Patents by Inventor Nicolas NGUYEN

Nicolas NGUYEN 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: 20240017821
    Abstract: An aircraft undercarriage comprising: a leg connected to an aircraft structure to be movable between a deployed position and a retracted position; a brace member for holding the leg in its deployed position and comprising a first rod hinged to the aircraft structure and a second rod hinged to the first link and to the leg; a stabilizer member for holding the first and second rods in an aligned position and comprising a first link and a second link that are hinged to each other, with at least one of them being hinged to the brace member; and a spring for elastically urging the hinges of the first and second links into a generally aligned position. The spring comprises at least one spring blade arranged to be subjected to an axial compression force when the first and second links leave the generally aligned position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: AFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Clément CASTELLAN, Matteo CAPURRO, Thierry BLANPAIN, Nicolas NGUYEN
  • Patent number: 11753153
    Abstract: A landing gear includes structural parts arranged to connect a wheel to a structure of an aircraft, each structural part including two or more interfaces for connection to one or more other of the structural parts or to the structure of the aircraft and two or more webs which extend so as to face one another while delimiting between them a free space and which connect the two interfaces in order to transmit the forces from one to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Alexandre Daulny, Thierry Blanpain, Nicolas Nguyen, Yves Courtois de Lourmel
  • Publication number: 20230045934
    Abstract: An actuator includes a body and at least a first offset connection port that is connected to the body by a first duct projecting from the body. The first connection port is mechanically connected to the body at least by first and second struts. The first strut and the second strut extend from the first connection port, respectively, to a first segment of the body and to a second segment of the body that is axially spaced apart from the first segment. An undercarriage includes such an actuator as its locking or unlocking actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Yves COURTOIS DE LOURMEL, Sébastien MESSE, Jean-Baptiste KAMIS, Arnaud LE BRETON, Nicolas NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20220266993
    Abstract: A landing gear includes structural parts arranged to connect a wheel to a structure of an aircraft, each structural part including two or more interfaces for connection to one or more other of the structural parts or to the structure of the aircraft and two or more webs which extend so as to face one another while delimiting between them a free space and which connect the two interfaces in order to transmit the forces from one to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Alexandre DAULNY, Thierry BLANPAIN, Nicolas NGUYEN, Yves COURTOIS de LOURMEL
  • Patent number: 10974821
    Abstract: An aircraft undercarriage having a sliding rod slidably mounted in a strut-leg, and a scissors linkage (4) having one branch (4a) hinged to the strut-leg or to a turning element of a control for steering the sliding rod mounted to turn in the strut-leg, and one branch (4b) hinged to the sliding rod, the branches being hinged to each other by a pivot pin (12), the undercarriage being fitted with a shimmy-attenuator device (10a, 10b) placed on the pivot pin of the shimmy-attenuator, the attenuator device including threshold resilient return means generating a force returning the branches towards a rest position, and at least damping means generating a damping force when the branches move axially along the pivot pin. The attenuator device comprises two modules (10a, 10b) placed on either side of the scissors linkage in order to co-operate with the pivot pin, each of the modules performing at least one of the damping function and the threshold resilient return function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Nicolas Nguyen, Laurent Mallet, Frédéric Ivaldi, Thierry Blanpain, Philippe Henrion
  • Publication number: 20180086440
    Abstract: An aircraft undercarriage having a sliding rod slidably mounted in a strut-leg, and a scissors linkage (4) having one branch (4a) hinged to the strut-leg or to a turning element of a control for steering the sliding rod mounted to turn in the strut-leg, and one branch (4b) hinged to the sliding rod, the branches being hinged to each other by a pivot pin (12), the undercarriage being fitted with a shimmy-attenuator device (10a, 10b) placed on the pivot pin of the shimmy-attenuator, the attenuator device including threshold resilient return means generating a force returning the branches towards a rest position, and at least damping means generating a damping force when the branches move axially along the pivot pin. The attenuator device comprises two modules (10a, 10b) placed on either side of the scissors linkage in order to co-operate with the pivot pin, each of the modules performing at least one of the damping function and the threshold resilient return function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Nicolas NGUYEN, Laurent MALLET, Frédéric IVALDI, Thierry BLANPAIN, Philippe HENRION
  • Patent number: 9676473
    Abstract: Aircraft landing gear having a leg (12) for hinging to a structure of the aircraft so as to be movable between a deployed position and a retracted position, a main brace (15), a secondary brace (20), and a double-acting type unlocking actuator (30) having a first end coupled to the secondary brace and controllable for causing its links to move out of alignment against the action of the resilient member during retraction or deployment of the landing gear. The landing gear includes couplers (31, 33) for coupling to a second end of the unlocking actuator, which couplers ensure movement of said second end relative to the leg so that, for a given action, the unlocking actuator tends to break the alignment of the links when the landing gear is in one of its positions and tends to confirm said alignment when the landing gear is in its other position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
    Inventors: Philippe Henrion, Dominique Ducos, Nicolas Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20150314860
    Abstract: The invention relates to aircraft landing gear comprising: a leg (12) for hinging to a structure of the aircraft so as to be movable between a deployed position and a retracted position, a main brace (15), a secondary brace (20), and an unlocking actuator (30) having a first end coupled to the secondary brace and controllable for causing its links to move out of alignment against the action of the resilient member during retraction or deployment of the landing gear. According to the invention, the unlocking actuator is of the double-acting type and the landing gear includes coupling means (31, 33) for coupling to a second end of the unlocking actuator, which means ensure movement of said second end relative to the leg so that, for a given action, the unlocking actuator tends to break the alignment of the links when the landing gear is in one of its positions and tends to confirm said alignment when the landing gear is in its other position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
    Inventors: Philippe HENRION, Dominique DUCOS, Nicolas NGUYEN