Patents by Inventor Franck Albero

Franck Albero 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: 20220348348
    Abstract: An aircraft including a first electrical distribution busbar and a second electrical distribution busbar extending at least in part in a fuselage of the aircraft, in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage. A first electric generator is connected to the distribution conductors of the first electrical distribution busbar via a first coupling switch directly connected to the first electric generator and to the distribution conductors of the first busbar. A second electric generator is connected to the distribution conductors of the second electrical distribution busbar via a second coupling switch directly connected to the second electric generator and to the distribution conductors of the second busbar. The first coupling switch and the second coupling switch are positioned in the aircraft independently of one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Etienne FOCH, Franck ALBERO, Sébastien LACLAU, Xavier CHASSERIAUD
  • Patent number: 11406038
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fuselage (1) subdivided by a floor (2) into a top volume (3) and a bottom value (4) in which girders (5) extend supporting the floor and co-operating with the fuselage and the floor to define two lateral housings (6) that are of substantially triangular cross-section and that extend parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage. Calculation units (100) are arranged in the lateral housings and each comprises a box (101) defining a main compartment containing calculation modules (122) insertable into the main compartment along an insertion axis through an opening in the compartment and connectable to the connectors (115) carried by a back wall (116) of the compartment so as to extend into the main compartment opposite from the opening, the insertion axis being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
  • Patent number: 11140793
    Abstract: Electronic module comprising a protective casing defining an internal volume and an electronic board placed in the internal volume, the electronic module comprising: means, for detecting a predetermined environmental condition of the internal volume, means for generating a cool zone inside the internal volume, which means are arranged such that the cool zone is separated from the electronic board; a control unit that is linked to the means for detecting an environmental condition and to the means for generating a cool zone and arranged to trigger the means for generating a cool zone when the means for detecting a predetermined environmental condition in the internal volume detect an environmental condition that is liable to result in the moisture in the air contained in the internal volume condensing on the electronic board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
  • Patent number: 11012120
    Abstract: A system comprising a rack and at least one line replaceable module, the rack further comprising a primary transmission circuit comprising a primary antenna, primary emission components designed to generate an emitted power containing uplink data, and primary receiving components designed to receive downlink data, the line replaceable module comprising a secondary transmission circuit comprising a secondary antenna, secondary receiving components designed to receive the emitted power and the uplink data, and secondary emission components designed to generate the downlink data, the emitted power, the uplink data and the downlink data being transmitted via a shared coupling between the primary antenna and the secondary antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: Safran Electronics & Defense, Safran Electrical & Power
    Inventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
  • Patent number: 10709030
    Abstract: An electronic unit comprising a box defining a reception compartment for receiving an electronic module along two mutually opposite directions of an insertion axis, the compartment including electrical power supply means for powering the electronic module and connection means for connecting the electronic unit to the electronic module, these means extending onto a connection face forming part of the reception compartment and extending parallel to the insertion axis. An electronic module for mounting in a compartment of an electronic unit of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
  • Publication number: 20200196490
    Abstract: A device for cooling an electronic module placed in an avionics rack of an aircraft comprising a ventilated cabin, the cooling device comprising: a closed circuit for circulating a heat-transfer fluid; first means for circulating the heat-transfer fluid in the closed circuit; a first heat exchanger comprising a cold circuit which is provided with first means for connecting to the closed circuit for circulating a heat-transfer fluid and which is thermally connected to a hot source of the avionics rack; a second heat exchanger comprising a hot circuit provided with second means for connecting to the closed circuit for circulating a heat-transfer fluid and a cold circuit thermally connected to an air exhaust from the ventilated cabin. An avionics rack and an aircraft comprising such a rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
  • Patent number: 10681816
    Abstract: A printed circuit board including at least one blind metal-plated hole, for receiving a pin of the printed circuit board being covered by a first layer of a protective film on which there extends a second layer of electrically insulating flexible material, the first layer and second layer are for piercing by the pins when they are engaged in the metal-plated holes, the first and second layers being for claming between a support of the pins and the printed circuit board. An electronic unit including such a device. A method of fabricating a printed circuit card for such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Electronics & Defense
    Inventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
  • Patent number: 10681839
    Abstract: A cooling module including a first air inlet, a second air inlet, and an air discharge vent, the module having two check valves, each mounted in register with a respective inlet and arranged to allow air to pass towards the inside of the module and to oppose a flow of air in the opposite direction. An electronic unit including such a box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
  • Publication number: 20200127706
    Abstract: A system comprising a rack and at least one line replaceable module, the rack further comprising a primary transmission circuit comprising a primary antenna, primary emission components designed to generate an emitted power containing uplink data, and primary receiving components designed to receive downlink data, the line replaceable module comprising a secondary transmission circuit comprising a secondary antenna, secondary receiving components designed to receive the emitted power and the uplink data, and secondary emission components designed to generate the downlink data, the emitted power, the uplink data and the downlink data being transmitted via a shared coupling between the primary antenna and the secondary antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
  • Publication number: 20200107459
    Abstract: Electronic module comprising a protective casing defining an internal volume and an electronic board placed in the internal volume, the electronic module comprising: means, for detecting a predetermined environmental condition of the internal volume, means for generating a cool zone inside the internal volume, which means are arranged such that the cool zone is separated from the electronic board; a control unit that is linked to the means for detecting an environmental condition and to the means for generating a cool zone and arranged to trigger the means for generating a cool zone when the means for detecting a predetermined environmental condition in the internal volume detect an environmental condition that is liable to result in the moisture in the air contained in the internal volume condensing on the electronic board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
  • Publication number: 20200045822
    Abstract: A printed circuit board including at least one blind metal-plated hole, for receiving a pin of the printed circuit board being covered by a first layer of a protective film on which there extends a second layer of electrically insulating flexible material, the first layer and second layer are for piercing by the pins when they are engaged in the metal-plated holes, the first and second layers being for claming between a support of the pins and the printed circuit board. An electronic unit including such a device. A method of fabricating a printed circuit card for such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: Safran Electronics & Defense, Safran Electrical & Power
    Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
  • Publication number: 20200029456
    Abstract: An electronic unit comprising a box defining a reception compartment for receiving an electronic module along two mutually opposite directions of an insertion axis, the compartment including electrical power supply means for powering the electronic module and connection means for connecting the electronic unit to the electronic module, these means extending onto a connection face forming part of the reception compartment and extending parallel to the insertion axis. An electronic module for mounting in a compartment of an electronic unit of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
  • Publication number: 20200029462
    Abstract: A cooling module including a first air inlet, a second air inlet, and an air discharge vent, the module having two check valves, each mounted in register with a respective inlet and arranged to allow air to pass towards the inside of the module and to oppose a flow of air in the opposite direction. An electronic unit including such a box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
  • Publication number: 20190239380
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fuselage (1) subdivided by a floor (2) into a top volume (3) and a bottom value (4) in which girders (5) extend supporting the floor and co-operating with the fuselage and the floor to define two lateral housings (6) that are of substantially triangular cross-section and that extend parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage. Calculation units (100) are arranged in the lateral housings and each comprises a box (101) defining a main compartment containing calculation modules (122) insertable into the main compartment along an insertion axis through an opening in the compartment and connectable to the connectors (115) carried by a back wall (116) of the compartment so as to extend into the main compartment opposite from the opening, the insertion axis being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
  • Patent number: 10229226
    Abstract: A method of characterizing a bundle (1) of electrical cables (2, 3, 4, . . . ), comprising taking into consideration for at least one surface temperature of the cables (Tsurface), firstly of at least one sum of heat fluxes (?1, ?2, . . . , ?n) calculated for each cable (2, 3, 4, . . . ) for the heating effect due to the electrical resistance of each cable passing a respective electric current (i1, i2, . . . , in), and secondly of a heat flux (?s) calculated for the heat given off by the bundle (1) into its environment in order to make the dimensioning of the cables (2, 3, 4, . . . ) compatible with their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Electrical & Power
    Inventor: Franck Albero
  • Publication number: 20160253436
    Abstract: A method of characterizing a bundle (1) of electrical cables (2, 3, 4, . . . ), comprising taking into consideration for at least one surface temperature of the cables (Tsurface), firstly of at least one sum of heat fluxes (?1, ?2, . . . , ?n) calculated for each cable (2, 3, 4, . . . ) for the heating effect due to the electrical resistance of each cable passing a respective electric current (i1, i2, . . . , in), and secondly of a heat flux (?s) calculated for the heat given off by the bundle (1) into its environment in order to make the dimensioning of the cables (2, 3, 4, . . . ) compatible with their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: LABINAL POWER SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Franck ALBERO
  • Publication number: 20140354043
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to produce equipotential connections that are electrically efficient in terms of resistivity between portions of a current-return network in a non-conductive architecture, such as an airplane fuselage. The approach adopted by the invention is to impart an equipotential-bonding function to an aluminum cable having a large cross section, said bond being electrically connected, via direct contact, to as many devices as is physically possible to connect thereby. According to one embodiment, an electrical connection assembly of an aircraft fuselage (100) having a composite skin comprises in-line shunt connections (2) for electrically interconnecting an aluminum-alloy-based cable (1) of large cross section acting as an equipotential connection to brackets (113, 141) for primary current-return networks and to brackets (111) for electrical devices via connectors (202).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicants: LABINAL POWER SYSTEMS, MECATRACTION
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Biesse, Franck Albero, Samuel Andraud, David Boutot