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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120029737 | CENTRALIZED NAVIGATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM In a centralized navigation information management system installed on board an aircraft which is in a current position at a current time, the aircraft having a warning management system and a route management system with means for creating a route plan, the route plan ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110283133 | Glitch-Free Clock Switching Circuit A circuit for switching clocks includes a first input intended to receive a first clock signal at a frequency alternately equal to a first value or a second value, a second input intended to receive a second clock signal, synchronous with the first clock signal, at a th... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110273316 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING THE DISPLAY PARAMETERS OF SCREENS IN AN AIRCRAFT COCKPIT The invention relates to the field of display management of display devices of an aircraft cockpit and particularly to a method of synchronizing display parameters of the display devices and associated monitoring system. The invention includes a method for synchronizing... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110287711 | DEVICE FOR FLEXIBLE WIDEBAND FREQUENCY TRANSPOSITION, AND ASSOCIATED SATELLITE REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVER A device for double frequency transposition includes means for controlling the frequencies FOL1, FOL2 of a first and a second synthesizer, which are adapted to carry out the steps of (a) initializing the frequency FOL2 at a first given v... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285588 | DEVICE FOR DISCRIMINATING THE PHASE AND THE PHASE VARIATION OF A SIGNAL In a phase discriminator device for receiving, as input, a complex signal whose argument represents a phase error, and for producing, as output, an estimate of the phase error for each signal sample Zn+1 received, the device includes a frequency discriminator... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110198447 | Actuation system for mobile elements with dynamically compensated and opposite relative motions An actuation system for at least two mobile elements with dynamically compensated and opposite relative motions, without disturbance of the elements fixed in the same rigid structure as it, and resistant to exterior loadings, in the case of a translational motion of the... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110153873 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING ERRONEOUS TRANSFERS FOR MICROCONTROLLER OR MICROPROCESSOR WITH A VIEW TO GUARANTEEING PARTITIONING A method and a device for the detection of erroneous or inopportune transactions of any entity of a microprocessor or microcontroller includes programming counters internal or external to the microcontroller, which is configured to count the number of transactions in th... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153535 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING A MAINTENANCE FUNCTION A method for performing a maintenance function of a system under diagnosis includes a step for hierarchical decomposition of the system under diagnosis into sub-systems based on the model of the system and, for each sub-system, steps for determination of a model of the ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153204 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING A TIME WINDOW The invention relates to a method and a device for calculating a time window for a time constraint of arrival of an aircraft at a given point, the aircraft receiving wind predictions and including a sensor for measuring the wind. The method includes a calculation of a f... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110147532 | Device for Deploying and Aiming Structural Elements in a Space Environment A device for deploying and aiming structural elements designed to be placed in Earth includes at least one locking/unlocking device making it possible to deactivate the first coupling mode and to activate a second coupling mode allowing a portion of the device to be aim... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110087428 | DEVICE FOR AIDING THE FLIGHT MANAGEMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT A device for aiding the flight management of an aircraft includes a navigation display, a personalized database capable of storing navigation-aid data, each datum comprising a classification type representative of a family or of one or more categories of navigation-aid ... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110040441 | DEVICE FOR SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS The invention relates to a device for system diagnosis of an aircraft. The device includes: means for the monitoring of equipment of the system, the means for emitting messages of observations on the basis of effects produced by equipment; means for the determination of... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110032867 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING BEAMS WITH GROUND-OPERATED PROCESSING AND DIGITAL TRANSMISSION A ground-based beam-forming system includes a satellite and a ground-based processing base equipped with beam-forming means. The satellite is equipped with first transmission/reception means for sending and receiving analog signals with remote terminals, and second tran... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110006858 | Multi-Source Spatial Power Amplifier An amplification device combining a number of amplifier modules operating in the microwave range includes: a power divider, having an input and at least two outputs, dividing an input microwave signal into a number of microwave signals; connecting waveguides used to pro... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100327933 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MICROWAVE APPARATUSES ONBOARD A SATELLITE The present invention includes a solution to the adherence to and improvement of the specifications regarding the conducted susceptibility of a microwave chain. It has an advantage of enabling significant attenuation of parasitic modulated signals carried in microwave c... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100321263 | Mission-Flexibility Antenna, Satellite Including Such an Antenna and Method for Controlling the Change of Mission of Such an Antenna A mission-flexibility antenna includes a reflector and at least a first source and a second source of radiofrequency signals, which sources are arranged in front of the reflector, the reflector having a focal point and each source having a phase centre, and wherein the ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100309050 | Antenna with Shared Feeds and Method of Producing an Antenna with Shared Feeds for Generating Multiple Beams The antenna with shared feeds for generating multiple beams includes a plurality of identical individual feeds spaced apart by a constant pitch, wherein the individual feeds are associated in identical subnetworks around a central individual feed, each subnetwork being ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100198433 | Flight Management System with Optimization of the Lateral Flight Plan Flight management system for aircraft comprising computation means capable of determining a gain or a loss in terms of flight time remaining to a point of arrival, and in terms of fuel consumption, following the input by an operator of a modification of an initial fligh... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100164786 | Method of Characterizing the Convection Intensity of a Cloud, by a Meteorological Radar The present invention relates to a method of characterizing the convection intensity of a cloud by a meteorological radar. The reflectivity of said cloud to an electromagnetic wave being distributed in space, the distribution of the reflect... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100156725 | Dual Polarization Planar Radiating Element and Array Antenna Comprising Such a Radiating Element A dual-polarization planar radiating element having an external metal grid, at least one metal patch concentric with the external metal grid and a cavity separating the metal grid and the metal patch, the grid and the patch having a polygonal shape delimited by at least... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100149058 | Compact Excitation Assembly for Generating a Circular Polarization in an Antenna and Method of Fashioning Such a Compact Excitation Assembly A compact excitation assembly for generating a circular polarization in an antenna in particular transmit and/or receive antennas such as multibeam antennas comprises a diplexing orthomode transducer and a branched coupler and is characterized in that the orthomode tran... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100148805 | Fail-Safe System and Test Module, Notably For Use In A Railroad Signaling System A fail-safe system, notably for use in a railroad signaling system, comprising a test module with a photovoltaic coupler able to charge a capacitor. The energy stored in the capacitor provides power supply to a circuit under test. Advantageously, means of measuring a st... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100132046 | Electronic Circuit for Securing Data Interchanges Between a Computer Station and a Network The present invention relates to an electronic circuit for securing data interchanges between a computer station and a network, said circuit comprising a first network interface connected to said network, said circuit comprising at least a second network interface conne... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100109942 | Method for Processing Measured Vertical Profiles of the Power of the Echoes Returned Following a Transmission of Radar Signals The method processes measured vertical profiles of the power of the echoes returned following a transmission of radar signals, each measured vertical profile being a function of the sweep angle of the radar beam and associated with a given pointing angle/distance box pa... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100109935 | Method for Processing Signals of an Airborne Radar with Correction of the Error in the Radar Beam Pointing Angle and Corresponding Device A method for processing signals of an airborne radar includes a correction of the erroneous angle of pointing of the radar beam, comprising an evaluation of the error in the pointing angle for a constant height of the aerial transporter. For a given angle of scan, the m... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100103073 | Antenna with Long Focal Length That is Compact, Robust and Can Be Tested on the Ground, Mounted on a Satellite The invention proposes a solution to the problem of installing an antenna with long focal length on a satellite, and, as a non-limiting example, on satellites at a height that is less than the required focal length. It is based, on the one hand, on a reflector stored â€... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100089157 | Micro-Machined Accelerometer The invention relates to a micromachined accelerometer in a flat plate comprising a base and at least two resonator measuring cells provided with a common mobile seismic element, the two measuring cells being placed one on each side of the common mobile seismic element ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100085272 | Reflector Array and Antenna Comprising Such a Reflector Array A reflector array comprises a plurality of individual radiating elements forming a reflecting surface with no abrupt transitions wherein each radiating element of the reflecting surface is selected from a set of predetermined consecutive radiating elements, called the p... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100055966 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTRONIC HOUSING IN A HOLDER THROUGH AT LEAST TWO TRANSLATION MOVEMENTS The present invention relates to the field of devices for mounting and connecting an electronic module in a support comprising guidance and/or rotation means making it possible to position said module. The electronic module is designed to be slotted into an aircraft ins... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100052814 | Controlled RF Active Duplexer A controlled RF active duplexer comprises two distributed amplifiers and means for controlling them. Each distributed amplifier comprises an input line and an output line, the output line of the first distributed amplifier being common to the input line of the second di... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100039646 | POLARIMETRIC IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING A MATRIX OF PROGRAMMABLE WAVEPLATES BASED ON A MATERIAL WITH AN ISOTROPIC ELECTROOPTIC TENSOR The subject of the invention is a polarimetric imaging system exhibiting an optical axis, and comprising means (35) for the detection and analysis of the light backscattered by an object illuminated by a light source and at least one programmable waveplate (33... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090314083 | INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT WITH ENHANCED ACCELERATION WITHSTAND CAPABILITY The present invention relates to an inertial measurement unit with enhanced resistance to acceleration, and it is characterized in that it comprises at least five accelerometers (Acc1 to Acc5), the sensing axes of which are arranged at various positions on... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090301236 | Reusable device for holding at least one moving object securely autonomously and without shocks, for spacecraft The present invention relates to a reusable device for securely holding at least one fragile object against a functional surface solidly fixed to the structure of a satellite or spacecraft during at least one operational phase relating to this satellite, making the obje... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090234519 | JOINING A CIVIL TRAJECTORY AND A MILITARY TRAJECTORY The present invention relates to a trajectory calculation method making it possible to join a so-called military trajectory (Tm1) from a so-called civil trajectory (Tc1) and, reciprocally, to join a so-called civil trajectory (Tc2) from a so-called ... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231133 | ANTI-INTRUSION SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS The subject of the invention is an anti-intrusion system for protecting electronic components (3) including a substrate (2) on which the electronic components are placed. A conducting enclosure (1) encapsulates the electronic components on the surfa... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090204277 | Method of Estimating Atmospheric Data at Any Point of a Path of an Aircraft The subject of the present invention is a method of estimating, at any point of a path of an aircraft, characteristics of the wind making it possible to take very close account of the winds to construct predictions of the times of passage and of the consumption of the a... | 08/13/2009 |