Patents by Inventor Garance VINSON

Garance VINSON 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: 11855549
    Abstract: Method for monitoring the distribution of power in a hybrid propulsion system comprising one or more electrical sources delivering an AC voltage, each of which is associated with an AC-to-DC controlled rectifier and one or more batteries, wherein, the AC-to-DC controlled rectifier and the battery each being connected directly to an HVDC bus supplying one or more electrical loads with power, the monitoring of the distribution of power is performed through the individual AC-to-DC controlled rectifier by a feedback loop to a power setpoint (Pref) on the basis of a measured power of the battery (Pbat) and a feedback loop to a voltage setpoint (Vref) on the basis of a measured voltage of the HVDC bus (VHVDC), either one of these two feedback loops delivering an RMS current setpoint Idref and Iqref for a feedback loop on the basis of a current (Igen) of the electrical source delivering an AC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Garance Vinson, Florent Rougier, Stéphane Meyer Beddok
  • Publication number: 20220166335
    Abstract: Method for monitoring the distribution of power in a hybrid propulsion system comprising one or more electrical sources delivering an AC voltage, each of which is associated with an AC-to-DC controlled rectifier and one or more batteries, wherein, the AC-to-DC controlled rectifier and the battery each being connected directly to an HVDC bus supplying one or more electrical loads with power, the monitoring of the distribution of power is performed through the individual AC-to-DC controlled rectifier by a feedback loop to a power setpoint (Pref) on the basis of a measured power of the battery (Pbat) and a feedback loop to a voltage setpoint (Vref) on the basis of a measured voltage of the HVDC bus (VHVDC), either one of these two feedback loops delivering an RMS current setpoint Idref and Iqref for a feedback loop on the basis of a current (Igen) of the electrical source delivering an AC voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: SAFRAN, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Garance VINSON, Florent ROUGIER, Stéphane Meyer BEDDOK
  • Patent number: 11312256
    Abstract: A propulsion and non-propulsive electrical generation system for an aircraft having at least one turbomachine and at least two pairs of rotors, the rotors of the same pair of rotors being symmetrically opposite on the aircraft with respect to the same center of symmetry, at least four motors each driving a rotor, at least one generator coupled to a turbomachine, an even number of power lines and at most equal to the number of rotors, each power line having at least one propulsion branch coupled to a motor, a battery coupled at the output to the propulsion branch, and an AC-DC converter coupled between an output of a generator and the propulsion branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Garance Vinson, Florent Nierlich, Jean-Pierre Garcia
  • Publication number: 20210370786
    Abstract: A propulsion and non-propulsive electrical generation system for an aircraft having at least one turbomachine and at least two pairs of rotors, the rotors of the same pair of rotors being symmetrically opposite on the aircraft with respect to the same center of symmetry, at least four motors each driving a rotor, at least one generator coupled to a turbomachine, an even number of power lines and at most equal to the number of rotors, each power line having at least one propulsion branch coupled to a motor, a battery coupled at the output to the propulsion branch, and an AC-DC converter coupled between an output of a generator and the propulsion branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Garance VINSON, Florent NIERLICH, Jean-Pierre GARCIA
  • Patent number: 10464690
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes, after a landing of an aircraft, detecting by sensors the position of the landing gear at a first sampling frequency, while the position of the landing gear is detected as vertical. After detection of a horizontal position of the landing gear, detecting by the sensors the position of the landing gear at least at a second sampling frequency, while the position of the landing gear is detected as horizontal. After detection of a vertical position of the landing gear, acquiring by said sensors physical parameters relating to the ageing of the landing gear, and detecting a landing of the aircraft at a third sampling frequency until a predetermined period has expired. The third frequency is greater than the second frequency, which is greater than the first frequency. Measurements relating to the ageing are stored as a function of the measured physical parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Garance Vinson, Nicolas Fanton, Pierre-Jean Tine, Sully Vitry, Christophe Loustaudaudine
  • Publication number: 20190002120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the ageing of a landing gear of an aircraft, implemented by an autonomous measurement device installed on said landing gear and comprising sensors and a memory for storage, and comprising: after a landing of the aircraft, a stand-by step comprising detection by means of said sensors of the position of the landing gear at a first sampling frequency, for as long as the position of the landing gear is detected as vertical; after detection of a horizontal position of the landing gear, a sleep step comprising detection by means of said sensors of the position of the landing gear at least at a second sampling frequency, for as long as the position of the landing gear is detected as horizontal; after detection of a vertical position of the landing gear, a measurement step comprising acquisition by means of said sensors of physical parameters relating to the ageing of the landing gear, and detection of a landing of the aircraft at a third sampling frequency unt
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicants: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Garance VINSON, Nicolas FANTON, Pierre-Jean TINE, Sully VITRY, Christophe LOUSTAUDAUDINE