Patents by Inventor Stéphane HEREDIA

Stéphane HEREDIA 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: 11293225
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromechanical actuator including a spring brake including a helical spring, a drum, an input member and an output member. The drum includes a friction surface configured to cooperate with at least one turn of the spring. The output member includes at least one lug. The lug includes a recess provided with at least a first bearing surface configured to cooperate with one of the first and second legs of the spring. The first bearing surface of the recess is inclined with respect to an axis of rotation of the brake at an angle of inclination of non-zero value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
    Inventors: Stéphane Heredia, Rémi Sourain, Gilles Pradel
  • Patent number: 11149492
    Abstract: A method relates to the manufacture of a drum for a spring brake for an electromechanical actuator, the drum including a housing configured to house at least one helical spring, an input member and an output member. The housing has an internal friction surface configured to cooperate with at least one coil of the helical spring. The method includes at least one step of mechanical surface treatment of the inner surface of the housing of the drum, the mechanical surface treatment of the inner surface of the housing of the drum being a step of creating grooves on the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
    Inventors: Stéphane Heredia, Florian Bodet, Eric Lagarde, Antoine Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20210310305
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromechanical actuator including a spring brake including a helical spring, a drum, an input member and an output member. The drum includes a friction surface configured to cooperate with at least one turn of the spring. The output member includes at least one lug. The lug includes a recess provided with at least a first bearing surface configured to cooperate with one of the first and second legs of the spring. The first bearing surface of the recess is inclined with respect to an axis of rotation of the brake at an angle of inclination of non-zero value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Stéphane HEREDIA, Rémi SOURAIN, Gilles PRADEL
  • Publication number: 20200378182
    Abstract: A method relates to the manufacture of a drum for a spring brake for an electromechanical actuator, the drum including a housing configured to house at least one helical spring, an input member and an output member. The housing has an internal friction surface configured to cooperate with at least one coil of the helical spring. The method includes at least one step of mechanical surface treatment of the inner surface of the housing of the drum, the mechanical surface treatment of the inner surface of the housing of the drum being a step of creating grooves on the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Stéphane HEREDIA, Florian BODET, Eric LAGARDE, Antoine RODRIGUEZ
  • Patent number: 9081922
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a mechanical part of structure that is defined relative to a predictive search of the risks of crack initiation therein by using a method of calculation by finite elements. A coarse mesh (9) is taken into account, and the individual size of the meshes (20) and a critical distance (d) are defined jointly by an operator. The meshes (20) making up the mesh (9) are defined to be of identical mesh size, with the critical distance (d) being defined as the sum of an integer number of depth dimensions of said meshes (20). If the results of the calculation by finite elements diverge, then a calibration weighting function is advantageously applied that takes account of the size of the meshes (20) by taking account of the critical distance (d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Siegfried Fouvry, Stephane Heredia, Bruno Berthel, Eric Greco
  • Publication number: 20140000080
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a mechanical part of structure that is defined relative to a predictive search of the risks of crack initiation therein by using a method of calculation by finite elements. A coarse mesh (9) is taken into account, and the individual size of the meshes (20) and a critical distance (d) are defined jointly by an operator. The meshes (20) making up the mesh (9) are defined to be of identical mesh size, with the critical distance (d) being defined as the sum of an integer number of depth dimensions of said meshes (20). If the results of the calculation by finite elements diverge, then a calibration weighting function is advantageously applied that takes account of the size of the meshes (20) by taking account of the critical distance (d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Siegfried Fouvry, Stephane Heredia, Bruno Berthel, Eric Greco