Patents by Inventor Sylvain DEPLANCHE

Sylvain DEPLANCHE 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: 20170309192
    Abstract: Collision avoidance method and device for an aircraft formation relative to an intrusive aircraft. The device manages a collision avoidance for an aircraft formation, relative to an aircraft external to the aircraft formation, the aircraft formation comprising a lead aircraft and at least one following aircraft, the device comprising a formation flight management unit with which all the aircraft of the aircraft formation are equipped and configured to manage the formation flight thereof, and management and control assemblies for determining and applying a coordinated avoidance maneuver intended for all the aircraft of the aircraft formation, this coordinated avoidance maneuver being determined so as to make it possible to avoid the collision with the intrusive aircraft while maintaining the formation flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-luc ROBIN, Camille CARUHEL, Sylvain DEPLANCHE
  • Publication number: 20170301251
    Abstract: A collision avoidance method and system for a trailer aircraft of an aircraft formation relative to an intruder aircraft. The collision avoidance system is embedded in a trailer aircraft of an aircraft formation and it is intended to avoid a collision relative to at least one aircraft external to the aircraft formation, called intruder aircraft, the aircraft formation including a lead aircraft and the at least one trailer aircraft, the collision avoidance system being configured to bring the trailer aircraft to a safety point dependent on a safety zone, prior to the implementation of an avoidance maneuver, the safety zone corresponding to a zone located to the rear of the lead aircraft and with no wake turbulence generated by the lead aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-luc ROBIN, Camille CARUHEL, Sylvain DEPLANCHE