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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6937329 | Method for detecting and identifying defects in a laser beam weld seam A method for detection and identification of defects in a weld seam created using a laser beam. According to this method, at least two measurement signals are acquired in real time delivered by optical sensors (C1 to C6) detecting variations in ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6801249 | Device for emitting a time varying signal in the field of vision of a picture taking device A device for emitting digital video images may include a picture-taking unit for producing the images and a unit for forming at least one signal in the field of vision of the picture-taking unit so that the signal appears in at least some of the images produced by t... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6698689 | Auxiliary nose landing gear for aircraft The nose gear of an aircraft comprises a main group of at least one wheel (10) in permanent contact with the ground and a secondary group of at least one wheel (12), which is normally spaced from the ground, when the aircraft is on the ground. In the case... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6679969 | Method of manufacturing a sandwich panel, made of composite material, and a panel thereby obtained In order to manufacture a sandwich panel using the RTM technique, a stack comprising a core (10) with open cells, a film (12) of intumescent material covering each of the faces of the core (10), a dry barrier fabric (14) covering each of the films (12) an... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6675659 | Method for monitoring the state of a composite structure and pressurized fluid reservoir having a device performing said method To monitor the operating state of a composite structure formed from at least two different materials and subject to a uniform force or load over its entire surface, the deformation at the interface between the two materials is measured. A comparison with ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6666408 | Closure fault indicator, particularly for an aircraft engine pod cowl In order to avoid an operator forgetting to actuate locking mechanism interposed between two elements, such as the pod cowls (12, 14) of an aircraft engine, when said elements are in the closed position, use is made of a closure fault indicator. Said indi... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6651930 | Process and control system for an aircraft control surface actuated by multiple hydraulic jacks and with modular power Control system for a control surface (100) of an aircraft comprising at least one actuator (102, 104) of the control surface, connected to a hydraulic circuit and equipped with at least two power jacks (110) capable of operating in at least one activated ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6508401 | Aerospatiale matra airbus The present invention relates to a device for aiding the identification of subassemblies of an item of equipment (E) including a number of subassemblies and equipped with a storage unit (US) storing references. According to the invention, said device includes ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6495197 | Method for providing metallized areas on surface by electrically detecting removal of insulating layer The process, in which there is carried out localized surface metallization of pieces of composite material, of the type covered on their surface with a layer (CC) of an electrically conductive material, itself coated with an electrically insulating protec... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6427434 | Device for discharging hot air for a jet engine air inlet cowl, with a deicing circuit A device for discharging hot air for a jet engine air inlet cowl, with a deicing circuit. The air inlet cowl for a jet engine, the leading edge of which is hollow and swept with a flow of deicing hot air, includes orifices for discharging the hot air flow... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6400880 | Degradable optical fiber and a method for its preparation This invention relates to a self-degradable optical fiber, that is to say, an optical fiber that contains, within its own structure, compounds capable of leading to its degradation. This optical fiber comprises a core, a sheath and a polymer coating, in w... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6378804 | Aircraft wing structure profiled suspension pylon According to the invention, the suspension pylon (3) comprises a fairing for reducing the local loss in lift and its maximum-width section (7) is located at the front of the concave and set-back rear part (4R) of the pressure face (4) of the wing structur... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6360986 | Process and device for guiding a flying craft, in particular a missile, onto a target The present invention relates to a process and a device for guiding a flying craft onto a target, the device (1) comprising a detector (D) pointed at the target in such a way that a projection of the latter is situated on a field of measurement of the det... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6352223 | System for the yaw control of an aircraft The present invention relates to a system for the yaw control of an aircraft fitted with a plurality of engines, the system (SC) comprising in particular a computation unit (16) formulating a command dr for yaw control, dr=Ka..PHI.c +Kb.p+Kc..P... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6344648 | System for detection and measurement of one or several gases in a gas mix A portable system for the real time detection and measurement of one or several gases is a gaseous mixture is disclosed. Such systems can be applied to industrial domains in which gases are to be measured and particularly toxic, dangerous, or polluting ga... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6328258 | Air intake structure for aircraft engine In an air intake structure (14) of an aircraft engine pod, the link or connection between the air intake lip (15), the front reinforcing frame (16) and the acoustic panel (17) is implemented in such a way that the lip (15) can be dismantled without breaki... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6327132 | Spark resistant structure, in particular for aircraft Spark-resistant structure for use with aircraft, including a sheet-shaped external element made of a composite material with an exterior face bearing an electrically conducting surface layer for dissipating lightning energy. The external element also has ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6296325 | Method to connect and distribute power to an electromechanical braking system A method is provided for arranging the components and power connection points within an electromechanical braking system architecture in order to better maintain isolation of the power busses, and thereby improve overall integrity of the system, while sti... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6275767 | Method for implementing an air traffic service unit This invention relates to a method for implementing the air traffic service unit (ATSU) managing the links between certain aircraft equipment and the ground/board communication means, and its operating system (OS) managing input/output, the use of softwar... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6264139 | Aircraft landing gear, equipped with a device for protection of a nearby fuel tank, and aircraft equipped with this landing gear An aircraft landing gear (16) located in front of a fuel tank is equipped with a protection device (22) designed to at least partially automatically disconnect the landing gear (16) from the structure that supports it. For example, the protection device (... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6261503 | Process for protection against corrosion by chemical products, of flexible self-demoulding silicone membranes A process for the production of a resin piece by molding, places a self-demolding silicone membrane in a mold, and adds a catalyst to the resin to reduce the polymerization time of the resin so that the resin will not corrode the membrane.... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6258242 | Process for surface preparation and polyaniline deposition for the absorption of light The invention relates to a process for the deposition of light-absorbing polyaniline, particularly on a titanium substrate, the process comprising: a fluoronitric etching, a chemical conversion treatment, a hydrolysis and a deposition of polyaniline by electropolym... | 07/10/2001 |
