Patents by Inventor Marc Denante

Marc Denante 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: 8888044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft (1) provided with at least one rotary element (10) provided with blades (11) liable to come into contact with a liquid surface (100) on ditching, said aircraft including a buoyancy system. The aircraft includes a fairing (15) surrounding at least part of said rotary element (10), the fairing (15) including an inflatable emergency float (20) of the buoyancy system for preventing said blades (11) from coming into contact with the liquid surface when in an inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Dominique Mailliu, Marc Denante
  • Publication number: 20110290774
    Abstract: Tooling is organized firstly to implant an insert (1) in a cellular panel (2) by means of a thermally reactive sealing material (3), and secondly to withdraw the insert from said cellular panel (2). The tooling comprises an instrument (9) provided a heater endpiece (10) that is in relationship with heater means (11) and that is arranged as a finger suitable for being received inside a cavity (6) in the insert (1) in order to raise the temperature of the sealing material (3). The instrument (9) is fitted with grip means (12) for gripping the insert (1), which grip means are arranged on the heater endpiece (10), and with relative positioning means (13) for positioning the instrument (9) relative to the cellular panel (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventor: Marc Denante
  • Patent number: 7690600
    Abstract: An aerially transportable tank (20) for storing a composition for discharging in flight, the tank including a neck (23) terminated by a composition discharge opening (24), and having a wall (21) extending the neck that is sufficiently deformable to be received in part or in full within the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventors: Richard Olive, Marc Denante
  • Publication number: 20070164162
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aerially transportable tank (20) for storing a composition for discharging in flight, the tank including a neck (23) terminated by a composition discharge opening (24), and having a wall (21) extending the neck that is sufficiently deformable to be received in part or in full within the neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Richard Olive, Marc Denante