraft including a maintenance system arranged to make a record of equipment failure messages and of equipment failure warning messages emitted during a flight, the method comprising extracting at least one combination of failure messages corresponding to failure messages recorded by the maintenance system during a flight and a set of previous flights; determining, as a function of the at least one extracted combination, a probability of occurrence of at least one warning message possibly accompanied by one or more failure messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jean-Max HUET, Stéphane BESSEAU, Bruno MAILLARD, François MICHAUD