Patents by Inventor Matthieu Plet

Matthieu Plet 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: 12134463
    Abstract: An aircraft including a main landing gear compartment which comprises a rear transverse wall, and a base wall forming a sealed barrier between a first, pressurized area and a second, non-pressurized area. The main landing gear compartment includes a body, produced in a single piece from composite material, separating the first, pressurized area and the second, non-pressurized area. The body includes a first part corresponding to the base wall, as well as a second part corresponding to the rear transverse wall. At least two longitudinal beams made of composite material, are connected to the body. This single body makes it possible to eliminate a large number of parts, to simplify the assembly process, and to reduce the duration thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Matthieu Plet, Laurent Dubreuil, Alain Prudent, Xavier Matheis, Gilles Andrieu, Damien Desgaches
  • Publication number: 20230079075
    Abstract: An aircraft including a main landing gear compartment which comprises a rear transverse wall, and a base wall forming a sealed barrier between a first, pressurized area and a second, non-pressurized area. The main landing gear compartment includes a body, produced in a single piece from composite material, separating the first, pressurized area and the second, non-pressurized area. The body includes a first part corresponding to the base wall, as well as a second part corresponding to the rear transverse wall. At least two longitudinal beams made of composite material, are connected to the body. This single body makes it possible to eliminate a large number of parts, to simplify the assembly process, and to reduce the duration thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Matthieu PLET, Laurent DUBREUIL, Alain PRUDENT, Xavier MATHEIS, Gilles ANDRIEU, Damien DESGACHES
  • Patent number: 10399663
    Abstract: A central wing box for an aircraft, including a top panel, a bottom panel, a front spar, a rear spar, and at least one secondary rib. A secondary rib includes two stiffeners, a first stiffener extending adjacent to the top panel and to one of the front spar and the rear spar, and a second stiffener extending adjacent to the bottom panel and to the other of the front spar and the rear spar. A reduced number of components can be employed, thereby simplifying the construction of the central wing box of an aircraft, particularly the installation of the secondary ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Denis Soula, Matthieu Plet, Javier Maqueda Lahoz
  • Patent number: 9796142
    Abstract: The manufacture of structural elements for aircraft requires the use of complex and costly methods, particularly in the case of parts of elongate overall shape and variable thickness or cross section made of composite material. The disclosure herein proposes to overcome this problem by a method that allows the manufacture of a structural part from a preform made of composite material of simple shape obtained by pultrusion and of one or more reinforcing elements made of composite material and secured by cocuring with the preform to a region of this preform which region is to be reinforced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Denis Soula, Jérome Colmagro, Matthieu Plet
  • Publication number: 20170066520
    Abstract: A central wing box for an aircraft, including a top panel, a bottom panel, a front spar, a rear spar, and at least one secondary rib. A secondary rib includes two stiffeners, a first stiffener extending adjacent to the top panel and to one of the front spar and the rear spar, and a second stiffener extending adjacent to the bottom panel and to the other of the front spar and the rear spar. A reduced number of components can be employed, thereby simplifying the construction of the central wing box of an aircraft, particularly the installation of the secondary ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Denis SOULA, Matthieu PLET, Javier MAQUEDA LAHOZ
  • Publication number: 20150321429
    Abstract: The manufacture of structural elements for aircraft requires the use of complex and costly methods, particularly in the case of parts of elongate overall shape and variable thickness or cross section made of composite material. The disclosure herein proposes to overcome this problem by a method that allows the manufacture of a structural part from a preform made of composite material of simple shape obtained by pultrusion and of one or more reinforcing elements made of composite material and secured by cocuring with the preform to a region of this preform which region is to be reinforced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Denis Soula, Jérome Colmagro, Matthieu Plet