Patents by Inventor Estelle Baligand

Estelle Baligand 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).

  • Publication number: 20240100788
    Abstract: A lay-up method of composite aircraft parts with an opening. Composite tows having an orientation of 0°, 90° or +/?45° are laid up forming plies which form a composite laminate. Each tow having an orientation of 0° and being within the perimeter of the opening comprises: a first gap located at approximately ? of the length of the first semi-major axis from the center, the first gap being configured as a first elongated gap longitudinally perpendicular to the orientation of the tow, and a second gap located at approximately ? of the length of the second semi-major axis from the center, the second gap being configured as a second elongated gap longitudinally perpendicular to the orientation of the tow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yolanda MIGUEZ CHARINES, Estelle BALIGAND, Manuel RECIO MELERO, Pedro CABRERA RODRIGUEZ
  • Patent number: 9771140
    Abstract: The invention provides an integrated aircraft structure, such as a fuselage, with reinforcing elements in areas of the structure that need them because they have openings or are subjected to high loads. The structure comprises a skin, a plurality of stringers and a plurality of frames with mouseholes for the passage of stringers at their crossing zones. The reinforcing elements are configured with a suitable shape to be superimposed to the stringers in said areas. A manufacturing processes of said integrated aircraft structure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: Elena Arevalo Rodriguez, Estelle Baligand
  • Publication number: 20140186572
    Abstract: The invention provides an integrated aircraft structure, such as a fuselage, with reinforcing elements in areas of the structure that need them because they have openings or are subjected to high loads. The structure comprises a skin, a plurality of stringers and a plurality of frames with mouseholes for the passage of stringers at their crossing zones. The reinforcing elements are configured with a suitable shape to be superimposed to the stringers in said areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Elena Arevalo Rodriguez, Estelle Baligand