Patents by Inventor Lionel Lollini

Lionel Lollini 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: 9140225
    Abstract: A fluid flow network for feeding fuel to at least one engine (2) of a power plant driving rotation of at least one rotary wing (1) of a rotorcraft. The fluid flow network includes a suction pump (3) for sucking fuel from a feeder tank (5) via a transfer circuit (4). The feeder tank (5) is fed with fuel from a main tank (9) by a transfer circuit (10) including a transfer pump (12). The transfer pump (12) is also a pump for priming the suction pump (3) by means of a feed ejector (15) provided on the feed circuit (4) and immersed in the feeder tank (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventor: Lionel Lollini
  • Patent number: 9114974
    Abstract: A pressure-filling system (10) for filling a tank (2) and including a pressure-filling valve (11). The pressure-filling system (10) comprises a filling pipe (13) having a first end (13?) that is connected to said pressure-filling valve (11), and a second end (13?) that is connected to a check valve (14) that opens out into said tank (2), said filling pipe (13) being connected to a purge system (20) that opens out into said tank (2) so as to discharge a fluid contained in the filling pipe (13), said filling pipe (13) being connected to a branch pipe (15) that opens out to the open air (100) for dumping excess fluid from a tank in the event of excess pressure in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Gregory Basset, Lionel Lollini
  • Patent number: 8966904
    Abstract: An architecture for feeding fuel to a power plant (1) of a rotorcraft, which power plant comprises a plurality of engines (2, 3) individually fed with fuel by respective assemblies (4, 5). Each assembly (4, 5) comprises a fuel feed circuit (9, 10) for feeding a safe tank (6, 7) from a fuel tank (8) that is common to the assemblies (4, 5). Together the feed circuits (9, 10) form a circuit for forced both-way transfer of fuel from either one of the assemblies to the other via the common tank (8) and an intercommunication (21) interposed between the safe tanks (6, 7), which safe tanks are fitted with respective spillage devices (17, 18, 19, 20) for transferring excess fuel to the common tank (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Lionel Lollini, Damien Morizot
  • Publication number: 20130340887
    Abstract: A pressure-filling system (10) for filling a tank (2) and including a pressure-filling valve (11). The pressure-filling system (10) comprises a filling pipe (13) having a first end (13?) that is connected to said pressure-filling valve (11), and a second end (13?) that is connected to a check valve (14) that opens out into said tank (2), said filling pipe (13) being connected to a purge system (20) that opens out into said tank (2) so as to discharge a fluid contained in the filling pipe (13), said filling pipe (13) being connected to a branch pipe (15) that opens out to the open air (100) for dumping excess fluid from a tank in the event of excess pressure in the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Gregory Basset, Lionel Lollini
  • Publication number: 20130284150
    Abstract: A fluid flow network for feeding fuel to at least one engine (2) of a power plant driving rotation of at least one rotary wing (1) of a rotorcraft. The fluid flow network includes a suction pump (3) for sucking fuel from a feeder tank (5) via a transfer circuit (4). The feeder tank (5) is fed with fuel from a main tank (9) by a transfer circuit (10) including a transfer pump (12). The transfer pump (12) is also a pump for priming the suction pump (3) by means of a feed ejector (15) provided on the feed circuit (4) and immersed in the feeder tank (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventor: Lionel Lollini
  • Publication number: 20130213044
    Abstract: An architecture for feeding fuel to a power plant (1) of a rotorcraft, which power plant comprises a plurality of engines (2, 3) individually fed with fuel by respective assemblies (4, 5). Each assembly (4, 5) comprises a fuel feed circuit (9, 10) for feeding a safe tank (6, 7) from a fuel tank (8) that is common to the assemblies (4, 5). Together the feed circuits (9, 10) form a circuit for forced both-way transfer of fuel from either one of the assemblies to the other via the common tank (8) and an intercommunication (21) interposed between the safe tanks (6, 7), which safe tanks are fitted with respective spillage devices (17, 18, 19, 20) for transferring excess fuel to the common tank (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventors: Lionel Lollini, Damien Morizot