Patents by Inventor David Le Croller

David Le Croller 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: 9779310
    Abstract: The invention comprises using a photodetector that it sensitive in the MWIR band, performing image differencing on two successive images at a time, and defining thresholds for said differences in order to extract only those exceeding the threshold used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventors: David Le Croller, Thierry Teodoro, Jean-Luc Assouly, Pierre Garrigues
  • Publication number: 20160358026
    Abstract: The invention comprises using a photodetector that it sensitive in the MWIR band, performing image differencing on two successive images at a time, and defining thresholds for said differences in order to extract only those exceeding the threshold used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventors: David Le Croller, Thierry Teodoro, Jean-Luc Assouly, Pierre Garrigues
  • Patent number: 9169015
    Abstract: In order to allow decoy projectiles (6) to be launched with optimal quality of flight, the projectiles respectively include external cylindrical bodies (80) which are dimensionally identical, housed in the tube and each having a deployable-fins (9) aerodynamic stabilization device, that adopt a folded position inside the body when the projectile is in the tube, and a deployed position outside of the tube. To achieve that, the system includes a projectile ejection system (8), with an axial passage (12), arranged fixedly as a continuation of the tube, at the opposite end to the advance mechanism, and containing, in succession, after the control mechanism, the projectile (6) that is to be ejected by a controllable ejection device (25) connected to the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventors: David Le Croller, Jean-Luc Assouly
  • Publication number: 20140196597
    Abstract: In order to allow decoy projectiles (6) to be launched with optimal quality of flight, the projectiles respectively comprise external cylindrical bodies (80) which are dimensionally identical, housed in said tube and each having a deployable-fins (9) aerodynamic stabilization device, that adopt a folded position inside the body when the projectile is in the tube, and a deployed position outside of the tube. To achieve that, said system comprises a projectile ejection system (8), with axial passage (12), arranged fixedly in the continuation of the tube, at the opposite end to the advance mechanism, and containing, in succession, after the control mechanism, the projectile (6) that is to be ejected by a controllable ejection device (25) connected to said module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventors: David Le Croller, Jean-Luc Assouly