Patents by Inventor Patrick Ringeard

Patrick Ringeard 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: 20250042562
    Abstract: A method for the selective modification of position information for a throttle lever. The method is implemented by a device configured to receive position information representing a current position of the throttle lever. The method includes determining that a predefined situation is encountered when a flight condition associated with the predefined situation is verified, and obtaining, for each encountered predefined situation, a category, a duration and an expected position of the throttle lever. The method includes modifying the received position information by replacing it with the expected position, when the flight condition and a validity condition of the category are simultaneously verified for said obtained duration, and sending the modified position information in the event of a modification to a control device of the propulsion engine. Thus, it is possible to automatically influence the thrust of the engine when required by the situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Luc BRUNEL, Patrick RINGEARD, Patrick JEGU, Xavier COLLAS, Quentin-Alexandre FLAMANT-BATI
  • Patent number: 8928497
    Abstract: A method monitors at least one avionic system connected to a communication medium that includes at least one active communication switch component. The method includes determining a state of the switch component and evaluating an indicator of a state of the communication medium from the state of the switch component and from a predetermined modeling of communication flows of the communication medium. The method also includes selecting and activating an alarm according to the evaluated state of the communication medium and according to a predetermined modeling of consequences of the evaluated state of the communication medium on a function of the at least one avionic system. A corresponding device and a method for determining conditions for alarm activation are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Camus, Jerome Grieu, Fabien Cases, Christine Gris, Patrick Ringeard
  • Publication number: 20100176972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring avionics systems connected to a shared medium. A preliminary phase is aimed at determining the conditions of activation of each alarm of each avionics system connected to the communication medium. These conditions are related to each avionics system and to the state of the communication medium. The monitoring phase comprises a step of determining the state of the elements of the communication medium and a step (455) of evaluating an indicator of the state of the communication medium on the basis of the state of the elements of the communication medium and on the basis of a predetermined formal modelling of the communication streams of the communication medium. An alarm is selected and activated (470) depending on the evaluated state of the communication medium and depending on a predetermined modelling of the consequences of the evaluated state of the communication medium on the operation of the avionics systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Camus, Jerome Grieu, Fabien Cases, Christine Gris, Patrick Ringeard