Patents by Inventor CLÉMENT QUERTELET

CLÉMENT QUERTELET 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: 10942015
    Abstract: An actuation device for ejecting a removable part of a missile includes a pyrotechnic actuator having a pyrotechnic charge configured to generate an overpressure and a piston configured to act on the removable part of the missile, at least one retaining rod, and at least one thermal insulation element configured to thermally insulate at least the pyrotechnic charge. The pyrotechnic actuator is configured to break the retaining rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventors: Clément Quertelet, Clyde Laheyne
  • Patent number: 10767968
    Abstract: A missile includes a separable nose cone having an ejectable shell cooperating with a support element. The missile has a body with a main longitudinal axis and a nose cone having a shell connected by a rear end thereof to a support element of the missile and defined around a secondary longitudinal axis. The support element has a housing, and the rear end of the shell has a thickness adapted to be received in the housing in a contacting manner. The housing is configured to allow the shell to pivot and to maintain contact while the orientation of the shell is such that the secondary longitudinal axis is at an angle smaller than an ejection angle in relation to said main longitudinal axis, and to end the contact when the secondary longitudinal axis is at an angle higher than or equal to the ejection angle in such a way as to eject the shell from the missile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MBDA France
    Inventors: Clément Quertelet, Clyde Laheyne
  • Publication number: 20200109929
    Abstract: An actuation device for ejecting a removable part of a missile includes a pyrotechnic actuator having a pyrotechnic charge configured to generate an overpressure and a piston configured to act on the removable part of the missile, at least one retaining rod, and at least one thermal insulation element configured to thermally insulate at least the pyrotechnic charge. The pyrotechnic actuator is configured to break the retaining rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventors: Clément Quertelet, Clyde Laheyne
  • Publication number: 20200049474
    Abstract: A missile includes a separable nose cone having an ejectable shell cooperating with a support element. The missile has a body with a main longitudinal axis and a nose cone having a shell connected by a rear end thereof to a support element of the missile and defined around a secondary longitudinal axis. The support element has a housing, and the rear end of the shell has a thickness adapted to be received in the housing in a contacting manner. The housing is configured to allow the shell to pivot and to maintain contact while the orientation of the shell is such that the secondary longitudinal axis is at an angle smaller than an ejection angle in relation to said main longitudinal axis, and to end the contact when the secondary longitudinal axis is at an angle higher than or equal to the ejection angle in such a way as to eject the shell from the missile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: MBDA France
    Inventors: Clément Quertelet, Clyde Laheyne
  • Patent number: 10054411
    Abstract: The missile comprises at least one separable propulsion stage and a terminal vehicle arranged to the front of the separable propulsion stage, said missile being provided at the front with a separable protective fairing comprising at least two individual shells and with a connecting part connected to the missile towards the rear beyond the position of the rear end of the terminal vehicle. The protective fairing is configured such that, when mounted on the missile, it surrounds all of the terminal vehicle and it is connected at the rear end to the connecting part by means of articulated connecting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventor: Clément Quertelet
  • Patent number: 9891031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a missile structural wall, in particular for a thermal protection fairing. The structural wall of a missile, in particular of a protective fairing of the missile, comprises a structural part provided with an outer surface and an inner surface, as well as comprising, at least at a front end of the structural part, an outer thermal protection layer on the outer surface and an inner thermal protection layer on the inner surface, the inner layer being made from a material having a density that is between 2 and 20 times lower than that of the material of the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventor: Clément Quertelet
  • Publication number: 20170167838
    Abstract: The invention relates to a missile structural wall, in particular for a thermal protection fairing. The structural wall of a missile, in particular of a protective fairing of the missile, comprises a structural part provided with an outer surface and an inner surface, as well as comprising, at least at a front end of the structural part, an outer thermal protection layer on the outer surface and an inner thermal protection layer on the inner surface, the inner layer being made from a material having a density that is between 2 and 20 times lower than that of the material of the outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: CLÉMENT QUERTELET
  • Publication number: 20170131076
    Abstract: The missile comprises at least one separable propulsion stage and a terminal vehicle arranged to the front of the separable propulsion stage, said missile being provided at the front with a separable protective fairing comprising at least two individual shells and with a connecting part connected to the missile towards the rear beyond the position of the rear end of the terminal vehicle. The protective fairing is configured such that, when mounted on the missile, it surrounds all of the terminal vehicle and it is connected at the rear end to the connecting part by means of articulated connecting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventor: CLÉMENT QUERTELET