Patents by Inventor Gwènaëlle Marie Lucette RENOUARD-VALLET

Gwènaëlle Marie Lucette RENOUARD-VALLET 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).

  • Aircraft inerting system
    Patent number: 9567094
    Abstract: A method of controlling a flow rate of inerting gas introduced into a vented aircraft fuel tank, the method comprising: monitoring changes in a quantity of a fuel in the aircraft fuel tank; monitoring changes in the ambient air pressure external to the aircraft fuel tank; and actively controlling a flow rate of inerting gas, {dot over (m)}(I), introduced into the aircraft fuel tank based upon changes in the quantity of fuel in the fuel tank and changes in the ambient air pressure, p. Also, an aircraft including a vented fuel tank, a supply of inerting gas for rendering inert the fuel tank ullage, and a controller for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Franklin Tichborne, Brian Hughes, Gwènaëlle Marie Lucette Renouard-Vallet, Stephen Edward Burnell
  • AIRCRAFT INERTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140238501
    Abstract: A method of controlling a flow rate of inerting gas introduced into a vented aircraft fuel tank, the method comprising: monitoring changes in a quantity of a fuel in the aircraft fuel tank; monitoring changes in the ambient air pressure external to the aircraft fuel tank; and actively controlling a flow rate of inerting gas, {dot over (m)}(I), introduced into the aircraft fuel tank based upon changes in the quantity of fuel in the fuel tank and changes in the ambient air pressure, p. Also, an aircraft including a vented fuel tank, a supply of inerting gas for rendering inert the fuel tank ullage, and a controller for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Franklin TICHBORNE, Brian HUGHES, Gwènaëlle Marie Lucette RENOUARD-VALLET, Stephen Edward BURNELL