Patents by Inventor Patrice Lafont

Patrice Lafont 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: 9742186
    Abstract: An electronic equipment item for an electronic system, comprising a housing, a backplane board, at least one daughterboard and at least one lightning protection board housed in the housing. A connector is fixed to the backplane board and configured to be connected to the rest of the electronic system. For each daughterboard there is provided one lightning protection board. For each lightning protection board, a first port is arranged to connect the lightning protection board to the backplane board, and a second port is arranged to connect the daughterboard to the lightning protection board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis Engelvin, Patrice Lafont
  • Publication number: 20160352097
    Abstract: An electronic equipment item for an electronic system, comprising a housing, a backplane board, at least one daughterboard and at least one lightning protection board housed in the housing. A connector is fixed to the backplane board and configured to be connected to the rest of the electronic system. For each daughterboard there is provided one lightning protection board. For each lightning protection board, a first port is arranged to connect the lightning protection board to the backplane board, and a second port is arranged to connect the daughterboard to the lightning protection board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis Engelvin, Patrice Lafont
  • Patent number: 9261230
    Abstract: Connection system for connecting an electronic device, in particular for an aircraft, to a test unit. The connection system includes a fixed portion, which is fixable to said test unit, and a movable plate which is capable of receiving the electronic device to be tested and is displaceable linearly with respect to said fixed portion between two positions which correspond respectively to a connection position and a disconnection position of the electronic device, by manually actuated displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis Engelvin, Patrice Lafont
  • Patent number: 9137924
    Abstract: An avionics module including an electronic circuit board, a case in which the circuit board is positioned and including at least one inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice for cooling air, a first corridor for the circulation of the cooling air formed between a first face of the circuit board and a first facing wall of the case, and a second corridor for the circulation of the cooling air formed between a second face of the circuit board and a second facing wall of the case. The module includes at least one baffle for controlling the distribution of the cooling air between the first and second corridors. Preferably, the baffle is fixed to the electronic circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Patrice Lafont, Pierre-Louis Engelvin
  • Patent number: 8811026
    Abstract: A locking/unlocking device for electronic boards, the boards being configured to be inserted into an electronic cabinet with at least one slotted plate fit into the rack of the electronic cabinet, the device including a substantially rectangular frame supporting at least one locking slide that locks the electronic board onto the slotted plate through the action of a locking element. The device further includes an extracting lever that rotates between a rest and a locking position around a lateral Y1 axis, the extracting lever fitted so that exerting force is possible along the longitudinal X axis between the electronic board, or the frame and the rack, with the locking unit including an extension to be placed outside, opposite the extracting lever along the longitudinal axis X of the board when the two levers are engaged in the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis Engelvin, Patrice Lafont
  • Patent number: 8708720
    Abstract: A device for clamping in a slot an electronic card including contacts insertable into connectors, guided by the slot between a first position of the electronic card, the extraction position, where the contacts are not inserted into the connectors, and a second position, the insertion position, where said contacts are fully inserted into the connectors; the device includes clamping means, means of controlling the clamping means, tightening means comprising a first eccentric having a pivoting connection with the electronic card able to control the clamping means, and the tightening means in a second eccentric working with means forming a bearing surface to produce an instantaneous center of rotation of the tightening means on the bearing surface when the electronic card is in the insertion position and the tightening means are operated around the pivot axis for inserting the electronic card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis Engelvin, Patrice Lafont
  • Publication number: 20140091188
    Abstract: Connection system for connecting an electronic device, in particular for an aircraft, to a test unit. The connection system includes a fixed portion, which is fixable to said test unit, and a movable plate which is capable of receiving the electronic device to be tested and is displaceable linearly with respect to said fixed portion between two positions which correspond respectively to a connection position and a disconnection position of the electronic device, by manually actuated displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis Engelvin, Patrice Lafont
  • Publication number: 20130294028
    Abstract: An avionics module including an electronic circuit board, a case in which the circuit board is positioned and including at least one inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice for cooling air, a first corridor for the circulation of the cooling air formed between a first face of the circuit board and a first facing wall of the case, and a second corridor for the circulation of the cooling air formed between a second face of the circuit board and a second facing wall of the case. The module includes at least one baffle for controlling the distribution of the cooling air between the first and second corridors. Preferably, the baffle is fixed to the electronic circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Patrice Lafont, Pierre-Louis Engelvin
  • Publication number: 20130228538
    Abstract: A device for clamping in a slot an electronic card including contacts insertable into connectors, guided by the slot between a first position of the electronic card, the extraction position, where the contacts are not inserted into the connectors, and a second position, the insertion position, where said contacts are fully inserted into the connectors; the device includes clamping means, means of controlling the clamping means, tightening means comprising a first eccentric having a pivoting connection with the electronic card able to control the clamping means, and the tightening means in a second eccentric working with means forming a bearing surface to produce an instantaneous center of rotation of the tightening means on the bearing surface when the electronic card is in the insertion position and the tightening means are operated around the pivot axis for inserting the electronic card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis Engelvin, Patrice Lafont
  • Publication number: 20130003328
    Abstract: A locking/unlocking device for electronic boards, the boards being configured to be inserted into an electronic cabinet with at least one slotted plate fit into the rack of the electronic cabinet, the device including a substantially rectangular frame supporting at least one locking slide that locks the electronic board onto the slotted plate through the action of a locking element. The device further includes an extracting lever that rotates between a rest and a locking position around a lateral Y1 axis, the extracting lever fitted so that exerting force is possible along the longitudinal X axis between the electronic board, or the frame and the rack, with the locking unit including an extension to be placed outside, opposite the extracting lever along the longitudinal axis X of the board when the two levers are engaged in the locking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S)
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis ENGELVIN, Patrice Lafont