Patent assignee · FR · COMPANY

MESSIER-BUGATTI

113Patents
24Active
113Granted
46Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 13, 1990 → Dec 5, 2012 · 23 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5288037A Catch device for locking aircraft landing gear in the raised position Fixed Constructions 53 Expired
US5538117A Safety device for a system transported on board a vehicle, in particular an aircraft Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 47 Expired
US5219152A Adjustable-stroke spring and shock absorber device Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Expired
US5299761A Raisable landing gear having a shortenable leg Performing Operations; Transporting 43 Expired
US5417477A Method of controlling an electrohydraulic braking apparatus for an aircraft wheel set, and an apparatus for implementing said method Performing Operations; Transporting 40 Expired
US6183583A Method of manufacturing carbon-carbon composite brake disks Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 39 Expired
US5337976A Raisable landing gear for heavier-than-air aircraft, in particular for helicopters Performing Operations; Transporting 38 Expired
US5429323A Raisable undercarriage, in particular for a heavy transport aircraft Performing Operations; Transporting 37 Expired
US5217282A Device for controlled braking of a wheel train with temperature comparison Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 34 Expired
US5310140A Shock absorber for an aircraft landing gear leg Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US5397173A Electro-hydraulic braking system for the wheels of an aircraft Performing Operations; Transporting 31 Expired
US6811118B2 Latch device, in particular for latching an airplane landing gear or an airplane landing gear hatch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US6572371B1 Gas preheater and process for controlling distribution of preheated reactive gas in a CVI furnace for densification of porous annular substrates Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Expired
US5269481A Raisable landing gear fitted with a hinged side-brace having two alignments Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Expired
US6767602B1 Preparation of textile preforms for brake discs in composite material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6363593B1 Feeding a needling machine with a continuous spiral strip Textiles; Paper 24 Expired
US5158267A Aircraft shock absorber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5257840A Safety locking device having a rocking hook Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6446765B1 Device for fixing a ventilated brake disk axially on the hub of a motor vehicle wheel Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Expired
US5279480A Shock absorber for use in lowering aircraft landing gear Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 23 Expired
US6444347B1 Gas diffusion electrode and application to catalyzed electrochemical processes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US7802488B2 Telescopic actuator with a main rod and an auxiliary rod, and a method making use thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US6347440B1 Circular needling machine provided with a device for automatically removing preforms Textiles; Paper 19 Expired
US5992577A Arrangement of carbon brake disks for an aircraft brake unit and a method of assembling disks in such an arrangement Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Expired
US6367130B1 Smooth-table circular needling machine Textiles; Paper 17 Expired

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