Patents by Inventor Michaël JOURDAN
Michaël JOURDAN 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).
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Patent number: 11414163Abstract: A docketing device includes a docking station able to be hauled by a carrying vessel at a tow point (T), the docking station comprising a body comprising a beam extending parallel to a longitudinal axis (x) of the body and a stop allowing a movement of an underwater vehicle with respect to the body along the longitudinal axis (x) to be blocked, the dorsal beam extending longitudinally above the underwater vehicle in abutment against the stop, a center of gravity of the docking station and a center of buoyancy of the docking station being positioned, and the tow point (T) being able to occupy a docking position that is such that the docking station exhibits a predetermined docking negative pitch when it is fully submerged and hauled by the carrying vessel in the direction of the longitudinal axis at a predetermined speed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: THALESInventors: François Cadalen, Olivier Jezequel, Michaël Jourdan
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Publication number: 20220161913Abstract: A docking device includes a docking station capable of being connected to a carrying vessel by means of a cable, the docking station comprising a guide device which comprises a set of arms which are connected to the body and each comprise a distal end and a proximal end, the set of arms being capable of being in a deployed configuration wherein it defines a space flaring towards the rear so as to enable the underwater vehicle to be guided to the stop, the distal end of each arm being located behind the proximal end of the arm in the deployed configuration, the set of arms being capable of being in a collapsed configuration wherein a distal end of each arm of the set of arms is closer to the longitudinal axis than in the deployed configuration and wherein the distal end is located in front of the position occupied by the distal end in the deployed configuration, such that a length, along the axis x, of a space defined by the set of arms behind the stop is smaller in the collapsed configuration than in the deplType: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: François CADALEN, Olivier JEZEQUEL, Michaël JOURDAN
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Publication number: 20220063780Abstract: A docketing device includes a docking station able to be hauled by a carrying vessel at a tow point (T), the docking station comprising a body comprising a beam extending parallel to a longitudinal axis (x) of the body and a stop allowing a movement of an underwater vehicle with respect to the body along the longitudinal axis (x) to be blocked, the dorsal beam extending longitudinally above the underwater vehicle in abutment against the stop, a center of gravity of the docking station and a center of buoyancy of the docking station being positioned, and the tow point (T) being able to occupy a docking position that is such that the docking station exhibits a predetermined docking negative pitch when it is fully submerged and hauled by the carrying vessel in the direction of the longitudinal axis at a predetermined speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: François CADALEN, Olivier JEZEQUEL, Michaël JOURDAN
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Patent number: 10926842Abstract: A line intended to be submerged in an aquatic environment. The line includes a mooring configured to be placed on the bottom of the aquatic environment and for immobilizing the line relative to the bottom, a buoy configured to float on the surface of the aquatic environment, an object extending along a vertical axis, having a center of balance of hydrodynamic forces when the object is subjected to a horizontal water current and called the hydrodynamic center, and having a center of gravity vertically remote from the hydrodynamic center, a frame connected to the object by a pivoting link with a substantially horizontal axis passing through the hydrodynamic center, at least one fin extending vertically, whereby the object can be oriented relative to a horizontal water current, a first section of line connecting the mooring to the frame, a second section of line connecting the frame to the buoy.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: THALESInventors: Denis Gourmelon, Michaël Jourdan, Dominique Brechet
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Patent number: 10457366Abstract: In the field of bodies towed behind a ship, commonly called fish, a fish comprises a supporting structure configured to move in water in a horizontal main direction, at least one appendage configured to generate a hydrodynamic lift directed downwards when the fish moves in the water under the towing effect, and a lock for reducing the hydrodynamic lift of the appendage.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: THALESInventors: François Warnan, Michaël Jourdan, Philippe Vicariot, Jean Lagadec
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Publication number: 20190315441Abstract: A line intended to be submerged in an aquatic environment. The line includes a mooring configured to be placed on the bottom of the aquatic environment and for immobilizing the line relative to the bottom, a buoy configured to float on the surface of the aquatic environment, an object extending along a vertical axis, having a center of balance of hydrodynamic forces when the object is subjected to a horizontal water current and called the hydrodynamic center, and having a center of gravity vertically remote from the hydrodynamic center, a frame connected to the object by a pivoting link with a substantially horizontal axis passing through the hydrodynamic center, at least one fin extending vertically, whereby the object can be oriented relative to a horizontal water current, a first section of line connecting the mooring to the frame, a second section of line connecting the frame to the buoy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Denis GOURMELON, Michaël JOURDAN, Dominique BRECHET
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Patent number: 10392081Abstract: A fairing intended to fair an elongate object intended to be at least partially immersed, the fairing comprises a plurality of fairing portions, each fairing portion comprising a plurality of fairing elements, the fairing elements comprising a canal intended to accept the elongate object and being profiled in such a way as to reduce the hydrodynamic drag of the at least partially immersed elongate object, the fairing elements being intended to be pivot-mounted on the elongate element around the longitudinal axis of the canal, the fairing elements being joined together along the axis of the canal and articulated to one another, the portions of fairing rotating freely about the canal relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: THALESInventors: François Warnan, Michaël Jourdan, Olivier Jezequel
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Patent number: 10351212Abstract: A recovery system for recovering an autonomous underwater vehicle from a ship, the underwater vehicle comprising a front portion referred to as the nose, the system comprising: a receiving device comprising a stop on which the nose of the underwater vehicle is capable of bearing, blocking means making it possible to secure the underwater vehicle to the stop, a flexible link intended to provide the interface between the receiving device and the ship, the flexible link being arranged so the ship pulls the assembly formed by the receiving device and the underwater vehicle on the front of the underwater vehicle when the latter is rigidly connected to the stop, stabilization means configured to make it possible to control the depth and the attitude, in particular the list and trim of the assembly formed by the receiving device and the underwater vehicle when the latter is rigidly connected to the stop.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: THALESInventors: Michaël Jourdan, Albert Tom, Pierre Guthmann
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Patent number: 10232915Abstract: A system for launching and recovering a marine or submarine device from a support vessel. The system includes a carriage and at least one protective component. Each protective component is connected to the carriage by a pivot connection of which the axis, when the device is secured to the vessel, is parallel to the surface of the water. The at least one protective component is suitable for raising the marine or submarine device partially out of the water during recovery and for placing the marine or submarine device in the water during a launch, by rotation of the protective component(s) about the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: THALESInventors: Michaël Jourdan, Albert Tom
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Patent number: 10155571Abstract: A fairing element to fair an elongate element comprising a canal to accept the elongate object and being profiled in such a way as to reduce the hydrodynamic drag of the elongate object when the elongate object is at least partially immersed, the fairing element comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge, the fairing element being intended to be pivot-mounted on the elongate element around the longitudinal axis of the canal, the fairing element comprising a bearing edge comprising a first bearing edge which is mitered with respect to the leading edge, the first bearing edge being arranged in such a way that the distance between the leading edge and the bearing edge, considered perpendicular to the leading edge, decreases continuously, along an axis parallel to the leading edge, from a first end of the first bearing edge to a second end of the bearing edge, the fairing element being referred to as a mitered fairing element, the mitered fairing element comprising a first part and a second part which are joineType: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: THALESInventors: François Warnan, Michaël Jourdan, Olivier Jezequel
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Patent number: 10131408Abstract: A towing assembly comprising a towing and handling device intended to tow a faired elongate element, the towing device comprises a winch allowing the faired elongate element to be wound in and paid out through a guide device that allows the elongate element to be guided, the guide device comprising a first groove the bottom of which is formed by the bottom of the groove of a pulley, the first groove being delimited by a first surface having a profile that is concave in a radial plane of the pulley, the width of the first groove and the curvature of the profile of the first curved surface in the radial plane being determined in such a way as to allow the fairing element, under the effect of the rotation of the fairing element about the axis of the elongate element under the effect of the traction of the elongate element with respect to the guide device along the longitudinal axis thereof, to flip from a turned-over position in which the fairing element is oriented with its trailing edge toward the bottom of thType: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: THALESInventors: François Warnan, Michaël Jourdan, Olivier Jezequel
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Publication number: 20180244352Abstract: A fairing element to fair an elongate element comprising a canal to accept the elongate object and being profiled in such a way as to reduce the hydrodynamic drag of the elongate object when the elongate object is at least partially immersed, the fairing element comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge, the fairing element being intended to be pivot-mounted on the elongate element around the longitudinal axis of the canal, the fairing element comprising a bearing edge comprising a first bearing edge which is mitered with respect to the leading edge, the first bearing edge being arranged in such a way that the distance between the leading edge and the bearing edge, considered perpendicular to the leading edge, decreases continuously, along an axis parallel to the leading edge, from a first end of the first bearing edge to a second end of the bearing edge, the fairing element being referred to as a mitered fairing element, the mitered fairing element comprising a first part and a second part which are joineType: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: François WARNAN, Michaël JOURDAN, Olivier JEZEQUEL
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Publication number: 20180244351Abstract: A towing assembly comprising a towing and handling device intended to tow a faired elongate element, the towing device comprises a winch allowing the faired elongate element to be wound in and paid out through a guide device that allows the elongate element to be guided, the guide device comprising a first groove the bottom of which is formed by the bottom of the groove of a pulley, the first groove being delimited by a first surface having a profile that is concave in a radial plane of the pulley, the width of the first groove and the curvature of the profile of the first curved surface in the radial plane being determined in such a way as to allow the fairing element, under the effect of the rotation of the fairing element about the axis of the elongate element under the effect of the traction of the elongate element with respect to the guide device along the longitudinal axis thereof, to flip from a turned-over position in which the fairing element is oriented with its trailing edge toward the bottom of thType: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: François WARNAN, Michaël JOURDAN, Olivier JEZEQUEL
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Publication number: 20180244353Abstract: A fairing intended to fair an elongate object intended to be at least partially immersed, the fairing comprises a plurality of fairing portions, each fairing portion comprising a plurality of fairing elements, the fairing elements comprising a canal intended to accept the elongate object and being profiled in such a way as to reduce the hydrodynamic drag of the at least partially immersed elongate object, the fairing elements being intended to be pivot-mounted on the elongate element around the longitudinal axis of the canal, the fairing elements being joined together along the axis of the canal and articulated to one another, the portions of fairing rotating freely about the canal relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: François WARNAN, Michaël JOURDAN, Olivier JEZEQUEL
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Patent number: 10029765Abstract: An object that can be towed in a fluid by a cable along a substantially horizontal transport axis comprises a body suspended under gravity from the cable by a fixing arm, and an exterior hydrodynamic surface that is symmetric with respect to a vertical plane containing the transport axis, so as to limit the lateral lift of the body, and an opening passing through the body along a vertical axis and configured to equalize the pressures of fluid flowing along the exterior surface, making it possible to limit the hydrodynamic forces that may be generated perpendicular to the transport axis giving rise to a force in rotation about the transport axis opposing the effect of gravity.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: THALESInventors: Michaël Jourdan, Christophe Borel
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Publication number: 20180015992Abstract: In the field of bodies towed behind a ship, commonly called fish, a fish comprises a supporting structure configured to move in water in a horizontal main direction, at least one appendage configured to generate a hydrodynamic lift directed downwards when the fish moves in the water under the towing effect, and a lock for reducing the hydrodynamic lift of the appendage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: François WARNAN, Michaël JOURDAN, Philippe VICARIOT, Jean LAGADEC
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Publication number: 20170320547Abstract: A system for launching and recovering a marine or submarine device from a support vessel, the system comprises a carriage and at least one protective component, wherein each the protective component is connected to the carriage by a pivot connection of which the axis, when the device is secured to the vessel, is parallel to the surface of the water; and wherein at least one protective component is suitable for raising the marine or submarine device partially out of the water during recovery and for placing the marine or submarine device in the water during a launch, by rotation of the protective component(s) about the carriage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Michaël JOURDAN, Albert TOM
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Publication number: 20170313396Abstract: An underwater vehicle designed for navigation at the surface or underwater, having a hull, and at least one normal-force generator of force normal to a longitudinal axis of the underwater vehicle, borne by the hull, wherein a forward part of the hull is asymmetric with respect to the longitudinal axis so as to generate lift as the underwater vehicle moves and wherein the lift is in the opposite direction to the resultant of the forces of the normal-force generator or generators is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Michaël JOURDAN, Christophe BOREL, Jean-Philippe BRUNET
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Publication number: 20170291666Abstract: An object that can be towed in a fluid by a cable along a substantially horizontal transport axis comprises a body suspended under gravity from the cable by a fixing arm, and an exterior hydrodynamic surface that is symmetric with respect to a vertical plane containing the transport axis, so as to limit the lateral lift of the body, and an opening passing through the body along a vertical axis and configured to equalize the pressures of fluid flowing along the exterior surface, making it possible to limit the hydrodynamic forces that may be generated perpendicular to the transport axis giving rise to a force in rotation about the transport axis opposing the effect of gravity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Michaël JOURDAN, Christophe BOREL
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Publication number: 20160009344Abstract: A recovery system for recovering an autonomous underwater vehicle from a ship, the underwater vehicle comprising a front portion referred to as the nose, the system comprising: a receiving device comprising a stop on which the nose of the underwater vehicle is capable of bearing, blocking means making it possible to secure the underwater vehicle to the stop, a flexible link intended to provide the interface between the receiving device and the ship, the flexible link being arranged so the ship pulls the assembly formed by the receiving device and the underwater vehicle on the front of the underwater vehicle when the latter is rigidly connected to the stop, stabilization means configured to make it possible to control the depth and the attitude, in particular the list and trim of the assembly formed by the receiving device and the underwater vehicle when the latter is rigidly connected to the stop.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Michaël JOURDAN, Albert TOM, Pierre GUTHMANN