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EUROCOPTER

373Patents
187Active
373Granted
52Portfolio score

Filing activity: Dec 13, 1995 → Mar 13, 2014 · 135 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6260793A Convertible aircraft with tilting rotors Performing Operations; Transporting 127 Expired
US6276633A Convertible aircraft with tilting rotors Performing Operations; Transporting 100 Expired
US6607161B1 Convertible aircraft with tilting rotors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US6031214A Device for heating an aerofoil Electricity 67 Expired
US8393519B2 Method of assembling metal parts by friction welding, with the welding temperature being controlled using thermally conductive elements Performing Operations; Transporting 63 Active
US5947418A Device for heating an aerofoil Performing Operations; Transporting 62 Expired
US6338455B1 Heating device with resistive elements for an aerodynamic profile Electricity 55 Expired
US6255584A Shielded bundle of electrical conductors and process for producing it Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US6032899A Blade pitch locking device for a main rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft Performing Operations; Transporting 47 Expired
US6000911A Blade with swept-back tip for the rotary wings of an aircraft Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US5971323A Resistive elements for heating an aerofoil, and device for heating an aerofoil incorporating such elements Performing Operations; Transporting 44 Expired
US8170728B2 Rotorcraft control system Physics 40 Active
US6045090A Device for reducing the vibrations generated by a lift rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US8181901B2 Fast hybrid helicopter with long range and proportional drive to the rotor and the propeller Performing Operations; Transporting 38 Active
US7720582B2 Active suspension method and apparatus for a rotary wing aircraft Performing Operations; Transporting 36 Active
US7791529B2 System for estimating the speed of an aircraft, and an application thereof to detecting obstacles Physics 33 Active
US6034531A Monitoring of the wear of sliding electrical contacts and its application to the state-dependent and/or predictive maintenance of a device having sliding electrical contacts Electricity 32 Expired
US8052094B2 Fast hybrid helicopter with long range with longitudinal trim control Performing Operations; Transporting 32 Active
US6712313B2 Constant velocity drive rotary-wing aircraft rotor with torque splitting differential Performing Operations; Transporting 31 Expired
US7188802B2 Convertible aircraft provided with two tilt fans on either side of the fuselage, and with a non-tilting fan inserted in the fuselage Performing Operations; Transporting 31 Expired
US6219597A Process and device for aiding the maintenance of a complex system, especially an aircraft Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Expired
US6036442A Device for folding of a helicopter rotor blade Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US6279704A Device for reducing the vibration generated on the structure of a rotary-wing aircraft Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US8113460B2 Fast hybrid helicopter with long range and an optimized lift rotor Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Active
US6195598A Power margin indicator for a rotary-wing aircraft, especially a helicopter Physics 26 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.