Patents by Inventor Michael Berjot

Michael Berjot 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: 20250115365
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising at least one engine attachment system connecting a primary structure of a pylon and a motor, having a right-hand interface connected to the right-hand lateral face of the primary structure, a left-hand interface connected to the left-hand lateral face of the primary structure, first and second shackles connecting the right-hand and left-hand interfaces to the motor by virtue of engine connection pins and interface connection pins, a right-hand emergency connection pin cooperating with the right-hand interface and the motor, and a left-hand emergency connection pin cooperating with the left-hand interface and the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Michael BERJOT, Rémi LANSIAUX, Jean-Baptiste VIGNES
  • Publication number: 20250010997
    Abstract: An assembly of an attachment pylon with an aircraft engine comprising a front engine mount comprising a front tang and a front clevis, a lower tang and a lower clevis connecting the attachment pylon and the engine via a front pin mounted in the front tang and clevis and a lower pin mounted in the lower tang and clevis, and port/starboard links mounted between the attachment pylon and the engine via mounting pins, wherein the front and lower pins are orthogonal to a mid-plane, and wherein the mounting pins of the links are parallel to the mid-plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Olivier PAUTIS, Michael BERJOT, Jean-Baptiste VIGNES
  • Publication number: 20250010999
    Abstract: A propulsion unit comprising an engine, a pylon, an engine mount system which connects a front part of the engine and the pylon, in addition to a suspension system which connects the pylon and a rear part of the engine which is offset toward the rear end of the engine relative to the engine mount system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Michael BERJOT, Rémi LANSIAUX, Jean-Baptiste VIGNES, Veronica PARASCHIV
  • Publication number: 20250002165
    Abstract: A system for attaching a front engine of an aircraft, having: a vertical median plane, an engine pylon with a nose having a main female clevis, and a cylindrical housing around a vertical axis, a main link fastened to a front casing of the engine by a secondary ball-joint connection about a secondary axis perpendicular to the median plane by a secondary shaft, a main shaft, perpendicular to the median plane and forming a main ball-joint connection of the main link in the main female clevis about a main axis, the main and secondary axes in the plane perpendicular to the median plane, and an outer cylinder, coaxial with the vertical axis and a first end of which fastened in the cylindrical housing and a second end of which mounted, via an annular linear connection, around the vertical axis with respect to the front casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Michael BERJOT, Rémi LANSIAUX, Jean-Baptiste VIGNES
  • Publication number: 20250002166
    Abstract: A front engine attachment system for an engine having an engine pylon with a nose having a male clevis and a cylindrical stud, two links that are fastened to the engine by a second ball-joint connection about a second axis, a first shaft establishing a first ball-joint connection of the links to the male clevis about a first axis, wherein the first axis and the second axis are in the same vertical plane, and wherein the cylindrical stud is mounted so as to be able to move, via an annular linear connection, with respect to the front casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Michael BERJOT, Rémi LANSIAUX, Jean-Baptiste VIGNES
  • Publication number: 20250002164
    Abstract: A front engine attachment system for an engine having an engine pylon with a nose having a main female clevis and a cylindrical housing, a main rod fastened to the engine by a secondary ball joint connection about a secondary axis, a main shaft realizing a main ball joint connection of the main rod in the main female clevis about a main axis, wherein the main axis and the secondary axis are in the same vertical plane, a hollow outer cylinder with a vertical axis, of which a first end is fastened in the cylindrical housing and of which a second end is mounted so as to be able to move, via an annular linear connection, with respect to the front casing and an inner cylinder threaded and fastened in the outer cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Michael BERJOT, Rémi LANSIAUX, Jean-Baptiste VIGNES
  • Publication number: 20240336365
    Abstract: An engine pylon has a structure for fastening an aircraft engine beneath a wing and has two lateral faces. The structure has a tunnel laterally passing through it, between and through the lateral faces, and the engine pylon has a spreader housed in the tunnel and fastened in an articulated manner to each lateral face. A first end of the spreader has a first bore. A second end of the spreader has two second bores each forming a connection point with the engine. A rod is fastened in an articulated manner to the first bore and has two third bores each forming a connection point with the engine. Such an engine pylon has the ability to attach the engine, with reduced vertical bulk and with less drag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Michael BERJOT, Pierre-Antoine COMBES, Marc DE NICOLA, Jean-Baptiste VIGNES
  • Publication number: 20240327009
    Abstract: A central fastening system having a first central fitting as one with a structure of a wing, a second central fitting as one with a structure of a pylon, a first connection system and a second connection system, wherein each connection system is fastened to the first central fitting and to the second central fitting by clevis type connections and wherein the two connection systems cross between the first central fitting and the second central fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Michael BERJOT, Philippe BONHOMME, Paul-Adrien TAVEAU
  • Publication number: 20240150028
    Abstract: An assembly including a wing with a pressure-side panel and a suction-side panel through which two bores pass, an engine pylon including a blade with three bores and two fastening lugs, each of which has a sixth bore, two first shackles fastened between the blade and the suction-side panel, two second shackles fastened between the blade and the suction-side panel and two fittings, which are fastened beneath the pressure-side panel and each have a female clevis for housing a fastening lug therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Olivier PAUTIS, Michael BERJOT, Pierre-Antoine COMBES, Paul-Adrien TAVEAU
  • Patent number: 11975857
    Abstract: A front engine attachment system having an engine pylon having a frontal rib fastened against a front face, a front engine attachment having a beam fastened to the frontal rib, two rods articulated to the beam respectively via two connection points and one connection point, and a front casing of an engine, wherein the first rod is articulated to the front casing via a connection point and wherein the second rod is articulated to the front casing via a connection point, wherein each point of connection of a rod to the beam is positioned inside a volume that extends the front face of the engine pylon towards the front. Such a front engine attachment system has reduced bulk and therefore less drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Michael Berjot, Thomas Robiglio
  • Patent number: 11975856
    Abstract: A front engine attachment system for an engine of an aircraft. An engine pylon has a frontal rib with a front engine attachment with a first link rod which is fixed directly to the frontal rib by two connecting points. A second link rod is provided which has a first end fixed to the first link rod by a connecting point. The first link rod is fixed directly to an engine casing by at least two connecting points and a second end of the second link rod is fixed to the engine casing by a third connecting point. The first link rod may be made up of two adjoining plates that are fixed together. Also, an aircraft with such a front engine attachment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Michael Berjot, Jacky Puech, Rémi Lansiaux
  • Publication number: 20240101262
    Abstract: A propulsion assembly for an aircraft, having a turbomachine, a pylon, and a device for reacting thrust forces having a main fitting, a spreader pivoting on the main fitting and having an opening, two rods articulated to the turbomachine and to the spreader, a secondary fitting fastened beneath the pylon and having a secondary female clevis constituted of two secondary arms passed through by holes of oblong shape and aligned along a secondary axis (R2), wherein the spreader is housed in the secondary female clevis of the secondary fitting, wherein the opening is coaxial with the secondary axis (R2), and a backup connection pin inserted with a tight fit into the opening and with clearance into the holes. Also an aircraft with such a propulsion assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Michael BERJOT, Germain GUENEAU, Pierre-Antoine COMBES, Paul-Adrien TAVEAU
  • Patent number: 11807374
    Abstract: A propulsion assembly includes an engine below a pylon by engine attachments, including a thrust force uptake device, the engine having a longitudinal axis and a vertical median plane parallel to the longitudinal axis, the thrust force uptake device having a main fitting fixed below the pylon and two links disposed on either side of the vertical median plane and which each have a rear end articulated to the main fitting by a spreader mounted to pivot on the main fitting about an axis of rotation which, on the one hand, is orthogonal to a mean plane for transmitting thrust forces parallel to the longitudinal axis of each of the links, and which is disposed in the vertical median plane, each link being articulated to the spreader by a connecting pin extending parallel to the mean plane for transmitting thrust forces and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Michael Berjot, Thomas Robiglio, Karla Mariana Arellanes Mendoza
  • Patent number: 11753177
    Abstract: An assembly having a pylon with an upper spar and two lateral scoops, a wing with a skin and a front spar, port-side/starboard-side front/rear brackets, each with a recess for a nut. The front spar has front/intermediate/rear pleats. Each front bracket is positioned against the front pleat and the intermediate pleat. Each rear bracket is positioned against the intermediate pleat and the skin. For each recess, the associated bracket has an open bore passing through it that opens into the recess. For each recess, the assembly has a fastening bolt having the nut and a screw of which the threaded shank passes through coaxial bores in the front pleat, in the skin, in the upper spar and in the associated lateral scoop, and the open bore, and is screwed into the nut, and of which the head bears against the lateral scoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Michael Berjot
  • Patent number: 11713128
    Abstract: An assembly including a connecting device, connecting first and second parts, including first and second links positioned on respective opposite sides of the first and second parts and an interleaved stiffener, positioned between the first and second links, having a first contact face oriented toward the first link and a second contact face oriented toward the second link, parallel to the first face, the first and second contact faces being separated by a distance equal to that separating the first and second links. This interleaved stiffener makes it possible to limit the risks of bending of the links when they are loaded in compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Michael Berjot, Olivier Dubois, Germain Gueneau
  • Patent number: 11702216
    Abstract: An aircraft including a rear wing attachment, connecting a primary structure of an aircraft pylon to its wing, and including at least one right-hand link connected to the wing by a first right-hand connecting element and to the primary structure by a second right-hand connecting element and configured to react loads oriented parallel to the vertical direction only, at least one left-hand link connected to the wing by a first left-hand connecting element and to the primary structure by a second left-hand connecting element and configured to react loads oriented parallel to the vertical direction only, a shear pin secured to the primary structure and housed in operation in a housing secured to the wing, the shear pin and the housing being configured to react loads oriented in a plane approximately perpendicular to the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Michael Berjot, Julien Cayssials
  • Patent number: 11679886
    Abstract: A linking device connecting an aircraft engine and a primary structure of an aircraft pylon, comprising a support connected to the primary structure, a spreader having a central part connected to the support and a first and a second end that are connected to thrust rods, at least one limiting system for limiting the travel of the spreader having an upper and a lower stop between which is positioned the first or second end of the spreader, the upper and the lower stop being connected to one another so as to form a single part connected to a fitting secured to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Michael Berjot, Rémi Lansiaux, William Bras, Germain Gueneau, Sébastien Van Arendonk, Jacques Demange, Sébastien Commenge
  • Patent number: 11643214
    Abstract: A cold regulating valve for a heat exchanger system of an aircraft propulsion system, where the cold regulating valve includes an open frame which delimits an opening, two shutters with an external convex shape slidably mounted on the open frame between a closed position and an open position, a mechanism linked to the shutters and mobile between a first position and a second position, and wherein the mechanism moves the shutters from the closed position to the open position when it moves from the first position to the second position and vice versa, and an actuator acting on the mechanism to move it from the first position to the second position and vice versa. The specific embodiment of the cold regulating valve generates a low drag when the shutters are in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Michael Berjot, Julien Cayssials, Adeline Soulie
  • Publication number: 20230113400
    Abstract: A propulsion assembly includes an engine below a pylon by engine attachments, including a thrust force uptake device, the engine having a longitudinal axis and a vertical median plane parallel to the longitudinal axis, the thrust force uptake device having a main fitting fixed below the pylon and two links disposed on either side of the vertical median plane and which each have a rear end articulated to the main fitting by a spreader mounted to pivot on the main fitting about an axis of rotation which, on the one hand, is orthogonal to a mean plane for transmitting thrust forces parallel to the longitudinal axis of each of the links, and which is disposed in the vertical median plane, each link being articulated to the spreader by a connecting pin extending parallel to the mean plane for transmitting thrust forces and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Berjot, Thomas Robiglio, Karla Mariana Arellanes Mendoza
  • Patent number: 11618579
    Abstract: An assembly of a pylon and of a wing of an aircraft, the pylon including a primary structure with a rear face and an upper spar. The assembly includes a rear fastening system including a pair of vertical shackles articulated between the rear face of the primary structure and a first shoe fastened to the wing, wherein the shackles are fastened to the primary structure by a clevis-type connection, and a pair of transverse shackles articulated between the rear face of the primary structure and a second shoe fastened to the wing, wherein the shackles are fastened to the primary structure by a clevis-type connection. With such an assembly, the bulk of the rear fastening system is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Germain Gueneau, Thomas Robiglio, Michael Berjot