Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc BLINEAU
Jean-Marc BLINEAU 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).
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Patent number: 11406038Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fuselage (1) subdivided by a floor (2) into a top volume (3) and a bottom value (4) in which girders (5) extend supporting the floor and co-operating with the fuselage and the floor to define two lateral housings (6) that are of substantially triangular cross-section and that extend parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage. Calculation units (100) are arranged in the lateral housings and each comprises a box (101) defining a main compartment containing calculation modules (122) insertable into the main compartment along an insertion axis through an opening in the compartment and connectable to the connectors (115) carried by a back wall (116) of the compartment so as to extend into the main compartment opposite from the opening, the insertion axis being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
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Patent number: 11140793Abstract: Electronic module comprising a protective casing defining an internal volume and an electronic board placed in the internal volume, the electronic module comprising: means, for detecting a predetermined environmental condition of the internal volume, means for generating a cool zone inside the internal volume, which means are arranged such that the cool zone is separated from the electronic board; a control unit that is linked to the means for detecting an environmental condition and to the means for generating a cool zone and arranged to trigger the means for generating a cool zone when the means for detecting a predetermined environmental condition in the internal volume detect an environmental condition that is liable to result in the moisture in the air contained in the internal volume condensing on the electronic board.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWERInventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
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Patent number: 11012120Abstract: A system comprising a rack and at least one line replaceable module, the rack further comprising a primary transmission circuit comprising a primary antenna, primary emission components designed to generate an emitted power containing uplink data, and primary receiving components designed to receive downlink data, the line replaceable module comprising a secondary transmission circuit comprising a secondary antenna, secondary receiving components designed to receive the emitted power and the uplink data, and secondary emission components designed to generate the downlink data, the emitted power, the uplink data and the downlink data being transmitted via a shared coupling between the primary antenna and the secondary antenna.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignees: Safran Electronics & Defense, Safran Electrical & PowerInventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
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Patent number: 10992140Abstract: An electrical power distribution assembly for an airplane, the assembly including an electric switch device for placing in a Karman fairing of the airplane.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWERInventors: Serge Thierry Roques, Philippe Pierre Avignon, Jean-Marc Blineau
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Patent number: 10709030Abstract: An electronic unit comprising a box defining a reception compartment for receiving an electronic module along two mutually opposite directions of an insertion axis, the compartment including electrical power supply means for powering the electronic module and connection means for connecting the electronic unit to the electronic module, these means extending onto a connection face forming part of the reception compartment and extending parallel to the insertion axis. An electronic module for mounting in a compartment of an electronic unit of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
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Publication number: 20200196490Abstract: A device for cooling an electronic module placed in an avionics rack of an aircraft comprising a ventilated cabin, the cooling device comprising: a closed circuit for circulating a heat-transfer fluid; first means for circulating the heat-transfer fluid in the closed circuit; a first heat exchanger comprising a cold circuit which is provided with first means for connecting to the closed circuit for circulating a heat-transfer fluid and which is thermally connected to a hot source of the avionics rack; a second heat exchanger comprising a hot circuit provided with second means for connecting to the closed circuit for circulating a heat-transfer fluid and a cold circuit thermally connected to an air exhaust from the ventilated cabin. An avionics rack and an aircraft comprising such a rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
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Patent number: 10681816Abstract: A printed circuit board including at least one blind metal-plated hole, for receiving a pin of the printed circuit board being covered by a first layer of a protective film on which there extends a second layer of electrically insulating flexible material, the first layer and second layer are for piercing by the pins when they are engaged in the metal-plated holes, the first and second layers being for claming between a support of the pins and the printed circuit board. An electronic unit including such a device. A method of fabricating a printed circuit card for such a device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Safran Electronics & DefenseInventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
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Patent number: 10681839Abstract: A cooling module including a first air inlet, a second air inlet, and an air discharge vent, the module having two check valves, each mounted in register with a respective inlet and arranged to allow air to pass towards the inside of the module and to oppose a flow of air in the opposite direction. An electronic unit including such a box.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: François Guillot, Jean-Marc Blineau, Philippe Avignon, Serge Roques, Franck Albero
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Publication number: 20200127706Abstract: A system comprising a rack and at least one line replaceable module, the rack further comprising a primary transmission circuit comprising a primary antenna, primary emission components designed to generate an emitted power containing uplink data, and primary receiving components designed to receive downlink data, the line replaceable module comprising a secondary transmission circuit comprising a secondary antenna, secondary receiving components designed to receive the emitted power and the uplink data, and secondary emission components designed to generate the downlink data, the emitted power, the uplink data and the downlink data being transmitted via a shared coupling between the primary antenna and the secondary antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
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Publication number: 20200107459Abstract: Electronic module comprising a protective casing defining an internal volume and an electronic board placed in the internal volume, the electronic module comprising: means, for detecting a predetermined environmental condition of the internal volume, means for generating a cool zone inside the internal volume, which means are arranged such that the cool zone is separated from the electronic board; a control unit that is linked to the means for detecting an environmental condition and to the means for generating a cool zone and arranged to trigger the means for generating a cool zone when the means for detecting a predetermined environmental condition in the internal volume detect an environmental condition that is liable to result in the moisture in the air contained in the internal volume condensing on the electronic board.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
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Publication number: 20200045822Abstract: A printed circuit board including at least one blind metal-plated hole, for receiving a pin of the printed circuit board being covered by a first layer of a protective film on which there extends a second layer of electrically insulating flexible material, the first layer and second layer are for piercing by the pins when they are engaged in the metal-plated holes, the first and second layers being for claming between a support of the pins and the printed circuit board. An electronic unit including such a device. A method of fabricating a printed circuit card for such a device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicants: Safran Electronics & Defense, Safran Electrical & PowerInventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
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Publication number: 20200029456Abstract: An electronic unit comprising a box defining a reception compartment for receiving an electronic module along two mutually opposite directions of an insertion axis, the compartment including electrical power supply means for powering the electronic module and connection means for connecting the electronic unit to the electronic module, these means extending onto a connection face forming part of the reception compartment and extending parallel to the insertion axis. An electronic module for mounting in a compartment of an electronic unit of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
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Publication number: 20200029462Abstract: A cooling module including a first air inlet, a second air inlet, and an air discharge vent, the module having two check valves, each mounted in register with a respective inlet and arranged to allow air to pass towards the inside of the module and to oppose a flow of air in the opposite direction. An electronic unit including such a box.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
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Patent number: 10431910Abstract: An electrical connection device including a support and an electrically conductive terminal lug, wherein the support includes a first face, with channels projecting from a second face opposite from the first face and defining between them a housing; the terminal lug includes a base for placing in the housing and a shank fastened coaxially to the base, the base including a first face from which the shank extends and a second face opposite from the first face for coming to bear against the second face of the support; the terminal lug including a locking ring having the shank passing through its center and movable in rotation relative to the shank, the ring including ramps extending from the outer periphery of the ring, the ramps co-operating with the channels.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWERInventors: Jean Marc Blineau, Frederic Colin
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Patent number: 10396475Abstract: A vice-type terminal block for electrically connecting a pair of lugs by clamping them together. Each lug includes a barrel extending along an axis and a radially extending flange connected to the barrel. The flange has, on the opposite side to where the barrel is located, an electrical contact surface normal to the axis. The vice-type terminal block includes two opposing plates and a clamping system. Each plate includes a slot for receiving one of the lugs such that the flange of the lug is on one side of the plate, whereas the barrel is on the other side. The pair of lugs are supported such that their electrical contact surfaces face one another and are aligned.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWERInventors: Ismail Tchaaouaou, Jean-Marc Blineau
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Publication number: 20190239380Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fuselage (1) subdivided by a floor (2) into a top volume (3) and a bottom value (4) in which girders (5) extend supporting the floor and co-operating with the fuselage and the floor to define two lateral housings (6) that are of substantially triangular cross-section and that extend parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage. Calculation units (100) are arranged in the lateral housings and each comprises a box (101) defining a main compartment containing calculation modules (122) insertable into the main compartment along an insertion axis through an opening in the compartment and connectable to the connectors (115) carried by a back wall (116) of the compartment so as to extend into the main compartment opposite from the opening, the insertion axis being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: François GUILLOT, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Philippe AVIGNON, Serge ROQUES, Franck ALBERO
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Publication number: 20190089075Abstract: An electrical connection device including a support and an electrically conductive terminal lug, wherein the support includes a first face, with channels projecting from a second face opposite from the first face and defining between them a housing; the terminal lug includes a base for placing in the housing and a shank fastened coaxially to the base, the base including a first face from which the shank extends and a second face opposite from the first face for coming to bear against the second face of the support; the terminal lug including a locking ring having the shank passing through its center and movable in rotation relative to the shank, the ring including ramps extending from the outer periphery of the ring, the ramps co-operating with the channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWERInventors: Jean Marc BLINEAU, Frederic COLIN
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Publication number: 20180309212Abstract: A vice-type terminal block (50) for electrically connecting a pair of lugs (10) by clamping them together, each lug (10) comprising a barrel (11) extending along an axis and a radially extending flange (12) connected to the barrel (11), the flange (12) having, on the opposite side to where the barrel (11) is located, an electrical contact surface (13) normal to the axis, the vice-type terminal block (50) comprising two opposing plates (51, 52) and a clamping system, each plate (51, 52) comprising a slot (61, 62) for receiving one of the lugs (10) such that the flange (12) of the lug (10) is substantially on one side of the plate (51, 52), whereas the barrel (11) is on the other side, the vice-type terminal block (50) supporting the pair of lugs (10) such that their electrical contact surfaces (13) face one another and are substantially aligned.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Ismaïl TCHAAOUAOU, Jean-Marc BLINEAU
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Publication number: 20170327233Abstract: The invention concerns an avionics bay (1) for the installation of at least one electrical module (M), comprising a fluid cooling system and a housing (2) that is complementary to the electrical module (M) and that comprises an open front face (21) through which the module (M) can be removably installed inside said housing (2), and a rear face (20) on which there are arranged electrical connectors suitable for being connected to the electrical module (M), characterised in that the fluid cooling system comprises a cold plate (3) that is disposed on the rear face (20) of the housing (2) that is suitable for cooling the electrical module (M) when said electrical module (M) is installed inside the housing (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Philippe Pierre AVIGNON, Jean-Marc BLINEAU, Alexandre FLEURY, Francois GOGE, Philippe MAIRET
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Publication number: 20160111885Abstract: An electrical power distribution assembly for an airplane, the assembly including an electric switch device for placing in a Karman fairing of the airplane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: LABINAL POWER SYSTEMSInventors: Serge Thierry ROQUES, Philippe Pierre AVIGNON, Jean-Marc BLINEAU