Patents by Inventor Jean-Philippe DUTHEIL

Jean-Philippe DUTHEIL 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: 10316796
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion gas discharge nozzle for a rocket engine including a stationary part and a moving part extending from the stationary part, the moving part made using flaps positioned downstream from the stationary part and forming an extension of the nozzle, the nozzle including a sealing device extending between the fixed part and the moving part in the form of a flexible membrane withstanding a local temperature of the combustion gases at the nozzle outlet and connecting the end of the stationary part to a border of the flaps or petals forming the moving part, the flexible membrane forming an annular tubing, the sealing device being provided with a duct for injecting gas at the flexible membrane between the stationary part and the moving part extending the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS SAFRAN LAUNCHERS SAS
    Inventor: Jean-Philippe Dutheil
  • Patent number: 9981757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a propulsion unit for a reusable launch vehicle including a rocket engine supported by a cradle. According to the invention, the cradle includes at least three attachment elements for assembling the unit on the structure of the vehicle to which the unit is to be connected, the at least three attachment elements defining a plane for removing the unit, and in which the unit includes one or more fluid and/or electric links of the engine, each one of the links including a free end to be assembled with a corresponding circuit for supplying the vehicle, to which the unit is to be connected, the tip of at least some of the free ends being contained in the removal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Yohann Coraboeuf, Jean-Philippe Dutheil
  • Publication number: 20160257435
    Abstract: The invention relates to a propulsion unit for a reusable launch vehicle including a rocket engine supported by a cradle. According to the invention, the cradle includes at least three attachment elements for assembling the unit on the structure of the vehicle to which the unit is to be connected, the at least three attachment elements defining a plane for removing the unit, and in which the unit includes one or more fluid and/or electric links of the engine, each one of the links including a free end to be assembled with a corresponding circuit for supplying the vehicle, to which the unit is to be connected, the tip of at least some of the free ends being contained in the removal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Yohann CORABOEUF, Jean-Philippe DUTHEIL
  • Publication number: 20160177875
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion gas discharge nozzle for a rocket engine including a stationary part and a moving part, extending the stationary part, the moving part, made using flaps, being positioned downstream from the stationary part and forming an extension of the nozzle, the nozzle including a sealing device between the fixed part and the moving part in the form of a flexible membrane withstanding a local temperature of the combustion gases at the nozzle outlet and connecting the end of the stationary part to a border of the flaps or petals forming the moving part, the flexible membrane forming an annular tubing, the device being provided with means for injecting gas at the flexible membrane between the stationary part and the moving part extending the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Jean-Philippe DUTHEIL
  • Publication number: 20150354452
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a device for starting a turbopump of a rocket motor of an aircraft including a turbine engine for propelling the aircraft and a rocket motor, which includes a pneumatic supply of compressed air to a turbine of the turbopump, this compressed air being tapped from a tapping on a compressor stage of the aircraft propulsion turbine engine upstream of the combustion chamber of the turbine engine. It applies notably to an aircraft of the space airplane type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe DUTHEIL, Pierre VINET
  • Patent number: D762157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Benjamin Faure, Angélique Santerre, Jean Philippe Dutheil, Christophe Chavagnac, Eugénio Ferreira, Thierry Pichard
  • Patent number: D762548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Benjamin Faure, Angélique Santerre, Jean Philippe Dutheil, Christophe Chavagnac, Eugénio Ferreira, Thierry Pichard
  • Patent number: D778803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFECE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Benjamin Faure, Angélique Santerre, Jean Philippe Dutheil, Christophe Chavagnac, Eugénio Ferreira, Thierry Pichard