Patents by Inventor Alain Auguste Jacques Foucault

Alain Auguste Jacques Foucault has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7685828
    Abstract: A turbomachine comprising at least one Stirling cycle thermal engine which is mounted at the end of a radial arm of the exhaust casing and comprises a working chamber located outside the primary and secondary flows, a displacing piston associated with a moving element of an energy generation system, and two exchangers, heating and cooling, formed in parts of the radial arm respectively intercepting the primary flow and the secondary flow, these two exchangers communicating with each other and with the working chamber for the circulation of a working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Auguste Jacques Foucault, Etienne Juchauld, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20090058089
    Abstract: A turbomachine comprising at least one Stirling cycle thermal engine which is mounted at the end of a radial arm (36) of the exhaust casing (24) and comprises a working chamber (40) located outside the primary (B) and secondary (A) flows, a displacing piston (42) associated with a moving element (44) of an energy generation system, and two exchangers, heating (58) and cooling (62), formed in parts of the radial arm respectively intercepting the primary flow (B) and the secondary flow (A), these two exchangers (58, 62) communicating with each other and with the working chamber (40) for the circulation of a working fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Auguste Jacques FOUCAULT, Etienne JUCHAULD, Arnaud Jean-Marie PIERROT, Stephane ROUSSELIN