Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc LACOSTE

Jean-Marc LACOSTE 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).

  • Publication number: 20240136134
    Abstract: An electrical protection device of circuit-breaker type including a casing, a severing system, positioned in the casing, configured to assume inactivated and activated states corresponding to the on and off states of the electrical protection device, respectively, and a connection system configured to assume an open state in which it allows the electrical cable to be inserted and a second, closed state in which it surrounds the electrical cable. The connection system and the severing system are configured and arranged such that, when the connection system is in the closed state, the severing system severs the electrical cable when passing from the inactivated state to the activated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jean-Marc LACOSTE, Vincent DUFLOS DE SAINT AMAND
  • Publication number: 20230326355
    Abstract: A device for centralized management of an aircraft flight management system is provided, of the type of human-machine interface called FMD (for Flight Management Display), and which includes a plurality of functional components associated with human-machine interfaces. In particular, the device comprises a component and its ‘waypoint list’ interface in order to display the list of waypoints of a flight plan, a component and its ‘flight-phase pages’ interface in order to meet a need in respect of construction of the flight plan, and of following and editing of the latter, a component and its ‘location and database management’ interface, and a component and its ‘system messages’ interface, the system messages being those of the flight manage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jean-Marc LACOSTE
  • Patent number: 11784484
    Abstract: A switching device including at least one main breaker, an actuator configured to cause a change of state of the main breaker, from a first to a second state, counter to a spring generated force, the actuator being powered by a control signal equal to a first level to cause the change of state of the main breaker then to a second, lower level, to hold the main breaker in the second state. The switching device comprises a current sensor configured to control the control signal to increase it to a third level higher than the second level if the current flowing in the main breaker is higher than or equal to a given operating threshold, to avoid a spurious change of state of the main breaker. The switching device comprises a re-armable protection system for controlling the time for which the control signal is held at the third level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: David Rousset, Jean-Marc Lacoste
  • Patent number: 11673679
    Abstract: An aircraft with electric or hybrid propulsion which includes an electrical installation including at least a first electrical network and at least a second electrical network operating at a voltage higher than that of the first electrical network. This second electrical network includes at least an electrical-energy distribution system, at least a reversible electric motor for aircraft propulsion directly or indirectly connected to the electrical-energy distribution system, at least a reversible electrical system directly or indirectly connected to the electrical-energy distribution system, and a safety unit positioned as close as possible to each electric motor and to each reversible electrical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: David Rousset, Jean-Marc Lacoste
  • Publication number: 20230170171
    Abstract: A switching device includes at least one main contactor, a control power supply and an actuator configured to cause the main contactor to change from an open to a closed state against a force generated by the spring. The contactor has a blade and at least one terminal, the blade being configured to assume a position in contact with the terminal and a position not in contact with the terminal. The switching device includes a detection system configured to determine the contact or non-contact blade position of the main contactor, to generate at least one second signal as a function of the determined blade position of the main contactor and to transmit the second signal to the control power supply. The control power supply is configured to generate a control signal configured to keep the main contactor in the closed state upon reception of the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: David ROUSSET, Jean-Marc LACOSTE
  • Publication number: 20230005684
    Abstract: An electrical circuit breaker assembly, and a method for its operation, including a conductive element of an electrical circuit and a cut-off device configured to be activated by a pyrotechnic element and that is configured to sever the conductive element in a cut-off zone delimited by a downstream point. The electrical circuit breaker assembly further includes a contactor element configured to be activated by a pyrotechnic element, the contactor element being configured to connect the downstream point of the cut-off zone to an earth conductor of the electrical circuit prior to a severing of the conductive element or simultaneously with the severing of the conductive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: David ROUSSET, Jean-Marc LACOSTE
  • Publication number: 20220194614
    Abstract: An aircraft with electric or hybrid propulsion which includes an electrical installation including at least a first electrical network and at least a second electrical network operating at a voltage higher than that of the first electrical network. This second electrical network includes at least an electrical-energy distribution system, at least a reversible electric motor for aircraft propulsion directly or indirectly connected to the electrical-energy distribution system, at least a reversible electrical system directly or indirectly connected to the electrical-energy distribution system, and a safety unit positioned as close as possible to each electric motor and to each reversible electrical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: David ROUSSET, Jean-Marc LACOSTE
  • Publication number: 20220190584
    Abstract: A switching device including at least one main breaker, an actuator configured to cause a change of state of the main breaker, from a first to a second state, counter to a spring generated force, the actuator being powered by a control signal equal to a first level to cause the change of state of the main breaker then to a second, lower level, to hold the main breaker in the second state. The switching device comprises a current sensor configured to control the control signal to increase it to a third level higher than the second level if the current flowing in the main breaker is higher than or equal to a given operating threshold, to avoid a spurious change of state of the main breaker. The switching device comprises a re-armable protection system for controlling the time for which the control signal is held at the third level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: David ROUSSET, Jean-Marc LACOSTE
  • Publication number: 20190315483
    Abstract: A method for managing systems, which includes at least a step for displaying a mimic diagram representation of the state of at least one system, the mimic diagram representation being composed of actuators and of links between the actuators, an actuator representing an element of the system that can be controlled. The method further comprises the steps of: detecting an interaction with an actuator; determining a number of controllable states for an element of the system represented by the actuator; configuring a multi-state interactor as a function of the number of controllable states and of the state of the system; and generating, on the state mimic diagram representation, a representation of the multi-state interactor including the commands available for controlling the element according to the state of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Sylvain LAPUYADE, Véran HELSEN, Jean-Marc LACOSTE