Patents by Inventor Xavier Godfroid

Xavier Godfroid 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).

  • Patent number: 11433988
    Abstract: An aircraft wing including a mobile leading edge flap associated with a guiding device arranged at the front of a front spar of a wing box, and including: —a pivoting member having one end connected to the spar by an articulated linkage; —a pivoting member connected to one end of the member by an articulated linkage, the end of this member being connected to the flap via an articulated linkage; —a guide rail receiving a tracking member supported by the member, the rail defining a path inscribed on the surface of an imaginary sphere, the centre of which corresponds to a point of convergence of the axes of the three linkages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SONACA S.A.
    Inventor: Xavier Godfroid
  • Publication number: 20210206473
    Abstract: An aircraft wing including a mobile leading edge flap associated with a guiding device arranged at the front of a front spar of a wing box, and including: —a pivoting member having one end connected to the spar by an articulated linkage; —a pivoting member connected to one end of the member by an articulated linkage, the end of this member being connected to the flap via an articulated linkage; —a guide rail receiving a tracking member supported by the member, the rail defining a path inscribed on the surface of an imaginary sphere, the centre of which corresponds to a point of convergence of the axes of the three linkages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventor: Xavier GODFROID
  • Patent number: 8408500
    Abstract: An aircraft wing comprising a wing fixed central body, and a leading edge mobile slat (16) designed to be moved in rotation relative to the fixed central body along a circular trajectory inscribed on a sphere with center (C). According to the invention, the wing also comprises a cable carrier chain (30) comprising links (34) articulated to each other through articulation axes (44) that converge towards a single point, the chain being connected at its two ends to the fixed central body and to the mobile slat. Furthermore, the single point is the center (C) of the sphere, located on a rotation axis (42) of the leading edge mobile slat relative to the wing fixed body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sonaca S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Crepin, Xavier Godfroid, Olivier Souchon
  • Publication number: 20100193642
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft wing comprising a wing fixed central body, and a leading edge mobile slat (16) designed to be moved in rotation relative to said fixed central body along a circular trajectory inscribed on a sphere with centre (C). According to the invention, the wing also comprises a cable carrier chain (30) comprising links (34) articulated to each other through articulation axes (44) that converge towards a single point, the chain being connected at its two ends to the fixed central body and to the mobile slat. Furthermore, said single point is the centre (C) of the sphere, located on a rotation axis (42) of the leading edge mobile slat relative to the wing fixed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SONACA S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Crepin, Xavier Godfroid, Olivier Souchon