Patents by Inventor Florent CHALLAS

Florent CHALLAS 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: 11834158
    Abstract: Aircraft landing gears include at least one wheel, an electric taxiing system including an electric taxiing motor, brakes capable of slowing down or stopping the rotation of the wheel, and a cooling system for cooling the electric taxiing motor and the brakes. The cooling system includes ventilation means capable of mixing a first air flow originating from the brakes and a second air flow originating from outside the landing gear and of ventilating the electric taxiing motor with a mixture of the two air flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Thierry Fontalbat, Loic Blanco, Christophe Cassagnet, Florent Challas, Quentin Galy, Eric Wissemer, Sylvain Jaber
  • Publication number: 20230349436
    Abstract: A ventilation system for mounting in an aircraft wheel along a central axis and including a rotor fitted with a plurality of blades and housed between a shroud support and a guard grid, the shroud support including a structural element juxtaposed with an aeraulic element, the structural element being made of metal and adapted to interlock into the wheel and support the rotor, the aeraulic element being made of plastic or resin and adapted to direct an air flow towards to the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Patrice CAULE, Florent CHALLAS, Thierry FONTALBAT, Franck VERDIER, RĂ©mi ESTANOVE
  • Patent number: 11406045
    Abstract: The invention concerns a helicopter ventilation architecture, said helicopter comprising at least two avionics bays (112a, 112b) comprising electronic equipment (116a, 116b) to be ventilated, said architecture comprising, for each avionics bay, an air inlet (120a, 120b) allowing outside air to enter the avionics bay in order to ventilate said avionics bay, and an air outlet (124a, 124b), allowing the air ventilating the avionics bay to exit the avionics bay, characterised in that the ventilation architecture further comprises a mixing chamber (134), connected to the air outlets, configured to receive the air originating from all the avionics bays, at least one air duct (138a, 138b), connected to the mixing chamber and to an outlet (130a, 130b) for discharging the air to the outside, and at least two fans (128a, 128b), arranged and distributed in the air duct or ducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Christophe Castelli, Fabien Del Rio, Florent Challas, Jean Manel-Delaleux
  • Publication number: 20220024567
    Abstract: Aircraft landing gears include at least one wheel, an electric taxiing system including an electric taxiing motor, brakes capable of slowing down or stopping the rotation of the wheel, and a cooling system for cooling the electric taxiing motor and the brakes. The cooling system includes ventilation means capable of mixing a first air flow originating from the brakes and a second air flow originating from outside the landing gear and of ventilating the electric taxiing motor with a mixture of the two air flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Thierry Fontalbat, Loic Blanco, Christophe Cassagnet, Florent Challas, Quentin Galy, Eric Wissemer, Sylvain Jaber
  • Publication number: 20210387606
    Abstract: A system for cooling the brakes of a brake system of a landing gear of an aircraft, including: a compressor configured to generate a pressurized airflow, the compressor including at least one air outlet, and an air jet pump including: a pump tube including a first end connected to the air outlet and a second end, the pump tube being designed to carry the pressurized airflow between the first and second ends, and a plurality of injectors connected to the second end of the pump tube, and configured to inject the pressurized airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Safran Electrical & Power
    Inventors: Thierry FONTALBAT, Florent CHALLAS, Fabien ORLANDINI
  • Patent number: 11067001
    Abstract: A helicopter turbomachine includes an electric starter motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a heat sink for cooling the electric motor, and a reversible ventilation wheel driven by the electric motor. The turbomachine also includes an overrunning clutch that transmits the torque from the electric motor to the drive shaft. The electric motor is configured such that, in the first direction of rotation, the motor rotates the drive shaft and the ventilation wheel to generate an air flow through the heat sink in a direct direction, and, in the reverse direction of rotation, the motor rotates only the ventilation wheel to generate an air flow through the heat sink in a direction opposite the direct direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Thierry Fontalbat, Florent Challas, Fabien Orlandini
  • Publication number: 20200158021
    Abstract: A helicopter turbomachine includes an electric starter motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a heat sink for cooling the electric motor, and a reversible ventilation wheel driven by the electric motor. The turbomachine also includes an overrunning clutch that transmits the torque from the electric motor to the drive shaft. The electric motor is configured such that, in the first direction of rotation, the motor rotates the drive shaft and the ventilation wheel to generate an air flow through the heat sink in a direct direction, and, in the reverse direction of rotation, the motor rotates only the ventilation wheel to generate an air flow through the heat sink in a direction opposite the direct direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Thierry Fontalbat, Florent Challas, Fabien Orlandini
  • Publication number: 20200146184
    Abstract: The invention concerns a helicopter ventilation architecture, said helicopter comprising at least two avionics bays (112a, 112b) comprising electronic equipment (116a, 116b) to be ventilated, said architecture comprising, for each avionics bay, an air inlet (120a, 120b) allowing outside air to enter the avionics bay in order to ventilate said avionics bay, and an air outlet (124a, 124b), allowing the air ventilating the avionics bay to exit the avionics bay, characterised in that the ventilation architecture further comprises a mixing chamber (134), connected to the air outlets, configured to receive the air originating from all the avionics bays, at least one air duct (138a, 138b), connected to the mixing chamber and to an outlet (130a, 130b) for discharging the air to the outside, and at least two fans (128a, 128b), arranged and distributed in the air duct or ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe CASTELLI, Fabien DEL RIO, Florent CHALLAS, Jean MANEL-DELALEUX