Patents by Inventor Frederic Beroul

Frederic Beroul 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: 9205911
    Abstract: A pitch stabilizer [10] equipped with an upper stabilizer surface [15] and a lower stabilizer surface [20], with the upper stabilizer surface [15] being located in an upper plane [P1] and with the lower stabilizer surface [20] being located in a lower plane [P2], with the upper plane [P1] overhanging the lower plane [P2]. The upper stabilizer surface [15] is rotatable about an upper axis of rotation [AX1], with the said lower stabilizer surface [20] being rotatable about a lower axis of rotation [AX2], with the stabilizer means [10] having linking means [30] whereby a rotary movement of one stabilizer surface causes an equal rotary movement of the other stabilizer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventor: Frederic Beroul
  • Publication number: 20140077026
    Abstract: A pitch stabilizer [10] equipped with an upper stabilizer surface [15] and a lower stabilizer surface [20], with the upper stabilizer surface [15] being located in an upper plane [P1] and with the lower stabilizer surface [20] being located in a lower plane [P2], with the upper plane [P1] overhanging the lower plane [P2]. The upper stabilizer surface [15] is rotatable about an upper axis of rotation [AX1], with the said lower stabilizer surface [20] being rotatable about a lower axis of rotation [AX2], with the stabilizer means [10] having linking means [30] whereby a rotary movement of one stabilizer surface causes an equal rotary movement of the other stabilizer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventor: Frederic Beroul
  • Patent number: 8123483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement to rotorcraft rotors (1) fitted with inter-blade drag dampers (15) such that for each blade (4), the two joints (16) connecting said blade (4) to two inter-blade drag dampers (15) are disposed on either side of the pitch variation axis (101) of said blade, at least one of the two joints (16) being offset to above the plane P containing the pitch variation axis (101) and the vertical flapping axis (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventor: Frédéric Beroul
  • Patent number: 7607892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotorcraft rotor comprising a hub and at least two blades hinged relative to the hub about respective pitch axes and about respective flap axes, and about respective lag axes; each blade is secured to a respective pitch lever; the rotor includes a respective pitch control rod connected to each pitch lever by a first ball joint, and a common lag damper system centered substantially on the axis of rotation of the rotor and connected to each of the blades; the damper system is secured to a respective lateral projection from each blade via a respective second ball joint that is sufficiently close to the first ball joint connecting the pitch rod to the pitch lever for the lag damper system to be relatively insensitive to flap oscillations of the hinged blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventor: Frédéric Beroul
  • Publication number: 20080159862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement to rotorcraft rotors (1) fitted with inter-blade drag dampers (15) such that for each blade (4), the two joints (16) connecting said blade (4) to two inter-blade drag dampers (15) are disposed on either side of the pitch variation axis (101) of said blade, at least one of the two joints (16) being offset to above the plane P containing the pitch variation axis (101) and the vertical flapping axis (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventor: Frederic BEROUL
  • Patent number: 7331765
    Abstract: A rotary wing blade of limited taper ratio, comprising in succession along a reference radius: an inner zone; a forward-swept zone; and a back-swept zone. In addition, the beginning of the forward-swept zone lies in the range 0.47 to 0.65 times the reference radius R of the rotary wing. Furthermore, the leading edge of the blade at the reference radius presents an angle ? lying in the range ?40° and ?65° relative to the general axis of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignees: Eurocopter, Office National D'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales
    Inventors: Danlèle Falchero, Gilles Arnaud, Frédéric Beroul, Joëlle Bailly, Philippe Beaumier, Yves Delrieux
  • Publication number: 20070071602
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotorcraft rotor comprising a hub and at least two blades hinged relative to the hub about respective pitch axes and about respective flap axes, and about respective lag axes; each blade is secured to a respective pitch lever; the rotor includes a respective pitch control rod connected to each pitch lever by a first ball joint, and a common lag damper system centered substantially on the axis of rotation of the rotor and connected to each of the blades; the damper system is secured to a respective lateral projection from each blade via a respective second ball joint that is sufficiently close to the first ball joint connecting the pitch rod to the pitch lever for the lag damper system to be relatively insensitive to flap oscillations of the hinged blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventor: Frederic Beroul
  • Publication number: 20050158175
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary wing blade of limited taper ratio, comprising in succession along a reference radius: an inner zone; a forward-swept zone; and a back-swept zone. In addition, the beginning of the forward-swept zone lies in the range 0.47 to 0.65 times the reference radius R of the rotary wing. Furthermore, the leading edge of the blade at the reference radius presents an angle ? lying in the range ?40° and ?60° relative to the general axis of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Daniele Falchero, Gilles Arnaud, Frederic Beroul, Joelle Bailly, Philippe Beaumier, Yves Delrieux