Patents Assigned to SAFRAN
  • Publication number: 20240151535
    Abstract: This inertial navigation unit comprises a navigation data acquisition unit (1) and a first navigation stage (2) capable of calculating hybrid navigation values by combining navigation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Yannick Foloppe, Benjamin Deleaux
  • Publication number: 20240151238
    Abstract: A device for centering and guiding a shaft of an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The device includes an outer ring of a rolling bearing extending about an axis and having orifices, an annular bearing support extending about the axis and at least partially about the ring, the support having orifices and a series of studs for connecting the ring to the support. The studs can be distributed about the axis and extend parallel to the axis. The ends of first studs can be engaged without clearance in the orifices, and ends of second studs can be engaged with clearances in the orifices of the ring and/or of the support, the clearances being configured so that the device has different stiffnesses in at least two directions perpendicular to the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Emmanuel Fabrice Marie BARET, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Alexandre Jean-Marie TAN-KIM
  • Publication number: 20240151474
    Abstract: A surface heat exchanger for an aircraft turbomachine includes a support wall, a panel parallel to the support wall, partitions connecting the wall to the panel to define channels in which an air flow flows, and fins situated in the channels. The panel has a central part parallel to the wall and a downstream part that is inclined with respect to the wall. An upstream end is connected to the central part and a downstream end is situated at a distance from the wall and delimits with the latter a main outlet of the channels. The downstream part has fixed flaps disposed one after another so as to delimit between one another additional outlets of the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Ephraïm TOUBIANA, Samer MAALOUF, Quentin HOLKA
  • Patent number: 11976570
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aeronautical part, such as, for example, a turbine blade or a distributor vane, which is used in aeronautics, comprising at least one reactive layer adapted to react with at least one CMAS compound, the reactive layer at least partially covering the environmental barrier, characterized in that the material of the reactive layer comprises at least one oxide of the formula A?4-xA?xB?2-yB?yO11-?, A? being selected from a rare earth, yttrium and scandium, A? being selected from a rare earth, yttrium, scandium and aluminum, B? being selected from tantalum and niobium, B? being selected from tantalum, niobium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, aluminum and cesium, wherein x and y are real numbers between 0 and 2 and 6 is a real number between ?1 and 2 and preferably between ?1 and 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Aurélien Joulia, Benjamin Dominique Roger Joseph Bernard, Luc Patrice Bianchi
  • Patent number: 11976786
    Abstract: An oil restrictor for emergency lubrication of a component for an aircraft turbine engine includes a metal cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis and configured to be housed in and shrink-fitted into a cylindrical bore of a part of the turbine engine. The restrictor further includes an integrated oil circuit enabling oil to pass through the restrictor along the axial extent thereof. The body is a one-piece body, and the circuit has at least two oil channels recessed on an outer cylindrical surface of the body and extending around and/or along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Patrice Jocelyn Francis Gedin
  • Patent number: 11976567
    Abstract: A blade for a turbomachine fan, the blade being made from a composite material containing a plurality of longitudinal conductive fibres embedded in an electrically non-conductive matrix, the blade having at least one fastening region to which an identification medium for identifying the blade is fastened, the fastening region containing longitudinal fibres oriented along a preferred fibre axis, the identification medium contains an item of identification data for identifying the blade and at least one radio antenna having at least one communication lobe configured so as to receive a read request and transmit the item of identification data in return, the communication lobe being oriented along a radio axis that is angularly offset from the preferred fibre axis by less than 45°, preferably by less than 22.5°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Tony Alain Roger Joël Lhommeau, Dimitri Germinal Soteras, Clément René Roger Sirot, Alain Laurent Christian Vitalis
  • Patent number: 11975844
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aircraft seat unit comprising a main seat, and a companion seat, the main seat and the companion seat facing each other, wherein the companion seat comprises a seat pan, providing a seat pan surface, and a moveable seat element, the moveable seat element being moveable in relation to the seat pan between a stowed position, in which the companion seat provides an additional support surface for a main passenger in the main seat, and a deployed position, in which the moveable seat element provides a backrest surface for a companion passenger in the companion seat. The invention also provides a method of deploying and a method of stowing a companion seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Seats GB Limited
    Inventor: James Woodington
  • Patent number: 11975839
    Abstract: Described are privacy screens and privacy assemblies for passenger seats including a frame defining a perimeter of the privacy screen and shaped to partially wrap around a portion of a passenger seat, a textile shell connected with and surrounding the frame, and a sound-absorbing layer positioned within the frame and surrounded by the textile shell for conferring physical, visual, and sound privacy for an occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventor: Arthur Glain
  • Patent number: 11975822
    Abstract: A method of determining a service interval for an actuator of a landing gear assembly is suitable for used with a landing gear assembly in which the actuator positions the landing gear assembly between a stowed position and a deployed position. The method includes the steps of determining an actuator travel value for a time interval and increasing a total actuator accumulated travel value by the actuator travel value for the time interval. The method further includes the step of comparing the total actuator accumulated travel value to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Safran Landing Systems, Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Ellis, Graeme Peter Arthur Klim, Aakash Gohil, Pierrick Géraud Alexandre Lemonnier, Leszek Marian Dacko
  • Patent number: 11975843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly of individual seats intended to be installed in an aircraft cabin, the assembly comprising: —a first seat and a second seat, a central console arranged between the first seat and the second seat, the central console comprising a first foot area and a second foot area extending in two opposite directions, —a seat surface width of the first seat being smaller in a portion of the seat opposite the second foot area in relation to a width of a portion of the seat surface opposite the first foot area so as to increase a space between the seat surface of the first seat and the second foot area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Seats
    Inventors: Franck Jasny, Charles Ehrmann, Laurent Ligonniere, Daniele Guerra, Blong Siong
  • Patent number: 11975842
    Abstract: Described are torque bearing assemblies for passenger seats. A torque bearing attachment (122, 222, 322, 422) includes an elongated body having a forward edge configured to mate with an aft end (140) of a seat bottom pan (120), and first and second side edges having attachment elements (136) for connecting the assembly with a passenger seat frame (108). The first and second side edges can be positioned orthogonal to the forward edge and at opposite ends of the elongated body with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Charles Michael Parker, Reza Mansouri, Gokul Ramarathnam, Romain Tranier
  • Patent number: 11975383
    Abstract: A moulding device (1) for moulding a material around a core (2), comprising a hollow moulding enclosure (3) suitable for receiving the core (2), and means for controlling the shape of the core (2) in the hollow enclosure (3), the control means comprising means for deforming the core (2). The control means further comprise force control means and a control unit (8) suitable for actuating the deformation means in accordance with information provided by the force control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: David Grange, Ramzi Bohli
  • Publication number: 20240140594
    Abstract: A landing gear assembly for a vehicle, such as a helicopter, includes a linkage coupled to the vehicle and configured to reciprocate between a stowed position and a deployed position. A shock strut forms a part of the linkage. The landing gear assembly further includes a side brace having a first end coupled to the linkage and a second end coupled to the vehicle. The side brace provides a driving force that reciprocates the linkage between the stowed and deployed position. The side brace includes an energy attenuation system that dissipates energy when a compressive load on the side brace exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS CANADA INC.
    Inventor: Michael SACCOCCIA
  • Publication number: 20240140597
    Abstract: A main fitting includes an elongate piston and a cylinder configured to slidingly receive the piston. A first end of the piston extends from a first end of the cylinder, and a second end of the piston extends from a second end of the cylinder. The first end of the cylinder comprises a bearing surface engaging the piston to limit translation of the piston relative to the cylinder to a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Zoran PASIC, Michael SACCOCCIA, Randy LEE
  • Publication number: 20240145191
    Abstract: This bistable switch (24) is intended to be fitted in an aircraft and comprises a frame (26) and a control means (34, 94) which is intended to be operated by a user, the control means (34, 94) being movable relative to the frame (26) between a first control position and a second control position. This switch (24) comprises a leaf spring (52) which is mechanically connected to the frame (26) and to the control means (34, 94), the leaf spring (52) being arranged in a buckling state and being configured to switch between the two control positions in each of its two stable buckling positions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventor: Hector Morinet
  • Publication number: 20240141852
    Abstract: A rear portion of a convergent-divergent nozzle turbojet engine includes a device for controlling the position of a divergent flap relative to that of a convergent flap, including a first connecting rod having a first end portion hinged to the convergent flap and an opposite second end portion, a second connecting rod having a first end portion hinged to the divergent flap and an opposite second end portion, and a third connecting rod having a first end portion hinged to a synchronization ring and an opposite second end portion. The second end portion of the first connecting rod is hinged to the second end portion of the second connecting rod and/or to the second end portion of the third connecting rod, and the second end portion of the third connecting rod is hinged to the second end portion of the second connecting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Thierry KOHN, Dimitri Thomas KRAJKA
  • Publication number: 20240141917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blade comprising: a structure of aerodynamic profile comprising two mutually opposite skins; and a spar comprising a fibrous reinforcement obtained by three-dimensional weaving and densified by the matrix, the spar comprising a blade root portion extending outside the structure of aerodynamic profile and an airfoil portion arranged inside the structure of aerodynamic profile between the two skins. Moreover, within the blade root portion, the fibrous reinforcement of the spar comprises a non-debound region and at least two debound regions extending radially from the non-debound region so as to form at least four separate branches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventor: Vincent JOUDON
  • Patent number: 11970261
    Abstract: Aircraft comprising a primary propeller driven in rotation by a motor, the motor having a first assembly and a second assembly movable in rotation relative to each other along an axis of rotation, the primary propeller being secured in rotation to one of said first assembly and second assembly, the first assembly and the second assembly being movable in translation relative to each other along a direction of translation defined by the axis of rotation, between a rest position and a service position, characterized in that said aircraft comprises a locking system, comprising a housing and an indexing element, the housing being formed in one among the first assembly and the second assembly, the indexing element being secured to the other among the first assembly and the second assembly, the locking system having an engaged configuration in which the indexing element is at least partially inserted into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Jacques Eche, Yann Tondriaux
  • Patent number: 11970983
    Abstract: An arrangement for an aircraft turbine engine, including a shaft and a follower element rotatably coupled to the shaft by a spline connection, the arrangement including upstream and downstream connections for radially centring the follower element relative to the shaft; means for spraying a lubricant into a collection cavity; a passage for receiving lubricant, which passage opens into the collection cavity and into a cavity for lubricating the splines which is partially defined by the upstream and downstream radial centring connections; and a passage for discharging lubricant, which passage opens into the cavity for lubricating the splines and outside the arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Matthieu Bruno François Foglia, Serge René Morreale, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11970133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety belt, which is in particular intended to be installed in an aircraft seat, comprising: a closing loop comprising a male element and a female element, a first strap which is connected to the male element and a second strap which is connected to the female element, the first strap and the second strap being capable of being attached together by means of the closing loop, which can change from an open state to a closed state through cooperation between the male element and the female element, the safety belt further comprising: a system for detecting that the safety belt is in the closed stated, the system being capable of generating an information item relating to a closed state of the safety belt, and a system for detecting that the safety belt is in a mechanically tensioned state, said system being capable of generating an information item relating to a mechanically tensioned state of at least one strap of the safety belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Seats
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Obadia, Lisandre Marcovici-Soulage, Léo Pouy