Patents by Inventor Caroline LE

Caroline LE 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).

  • Device for sealing a joint between a wing box and a central fuselage of an aircraft, corresponding sealing processes and corresponding aircraft
    Patent number: 12534180
    Abstract: A device for sealing a joint between a wall of a wing box and a wall of a central fuselage of an aircraft, the device comprising at least one deformable element clamped between a first and a second rigid end element. The device moreover comprises clamp for moving the first and second rigid end elements closer to one another so as to deform the at least one deformable element by crushing until it is pressed against the walls of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Goupil, Ghislain Viauvy, Vincent Fauchille, Caroline Le, François Bignebat, Nicolas Garres
  • Connecting device comprising two off-center rings with a frustoconical and/or spherical bearing surface, aircraft or aircraft floor comprising at least two portions connected by at least one such connecting device
    Patent number: 12319440
    Abstract: A connecting device including first and second off-center rings, the second ring being positioned in the first ring. The peripheral outer surface of the first ring is frustoconical and has a smaller cross section oriented in a first direction, and the inner surface of the first ring and the outer surface of the second ring, which surfaces interact with one another, have cross sections which increase between a first cross section and a second cross section that is offset in relation to the first cross section in an opposite direction to the first direction. This arrangement makes it possible to be able to prevent the rotation of the first and second rings once their angular positioning has been adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Bernadet, Damien Aguera, Yannick Marin, Sylvain Peyraud, Caroline Le, Yannick Lampure, Stéphane Bournazaud
  • DEFORMABLE SEALING PLUG AND PROCESS FOR PLUGGING A CAVITY USING SUCH A SEALING PLUG
    Publication number: 20250100714
    Abstract: A sealing plug for leaktightly plugging a cavity. The sealing plug comprises an incompressibly deformable envelope delimiting a hollow internal space and provided with at least one orifice, a rod which can slide through the envelope, a first end of the rod that is provided with a head being able to deform the envelope when a second end of the rod is pulled, and a viscous seal arranged in the internal space of the envelope so as to be expelled from the envelope through the orifice when the envelope is deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Frédéric GOUPIL, Ghislain VIAUVY, Vincent FAUCHILLE, Caroline LE, François BIGNEBAT, Nicolas GARRES, Adrien GELLE, Antoine MERCIER
  • DEVICE FOR SEALING A JOINT BETWEEN A WING BOX AND A CENTRAL FUSELAGE OF AN AIRCRAFT, CORRESPONDING SEALING PROCESSES AND CORRESPONDING AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20240425169
    Abstract: A device for sealing a joint between a wall of a wing box and a wall of a central fuselage of an aircraft, the device comprising at least one deformable element clamped between a first and a second rigid end element. The device moreover comprises clamp for moving the first and second rigid end elements closer to one another so as to deform the at least one deformable element by crushing until it is pressed against the walls of the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Frédéric GOUPIL, Ghislain VIAUVY, Vincent FAUCHILLE, Caroline LE, François BIGNEBAT, Nicolas GARRES
  • CONNECTING DEVICE COMPRISING TWO OFF-CENTER RINGS WITH A FRUSTOCONICAL AND/OR SPHERICAL BEARING SURFACE, AIRCRAFT OR AIRCRAFT FLOOR COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO PORTIONS CONNECTED BY AT LEAST ONE SUCH CONNECTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230242277
    Abstract: A connecting device including first and second off-center rings, the second ring being positioned in the first ring. The peripheral outer surface of the first ring is frustoconical and has a smaller cross section oriented in a first direction, and the inner surface of the first ring and the outer surface of the second ring, which surfaces interact with one another, have cross sections which increase between a first cross section and a second cross section that is offset in relation to the first cross section in an opposite direction to the first direction. This arrangement makes it possible to be able to prevent the rotation of the first and second rings once their angular positioning has been adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Philippe BERNADET, Damien AGUERA, Yannick MARIN, Sylvain PEYRAUD, Caroline LE, Yannick LAMPURE, Stéphane BOURNAZAUD