Patents by Inventor Hélène BERGONNIER

Hélène BERGONNIER 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: 11352146
    Abstract: A gas distribution assembly for providing gas to an actuator for opening an aircraft door and to an aircraft evacuation slide, the assembly comprising a single common gas supply and valve means for controlling distribution of gas from the common supply between the slide and the door actuator based on door opening position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: RATIER FIGEAC SAS
    Inventors: Hélène Bergonnier, Bruno Seminel
  • Publication number: 20200148370
    Abstract: A gas distribution assembly for providing gas to an actuator for opening an aircraft door and to an aircraft evacuation slide, the assembly comprising a single common gas supply and valve means for controlling distribution of gas from the common supply between the slide and the door actuator based on door opening position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Hélène BERGONNIER, Bruno SEMINEL
  • Patent number: 9969482
    Abstract: A device according to the present invention comprises: a tubular body (2) and a first attachment means (6), a piston (30) provided with a rod (12) connected to a second attachment means (10), the piston (30) sliding inside the tubular body (2) and defining inside said body a working chamber filled with hydraulic fluid, an accumulator comprising a rigid shell (20) inside of which a separation means (40) is located, defining a compensation chamber (42) that is filled with hydraulic fluid and is in communication with the working chamber, and a chamber (47) filled with pressurized gas, the rigid shell (20) being a metal shell produced by means of welded assembly and the accumulator being made such as to obtain an entirely welded enclosure (47) containing the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: RATIER FIGEAC
    Inventors: Bertrand Prouzet, Helene Bergonnier, Eric Delbos
  • Publication number: 20160169251
    Abstract: A device according to the present invention comprises: a tubular body (2) and a first attachment means (6), a piston (30) provided with a rod (12) connected to a second attachment means (10), the piston (30) sliding inside the tubular body (2) and defining inside said body a working chamber filled with hydraulic fluid, an accumulator comprising a rigid shell (20) inside of which a separation means (40) is located, defining a compensation chamber (42) that is filled with hydraulic fluid and is in communication with the working chamber, and a chamber (47) filled with pressurized gas, the rigid shell (20) being a metal shell produced by means of welded assembly and the accumulator being made such as to obtain an entirely welded enclosure (47) containing the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: RATIER FIGEAC
    Inventors: Bertrand PROUZET, Helene BERGONNIER, Eric DELBOS
  • Patent number: 9273704
    Abstract: An aircraft door actuator, including: a pneumatic cylinder for the opening of the door including a chamber into which a pressurized gas is injected via a first port, means for supplying the chamber of the cylinder with pressurized gas, via a supply pipe and said first port, means for setting the chamber to atmospheric pressure when the piston is in the position for opening the door, so as to allow said door to be moved into the closing position, including: a pressurized gas exhaust pipe a gate-valve means for guiding the opening of the gate-valve via the pressurized fluid located in the chamber when the door is in the opening position, so as to open the exhaust pipe in order to set said chamber of the cylinder to atmospheric pressure in a rapid manner once the door is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: RATIER FIGEAC
    Inventors: Hélène Bergonnier, Eric Delbos
  • Patent number: 8998141
    Abstract: An aircraft hatch emergency opening actuator, includes, a cylinder connected to the hatch at one end to a reference frame at the other end to which the hatch is connected, fluid means feeding the cylinder for emergency opening of the hatch, means for injection of the fluid means at a point of a fluid circuit feeding the cylinder for emergency opening of the hatch, said injection means configured to adopt: a rest position, in which the fluid means are isolated from the cylinder, and an active position, in which the fluid means are injected at the point of the fluid circuit, means for delaying the injection of the fluid means into the cylinder including a mobile element in the fluid circuit, delaying opening of the circuit when the injection means are in the active position, the injection delay being determined by a time of movement of the mobile element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ratier Figeac
    Inventors: Hélène Bergonnier, Eric Delbos
  • Patent number: 8776963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices for damping the movement of a body Co between two positions at the end of travel. The device according to the invention is essentially characterized in that it comprises two abutments B1, B2, a cylinder 10, a wall 11 closing off the end 12 of the cylinder 10, a piston 14 delimiting a chamber 16 with variable volume, a cylinder 20 with an external section at most equal to the internal section of the cylinder 10, a mounting unit for mounting the cylinder 20 in cooperation with the piston 14 so that the latter closes off the end 21 of this cylinder 20, a piston 24 delimiting a chamber 26 with variable volume, a first fluid Li filling the two chambers 16, 26, a communicating unit 30 for communication under pressure loss between the chambers 16, 26, an abutment 40 mounted in cooperation with the piston 24 so that this abutment 40 has a movement correlative with that of the piston 24, and a connecting unit 50 for connecting the cylinder 20 to the body Co.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Ratier Figeac
    Inventors: Hélène Bergonnier, Eric Delbos
  • Publication number: 20110226571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices for damping the movement of a body Co between two positions at the end of travel. The device according to the invention is essentially characterized in that it comprises two abutments B1, B2, a cylinder 10, a wall 11 closing off the end 12 of the cylinder 10, a piston 14 delimiting a chamber 16 with variable volume, a cylinder 20 with an external section at most equal to the internal section of the cylinder 10, means for mounting the cylinder 20 in cooperation with the piston 14 so that the latter closes off the end 21 of this cylinder 20, a piston 24 delimiting a chamber 26 with variable volume, a first fluid Li filling the two chambers 16, 26, means 30 for communication under pressure loss between the chambers 16, 26, an abutment 40 mounted in cooperation with the piston 24 so that this abutment 40 has a movement correlative with that of the piston 24, and means 50 for connecting the cylinder 20 to the body Co.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: RATIER FIGEAC
    Inventors: Hélène BERGONNIER, Eric DELBOS