Inventor · Aix-en-Provence, FR

Nicolas Certain

16Patents
5h-index
13Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 6, 1995 → Apr 25, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6036442A Device for folding of a helicopter rotor blade Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US5624232A Device for controlling the pitch of the blades of a rotorcraft rotor Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US5636970A Device for damping the drag of the blades of a rotor Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US6113352A Hingeless rotor with precompressed half-bearings supporting blade root oversleeves on torsionable blade root strips Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US6140720A Device for thermally protecting elastomeric components, system of such devices for the protection of a rotorcraft rotor in cold weather, and rotorcraft rotor equipped with such a system Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6164915A Simplified anti-vibration suspension device for a helicopter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6481965B2 Rotary-wing aircraft rotors with manually folding blades and electrical connection installation Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US10358232B2 Detecting that a rotorcraft is approaching a vortex domain, and signaling that detection Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US9394053B2 Aircraft having a cockpit with optimized outside visibility and a method of optimizing the outside visibility Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US10752342B2 Device for regulating the speed of rotation of a gas generator shaft of a rotorcraft turboshaft engine, a rotorcraft provided with such a device, and an associated method of regulation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US9728092B2 Method and a device for determining the wind speed to be taken into account in order to optimize the takeoff weight of an aircraft Physics 1 Active
US9415881B2 Rotorcraft having an airspeed sensor located at the top of a tail fin of the rotorcraft Physics 1 Active
US11203419B2 Device for regulating a setpoint for a speed of rotation of a rotorcraft rotor, a rotorcraft fitted with such a device, and an associated method of regulation Physics 0 Active
US9984581B2 Method and a system for assisting piloting to avoid an obstacle with a rotorcraft Physics 0 Active
US7530786B2 Method and a device for blocking the pitch of a foldable blade of a rotorcraft rotor Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US9815561B2 Device for regulating the speed of rotation of a rotorcraft rotor, a rotorcraft fitted with such a device, and an associated regulation method Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.