Patents by Inventor Olivier GOUDARD

Olivier GOUDARD 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).

  • Aircraft engine assembly with isolation valve outside uncontained rotor impact area
    Patent number: 11111881
    Abstract: An aircraft has a fuselage, left and right wings, and left and right engine assemblies connected to the wings. Each engine assembly has a nacelle, an engine housed in the nacelle, the engine having a plurality of rotors defining an uncontained rotor impact area, a pylon connecting the nacelle to its wing, at least one hydraulic actuator connected to at least one of the engine and the nacelle, at least one directional control valve hydraulically connected to the at least one hydraulic actuator, and at least one isolation valve hydraulically connected to the at least one directional control valve for selectively cutting off a supply of hydraulic fluid to the at least one directional control valve, the at least one isolation valve being disposed rearward of the uncontained rotor impact area and forward of a trailing edge of its corresponding wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS CANADA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Olivier Goudard, Angelo Coluni
  • AIRCRAFT ENGINE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20200332742
    Abstract: An aircraft has a fuselage, left and right wings, and left and right engine assemblies connected to the wings. Each engine assembly has a nacelle, an engine housed in the nacelle, the engine having a plurality of rotors defining an uncontained rotor impact area, a pylon connecting the nacelle to its wing, at least one hydraulic actuator connected to at least one of the engine and the nacelle, at least one directional control valve hydraulically connected to the at least one hydraulic actuator, and at least one isolation valve hydraulically connected to the at least one directional control valve for selectively cutting off a supply of hydraulic fluid to the at least one directional control valve, the at least one isolation valve being disposed rearward of the uncontained rotor impact area and forward of a trailing edge of its corresponding wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: C Series AirCraft Limited PartnerShip
    Inventors: Olivier GOUDARD, Angelo COLUNI