Patents by Inventor Hervé Payen

Hervé Payen 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: 8047465
    Abstract: A structure for an aircraft comprises a first wall and a second wall. The first wall comprises two jackets of composite material disposed on either side of an intermediate arrangement and further includes at least one soleplate enabling it to be secured to the second wall. The structure further includes at least one elongate member extending facing the jacket and spaced apart therefrom, the elongate member being secured to the soleplate or to the second wall and being arranged to act as a bearing surface for a portion of the first wall that becomes separated from the soleplate after rupture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventor: Hervé Payen
  • Patent number: 7780116
    Abstract: A structure (2) for an aircraft (1) comprises transverse walls (3-8) connected to longitudinal walls (9-12); each wall (3-12, 18, 18B) comprises two jackets (19) of composite material disposed on either side of an intermediate arrangement (20); a wall includes a corrugated core (70) presenting corrugations extending along an axis (Z) substantially parallel to the jacket, such that the capacity of the wall to absorb energy in the event of an impact along said axis is increased; a wall includes a zone of weakness (45) encouraging controlled degradation of the wall in the event of such a shock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventor: Hervé Payen
  • Patent number: 7575193
    Abstract: An undercarriage (2) for an aircraft (1) includes anti-crash elements that are specific to a second stage of a crash after the end of a first stage. The undercarriage includes: a device for blocking a retraction actuator (6); a device for retaining the actuator (6) functionally separated from a landing gear leg (9); and a device for applying controlled braking to the pivoting of the leg (9) by irreversible lengthening of a deformable member (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventors: Herve Payen, Vincent Malfuson
  • Publication number: 20080023582
    Abstract: A structure (2) for an aircraft (1) comprises transverse walls (3-8) connected to longitudinal walls (9-12); each wall (3-12, 18, 18B) comprises two jackets (19) of composite material disposed on either side of an intermediate arrangement (20); a wall includes a corrugated core (70) presenting corrugations extending along an axis (Z) substantially parallel to the jacket, such that the capacity of the wall to absorb energy in the event of an impact along said axis is increased; a wall includes a zone of weakness (45) encouraging controlled degradation of the wall in the event of such a shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Herve Payen
  • Publication number: 20080023583
    Abstract: A structure (2) for an aircraft (1) comprises a first wall (18V) and a second wall (18H). The first wall comprises two jackets (19) of composite material disposed on either side of an intermediate arrangement (20) and further includes at least one soleplate (54) enabling it to be secured to the second wall. The structure further includes at least one elongate member (51) extending facing the jacket (19) and spaced apart therefrom, the elongate member being secured to the soleplate or to the second wall and being arranged to act as a bearing surface for a portion (18V1) of the first wall that becomes separated from the soleplate after rupture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Herve Payen
  • Publication number: 20070057117
    Abstract: An undercarriage (2) for an aircraft (1) includes anti-crash elements that are specific to a second stage of a crash after the end of a first stage. The undercarriage includes: a device for blocking a retraction actuator (6); a device for retaining the actuator (6) functionally separated from a landing gear leg (9); and a device for applying controlled braking to the pivoting of the leg (9) by irreversible lengthening of a deformable member (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Herve Payen, Vincent Malfuson
  • Patent number: 6613258
    Abstract: A process is proposed for the fabrication of parts with large dimensions formed of a skin (10) and stiffeners (12, 16) such as aircraft fuselage segments made of a composite material with a thermoplastic matrix. After stiffeners have been made separately by lay-up, consolidation and shaping, these stiffeners are placed on a tooling (23) and the skin (10) is simultaneously fabricated and assembled to the stiffeners (12, 16) by diffusion welding. More precisely, the skin (10) is laid up and continuously consolidated by the lay-up head (36) such that the required part is obtained directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Serge Maison, Serge Meunier, Cédric Thibout, Luc Mouton, Hervé Payen, Philippe Vautey, Carole Coiffier-Colas, Joël Delbez