Patents by Inventor Frederic Journade
Frederic Journade 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).
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Publication number: 20250250018Abstract: An aircraft including at least one engine attachment system, connecting an engine and a primary structure, which includes a central body and at least first right and left extensions positioned on either side of the central body in a first transverse plane, connected to the latter and stiffened by other right and left extensions and reinforcements. The engine attachment system includes at least three connections each including an anchoring point rigidly secured to the engine, the anchoring points of the various connections being located approximately in the same transverse plane. This solution makes it possible to reduce stresses in the engine, in particular torsional and/or bending stresses, produced as a result of the transfer of the forces between the engine and the primary structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2025Publication date: August 7, 2025Inventors: Frederic Journade, Olivier Pautis, Jérôme Colmagro, Germain Gueneau, Pierre-Antoine Combes, Marc De Nicola, Fabrice Grimal
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Patent number: 12214890Abstract: A propulsion unit, for an aircraft, comprising a hollow chassis with an opening at the bottom, a propulsion system comprising an electric motor with a propeller, a fuel cell, a tank and a cooling system, and one platform fastened to the chassis through said opening using fasteners and in which at least one element of the propulsion system is fastened to the platform. An aircraft with such a propulsion unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Mathieu Mahe, Christophe Labarthe, Frederic Journade, Frédéric Vinches, Franck Alvarez, Lionel Czapla, Emmanuel Vardelle, Rémi Amargier, Kotaro Fukasaku
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Patent number: 11254437Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly has a front engine mount connecting an engine and a primary structure of a pylon comprising at least one front rod having at least three front link points. A first front link point is configured to connect the front rod and the front end of the primary structure. A second front link point is configured to connect the front rod and the core of the engine. A third front link point is configured to connect the front rod and the engine core and is offset relative to the second front link point in a horizontal transverse direction. The first front link point of the front engine mount is separated from the rotation axis of the engine by a distance greater than an exterior radius of the rear casing of the core of the engine at the rear link point of the rear engine mount.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Bouchet, Olivier Barbara, Pascal Pome
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Patent number: 10351254Abstract: An aircraft engine pylon includes two side panels and an upper stringer and a lower stringer assembled to form a strut assembly extending in a longitudinal direction (AX) corresponding to the direction in which the aircraft is moving and an internal reinforcement structure including a plurality of reinforcements. The pylon also includes a reinforcement zone on each side panel and a front housing to receive a main front center reinforcement and a rear housing to receive a main rear center reinforcement.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Bouchet, Gerard Coudouent, Bogdan Sina, Romain Terral, Sylvain Cros, Jerome Puech, Cyrielle Rogeron
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Patent number: 10239627Abstract: An aircraft engine unit comprising an engine, a mast and an engine connection connecting the engine and the mast. The aircraft engine unit includes a front engine attachment of the engine connection which comprises at least one front rod connecting the primary structure of the mast and the core of the engine and which assures the take-up of vertical forces, and at least one connection connecting the primary structure of the mast and the fan casing of the engine and which assures the take-up of forces that are horizontal and perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the engine and/or a torque about the axis of rotation of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Renaud, Laurent Agostini
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Patent number: 10183756Abstract: An aircraft engine mount which comprises first and second parts connected by connecting elements and wherein one of the two connected parts comprises at least one transverse hole opening onto an access face of the part and into which there open at least two passage holes each intended to house a threaded shank of one of the connecting elements. The engine mount comprises a transverse nut which comprises at least two bodies joined together each having a tapped hole configured to engage with one of the threaded shanks.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Bouchet, Nicolas Grosseau, Antoine Mutin
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Publication number: 20170106990Abstract: An aircraft engine pylon includes two side panels and an upper stringer and a lower stringer assembled to form a strut assembly extending in a longitudinal direction (AX) corresponding to the direction in which the aircraft is moving and an internal reinforcement structure including a plurality of reinforcements. The pylon also includes a reinforcement zone on each side panel and a front housing to receive a main front centre reinforcement and a rear housing to receive a main rear centre reinforcement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Bouchet, Gerard Coudouent, Bogdan Sina, Romain Terral, Sylvain Cros, Jerome Puech, Cyrielle Rogeron
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Publication number: 20170057652Abstract: An aircraft engine unit comprising an engine, a mast and an engine connection connecting the engine and the mast. The aircraft engine unit includes a front engine attachment of the engine connection which comprises at least one front rod connecting the primary structure of the mast and the core of the engine and which assures the take-up of vertical forces, and at least one connection connecting the primary structure of the mast and the fan casing of the engine and which assures the take-up of forces that are horizontal and perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the engine and/or a torque about the axis of rotation of the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Renaud, Laurent Agostini
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Patent number: 8973885Abstract: A structural rod has a primary rod that has an axial cavity and a secondary rod inside the axial cavity so that the secondary rod is able to move inside the axial cavity along the direction of the longitudinal axis of the rod. The primary rod has a bearing for fastening the structural rod at the first end in a rigid manner and is not fastened rigidly to the structure at the second end. Conversely, the secondary rod has a bearing for fastening the structural rod at the second end in a rigid manner and is not fastened rigidly to the structure at the first end. The primary and secondary rods are joined through one or more intermediate linkage elements made of a deformable and elastic material.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Mathieu Bonnet, Frederic Journade, Laurent Lafont, Benoit Valery
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Patent number: 8794568Abstract: An aircraft assembly comprising a wing and an engine attachment pylon fixed to the wing by an attachment comprising a first and a second front wing system cleat connecting a rigid structure of the attachment pylon and a front longeron of the wing. The first front wing system cleat comprises a first shearing pin oriented in the transversal direction to ensure take-up of forces exerted in the longitudinal and vertical directions of the pylon, and the second front wing system cleat comprises a second shearing pin oriented in the longitudinal direction to ensure take-up of forces exerted in the transversal and vertical directions of the pylon.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Laurent Lafont, Frederic Journade, Eric Renaud
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Patent number: 8662440Abstract: This invention relates to an aft pylon fairing (30) for a suspension system of an aircraft engine, comprising two side panels (44) assembled to each other by inner cross stiffening ribs (46) spaced at intervals from each other along a longitudinal direction (X) of the fairing, and also comprising a heat protection deck (32) designed to delimit an engine core flow (36). According to the invention, it also comprises two longitudinal connecting walls (58) offsetting the deck (32) from the ribs (46), each of these two longitudinal walls (58) being provided with a first side end (62) fixed to one or the other of the two side ends (60, 60) of the deck (32), and a second side end (64) rigidly fixed to the ribs (46).Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Renaud, Delphine Jalbert
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Patent number: 8651416Abstract: An engine is mounted on a structure by an intermediate structure assembled by flanges, to the structure and to the engine, where a rigid structure connects the flanges. This arrangement enables design of the structure to be simplified while allowing a substantial overhang when it is sought to mount the engine by the plane of its center of gravity, while being obliged to move the mounting structure away from it. The intermediate structure is resistant to forces resulting from the overhang, and also allows assemblies that are favorable to a balanced transmission of forces to the structure and a satisfactory ability to filter vibrations.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Frederic Journade, Laurent Lafont, Laurent Agostini, Eric Renaud, Delphine Jalbert
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Patent number: 8640987Abstract: An engine is suspended from a main linear portion of a structure mounted on a fuselage or a wing surface of an aircraft. A connection includes flat symmetrical wings at an angle to one another, to support an attaching flange on which the engine is mounted, directly or through a mounting element. The flat shape of the wings makes them easy to manufacture, and enables them to resist the forces satisfactorily. The intermediate element resists overhang forces of the mounting satisfactorily. Flexible connections filter the engine's vibrations and prevent irregular forces being transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Frederic Journade, Laurent Lafont, Laurent Agostini, Eric Renaud, Delphine Jalbert
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Patent number: 8516824Abstract: A gas ejection cone for an aircraft turbojet, the cone including a hollow main body defining, on the outside, a radially inner skin of an annular primary flow channel, and a device generating turbulence in the primary flow limiting jet noise, mounted so as to move on the main body so as to be able to be displaced from an extracted position in which the device projects toward downstream in relation to a downstream end of the hollow main body, and a retracted position in which the device is retracted into the hollow main body, and vice versa. Further, the device includes a cylindrical support body having an axis parallel to an axis of the ejection cone, and at least one fin supported by the body.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Frederic Journade, Jerome Journade, Jerome Huber
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Patent number: 8480025Abstract: A rear part of an aircraft including two connecting rods positioned symmetrically on either side of a median vertical plane, wherein each connecting rod has an end mounted on a support structure of the engines and another end mounted on the fuselage, wherein this part is configured to allow, by rotation of the connecting rods around their axes of rotation, an oscillating movement of limited amplitude of the assembly formed by the support structure and the engines, relative to the fuselage, through the first and second fuselage openings.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Laurent Lafont, Jean-Michel Saucray, Esteban Quiroz-Hernandez, Jerome Antypas, Mathieu Bonnet, Frederic Journade
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Patent number: 8448897Abstract: A rear part of an aircraft including a support structure for supporting engines, passing through the fuselage, through first and second openings. The rear part includes a connection structure connecting the support structure to the fuselage, including a first connection mechanism connecting the support structure to a first casing forming the first opening and a second connection mechanism connecting the support structure to a second casing forming the second opening. The first and second connection mechanisms each include at least one blocking element of the support structure, under compression loading by being applied to the casing and to the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Laurent Lafont, Frederic Journade
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Patent number: 8366040Abstract: A rear part of an aircraft including a support structure for supporting engines, extending through the fuselage, through a first opening and a second opening. A connection structure connects the support structure to the fuselage, including a first connection mechanism connecting the support structure to a first casing forming the first opening and a second connection mechanism connecting the support structure to a second casing forming the second opening. The connection structure also includes at least one effort recovery connecting rod, the first end of which is mounted on the support structure and the opposite end is mounted on the fuselage, at a distance from the first and second openings.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Laurent Lafont, Frederic Journade, Delphine Jalbert, Etienne Bardou
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Patent number: 8226027Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly including a turbojet, a turbojet attachment pylon, and a nacelle mounted on the attachment pylon and surrounding the turbojet. The nacelle includes at least one mobile nacelle portion forming a single piece envelope all around a section of the turbojet, this mobile nacelle portion being mounted free to slide on the attachment pylon so that it can be moved from the forward position in the aft direction, and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations (Societe par Actions Simplifiee)Inventors: Frederic Journade, Laurent Lafont
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Publication number: 20120175462Abstract: An engine is suspended from a main linear portion of a structure mounted on a fuselage or a wing surface of an aircraft. A connection includes flat symmetrical wings at an angle to one another, to support an attaching flange on which the engine is mounted, directly or through a mounting element. The flat shape of the wings makes them easy to manufacture, and enables them to resist the forces satisfactorily. The intermediate element resists overhang forces of the mounting satisfactorily. Flexible connections filter the engine's vibrations and prevent irregular forces being transmitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)Inventors: Frederic Journade, Laurent Lafont, Laurent Agostini, Eric Renaud, Delphine Jalbert
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Publication number: 20120168558Abstract: An engine is mounted on a structure by an intermediate structure assembled by flanges, to the structure and to the engine, where a rigid structure connects the flanges. This arrangement enables design of the structure to be simplified while allowing a substantial overhang when it is sought to mount the engine by the plane of its center of gravity, while being obliged to move the mounting structure away from it. The intermediate structure is resistant to forces resulting from the overhang, and also allows assemblies that are favorable to a balanced transmission of forces to the structure and a satisfactory ability to filter vibrations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S)Inventors: Frederic Journade, Laurent Lafont, Laurent Agostini, Eric Renaud, Delphine Jalbert