Patents by Inventor Yannick Senechal

Yannick Senechal 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: 12463501
    Abstract: A wheel including a rim that rotates on a shaft defining a primary rotational axis and a magnetic braking device. The magnetic braking device includes an actuator which includes a first transmission assembly and one second transmission assembly each includes a pinion mounted on the support to pivot about a secondary rotational axis parallel to the primary axis, an operating bar extending about the secondary axis, a first mechanical connecting member connecting the operating bar to the pinion of the transmission assembly and a second mechanical connecting member connecting the operating bar to one of the stators, and the mechanical connecting members are arranged. The rotation of the pinions causes a movement of the stators parallel to the secondary axis in opposite directions, for varying the air gap, one or more of the mechanical connecting members of each transmission assembly being arranged to ensure a screw-nut helical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Vincent Pascal, Yannick Senechal, Graeme Klim
  • Publication number: 20240262212
    Abstract: A wheel including a rim that rotates on a shaft defining a primary rotational axis and a magnetic braking device. The magnetic braking device includes an actuator which includes a first transmission assembly and one second transmission assembly each includes a pinion mounted on the support to pivot about a secondary rotational axis parallel to the primary axis, an operating bar extending about the secondary axis, a first mechanical connecting member connecting the operating bar to the pinion of the transmission assembly and a second mechanical connecting member connecting the operating bar to one of the stators, and the mechanical connecting members are arranged. The rotation of the pinions causes a movement of the stators parallel to the secondary axis in opposite directions, for varying the air gap, one or more of the mechanical connecting members of each transmission assembly being arranged to ensure a screw-nut helical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Vincent PASCAL, Yannick SENECHAL, Graeme KLIM
  • Patent number: 11548624
    Abstract: A method of moving a door of a well for an aircraft undercarriage during sequences of deploying or retracting the undercarriage includes: using a temporary mechanical connection between the door and the undercarriage that is effective when the undercarriage is close to its retracted position, causing the door to be opened by the undercarriage while the undercarriage is being deployed and causing the door to be closed by the undercarriage while the undercarriage is being retracted, but releasing the door from the undercarriage when the undercarriage is close to its deployed position, and using a door actuator acting on the door to close and open the door when the undercarriage is in its deployed position and the temporary mechanical connection is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Yannick Senechal, Vincent Pascal, Thierry Blanpain, Aurélien Doux
  • Publication number: 20190382102
    Abstract: A method of moving a door of a well for an aircraft undercarriage during sequences of deploying or retracting the undercarriage includes: using a temporary mechanical connection between the door and the undercarriage that is effective when the undercarriage is close to its retracted position, causing the door to be opened by the undercarriage while the undercarriage is being deployed and causing the door to be closed by the undercarriage while the undercarriage is being retracted, but releasing the door from the undercarriage when the undercarriage is close to its deployed position, and using a door actuator acting on the door to close and open the door when the undercarriage is in its deployed position and the temporary mechanical connection is interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Yannick Senechal, Vincent Pascal, Thierry Blanpain, Aurélien Doux