Patents by Inventor Franck Bequet

Franck Bequet 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: 7874517
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing an assembly made of a composite material and wing and stabilizing element obtained by this process. The junction zone for a part (P) made of a composite material comprising two parts (A1, A2) in which the principal directions intersect at a non-singular angle, is made in a single operation by continuous lay-up. The 0° directions of the lay-up coordinate systems (R1, R2) of the parts (A1, A2) are oriented such that these directions make an angle of close to 180°??°, where ±?° represents the other directions of the lay-up coordinate systems (R1, R2). Thus, the layers of fibers oriented at 0° in one of the coordinate systems correspond approximately to a lay-up direction of ±?° in the other coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventor: Franck Bequet
  • Publication number: 20060076102
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing an assembly made of a composite material and wing and stabilizing element obtained by this process. The junction zone for a part (P) made of a composite material comprising two parts (A1, A2) in which the principal directions intersect at a non-singular angle, is made in a single operation by continuous lay-up. The 0° directions of the lay-up coordinate systems (R1, R2) of the parts (A1, A2) are oriented such that these directions make an angle of close to 180°-?°, where ±?° represents the other directions of the lay-up coordinate systems (R1, R2). Thus, the layers of fibers oriented at 0° in one of the coordinate systems correspond approximately to a lay-up direction of ±?° in the other coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventor: Franck Bequet
  • Patent number: 6908526
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing an assembly made of a composite material and wing and stabilizing element obtained by this process. The junction zone for a part (P) made of a composite material comprising two parts (A1, A2) in which the principal directions intersect at a non-singular angle, is made in a single operation by continuous lay-up. The 0° directions of the lay-up coordinate systems (R1, R2) of the parts (A1, A2) are oriented such that these directions make an angle of close to 180°??°, where ±?° represents the other directions of the lay-up coordinate systems (R1, R2). Thus, the layers of fibers oriented at 0° in one of the coordinate systems correspond approximately to a lay-up direction of ±?° in the other coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventor: Franck Bequet
  • Patent number: 6663314
    Abstract: A device for joining a panel and another structure. The device (10) includes a plurality of mounts (16) evenly distributed along the interface (I) between the panel (12) and the structure (14). Each mount (16) comprises a tension screw approximately perpendicular to the interface (I) and a nut embedded in the panel (12), close to the latter. To allow the transmission of more significant forces, the nuts are arranged in at least two different rows (R1, R2, R3), parallel to the interface (I). Moreover, the nuts of the adjacent mounts are located in different rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventor: Franck Bequet
  • Publication number: 20030205011
    Abstract: A device for joining a panel and another structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventor: Franck Bequet
  • Publication number: 20030098116
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing an assembly made of a composite material and wing and stabilizing element obtained by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventor: Franck Bequet
  • Patent number: 4828330
    Abstract: Assembly consisting of a suspension element (20) and of a brake corrector (10) intended to be subject to the load of a vehicle, the corrector (10) comprising a body in which slides a piston (12) forming a shutter element capable of opening or closing a hydraulic passage between an inlet (14) and an outlet (16) of the corrector, the piston (12) being connected by a connection mechanism to a spring mechanism (23) of the suspension element (20), characterized in that the connection mechanism comprises a lever (24) mounted on the suspension element (20) between two pivoting elements (28; 32) which are subjected to the force exerted by the suspension element (20) and which are arranged so as to transmit some of the force to the lever (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Bendix France
    Inventors: Franck Bequet, Jean-Charles Maligne, Roland Levrai
  • Patent number: 4765226
    Abstract: The booster comprises, in a radial opening (21) of the valve body (6), a first positioning member (22) fastened in the valve body and a second positioning member (23) interposed between the first positioning member and an interacting shoulder (19) of the valve plunger (14), the second positioning member (23) internally associated in a hinged connection with the first positioning member and having an outer end zone (30) interacting, in a rest position of the booster, with a stationary surface (31), with which the piston structure (2-5) also interacts by coming up against it, to assign to the valve plunger (14) a specific rest position relative to the valve body (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Bendix France
    Inventors: Franck Bequet, Jean-Jacques Carre