Patents by Inventor Sylvain Devineau

Sylvain Devineau 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).

  • Rudder control method and system for an aircraft
    Patent number: 10054955
    Abstract: The system includes a rudder bar configured to be able to be actuated by a pilot of the aircraft, a unit for automatically detecting a position value corresponding to a position of the rudder bar, an auxiliary unit for generating a trim value, a computation unit configured to generate a control value as a function of the position value of the rudder bar and of the trim value. The computation unit is configured to generate the control value according to a nonlinear kinematic relative to the position value of the rudder bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Patrice Brot, Sylvain Devineau
  • RUDDER CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20160179098
    Abstract: The system includes a rudder bar configured to be able to be actuated by a pilot of the aircraft, a unit for automatically detecting a position value corresponding to a position of the rudder bar, an auxiliary unit for generating a trim value, a computation unit configured to generate a control value as a function of the position value of the rudder bar and of the trim value. The computation unit is configured to generate the control value according to a nonlinear kinematic relative to the position value of the rudder bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Patrice Brot, Sylvain Devineau
  • Flight control system using simplex computers and aircraft comprising same
    Patent number: 9168995
    Abstract: A system for computing flight commands, which comprises simplex computers coupled to form virtual command/monitor pairs. These virtual pairs send the commands computed to actuators whose controller implements an election of the pair whose command will be taken into account by the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Patrice Brot, Sylvain Devineau
  • Detection of aircraft descent anomaly
    Patent number: 9051058
    Abstract: An aircraft ground or sea approach anomaly detection method. The method includes the steps of characterizing a flight phase of the aircraft, determining a prohibited flight envelope, defining a set of prohibited vertical speeds of the aircraft for given altitudes in relation to the ground or the sea, as a function of the flight phase of the aircraft characterized, and detecting a ground approach anomaly of the aircraft as a function of a current vertical speed and altitude in relation to the ground or the sea of the aircraft, in relation to the prohibited flight envelope determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (SAS), Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Nicolas Caule, Jacques Rosay, Patrice Rouquette, Emmanuel Cortet, Francois Melin, Pascale Louise, Sylvain Devineau
  • FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM USING SIMPLEX COMPUTERS AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20140100718
    Abstract: A system for computing flight commands, which comprises simplex computers coupled to form virtual command/monitor pairs. These virtual pairs send the commands computed to actuators whose controller implements an election of the pair whose command will be taken into account by the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Patrice Brot, Sylvain Devineau