Patents by Inventor Thomas Deforet

Thomas Deforet 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: 20190106221
    Abstract: A dual-flow jet engine comprising a fixed structure, a central core, and a cowl comprising a fixed part and a mobile cowl mounted to be rotationally mobile on the fixed structure via hinges with swan neck fitting. The fixed part has a first edge and the mobile cowl has a second edge, in which, when the mobile cowl is in a closed position, the second edge extends against the first edge. For each hinge with swan neck fitting, the fixed part is hollowed at the first edge, so as to delimit a recess opposite the swan neck fitting and allow the passage of the swan neck fitting when the mobile cowl switches from the closed position to the open position. The recess for each hinge with swan neck fitting allows for a reduction of the dimensions of the swan neck during the movement of the mobile cowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Stéphane COMBES, Jean GELIOT, Thomas DEFORET, Adeline SOULIE, Benoit ORTEU
  • Publication number: 20190085770
    Abstract: A heat exchange device to be positioned in an aircraft pylon and including a heat exchanger and an obturator to adopt a closed state where it prevents flow of air from flowing through the heat exchanger, and more- or less-permissive states where it allows flow of air to flow with a higher or lower flow rate. The obturator includes slats each including a pivot axis, the pivot axes of the various slats being mutually parallel and intersecting the direction of the flow of air, the slats being simultaneously mobile in rotation about their pivot axis between a closed position in which the slats are contiguous, which corresponds to the closed state of the obturator, and an open position in which the slats are spread apart, which corresponds to the permissive state of the obturator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Stéphane Combes, Jean Geliot, Thomas Deforet, Adeline Soulie, Benoit Orteu
  • Publication number: 20180327102
    Abstract: A rear engine attachment includes a beam attached to the reactor strut, a rudder mounted by a pivot connection on the beam about a main rotational axis, and two thrust rods each exhibiting a first end attached to the rudder and a second end attached to a front section of an engine, the two thrust rods and the rudder attached to the beam together defining a primary thrust path between the engine and the reactor strut to bear the engine thrust. For each thrust rod, the rear engine attachment exhibits a waiting fail-safe system activated in the event of a failure of the primary thrust path. The rear engine attachment includes, for each thrust rod, a break detector integral with the rudder which is provided to come into contact with the beam in the event of a failure of the primary thrust path. The attachment allows a quick inspection to be made to determine whether there has been a failure of the primary thrust path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Couffignal, Jérôme Cassagne, Didier Rovatti, Thomas Deforet, Benoit Orteu, Michael Belin, Miren Egana-Abarrategui
  • Patent number: 9828103
    Abstract: An assembly having an articulation spindle mounted in a first sleeve inserted into a first arm of a clevis and in a second sleeve inserted into a second arm of said clevis said assembly comprising a blocking device. The blocking device comprising a screw with a first cylindrical portion which is screwed into an extension of the second sleeve and against which the second end of the articulation spindle can come to press, and a second portion, in the extension of the first portion, with a smaller cross section than said first cylindrical portion, a locking washer which is interposed between the second portion of the screw and the extension of the second sleeve in a locked position, and a longilinear element which passes through the screw and the second sleeve in a locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Thomas Deforet
  • Patent number: 9593708
    Abstract: An assembly with an articulation spindle mounted in a first sleeve inserted into a first arm of a clevis and in a second sleeve inserted into a second arm of said clevis. The assembly comprises a blocking device. The blocking device comprises a nut screwed onto a threaded portion of an extension of the second sleeve and comprising an inner shoulder against which the second end of the articulation spindle can come to bear, a locking washer able to adopt a locked state in which it prevents the nut from rotating with respect to the extension and an unlocked state in which it allows the nut to be unscrewed, and a longilinear element able to adopt a locked state in which it passes through at least the nut so as to prevent it from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Thomas Deforet
  • Patent number: 9592917
    Abstract: An assembly having an articulation spindle mounted in a first sleeve inserted into a first arm of a clevis and in a second sleeve inserted into a second arm of said clevis. The assembly comprises a blocking device which comprises a cylindrical stop housed in an extension of the second sleeve and comprising a front face against which a second end of the articulation spindle can come to bear, and a bolt-and-nut able to adopt a locked state, in which it passes through the stop and the extension so as to immobilize the stop in the extension, and an unlocked state, in which it does not pass through the stop and allows the stop to be removed from the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Thomas Deforet
  • Patent number: 9573694
    Abstract: An engine fastener for an aircraft, to secure an engine to a pylon and comprising a fastener body fixed to the pylon and having a cylindrical extension, and a fixing assembly comprising a paddle fixed to the engine and a connection arrangement joined to the paddle and arranged on the cylindrical extension to form a ball-and-socket joint between the cylindrical extension and the paddle. The connection arrangement comprises a ball, formed in one piece, having a central bore in which the cylindrical extension fits, and of which the outer surface is a spherical portion, a fixing element fixing the ball on the cylindrical extension, and two cages, each having an inner surface assuming the form of a spherical portion. The two inner surfaces are arranged opposite one another to house the ball, and for each cage, a joining element joins the cage to the paddle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Antoine Cousin, Thomas Deforet
  • Patent number: 9527599
    Abstract: An engine fastener includes a fixing assembly having a connection element provided with a shaft and holding two pins, which are configured to participate in the implementation of a fail-safe function, the fixing assembly including a shear pin surrounding the shaft of the connection element with a clearance , the shear pin being arranged between the two pins and being adjusted so as to be in contact with two joined fitting parts at a junction zone therebetween, the shaft of the connection element also being mounted with clearances relative to the two pins and the two fitting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Thomas Deforet, Arnold Wysocki
  • Patent number: 9399520
    Abstract: An assembly having an articulation spindle mounted in a first sleeve inserted into a first arm of a clevis and in a second sleeve inserted into a second arm of said clevis, and a blocking device. The blocking device comprises a nut screwed onto an extension of the second sleeve and comprising an inner shoulder acting as a stop for a second end of the articulation spindle, at least two locking washers engaging with the nut, a tab washer comprising an element immobilizing it in rotation with respect to the second arm of the clevis, and for each locking washer, a blocking element limiting the rotational movement of the locking washer with respect to the tab washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Thomas Deforet
  • Publication number: 20150336678
    Abstract: An engine fastener for an aircraft, to secure an engine to a pylon and comprising a fastener body fixed to the pylon and having a cylindrical extension, and a fixing assembly comprising a paddle fixed to the engine and a connection arrangement joined to the paddle and arranged on the cylindrical extension to form a ball-and-socket joint between the cylindrical extension and the paddle. The connection arrangement comprises a ball, formed in one piece, having a central bore in which the cylindrical extension fits, and of which the outer surface is a spherical portion, a fixing element fixing the ball on the cylindrical extension, and two cages, each having an inner surface assuming the form of a spherical portion. The two inner surfaces are arranged opposite one another to house the ball, and for each cage, a joining element joins the cage to the paddle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Antoine Cousin, Thomas Deforet
  • Publication number: 20150203208
    Abstract: An engine fastener includes a fixing assembly having a connection element provided with a shaft and holding two pins, which are configured to participate in the implementation of a fail-safe function, the fixing assembly including a shear pin surrounding the shaft of the connection element with a clearance , the shear pin being arranged between the two pins and being adjusted so as to be in contact with two joined fitting parts at a junction zone therebetween, the shaft of the connection element also being mounted with clearances relative to the two pins and the two fitting parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas DEFORET, Arnold WYSOCKI
  • Publication number: 20150167726
    Abstract: An assembly with an articulation spindle mounted in a first sleeve inserted into a first arm of a clevis and in a second sleeve inserted into a second arm of said clevis. The assembly comprises a blocking device. The blocking device comprises a nut screwed onto a threaded portion of an extension of the second sleeve and comprising an inner shoulder against which the second end of the articulation spindle can come to bear, a locking washer able to adopt a locked state in which it prevents the nut from rotating with respect to the extension and an unlocked state in which it allows the nut to be unscrewed, and a longilinear element able to adopt a locked state in which it passes through at least the nut so as to prevent it from rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Thomas Deforet
  • Publication number: 20150166191
    Abstract: An assembly having an articulation spindle mounted in a first sleeve inserted into a first arm of a clevis and in a second sleeve inserted into a second arm of said clevis, and a blocking device. The blocking device comprises a nut screwed onto an extension of the second sleeve and comprising an inner shoulder acting as a stop for a second end of the articulation spindle, at least two locking washers engaging with the nut, a tab washer comprising an element immobilizing it in rotation with respect to the second arm of the clevis, and for each locking washer, a blocking element limiting the rotational movement of the locking washer with respect to the tab washer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Thomas Deforet
  • Publication number: 20150166189
    Abstract: An assembly having an articulation spindle mounted in a first sleeve inserted into a first arm of a clevis and in a second sleeve inserted into a second arm of said clevis. The assembly comprises a blocking device which comprises a cylindrical stop housed in an extension of the second sleeve and comprising a front face against which a second end of the articulation spindle can come to bear, and a bolt-and-nut able to adopt a locked state, in which it passes through the stop and the extension so as to immobilize the stop in the extension, and an unlocked state, in which it does not pass through the stop and allows the stop to be removed from the extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Thomas Deforet
  • Publication number: 20150166190
    Abstract: An assembly having an articulation spindle mounted in a first sleeve inserted into a first arm of a clevis and in a second sleeve inserted into a second arm of said clevis said assembly comprising a blocking device. The blocking device comprising a screw with a first cylindrical portion which is screwed into an extension of the second sleeve and against which the second end of the articulation spindle can come to press, and a second portion, in the extension of the first portion, with a smaller cross section than said first cylindrical portion, a locking washer which is interposed between the second portion of the screw and the extension of the second sleeve in a locked position, and a longilinear element which passes through the screw and the second sleeve in a locked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Jerome Cassagne, Thomas Deforet