Company patents
RATIER-FIGEAC SAS
RATIER-FIGEAC SAS's patent strategy is heavily concentrated in aerospace, with "Aircraft & Aerodynamics" representing 58.6% of its portfolio and experiencing a significant surge in 2025 with 24 patents (YoY +118.2%), suggesting a strong and renewed focus in this core area. Surprisingly, despite this aerospace emphasis, the company shows a clear decline in several manufacturing-related categories, such as "Couplings & Brakes (Mechanical)" which saw a -66.7% YoY decline in 2025 and no patents so far in 2026, indicating a shifting priority away from these mechanical components.
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Yearly patent publications since 2023
Product themes
Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.
87 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 21 themes
Design and control of electromechanical or hydraulic actuators for moving aircraft components like wing tips, control surfaces, or landing gear, often focusing on efficiency, redundancy, or specific operational profiles.
Systems and methods for ensuring robust and reliable aircraft control, often involving multiple control computers, adaptive control laws, or sophisticated pilot input interfaces, especially in the presence of failures or environmental disturbances.
Integration of electric motors, power generation, and distribution systems for propelling aircraft, including components for coupling motors to propellers and managing electrical power.
Methods and components for converting power into mechanical motion to drive pump mechanisms, encompassing electric motors, hydraulic actuators, and specialized motion converters like ball screws or solenoids.
Mechanisms that convert rotational input (typically from an electric motor) into precise linear output motion, often employing screw-nut assemblies, ball screws, or cam-follower systems for various applications.
Actuators, control, and components for converting electrical energy into braking force, often involving motors, spindles, and friction elements, particularly for vehicle applications.
Systems and methods utilizing sensors and control logic to detect, measure, and report the wear status of brake components, enabling predictive maintenance or safety alerts.
Assemblies and components designed for reliable and efficient transfer of rotational or axial forces between mechanical parts, accommodating misalignment or specific motion profiles.
Focuses on the development and application of novel materials, coatings, and manufacturing processes to improve the performance, durability, and cost-effectiveness of turbine engine components.
Technologies for detecting operational parameters, monitoring component health, and diagnosing malfunctions in aircraft using various sensors and data analysis, often employing AI/ML.
Methods and devices that determine the position, angle, or distance of an object by detecting changes in magnetic fields or inductive coupling.
Novel designs or control strategies for clutches, including one-way, centrifugal, or disconnect types, to manage torque transmission in powertrains and other mechanical systems.
Utilizes optical fibers, often incorporating Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG), to detect changes in strain, pressure, or temperature based on modifications to light signals (e.g., wavelength shifts, phase changes) transmitted through the fiber.
Sensors that quantify strain or deformation by measuring the change in electrical resistance of a material, such as a semiconductor film or conductive layers, as it undergoes mechanical stress.
Systems and methods for real-time or periodic assessment of turbine engine health, including detection of wear, damage, unbalance, or deterioration, to enable predictive maintenance and extend operational life.
Design and implementation of capacitive sensors, including methods for improving accuracy, reducing power consumption, compensating for environmental variations (like temperature), and analyzing complex displacement interactions.
Novel configurations and materials for gears and drivetrain components, including specialized profiles, self-aligning features, damping elements, and complex gear train arrangements like planetary, cycloidal, or strain wave gearing.
Designs and components for efficiently supplying, collecting, and managing lubricants (oil, grease) within gearboxes and transmissions to reduce friction, dissipate heat, and extend component operational life.
Systems and sensors designed to measure the pressure difference between two distinct points or to capture rapid, transient pressure fluctuations in fluid or gas systems, often using diaphragms or pistons.
Systems and methods that utilize optical fibers as sensing elements or for transmitting sensing signals, often for distributed monitoring of environmental conditions, phase changes, or integrating sensing with communication.
Integration of optical sensors, particularly for biometrics or other surface interactions, beneath a display or protective cover, requiring specialized optical paths, illumination, and packaging.
Patents
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Electric Propulsion Systems