Patents by Inventor Franck Garde

Franck Garde 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: 10072580
    Abstract: An emergency starter that allows responsiveness within a few seconds, without having disadvantages associated with mass and size of a back-up hydraulic or pneumatic starter. An instantaneous gas thrust of pyrotechnic type is coupled with a positive displacement transmission generator in conjunction with automatic coupling to/uncoupling from a set that is to be started. An emergency start-up system includes at least one pyrotechnic gas generator connected to an electrical initiator itself connected to a computer, a positive displacement motor housing straight-cut gears, the pyrotechnic gas generator being coupled to the motor by an inlet in the casing. The motor includes a mechanism of connection capable of moving at one end of the drive shaft configured to couple the transmission shaft to a driven shaft of the set that is to be started via a centrifugal clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Hugues Filiputti, Franck Garde, Romain Thiriet
  • Publication number: 20150128592
    Abstract: An emergency starter that allows responsiveness within a few seconds, without having disadvantages associated with mass and size of a back-up hydraulic or pneumatic starter. An instantaneous gas thrust of pyrotechnic type is coupled with a positive displacement transmission generator in conjunction with automatic coupling to/uncoupling from a set that is to be started. An emergency start-up system includes at least one pyrotechnic gas generator connected to an electrical initiator itself connected to a computer, a positive displacement motor housing straight-cut gears, the pyrotechnic gas generator being coupled to the motor by an inlet in the casing. The motor includes a mechanism of connection capable of moving at one end of the drive shaft configured to couple the transmission shaft to a driven shaft of the set that is to be started via a centrifugal clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Hugues Filiputti, Franck Garde, Romain Thiriet
  • Patent number: 5847473
    Abstract: An electrical switch having a double liquid medium immersion sensing function is disclosed. The switch (121) particularly includes a battery (125) connected to a power outlet (126) via an electronic circuit (124) that only connects the battery to the outlet once a first pair of electrodes (131, 132) have sensed immersion in a predetermined medium, and a second pair of electrodes (133, 134) connected to a pressure sensor (135) have sensed a predetermined immersion depth. Said switch (121) is advantageously connected to a pyrotechnic device (75) for inflating emergency equipment such as life jackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Pyromeca S.A.
    Inventors: Roger Anfosso, Franck Garde