Patents by Inventor Frederic Roche

Frederic Roche 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: 8356769
    Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly including an engine, an engine mounting structure, and a nacelle surrounding the engine and including fan cowls. The mounting structure includes a rigid structure and a forward aerodynamic structure on which the fan cowls are hinged, the forward aerodynamic structure including a cradle provided with an aft mounting mechanism mounted on the rigid structure. The cradle also includes a forward mounting mechanism mounted on a fan case of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Frederic Roche, Jean-Marc Martinou
  • Patent number: 8172178
    Abstract: An aircraft with an outer surface from which flows an aerodynamic stream of cold air and includes at least one hot gas outlet, characterized in that it includes at least one device (16) for generating aerodynamic disturbances so as to mix hot gas and cold air, whereby the at least one device is connected to an outer surface (10) for protection against the heat and/or close to a hot gas outlet (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Cyril Bonnaud, Thomas Stevens, Frédéric Roche, Stéphane Dostes
  • Patent number: 8162254
    Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly including an engine, an engine mounting structure, and a nacelle surrounding the engine and including an air intake and fan cowls. The assembly further includes a cradle supporting the fan cowls, fixedly mounted on the mounting structure or else on an entity including a fan case and the air intake attached to the case. The engine assembly further includes a junction aerodynamic fairing including a first mounting mechanism mounted on the cradle, and including a second mounting mechanism mounted on the other of the elements from among the mounting structure and the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Frederic Roche
  • Patent number: 8118252
    Abstract: A rear lower aerodynamic fairing for an attachment device for an aircraft engine, including two side panels assembled together with transverse stiffening inner ribs spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the fairing, and a heat protection floor to be closely followed by a primary flow of the engine. The floor includes plural floor segments distributed along the direction and non-rigidly bound to each other, and the fairing further includes an assembling mechanism assembling the floor segments, offsetting the latter of the ribs to which are connected the assembling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Dumont, Frederic Roche
  • Publication number: 20100051743
    Abstract: A rear lower aerodynamic fairing for an attachment device for an aircraft engine, including two side panels assembled together with transverse stiffening inner ribs spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the fairing, and a heat protection floor to be closely followed by a primary flow of the engine. The floor includes plural floor segments distributed along the direction and non-rigidly bound to each other, and the fairing further includes an assembling mechanism assembling the floor segments, offsetting the latter of the ribs to which are connected the assembling mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Airbus Operations
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Dumont, Frederic Roche
  • Publication number: 20090283631
    Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly including an engine, an engine mounting structure, and a nacelle surrounding the engine and including an air intake and fan cowls. The assembly further includes a cradle supporting the fan cowls, fixedly mounted on the mounting structure or else on an entity including a fan case and the air intake attached to the case. The engine assembly further includes a junction aerodynamic fairing including a first mounting mechanism mounted on the cradle, and including a second mounting mechanism mounted on the other of the elements from among the mounting structure and the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventor: Frederic Roche
  • Publication number: 20090266932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft engine assembly comprising an engine, an engine mounting structure (4) and a nacelle surrounding the engine and provided with fan cowls (34), the mounting structure (4) comprising a rigid structure (8) and a forward aerodynamic structure (24) on which the fan cowls are hinged, this forward aerodynamic structure (24) being equipped with a cradle (40) provided with aft mounting means (44a, 44b) mounted on the rigid structure (8). According to the invention, the cradle is also equipped with forward mounting means (42) mounted on a fan case (18) of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Frederic Roche, Jean-Marc Martinou
  • Publication number: 20090050742
    Abstract: An aircraft with an outer surface from which flows an aerodynamic stream of cold air and includes at least one hot gas outlet, characterized in that it includes at least one device (16) for generating aerodynamic disturbances so as to mix hot gas and cold air, whereby the at least one device is connected to an outer surface (10) for protection against the heat and/or close to a hot gas outlet (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Cyril Bonnaud, Thomas Stevens, Frederic Roche, Stephane Dostes