Patents by Inventor Jacques Espinasse

Jacques Espinasse 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: 7761193
    Abstract: Method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft. A device (1) for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight comprises information sources (5) able to determine current flight conditions, a monitoring unit (6) for realizing, with the aid of said current flight conditions, a function for global and autonomous monitoring of said low-altitude flight of the aircraft, making it possible to preserve the integrity of said aircraft during said flight, and means (13) for presenting the results of the monitoring function realized by said monitoring unit (6) to an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Franck Artini, Jean-Pierre Demortier, Christophe Bouchet, Jacques Espinasse, Edward Strongman
  • Patent number: 7428451
    Abstract: A method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft is disclosed, wherein low-altitude flight is flight along a flight trajectory at low altitude, for example 500 feet, that allows an aircraft to follow as closely as possible the terrain being over-flown. To avoid collision with the terrain, a safety corridor, devoid of any obstacle, is determined which is delimited on either side of the lateral trajectory, and whose width depends on a global uncertainty, and the aircraft is guided along the flight trajectory, avoiding any exit of the aircraft from the safety corridor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: AIRBUS France
    Inventors: Franck Artini, Jacques Espinasse
  • Patent number: 7015829
    Abstract: A method for displaying flight information includes displaying a first characteristic sign illustrating a speed vector of an aircraft. The method also includes determining a first longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft as a load factor, and displaying a second characteristic sign such that a position of the second characteristic sign relative to the first characteristic sign illustrates the first longitudinal margin of maneuver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Airbus France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Eric Godard, David Chabe, Jacques Espinasse
  • Patent number: 6980128
    Abstract: A display system for an aircraft includes a central unit configured to determine a speed vector of the aircraft and to determine a longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft. The longitudinal margin of maneuver is expressed as a load factor and is related to one of a pitch-up maneuver and a pitch-down maneuver. The display system also includes a display unit connected to the central unit. The display unit includes a display screen configured to display a first characteristic sign illustrating the speed vector and a second characteristic sign illustrating the longitudinal margin of maneuver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Airbus France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Eric Godard, David Chabe, Jacques Espinasse
  • Publication number: 20050273223
    Abstract: A method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft is disclosed, wherein low-altitude flight is flight along a flight trajectory at low altitude, for example 500 feet, that allows an aircraft to follow as closely as possible the terrain being over-flown. To avoid collision with the terrain, a safety corridor, devoid of any obstacle, is determined which is delimited on either side of the lateral trajectory, and whose width depends on a global uncertainty, and the aircraft is guided along the flight trajectory, avoiding any exit of the aircraft from the safety corridor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Franck Artini, Jacques Espinasse
  • Publication number: 20050261811
    Abstract: Method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft. A device (1) for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight comprises information sources (5) able to determine current flight conditions, a monitoring unit (6) for realizing, with the aid of said current flight conditions, a function for global and autonomous monitoring of said low-altitude flight of the aircraft, making it possible to preserve the integrity of said aircraft during said flight, and means (13) for presenting the results of the monitoring function realized by said monitoring unit (6) to an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Franck Artini, Jean-Pierre Demortier, Christophe Bouchet, Jacques Espinasse, Edward Strongman
  • Patent number: 6937166
    Abstract: The device (1) for aiding piloting comprises means (2) for determining a speed vector of the aircraft, means of depiction (4) for presenting on a display screen (6) a first characteristic sign illustrating the speed vector of the aircraft, and auxiliary means (7) for determining at least one longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft, which is expressed as a load factor and which relates to one of the two maneuvers of pitch-up and of pitch-down of the aircraft. The means of depiction (4) moreover present, on the display screen (6), at least one second characteristic sign which is associated with said first characteristic sign and which illustrates the longitudinal margin of maneuver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Eric Godard, David Chabe, Jacques Espinasse
  • Publication number: 20040155799
    Abstract: A display system for an aircraft includes a central unit configured to determine a speed vector of the aircraft and to determine a longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft. The longitudinal margin of maneuver is expressed as a load factor and is related to one of a pitch-up maneuver and a pitch-down maneuver. The display system also includes a display unit connected to the central unit. The display unit includes a display screen configured to display a first characteristic sign illustrating the speed vector and a second characteristic sign illustrating the longitudinal margin of maneuver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Godard, David Chabe, Jacques Espinasse
  • Publication number: 20040155798
    Abstract: A method for displaying flight information includes displaying a first characteristic sign illustrating a speed vector of an aircraft. The method also includes determining a first longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft as a load factor, and displaying a second characteristic sign such that a position of the second characteristic sign relative to the first characteristic sign illustrates the first longitudinal margin of maneuver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Godard, David Chabe, Jacques Espinasse
  • Publication number: 20030137434
    Abstract: Process and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Eric Godard, David Chabe, Jacques Espinasse
  • Patent number: D403996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MICHELIN
    Inventors: Jacques Espinasse, Jean-Guy Parrad, Jean-Francois Salvan