Patents by Inventor Eric Bouchet

Eric Bouchet 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: 11254437
    Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly has a front engine mount connecting an engine and a primary structure of a pylon comprising at least one front rod having at least three front link points. A first front link point is configured to connect the front rod and the front end of the primary structure. A second front link point is configured to connect the front rod and the core of the engine. A third front link point is configured to connect the front rod and the engine core and is offset relative to the second front link point in a horizontal transverse direction. The first front link point of the front engine mount is separated from the rotation axis of the engine by a distance greater than an exterior radius of the rear casing of the core of the engine at the rear link point of the rear engine mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Bouchet, Olivier Barbara, Pascal Pome
  • Patent number: 11084597
    Abstract: To bring a pylon box of an aircraft engine attachment pylon as close as possible to a wing box, two lateral front fasteners are provided. Each of the fasteners comprises a clevis secured to the wing box, the clevis comprising two webs, at least one of which passes through an upper spar of the box, the upper part of one of the two opposite lateral flanges of a lower transverse rib of the box reinforcement, the upper part of an associated lateral panel, and a pin system passing through the clevis and the two upper parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Eric Bouchet, Olivier Barbara
  • Patent number: 11084596
    Abstract: An aircraft which comprises a fuselage and at least one propulsion assembly linked to the fuselage by at least two connecting rods positioned at least partially in an inner zone of the air inlet of the nacelle of the propulsion assembly. Thus, the connecting rods do not interfere with the secondary flow flowing inside the nacelle and do not affect the aerodynamic performance levels of the propulsion assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Eric Bouchet, Jérôme Colmagro, Michel Garcia
  • Patent number: 10683097
    Abstract: An aircraft strut includes a primary structure which includes: a top stringer, a bottom stringer, at least one transverse frame which links the top stringer to the bottom stringer, a front end wall which links a front end of the top stringer to a front end of the bottom stringer, a rear end wall which links a rear end of the top stringer to a rear end of the bottom stringer, two lateral frames arranged on either side of the transverse frame, each lateral frame having a lattice form. An aircraft includes at least one strut described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Eric Bouchet, Mélaine Chaix
  • Patent number: 10647440
    Abstract: To allow the attachment of an engine of the “Open Rotor Puller” type to the rigid structure of an attachment pylon, an attachment structure comprises a first attachment structure shifted forwards with respect to the center of gravity of the engine and connected to the rigid structure through a pyramid, a second attachment structure laid out at the rear with respect to the first attachment structure and extending in a plane of a first stringer of the rigid structure, and a third attachment structure laid out at the rear with respect to the second attachment structure. The second attachment structure comprises two engine attachments for recovering the moment along the axis of the engine, laid out on either side of a horizontal symmetry plane of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Eric Bouchet, Jérôme Colmagro, Rohan Nanda, Misael Hernandez Perez
  • Publication number: 20200072161
    Abstract: A structure which absorbs low-frequency sound comprising a perforated skin, a box having two lateral walls in the shape of a strip, that delimit between them an opening, and a bottom opposite the opening connecting the two lateral walls, the lateral walls becoming closer together with increasing distance from the opening to the bottom. The box is attached to the skin at the opening. Each lateral wall extends width-wise between the opening and the bottom. Each box has two tongues, each tongue being strip shaped, extending lengthwise over an entire box length, and width-wise between the opening and the bottom of the box. Each tongue has a first end attached along an edge of the opening and a second, free end which extends towards the bottom, becoming closer to the second end of the other tongue, where each tongue has an arcuate shape along its length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Eric BOUCHET, Laurent CAZEAUX, Thierry GACHES, Morad KASSEM, Claire MAFFRE
  • Patent number: 10351254
    Abstract: An aircraft engine pylon includes two side panels and an upper stringer and a lower stringer assembled to form a strut assembly extending in a longitudinal direction (AX) corresponding to the direction in which the aircraft is moving and an internal reinforcement structure including a plurality of reinforcements. The pylon also includes a reinforcement zone on each side panel and a front housing to receive a main front center reinforcement and a rear housing to receive a main rear center reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Bouchet, Gerard Coudouent, Bogdan Sina, Romain Terral, Sylvain Cros, Jerome Puech, Cyrielle Rogeron
  • Publication number: 20190152616
    Abstract: To bring a pylon box of an aircraft engine attachment pylon as close as possible to a wing box, two lateral front fasteners are provided. Each of the fasteners comprises a clevis secured to the wing box, the clevis comprising two webs, at least one of which passes through an upper spar of the box, the upper part of one of the two opposite lateral flanges of a lower transverse rib of the box reinforcement, the upper part of an associated lateral panel, and a pin system passing through the clevis and the two upper parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Olivier PAUTIS, Eric BOUCHET, Olivier BARBARA
  • Publication number: 20190144125
    Abstract: An aircraft which comprises a fuselage and at least one propulsion assembly linked to the fuselage by at least two connecting rods positioned at least partially in an inner zone of the air inlet of the nacelle of the propulsion assembly. Thus, the connecting rods do not interfere with the secondary flow flowing inside the nacelle and do not affect the aerodynamic performance levels of the propulsion assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Eric BOUCHET, Jérôme COLMAGRO, Michel GARCIA
  • Publication number: 20190100324
    Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly has a front engine mount connecting an engine and a primary structure of a pylon comprising at least one front rod having at least three front link points. A first front link point is configured to connect the front rod and the front end of the primary structure. A second front link point is configured to connect the front rod and the core of the engine. A third front link point is configured to connect the front rod and the engine core and is offset relative to the second front link point in a horizontal transverse direction. The first front link point of the front engine mount is separated from the rotation axis of the engine by a distance greater than an exterior radius of the rear casing of the core of the engine at the rear link point of the rear engine mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Frederic JOURNADE, Eric BOUCHET, Olivier BARBARA, Pascal POME
  • Patent number: 10183756
    Abstract: An aircraft engine mount which comprises first and second parts connected by connecting elements and wherein one of the two connected parts comprises at least one transverse hole opening onto an access face of the part and into which there open at least two passage holes each intended to house a threaded shank of one of the connecting elements. The engine mount comprises a transverse nut which comprises at least two bodies joined together each having a tapped hole configured to engage with one of the threaded shanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Bouchet, Nicolas Grosseau, Antoine Mutin
  • Patent number: 10124876
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage frame including a central element adapted to be located within the perimeter of the fuselage, and two lateral extensions projecting outside the perimeter of the fuselage from both sides of the central element that are a portion of a longitudinal structure of a lifting surface. The central element and the two lateral extensions are configured as an integrated piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: Airbus Operations S.L., Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Esteban Martino Gonzalez, Diego Folch Cortes, Pablo Goya Abaurrea, Angel Pascual Fuertes, Sandra Linares Mendoza, Julien Guillemaut, Eric Bouchet, Jerome Colmagro, Jonathan Blanc
  • Publication number: 20180170563
    Abstract: In order to reduce the congestion of the attachment means for aircraft engines in a secondary vein, a first fuselage frame has two side portions for supporting the engine, each associated with one of the two partly buried side engines, these portions being curved inwards so as to surround and follow the profile of the outer shroud of an intermediate case. The side portion is attached on this shroud through first and second attachment arrangements spaced apart from each other circumferentially, these arrangements being configured in order to allow absorption of the forces related to the torque along a longitudinal direction of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Eric BOUCHET, Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Jerome COLMAGRO, Fernando INIESTA LOZANO, Julien MOULIS, Antoine ABELE
  • Publication number: 20180148186
    Abstract: To allow the attachment of an engine of the “Open Rotor Puller” type to the rigid structure of an attachment pylon, an attachment structure comprises a first attachment structure shifted forwards with respect to the center of gravity of the engine and connected to the rigid structure through a pyramid, a second attachment structure laid out at the rear with respect to the first attachment structure and extending in a plane of a first stringer of the rigid structure, and a third attachment structure laid out at the rear with respect to the second attachment structure. The second attachment structure comprises two engine attachments for recovering the moment along the axis of the engine, laid out on either side of a horizontal symmetry plane of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Eric BOUCHET, Jérôme COLMAGRO, Rohan NANDA, Misael HERNANDEZ PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20180009543
    Abstract: An aircraft engine mount which comprises first and second parts connected by connecting elements and wherein one of the two connected parts comprises at least one transverse hole opening onto an access face of the part and into which there open at least two passage holes each intended to house a threaded shank of one of the connecting elements. The engine mount comprises a transverse nut which comprises at least two bodies joined together each having a tapped hole configured to engage with one of the threaded shanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic JOURNADE, Eric BOUCHET, Nicolas GROSSEAU, Antoine MUTIN
  • Publication number: 20170361940
    Abstract: An aircraft strut includes a primary structure which includes: a top stringer, a bottom stringer, at least one transverse frame which links the top stringer to the bottom stringer, a front end wall which links a front end of the top stringer to a front end of the bottom stringer, a rear end wall which links a rear end of the top stringer to a rear end of the bottom stringer, two lateral frames arranged on either side of the transverse frame, each lateral frame having a lattice form. An aircraft includes at least one strut described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Eric Bouchet, Mélaine Chaix
  • Publication number: 20170106990
    Abstract: An aircraft engine pylon includes two side panels and an upper stringer and a lower stringer assembled to form a strut assembly extending in a longitudinal direction (AX) corresponding to the direction in which the aircraft is moving and an internal reinforcement structure including a plurality of reinforcements. The pylon also includes a reinforcement zone on each side panel and a front housing to receive a main front centre reinforcement and a rear housing to receive a main rear centre reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Bouchet, Gerard Coudouent, Bogdan Sina, Romain Terral, Sylvain Cros, Jerome Puech, Cyrielle Rogeron
  • Publication number: 20160229513
    Abstract: An aircraft tail cone comprising a fuselage in which avionic equipment is housed. The tail cone comprises two lateral hatches formed in the fuselage, at least one hatch being formed on each of the two opposite sides of the fuselage. Each hatch is mounted removably with respect to the fuselage so as to take up a closed first position in which the hatch closes a lateral opening in the fuselage, and an open second position in which the open hatch allows access to the inside of the tail cone through the corresponding opening The avionic equipment that requires regular inspection and/or maintenance operations is housed in a part of the tail cone which is accessible through the two lateral openings in the fuselage to a person who remains on the outside of the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Henning Scheel, Eric Bouchet, Julien Guillemaut, Esteban Martino-Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20160152315
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage frame including a central element adapted to be located within the perimeter of the fuselage, and two lateral extensions projecting outside the perimeter of the fuselage from both sides of the central element that are a portion of a longitudinal structure of a lifting surface. The central element and the two lateral extensions are configured as an integrated piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Esteban MARTINO GONZALEZ, Diego FOLCH CORTES, Pablo GOYA ABAURREA, Angel PASCUAL FUERTES, Sandra LINARES MENDOZA, Julien GUILLEMAUT, Eric BOUCHET, Jerome COLMAGRO, Jonathan BLANC
  • Patent number: 8556213
    Abstract: The invention relates to a structural frame made from a composite material. The purpose of the invention is to obtain a structural frame with high mechanical performances while remaining simple in construction. This purpose is achieved in arranging sets of single-directional fibers in the main part of the structural frame at a predetermined angle. This system may be used as a structural frame particularly for an aircraft fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Anais Markowski, Eric Bouchet, Denis Soula, Marie Elduayen