Patents by Inventor Lionel Laganier

Lionel Laganier 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: 20230150646
    Abstract: An aircraft floor including at least one hinge connecting movable and fixed floor parts, which has a pivot axis parallel to a longitudinal direction. The floor also includes at least two beams, each including first and second beam portions secured respectively to the fixed and movable floor parts and connected together by a pivot link, and at least one rail including at least one first rail portion secured to the movable floor part and at least one second rail portion secured to the fixed floor part of the floor, extending the first rail portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Benoit ORTEU, Ludovic MIL, Lionel LAGANIER, Dominique MARTY, Philippe ROBERT
  • Publication number: 20230148389
    Abstract: A structural assembly for an aircraft having pairs of main gantries distributed in the longitudinal direction, two transverse panels fixed to the front and the rear of the pairs of main gantries to together define a compartment for a landing gear of the aircraft, at least one pair of secondary gantries between the main gantries, at least one crossmember parallel to the transverse panels and that straddles at least one secondary gantry, and, for each secondary gantry and each crossmember straddling the secondary gantry, a connecting rod mounted to be able to freely rotate, via a first end, on a lower part of the crossmember and, via a second end, on an outer lateral part of the secondary gantry. Such an arrangement reduces the vertical bulk of the structural assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Benoit Orteu, Ludovic Mil, Lionel Laganier, Dominique Marty, Philippe Robert
  • Publication number: 20230141505
    Abstract: An aircraft including a floor positioned above a central wing box and in a front fuselage portion positioned in front of the central wing box. The floor includes at least one rail which has at least first and second rail portions and at least one articulation connecting the first and second rail portions and configured to allow a pivoting movement, about a transverse and horizontal pivot pin, between the connected first and second rail portions. By virtue of this articulation, it is possible to integrate the rails into the floor and not to position them on the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Benoit Orteu, Ludovic Mil, Lionel Laganier, Dominique Marty, Philippe Robert