Patents by Inventor Richard Olive

Richard Olive 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: 9359083
    Abstract: A rotorcraft fitted with means for mounting at least one front avionics rack (3, 3?) and man-machine interface instruments (2) on board a fuselage structure (4). A mounting structure (1) comprises a slotted body forming compartments for receiving interface instruments (2), the avionics rack (3, 3?), and a unitary cabling assembly (12) suitable for incorporating as a block with the mounting structure (1). The mounting structure (1) is installed as a block on the fuselage structure (4) after its functioning has been verified. The unitary cabling assembly (12) may also include separation connectors (14) segregating communications of the front avionics rack (3, 3?) respectively with remote computers (5) by means of a primary communications bus of the multiplexed, unidirectional, or bidirectional type, and with ancillary equipment (6) and/or with on-board instruments (7) by means of a secondary fieldbus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventor: Richard Olive
  • Patent number: 9221540
    Abstract: A step (10) comprising a portable support assembly (30) having a vertical body (40) carrying a tread (31). The step includes at least two pegs (20) fastened to a fuselage (2). The body (40) includes one fastener orifice (50) per peg (20), said body (40) being carried by said pegs (20). The step includes at least one locking system (60) carried by said body (40) for automatically locking the position of at least one peg (20) in a fastener orifice (50), and manual unlocking means (86) connected to the locking system (60) for enabling the body (40) to be manually separated from the pegs (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventor: Richard Olive
  • Publication number: 20140306062
    Abstract: A step (10) comprising a portable support assembly (30) having a vertical body (40) carrying a tread (31). The step includes at least two pegs (20) fastened to a fuselage (2). The body (40) includes one fastener orifice (50) per peg (20), said body (40) being carried by said pegs (20). The step includes at least one locking system (60) carried by said body (40) for automatically locking the position of at least one peg (20) in a fastener orifice (50), and manual unlocking means (86) connected to the locking system (60) for enabling the body (40) to be manually separated from the pegs (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventor: Richard OLIVE
  • Publication number: 20140117154
    Abstract: A rotorcraft fitted with means for mounting at least one front avionics rack (3, 3?) and man-machine interface instruments (2) on board a fuselage structure (4). A mounting structure (1) comprises a slotted body forming compartments for receiving interface instruments (2), the avionics rack (3, 3?), and a unitary cabling assembly (12) suitable for incorporating as a block with the mounting structure (1). The mounting structure (1) is installed as a block on the fuselage structure (4) after its functioning has been verified. The unitary cabling assembly (12) may also include separation connectors (14) segregating communications of the front avionics rack (3, 3?) respectively with remote computers (5) by means of a primary communications bus of the multiplexed, unidirectional, or bidirectional type, and with ancillary equipment (6) and/or with on-board instruments (7) by means of a secondary fieldbus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventor: Richard Olive
  • Patent number: 8136764
    Abstract: A device (D) for opposing sloshing in a flexible tank (21) provided with a top cushion (22) and having a bottom (23) and a plurality of sides (24), the device includes at least first and second ties (1 and 2). The first and second ties (1 and 2) are secured respectively to first and second edges (221 and 222) of the cushion, with the first edge (221) being opposite from the second edge (222). The device is remarkable in that it includes main distributor elements (10) for blocking only one of the ties when the tension exerted on that tie is greater than the tension exerted on the other tie, the first and second ties (1 and 2) also being secured to the main distributor unit (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventor: Richard Olive
  • Patent number: 7690600
    Abstract: An aerially transportable tank (20) for storing a composition for discharging in flight, the tank including a neck (23) terminated by a composition discharge opening (24), and having a wall (21) extending the neck that is sufficiently deformable to be received in part or in full within the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventors: Richard Olive, Marc Denante
  • Publication number: 20090308875
    Abstract: A device (D) for opposing sloshing in a flexible tank (21) provided with a top cushion (22) and having a bottom (23) and a plurality of sides (24), the device includes at least first and second ties (1 and 2). The first and second ties (1 and 2) are secured respectively to first and second edges (221 and 222) of the cushion, with the first edge (221) being opposite from the second edge (222). The device is remarkable in that it includes main distributor elements (10) for blocking only one of the ties when the tension exerted on that tie is greater than the tension exerted on the other tie, the first and second ties (1 and 2) also being secured to the main distributor unit (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventor: Richard Olive
  • Publication number: 20070164162
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aerially transportable tank (20) for storing a composition for discharging in flight, the tank including a neck (23) terminated by a composition discharge opening (24), and having a wall (21) extending the neck that is sufficiently deformable to be received in part or in full within the neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Richard Olive, Marc Denante