Patents by Inventor Stephane Combes

Stephane Combes 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: 8146856
    Abstract: An attachment device for an aircraft engine that includes a rigid structure and an attachment mechanism of the engine to the rigid structure. The attachment mechanism includes a device reacting to thrust forces generated by the engine, the reacting device including two link rods mechanically connected to a balance beam at a rear end by a first mechanical connection, a main fitting fixed to the rigid structure to which the balance beam is mechanically connected, and two additional fittings fixed to the rigid structure to which the link rods are mechanically connected with play. The mechanical connections between the balance beam and the main fitting and between the link rods and the additional fittings each include a pin orthogonal to a mid-plane of transmission of the forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Combes, Didier Rovatti
  • Patent number: 8087608
    Abstract: An arrangement configured to connect an evener bar onto a rigid structure of an aircraft engine mount, including a pin system slidingly mounted in a first passageway of a bracket to permit its displacement along a first longitudinal axis, in a first direction from a normal extended position to a retracted position in which the pin system is retracted within this same bracket, and conversely. The arrangement also includes a pin extending member carried by the system and configured to be moved parallel to the longitudinal axis, in a second direction from a normal retracted position to an extended position in which the pin extending member is joined to the system and projects beyond the system, and conversely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Stéphane Combes, Stéphane Levert, Laurent Lafont, Dominique Moreau
  • Publication number: 20110266389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connection assembly of an engine pylori underneath an aircraft wing, the wing being provided with a fitting (6), the engine pylori being provided with a fork joint (5) nested in the fitting and fixed to the said fitting by means of a traversing pin system (10), provided with: an external primary pin (11), a secondary pin (12) mounted inside the primary pin, a primary shoulder (13) mounted directly around the primary pin, at a blind end of the pin system, to block the said pin in translation, a secondary shoulder (14) mounted around one end of the secondary pin, at a blind end of the pin system, to block the system in rotation, an interlocking assembly (15, 16) mounted around the primary pin and the secondary pin, at a free end of the pin system, to block the pin system in translation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Stephane COMBES, Pascal Gardes
  • Patent number: 7967242
    Abstract: A device for suspension of an engine, configured to be inserted between an aircraft wing and the engine. The device includes a rigid structure and a forward aerodynamic structure mounted fixed on the structure through a suspension mechanism. The forward aerodynamic structure is configured to carry engine fan casings and to be inserted between the rigid structure and the wing. The suspension mechanism includes at least one adjustable length connecting rod of which one end is mounted on the rigid structure, and the other end is mounted on the forward aerodynamic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: AIRBUS France
    Inventors: Stephane Combes, Laurent Lafont
  • Patent number: 7950604
    Abstract: An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft including an aft engine attachment fitted with an aft attachment body and two lateral brackets each including a longitudinal portion in contact with an inner face of the lateral panel associated with it and mounted fixed on the same inner face, and a transverse portion including an attachment interface for the aft attachment body, the transverse portion configured to pass through a recess formed on the associated lateral panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: AIRBUS France
    Inventors: Stephane Combes, Laurent Lafont
  • Patent number: 7891604
    Abstract: An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft including an aft engine attachment fitted with an aft attachment body and a first shear pin capable of resisting forces applied along a transverse direction of the pylon. The first pin passes through a lower spar of a rigid structure of the pylon and includes a lower end housed in the aft attachment body. The lower end includes a reaming through which a first pin passes, that also passes through the aft attachment body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: AIRBUS France
    Inventors: Stephane Combes, Laurent Lafont, Stephane Levert
  • Publication number: 20100181417
    Abstract: An attachment device for an aircraft engine including a rigid structure and an attachment mechanism of the engine onto the rigid structure. The attachment mechanism includes two thrust take-up connecting rods mechanically connected to a spreader, a connection fitting fixed to the rigid structure to which the spreader is mechanically connected by a junction fitting by a connection pin, and an additional fitting to which the connecting rods, the spreader, and the connection fitting are mechanically connected. A clearance is provided at the mechanical link between the connecting rods and the additional fitting, the link between the additional fitting and the connection fitting being made using the connection pin being inserted laterally, orthogonal to the median plane of the attachment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Airbus Operations
    Inventors: Stephane Combes, Didier Rovatti
  • Publication number: 20100133376
    Abstract: A mounting pylon for an aircraft engine. The pylon includes a rigid structure forming a box including an inclined lower spar and an upper spar, and an engine mounting system mounted fixedly on the structure and including a forward attachment including an attachment body including a horizontal securing surface lying flat against a horizontal securing surface of the rigid structure. The horizontal securing surface of the rigid structure is defined by a tapered shim mounted on the inclined lower spar, externally relative to the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Airbus Operations
    Inventors: Laurent Foyer, Fabien Menou, Stephane Combes
  • Publication number: 20100127117
    Abstract: An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft including an intermediate piece interposed between a crossbar support and a rigid caisson, a first shear slug passing through a first interface fixing plane between the piece and the caisson, and a second shear slug passing through a second interface fixing plane between the piece and the support. Also, in side elevation, the intersection point between an axis of the pin and the plane, as well as the intersection point between an axis of the pin and the plane, are located on the common axis of two lateral thrust force collection connecting rods articulated on the crossbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS,
    Inventors: Stephane Combes, Laurent Sammito, Michael Berjot
  • Publication number: 20100127118
    Abstract: An attachment device for an aircraft engine that includes a rigid structure and an attachment mechanism of the engine to the rigid structure. The attachment mechanism includes a device reacting to thrust forces generated by the engine, the reacting device including two link rods mechanically connected to a balance beam at a rear end by a first mechanical connection, a main fitting fixed to the rigid structure to which the balance beam is mechanically connected, and two additional fittings fixed to the rigid structure to which the link rods are mechanically connected with play. The mechanical connections between the balance beam and the main fitting and between the link rods and the additional fittings each include a pin orthogonal to a mid-plane of transmission of the forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Airbus Operations
    Inventors: Stephane Combes, Didier Rovatti
  • Publication number: 20100116926
    Abstract: A device for attaching an aircraft engine including a thrust force take-up device that includes a main fitting to be fixed to an engine mounting beam fixed to a box structure, an additional fitting fixed to the main fitting, and two load reacting link rods connected to the main fitting by a balance beam, each of the link rods being connected to the balance beam by a first longitudinal end by a first mechanical connection that has at least one axis of rotation, each of the link rods being connected to the additional fitting by a second longitudinal end by a second mechanical connection that has at least one axis of rotation, the second mechanical connection having play, the first and second mechanical connections having at least one axis of rotation in common.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Airbus Operations
    Inventors: Stephane Combes, Emmanuel Guillet
  • Publication number: 20100090056
    Abstract: An aircraft assembly including a wing element and an attachment pylori of a turboengine, including a rigid structure forming a caisson defined externally by a first longeron, a second longeron, and two lateral panels. The assembly also includes an attachment mechanism of the structure on the wing element, fitted with two front attachments, each including two first fittings solid with the associated lateral panel. For each front attachment, the two first fittings are arranged respectively on either side of their associated lateral panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Pascal Gardes, Stephane Combes
  • Publication number: 20080296430
    Abstract: An arrangement configured to connect an evener bar onto a rigid structure of an aircraft engine mount, including a pin system slidingly mounted in a first passageway of a bracket to permit its displacement along a first longitudinal axis, in a first direction from a normal extended position to a retracted position in which the pin system is retracted within this same bracket, and conversely. The arrangement also includes a pin extending member carried by the system and configured to be moved parallel to the longitudinal axis, in a second direction from a normal retracted position to an extended position in which the pin extending member is joined to the system and projects beyond the system, and conversely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Airbus France
    Inventors: Stéphane Combes, Stephane Levert, Laurent Lafont, Dominique Moreau
  • Publication number: 20080237394
    Abstract: A device for suspension of an engine, configured to be inserted between an aircraft wing and the engine. The device includes a rigid structure and a forward aerodynamic structure mounted fixed on the structure through a suspension mechanism. The forward aerodynamic structure is configured to carry engine fan casings and to be inserted between the rigid structure and the wing. The suspension mechanism includes at least one adjustable length connecting rod of which one end is mounted on the rigid structure, and the other end is mounted on the forward aerodynamic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Airbus France
    Inventors: Stephane Combes, Laurent Lafont
  • Publication number: 20080197262
    Abstract: An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft including an aft engine attachment fitted with an aft attachment body and two lateral brackets each including a longitudinal portion in contact with an inner face of the lateral panel associated with it and mounted fixed on the same inner face, and a transverse portion including an attachment interface for the aft attachment body, the transverse portion configured to pass through a recess formed on the associated lateral panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Airbus France
    Inventor: Stephane Combes
  • Publication number: 20080197233
    Abstract: An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft including an aft engine attachment fitted with an aft attachment body and a first shear pin capable of resisting forces applied along a transverse direction of the pylon. The first pin passes through a lower spar of a rigid structure of the pylon and includes a lower end housed in the aft attachment body. The lower end includes a reaming through which a first pin passes, that also passes through the aft attachment body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Airbus France
    Inventors: Stephane Combes, Laurent Lafont, Stephane Levert
  • Patent number: 7142522
    Abstract: A satellite telecommunication system includes a plurality of user stations and at least one satellite. A resource manager for the satellite telecommunication system includes a congestion controller that assigns resources to uplinks, a demand assignment device that assigns resources to uplinks, and, for each satellite, a central entity that includes a subsystem of the congestion controller adapted to receive requests sent by user stations using the satellite, each request expressing the bit rate necessary for a group of connections supported by a user station and by the same downlink of the satellite, and to determine the bit rate authorized for the group of connections. It further includes, for each satellite, a subsystem of the demand assignment device adapted to allocate resources to an uplink, at each user station, as a function of the bit rates authorized by the congestion controller subsystem and globally for all connections supported by the user station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Cédric Baudoin, Laurence Bignebat, Stéphane Combes, Pierre Parmentier, Laurent Roullet, Tarif Zein Al-Abedeen
  • Patent number: 7107050
    Abstract: A resource manager for a satellite telecommunication system including user terminals sending data to spots via a satellite, all data streams from a given terminal to the same given destination spot constituting a virtual path comprising a set of uplinks from the terminal to the satellite and a set of downlinks from the satellite to the spot, includes a central entity associated with each satellite for receiving requests sent by the user terminals and each expressing a requirement to use resources of the satellite corresponding to the virtual path. The central entity groups the requests into request groups each associated with a set of uplinks from the same spot to the destination spot, the set of uplinks constituting a virtual link, and determines authorized resources for each request group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Stéphane Combes, Tarif Zein Al-Abedeen, Jean-Didier Gayrard
  • Publication number: 20050013262
    Abstract: A device (D) is dedicated to processsing data frames for satellite terminals (ST) of a satellite communication network, connected to at least one logical bus (B) defined on a satellite connection. The device (D) comprises processing means (MT) adapted, on receiving packets of a data frame from a first communication equipment (UE11), connected to a first satellite terminal (ST1) coupled to said device (D), and addressed to a second communication equipment (UE2), connected to a second satellite terminal (ST2), to encapsulate each packet received in a level 2 transmisstion protocol header (of the ISO layered model) comprising at least the identifier of the bus to which the second satellite terminal (ST2) is connected and the communication identifier of the first satellite terminal (ST1), before it is transmitted to the satellite (SAT), via the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Tarif Zein Al-Abedeen, Laurence Duquerroy, Stephane Combes
  • Publication number: 20040122920
    Abstract: A system is dedicated to controlling processes associated with streams of application data for a communication network including communication stations adapted to exchange data streams and connected to communication terminals provided with at least one application and one core containing information representative of the applications. The system includes processing arrangements which, on receiving a message designating an application, deliver service data representative of at least one process associated with the designated application. The system also includes extraction arrangements which, on receiving a stream of data sent by a communication terminal, access the core of the terminal to determine the application associated with the received stream and then deliver to the processing means a message designating the determined application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Sebastien Josset, Stephane Combes