Patents by Inventor Nicolas Brule

Nicolas Brule 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: 8838424
    Abstract: A device for synthesizing an electrical and electronic architecture (100) of a complete product (1) that is to satisfy given requirements. The device has first means (10) for representing said product to subdivide the product into a plurality of zones and to reserve a network of pathways allocated to said wired connections, second means (20) for drawing up a list of equipment (60) to be installed in said product (1), said list comprising, for each piece of equipment (60), the zones in which the equipment may be arranged, third means (500) for drawing up at least one functional scheme, including information relating to the wired connections (80) leaving the equipment (60) and to their destinations, fourth means (30) for placing each piece of equipment (60) in a zone (14) and for routing and fifth means (40) for evaluating said architecture (100) to determine whether it is compatible with said requirements, and to store the architecture and the evaluation in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Nicolas Brule, Jean-Marc Bathellier
  • Publication number: 20120022835
    Abstract: A device for synthesizing an electrical and electronic architecture (100) of a complete product (1) that is to satisfy given requirements. The device has first means (10) for representing said product to subdivide the product into a plurality of zones and to reserve a network of pathways allocated to said wired connections, second means (20) for drawing up a list of equipment (60) to be installed in said product (1), said list comprising, for each piece of equipment (60), the zones in which the equipment may be arranged, third means (500) for drawing up at least one functional scheme, including information relating to the wired connections (80) leaving the equipment (60) and to their destinations, fourth means (30) for placing each piece of equipment (60) in a zone (14) and for routing and fifth means (40) for evaluating said architecture (100) to determine whether it is compatible with said requirements, and to store the architecture and the evaluation in memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventors: Nicolas Brule, Jean-Marc Bathellier