Patents by Inventor Terence J. Burt

Terence J. Burt 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).

  • Device for connecting an air leak detection system to a sleeve that envelops a pressurized air hose of an aircraft
    Patent number: 8826942
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a hose that makes it possible to channel the pressurized air that is used in a sleeve (52) that delimits an annular chamber with the hose, with the sleeve (52) including at least one opening (54) that is delimited by an edge (58) that makes it possible to link the annular chamber and the outside of the sleeve (52), and a leak detection system that includes at least one loop (A) in the form of a threadlike element (56), characterized in that it includes a connecting device that includes a ring (60) that is connected at at least one connecting point (64) with a loop (A), and a flexible wall that delimits a hose (68) for channeling the air that extends from the edge (58) of the opening (54) up to the ring (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (SAS), Airbus Operations Ltd.
    Inventors: Gérard Millet, Terence J Burt, Xavier Bernard
  • DEVICE FOR CONNECTING AN AIR LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM TO A SLEEVE THAT ENVELOPS A PRESSURIZED AIR HOSE OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20120247597
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a hose that makes it possible to channel the pressurized air that is used in a sleeve (52) that delimits an annular chamber with the hose, with the sleeve (52) including at least one opening (54) that is delimited by an edge (58) that makes it possible to link the annular chamber and the outside of the sleeve (52), and a leak detection system that includes at least one loop (A) in the form of a threadlike element (56), characterized in that it includes a connecting device that includes a ring (60) that is connected at at least one connecting point (64) with a loop (A), and a flexible wall that delimits a hose (68) for channeling the air that extends from the edge (58) of the opening (54) up to the ring (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicants: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD, AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Gérard Millet, Terence J. Burt, Xavier Bernard