Patents by Inventor Gérard Falcou

Gérard Falcou 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).

  • Publication number: 20150159980
    Abstract: The decoy system, notably for terrestrial mines or improvised explosive devices, includes: a means of producing heat energy including an air or water boiler, a means of emitting radiation in the infrared spectrum including a chamber that is fed with fluid by the production means, the chamber being provided with internal fins able to promote a build-up of heat energy inside said chamber, at least one detection means for determining the temperature of the chamber or the temperature of the fluid between the production means and the emission means, and a control unit able to control the operation of the heat energy production means at least according to the determined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Gérard Falcou, Patrick Angeloni
  • Patent number: 9036985
    Abstract: The decoy system, notably for terrestrial mines or improvised explosive devices, includes: a means of producing heat energy including an air or water boiler, a means of emitting radiation in the infrared spectrum including a chamber that is fed with fluid by the production means, the chamber being provided with internal fins able to promote a build-up of heat energy inside said chamber, at least one detection means for determining the temperature of the chamber or the temperature of the fluid between the production means and the emission means, and a control unit able to control the operation of the heat energy production means at least according to the determined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ECA
    Inventors: Gérard Falcou, Patrick Angeloni
  • Patent number: 8699865
    Abstract: The decoy system, notably for terrestrial mines or improvised explosive devices, includes: a means of producing heat energy including an air or water boiler, a means of emitting radiation in the infrared spectrum including a chamber that is fed with fluid by the production means, the chamber being provided with internal fins able to promote a build-up of heat energy inside said chamber, at least one detection means for determining the temperature of the chamber or the temperature of the fluid between the production means and the emission means, and a control unit able to control the operation of the heat energy production means at least according to the determined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: ECA
    Inventors: Gèrard Falcou, Patrick Angeloni
  • Publication number: 20110170845
    Abstract: The decoy system, notably for terrestrial mines or improvised explosive devices, includes: a means of producing heat energy including an air or water boiler, a means of emitting radiation in the infrared spectrum including a chamber that is fed with fluid by the production means, the chamber being provided with internal fins able to promote a build-up of heat energy inside said chamber, at least one detection means for determining the temperature of the chamber or the temperature of the fluid between the production means and the emission means, and a control unit able to control the operation of the heat energy production means at least according to the determined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Gérard Falcou, Patrick Angeloni
  • Patent number: 6951988
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising an electronic sensor (6) designed to deliver a compression signal and a shearing signal, and a comparator for comparing the shearing signal to a threshold value, so as to validate, or invalidate, the compression signal. The invention is useful for weighing aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Gérard Falcou, Thierry Goder, François Boyer
  • Patent number: 6928894
    Abstract: An actuator combining mechanical and hydraulic forces includes a cylindrical body and a piston that can slide relative to the cylindrical body. The piston and the cylindrical body are connected by a mechanical system for transmitting mechanical power that constitutes a device that permanently controls the position of the actuator, a permanent locking device, and a safety device. The device for transmitting hydraulic power constitutes a load compensator device. The two power transmitting devices operate in parallel. Position control using the drive system at reduced power can be synchronized in a simple way for a plurality of actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Societe Eca
    Inventors: Gérard Falcou, Gérard Yves Mothier, Bruno Robert Thieffry, Jean-Marie Coda
  • Publication number: 20040031627
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising an electronic sensor (6) designed to deliver a compression signal and a shearing signal, and a comparator for comparing the shearing signal to a threshold value, so as to validate, or invalidate, the compression signal. The invention is useful for weighing aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Gerard Falcou, Thierry Goder, Francois Boyer
  • Publication number: 20020129699
    Abstract: An actuator combining mechanical and hydraulic forces includes a cylindrical body and a piston that can slide relative to the cylindrical body. The piston and the cylindrical body are connected by a mechanical system for transmitting mechanical power that constitutes a device that permanently controls the position of the actuator, a permanent locking device, and a safety device. The means for transmitting hydraulic power constitute a load compensator device. The two means for transmitting power operate in parallel. Position control using the drive system at reduced power can be synchronized in a simple way for a plurality of actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Gerard Falcou, Gerard Yves Mothier, Bruno Robert Thieffry, Jean-Marie Coda
  • Patent number: 5050449
    Abstract: A device for actuating in rotation a mechanism and control stick incorporating the device, which includes, elastic means for applying to a control shaft (10) a reaction torque having a magnitude which is a function of the angle of rotation of the shaft comprise a cam follower structure (18, 24) which is slidably mounted on a reaction lever (22) having an axis Z--Z perpendicular to the control shaft (10) and which is elastically slidably biased so as to cooperate with a confronting cam profile (16) formed on a reaction member (42) relative to which the cam follower structure (24, 18) is moved when the control shaft (10) is rotated, the cam profile (16) extending in a plane perpendicular to the control shaft (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Societe ECA
    Inventors: Gerard Falcou, Christian M. J. Vigne, Henri Serindat, Claude J. G. Sorin