Patents by Inventor Cédric Bara

Cédric Bara 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).

  • Fly-by-wire control system for aircraft
    Patent number: 9873505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fly-by-wire system which comprises: three-stage piloting control, each stage including a control computer suitable for determining the positions of the stick, and a monitoring computer capable of verifying all the pre-determined positions of the stick; three-stage control-surface position calculation, each stage including a control computer suitable for calculating the control-surface positions from encoded positions of the stick, and a monitoring computer capable of verifying all the calculated control-surface positions; a single unidirectional communication link connecting the control computer of the first piloting control stage to the control computer of the first control-surface position calculation stage; a single unidirectional communication link connecting the control computer of the second piloting control stage to the control computer of the second control-surface position calculation stage; and a single unidirectional communication link connecting the control computer of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: Airbus Helicopters, Sagem Defense Securite
    Inventors: Cédric Bara, Christophe Tuzi, Eric Bourgogne, Pascal Coppee, Yann Vandenbaviere
  • FLY-BY-WIRE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20160122003
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fly-by-wire system which comprises: three-stage piloting control, each stage including a control computer suitable for determining the positions of the stick, and a monitoring computer capable of verifying all the pre-determined positions of the stick; three-stage control-surface position calculation, each stage including a control computer suitable for calculating the control-surface positions from encoded positions of the stick, and a monitoring computer capable of verifying all the calculated control-surface positions; a single unidirectional communication link connecting the control computer of the first piloting control stage to the control computer of the first control-surface position calculation stage; a single unidirectional communication link connecting the control computer of the second piloting control stage to the control computer of the second control-surface position calculation stage; and a single unidirectional communication link connecting the control computer of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicants: Sagem Défense Sécurité, Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Cédric Bara, Christophe Tuzi, Eric Bourgogne, Pascal Coppee, Yann Vandenbaviere