Patents by Inventor Fernando Manuel Ferreira Dos Santos

Fernando Manuel Ferreira Dos Santos 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).

  • System for detecting, quantifying and/or locating water in aircraft sandwich structures and methods for using this system
    Patent number: 8305089
    Abstract: A system for the detection of water in a sandwich structure for aircraft including: a microwave generator, at least two microwaves emitters/sensors mounted in the structure, and a microwave detector capable of detecting the microwaves after propagation in the structure; a data-processing unit associated with a library containing at least one model of the structure when empty. Also methods for implementing this system as well as an aircraft including such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Fernando Manuel Ferreira Dos Santos, Jean-Louis Miane, Jean-Louis Arnaud
  • System for detecting and locating water in a sandwich-type structure for aircrafts
    Patent number: 8294104
    Abstract: A system for detecting and locating water in a sandwich-type structure for aircrafts, the system including means for heating the water contained in an intermediate layer of the sandwich-type structure, and means for recording at least one image of a surface of the sandwich-type structure, the image showing particular regions of the surface, corresponding to the presence of water in the intermediate layer. The means for heating the water include a device for emitting microwaves inside the sandwich-type structure, at a frequency essentially equal to the resonance frequency of the water molecules. The invention also relates to a method implemented by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Fernando Manuel Ferreira Dos Santos, Jean-Louis Arnaud
  • SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND LOCATING WATER IN A SANDWICH-TYPE STUCTURE FOR AIRCRAFTS
    Publication number: 20100155603
    Abstract: A system for detecting and locating water in a sandwich-type structure for aircrafts, the system including means for heating the water contained in an intermediate layer of the sandwich-type structure, and means for recording at least one image of a surface of the sandwich-type structure, the image showing particular regions of the surface, corresponding to the presence of water in the intermediate layer. The means for heating the water include a device for emitting microwaves inside the sandwich-type structure, at a frequency essentially equal to the resonance frequency of the water molecules. The invention also relates to a method implemented by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Fernando Manuel Ferreira Dos Santos, Jean-Louis Arnaud
  • SYSTEM FOR DETECTING, QUANTIFYING AND/OR LOCATING WATER IN AIRCRAFT SANDWICH STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR USING THIS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100066386
    Abstract: A system for the detection of water in a sandwich structure for aircraft including: a microwave generator, at least two microwaves emitters/sensors mounted in the structure, and a microwave detector capable of detecting the microwaves after propagation in the structure; a data-processing unit associated with a library containing at least one model of the structure when empty. Also methods for implementing this system as well as an aircraft including such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Fernando Manuel Ferreira Dos Santos, Jean-Louis Miane, Jean-Louis Arnaud