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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7839322 | System for detecting obstacles in the vicinity of a touchdown point A method of detecting obstacles on board an aircraft while in the vicinity (44) of a touchdown point (27, 42), includes the following operations: selecting/determining a path (41) to be followed by the aircraft... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7819359 | Aircraft firewall The present invention relates to an aircraft firewall (12) separating first and second compartments (1 and 2) of the aircraft, the first compartment (1) containing a plurality of elements. The firewall (12) is provided with a first... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7811061 | Blade having an integral cuff, and a rotorcraft rotor provided with such a blade A rotorcraft blade is provided having at least one spar and an outer covering. At the root of the blade, the spar is subdivided into at least one bottom tape and at least one top tape. The blade further includes a hollow cuff whose outer wall includes the outer cove... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807090 | Mould for a composite material part coated with a stripping product The invention relates to a mold for making a composite material part, the mold being coated in a stripping composition. The stripping composition comprises: 100 parts by weight of a base ingredient consisting in epoxy polydimethyls... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806774 | Magnetically-damped supercritical transmission system A mechanical transmission system for a rotorcraft, including a supercritical transmission shaft and an active magnetic damper secured to the structure of the rotorcraft via a mechanical damper is provided. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7791529 | System for estimating the speed of an aircraft, and an application thereof to detecting obstacles The invention relates to a method of determining an estimated speed of an aircraft relative to ground being overflown by the aircraft, in which use is made of the sum of an acceleration measurement of the aircraft plus a difference value, the difference value being ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7780116 | Composite anti-crash structure with controlled buckling for an aircraft A structure (2) for an aircraft (1) comprises transverse walls (3-8) connected to longitudinal walls (9-12); each wall (3-12, 18, 18B) comprises two jackets (19) of composite material disposed on either ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779965 | Absorbent structure for attenuating noise particular by a rotor-generator noise, and a rotor duct including such a structure An absorbent structure for reducing the propagation of soundwaves emitted by noisy devices such as rotors or motors, the structure includes a rigid partition (1), at least one porous wall (4), and separator elements (2) for placing the porous wa... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7770843 | Rotorcraft skid undercarriage and a rotorcraft including such an undercarriage The invention relates to a rotorcraft (21) comprising a fuselage (22) and an undercarriage (20) having skids (24, 25) interconnected by at least one cross-member (26, 27), together with connection means for connecting the cross-mem... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769521 | Method and a device for performing a check on the state of health of a turbine engine of a twin-engined rotorcraft The present invention relates to a method and to a device (D) enabling a health check to be performed on at least a first turbine engine (M1) of a rotorcraft, the rotorcraft being provided with first and second turbine engines (M1 and M2) contro... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764035 | Electric actuator for aircraft flight control The invention relates to an actuator (9) comprising a rotary electric motor (12) a screw Old) driven in rotation by the motor, a mechanical member (15) driven in translation by the screw, a first position sensor (40) sensitive to a positi... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7756612 | Method and a device for providing assistance in piloting a rotorcraft at takeoff The invention relates to a method of piloting a rotorcraft having a plurality of engines for driving at least one lift and propulsion rotor, in which method, so long as the rotorcraft has not reached an optimum climb speed (OCS), a pitch attitude control signal (Upi... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7753697 | Electrical connection between first and second metal parts that are electrically insulated from each other An electrical connection (1) for electrically interconnecting adjacent first and second metal parts (2, 3) that are electrically insulated from each other, includes clamping elements (30) together with first and second metal inserts (10, 20 | 07/13/2010 |
| 7731287 | Vibration absorber device for a seat in a vehicle, in particular an aircraft or the like A framework fixed to the structure of a vehicle, which framework carries a generally planar seat proper via mobility structure for providing the seat proper with mobility relative to the framework. The seat proper is rigid and is suspended from the framework via a d... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7720582 | Active suspension method and apparatus for a rotary wing aircraft In a method of controlling the hardness of a damper in an aircraft landing gear, the aircraft having a structure that is deformable at a natural frequency, the hardness of the damper is adjusted during a contraction of the damper as a function of the natural frequen... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7717369 | Power plant for a rotary wing aircraft The present invention relates to a power plant (18) comprising at least one turboshaft engine (8) behind a gearbox (7) for driving a rotor (3) of a rotary wing aircraft (1), the air inlet body (20) of the engine (8) h... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7690600 | Aerially transportable tank for storing a composition for discharging in flight An aerially transportable tank (20) for storing a composition for discharging in flight, the tank including a neck (23) terminated by a composition discharge opening (24), and having a wall (21) extending the neck that is sufficiently def... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7676923 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a helicopter rotor fairing, and a fairing obtained thereby The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a tail structure for a rotary wing aircraft, the structure comprising: a tubular portion or duct (63) presenting two ends and including two collars or flanges (66, 70... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7672758 | Method and a device for assisting the piloting of a rotary wing aircraft in the vicinity of a landing or takeoff point The invention relates to a method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft in the vicinity of a landing or takeoff point, by: determining the locus of entry and/or exit points for a given approach and/or departure altitude that ar... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668639 | Method and apparatus for optimizing the performance envelope of an engine A method for doing an optimization of the performance envelope initially authorized for an existing rotorcraft engine (M) to enable the engine (M), to be used in an optimized performance envelope that is different from the performance envelope initially authorized f... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7662455 | Fabric prepreg by two distinct thermosetting matrixes The present invention relates to a preimpregnated main fabric (1′) provided with reinforcement (2) having a bottom face (F′) impregnated with a first thermosetting matrix (5) and a top face (F) impregnated with a second thermosetting matrix ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7641447 | Removable sensor support for a hollow-rotor helicopter The present invention relates to a support (20, 24, 26) for a stationary article surmounting a helicopter rotor (11), which support comprises a hollow structure presenting a longitudinal axis (25); the hollow structure comprises two hollow parts... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7631835 | Method of selectively decoupling solidborne noise, a laminated ball joint, a mechanical connection, and an aircraft Solidborne noise and vibration is decoupled in a rotary wing aircraft by a laminated ball joint (15) for a suspension bar (13) of a transmission gearbox, the ball joint including at least two damper layers (19) dedicated to a frequency band for ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631737 | Method and a system for setting into coincidence, a technique, a drive device, and an aircraft To achieve automatic setting into coincidence, the following are provided: a mechanical tension elements arranged to act on an upstream member (9) substantially along the axis (X) along which approach elements (13) ac... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7618326 | Coupling capable of accommodating large angular and axial displacements In the invention, a coupling device for interconnecting two substantially constant velocity systems or shafts (40, 41) includes two parallel plates (11, 12) united in their central region and forming a single part (10). ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618238 | Anti-impact shield for a mechanical part An anti-impact shield (50) for a mechanical part (22) of a rotorcraft, the mechanical part (22) having a central portion (221) together with first and second U-shaped ends (EX1, EX2) each having a bottom wall (225) an... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616130 | Method and a device for processing and displaying aircraft piloting information A method is provided for assisting the piloting of a rotorcraft in which vertical speed variation (DVZ) of the rotorcraft is determined as a function of a horizontal speed variation (DVH) of the aircraft and as a function of data representative of the power (W) abso... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7607892 | Rotorcraft rotor with blades hinged in flap and in lag The invention relates to a rotorcraft rotor comprising a hub and at least two blades hinged relative to the hub about respective pitch axes and about respective flap axes, and about respective lag axes; each blade is secured to a respective pitch lever; the rotor in... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7604460 | Rotorcraft rotors having twistable blades A rotorcraft rotor includes a hub , a first blade having a first twistable structure secured to the hub by a first bolt and a first ring or washer , a second blade having a second twistable structure secured to the hub by a second bolt and a second ring or washer. T... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7594796 | Rotorcraft blade provided with a tiltable flap and a fastener tongue The present invention relates to a rotorcraft rotor blade (1) that comprises at least one tiltable trailing-edge flap (5), said flap (5) being suitable for pivoting about a virtual hinge axis (Y′) extending substantially in the span direction ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7585151 | Rotorcraft blade provided with a flap that is tiltable with the help of at least one main ball joint having a first shaft that is secured to said flap The present invention relates to a rotorcraft rotor blade (1) having at least one trailing edge flap (5) that is tiltable, the flap (5) being suitable for pivoting about a virtual hinge axis (Y′) extending substantially along the span of the b... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7582032 | Anti-vibratory device with rotary compensation weights An anti-vibratory device with rotary compensation weights includes two sets of two identical rotors with respective eccentric compensation weights, the units being symmetrically disposed in relation to an axis of symmetry and the axes of rotation of the rotors being... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7578654 | Rotorcraft blade provided with a tiltable flap A rotorcraft rotor blade (1) includes at least one tiltable trailing-edge flap (5), the flap (5) being suitable for pivoting about a virtual hinge axis (Y′) extending substantially along the span of the blade (1) and of the flap (5 | 08/25/2009 |
| 7575193 | Anti-crash method and system, an undercarriage, and an aircraft An undercarriage (2) for an aircraft (1) includes anti-crash elements that are specific to a second stage of a crash after the end of a first stage. The undercarriage includes: a device for blocking a retraction actuator (6); a device for retain... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7565778 | Composite protection for revealing damage to a core in a vehicle such as an aircraft The composite structure for protecting a main core comprises a laminated surface covering having a rigid protective layer and an elastomeric member. A damage tell-tale is inserted between the rigid protective layer and the elastomeric member. The composite structure... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7561945 | Sum integration estimating of the vertical speed for a rotary wing aircraft A process and device for estimating the vertical speed of a rotary wing aircraft may include integrating the sum of: (1) a first component corresponding to a vertical acceleration measurement and (2) a second component obtained from the difference between: (a) a fir... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7559743 | Protection system, a bellows hinge, and an aircraft In order to protect a hinge, an elastomer confinement structure is provided presenting: upstream and downstream openings; a static cap; an upstream collar; and a hinge bellows. | 07/14/2009 |
| 7558653 | Autopilot system for a helicopter The present invention relates to an autopilot system for a rotary wing aircraft operating relative to at least two pilot axes, which system comprises, for each of the two axes, at least one servo-control relationship providing a respective initial control instructio... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7558652 | On-board system for constructing an aircraft track A system (20) on board or suitable for use on board an aircraft to define an aircraft track having a plurality of segments, the system includes a display unit (10) arranged to display an image (11) containing a representation of the footprint of... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7557721 | On-board thermostat and a system for detecting excess temperature The thermal detection and visual alarm unit includes a plurality of first expansion thermal detectors (17) with normally closed contacts that are connected in series with a first lamp (15) to form a first two-terminal circuit (21, 23), a plurali... | 07/07/2009 |
