Patents by Inventor Thomas Durollet

Thomas Durollet 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).

  • Brake system for braking aircraft wheels
    Patent number: 7124860
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brake system for braking aircraft wheels, the brake system being of the type which, for each wheel, comprises a stator central portion coaxially surrounding a wheel axle on which a rotor annular portion is mounted to rotate, and a succession of brake disks disposed between the stator central portion and the rotor annular portion with alternate disks being constrained to rotate with one and the other of said portions, said stator central portion being provided with a brake collar equipped with a plurality of sets of pistons and, rigidly secured to said collar, a torsion tube internally provided with a transverse annular web, a centering bearing being interposed between the annular web and the axle. According to the invention the centering bearing has structural characteristics that vary circumferentially in a distribution configuration suitable for generating different bearing stiffnesses along two orthogonal axes contained in a plane that is perpendicular to the axis of the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Messier Bugatti
    Inventors: Jean Souetre, Thomas Durollet, Olivier Dereure
  • Brake system for braking aircraft wheels
    Publication number: 20040011602
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brake system for braking aircraft wheels, the brake system being of the type which, for each wheel, comprises a stator central portion coaxially surrounding a wheel axle on which a rotor annular portion is mounted to rotate, and a succession of brake disks disposed between the stator central portion and the rotor annular portion with alternate disks being constrained to rotate with one and the other of said portions, said stator central portion being provided with a brake collar equipped with a plurality of sets of pistons and, rigidly secured to said collar, a torsion tube internally provided with a transverse annular web, a centering bearing being interposed between the annular web and the axle. According to the invention the centering bearing has structural characteristics that vary circumferentially in a distribution configuration suitable for generating different bearing stiffnesses along two orthogonal axes contained in a plane that is perpendicular to the axis of the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: MESSIER-BUGATTI
    Inventors: Jean Souetre, Thomas Durollet, Olivier Dereure