Patents by Inventor Stephane Gaillot

Stephane Gaillot 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).

  • Air inlet of an aircraft nacelle including optimized frost treatment
    Patent number: 8783619
    Abstract: An air inlet of an aircraft nacelle includes a pipe, extending over the circumference of the air inlet and defined in the back by a front frame, and an element for the localized injection of hot air into the pipe, thus ensuring the flow of hot air into the pipe in one direction along the circumference of the nacelle. The inlet includes at least one vortex generator (38) in the pipe (22), the generator being plate-shaped or shaped in a manner projecting from the wall of the pipe (22), in order to disrupt the hot air flow so as to compensate the effect of the centrifugal force and reduce the temperature gradient between the inside and outside of the pipe (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Arnaud Hormiere, Alain Dega, Stephane Gaillot
  • AIR INLET OF AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE INCLUDING OPTIMIZED FROST TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20120248249
    Abstract: An air inlet of an aircraft nacelle includes a pipe, extending over the circumference of the air inlet and defined in the back by a front frame, and an element for the localized injection of hot air into the pipe, thus ensuring the flow of hot air into the pipe in one direction along the circumference of the nacelle. The inlet includes at least one vortex generator (38) in the pipe (22), the generator being plate-shaped or shaped in a manner projecting from the wall of the pipe (22), in order to disrupt the hot air flow so as to compensate the effect of the centrifugal force and reduce the temperature gradient between the inside and outside of the pipe (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Arnaud Hormiere, Alain Dega, Stephane Gaillot