IP Library Granted Patent US 12662240
Granted Patent B2
US 12662240 · App. 19/164,179 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Buoyancy system for an aircraft comprising roll stabilization means

Inventor: Eric Van-Thiel (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS
B64C25/56B64C27/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12662240
App. No.
19/164,179
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a buoyancy system, intended to be connected to a structure of an aircraft comprising roll stabilization means comprising at least one floating mat, intended to be deployed on a water surface to reduce a rolling motion of the aircraft.

Claims (10)

1 . A buoyancy system to be connected to a structure of an aircraft, the buoyancy system comprising roll stabilization means comprising at least one floating mat to be deployed on a water surface to reduce a rolling motion of the aircraft;

wherein the floating mat has a flexibility so as to allow the floating mat to follow a shape of the water surface.

2 . The buoyancy system according to claim 1 , wherein the stabilization means comprise at least one inflatable raft and wherein the floating mat is at least one constituent element of the raft.

3 . The buoyancy system according to claim 1 , wherein the floating mat is associated with at least one float of the buoyancy system.

4 . The buoyancy system according to claim 3 , wherein the floating mat is disposed on a distal side of the float.

5 . An aircraft equipped with a buoyancy system according to claim 1 .

6 . A buoyancy system to be connected to a structure of an aircraft, the buoyancy system comprising roll stabilization means comprising at least one floating mat to be deployed on a water surface to reduce a rolling motion of the aircraft;

wherein the floating mat is equipped with drag means intended to allow an increase in a drag force relative to the water.

7 . The buoyancy system according to claim 6 , wherein the drag means comprise at least one water pocket and/or a floating anchor.

8 . An aircraft equipped with a buoyancy system according to claim 6 .