Patents by Inventor Pascal Soulier

Pascal Soulier 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: 10745140
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for locking a first cowling and a second cowling of a thrust reverser of an aircraft propulsion assembly. The cowlings are mounted such that each cowl pivots around a longitudinal axis between a closed flight position and an open maintenance position. The locking device includes a telescopic connecting rod having at least one sliding shaft, a locking mechanism on a proximal end of a shaft on the second cowling, and a connecting rod support. The connecting rod support or the tubular element includes two walls each delimiting a hole, and the tubular element of the connecting rod or the connecting rod support has two support fingers which each extend longitudinally on a side of the tubular element into a hole. The holes engage with the support fingers when the cowlings are open and allow free movement of the support fingers in a closed-cowlings configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent Peyron, Serge Bunel, Pascal Soulier, Arnaud Bonny
  • Publication number: 20180079517
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for locking a first cowling and a second cowling of a thrust reverser of an aircraft propulsion assembly. The cowlings are mounted such that each cowl pivots around a longitudinal axis between a closed flight position and an open maintenance position. The locking device includes a telescopic connecting rod having at least one sliding shaft, a locking mechanism on a proximal end of a shaft on the second cowling, and a connecting rod support. The connecting rod support or the tubular element includes two walls each delimiting a hole, and the tubular element of the connecting rod or the connecting rod support has two support fingers which each extend longitudinally on a side of the tubular element into a hole. The holes engage with the support fingers when the cowlings are open and allow free movement of the support fingers in a closed-cowlings configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent PEYRON, Serge BUNEL, Pascal SOULIER, Arnaud BONNY
  • Patent number: 9701413
    Abstract: A locking device between a first structure and a second structure includes a bolt to lock the first and second structures, an indicator as to whether the bolt has locked/unlocked the structures, and a connecting system. The bolt includes a lock bolt attached to the first structure and able to engage a hook which is attached to the second structure. In particular, the connecting system connects the bolt with the lock bolt to the indicator, and the hook is mounted such that it can move between a first position in which it is engaged with the lock bolt and allows the indicator to be locked, and a second position in which the hook is free of the lock bolt and allows the indicator to be unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Fabrice Provost, Pascal Soulier
  • Patent number: 9593644
    Abstract: A control device for a thrust reverser of a turbojet engine nacelle, which includes movable portions actuated by actuators, includes: a first blocking control acting on a motor-actuated system; and a second blocking control acting, mechanically, on the movable portions. The second blocking control may inhibit, when activated, a deployment of the movable portions. The control device further includes a device inhibiting disengagement of the first blocking control when a mechanical control is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Joret, Pascal Soulier, Vincent Taddei
  • Publication number: 20160102633
    Abstract: A control device for a thrust reverser of a turbojet engine nacelle, which includes movable portions actuated by actuators, includes: a first blocking control acting on a motor-actuated system; and a second blocking control acting, mechanically, on the movable portions. The second blocking control may inhibit, when activated, a deployment of the movable portions. The control device further includes a device inhibiting disengagement of the first blocking control when a mechanical control is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe JORET, Pascal SOULIER, Vincent TADDEI
  • Publication number: 20140030079
    Abstract: A locking device between a first structure and a second structure includes a bolt to lock the first and second structures, an indicator as to whether the bolt has locked/unlocked the structures, and a connecting system. The bolt includes a lock bolt attached to the first structure and able to engage a hook which is attached to the second structure. In particular, the connecting system connects the bolt with the lock bolt to the indicator, and the hook is mounted such that it can move between a first position in which it is engaged with the lock bolt and allows the indicator to be locked, and a second position in which the hook is free of the lock bolt and allows the indicator to be unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Fabrice PROVOST, Pascal SOULIER
  • Publication number: 20120018005
    Abstract: Coupling device for connecting the two half-shells (1?) of an aircraft engine nacelle, comprising a connecting rod (17) which can be mounted in an articulated manner on one (1?) of the two half-shells, a retention member for this connecting rod (17) that can be mounted on the other half-shell, and means designed to allow limited movements of said connecting rod with respect to said retention member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Pascal Soulier, Aurelie De Sorbay