Patents by Inventor Alain Bouron

Alain Bouron 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).

  • Publication number: 20070025855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the checking of turbomachine blades having a profile comprising a centerline, a suction face, a pressure face, a leading edge and a trailing edge, consisting in: measuring geometrical coordinates of a plurality of points located on the profile of at least one blade section; calculating at least one aerodynamic parameter of the blade section as a function of the measured coordinates; verifying whether the value of the calculated aerodynamic parameter departs from a validity range defined by a value of the nominal aerodynamic parameter of a reference blade and an associated tolerance; and validating the blade if the value of the aerodynamic parameter falls within the validity range or rejecting the blade if the value of the aerodynamic parameter lies outside the validity range. The present invention also relates to a computer program, which can be loaded directly into the memory of a computer, intended to implement the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Bouron, Jean-Francois Escuret, Didier Merville, Laurent Villaines
  • Patent number: 7004723
    Abstract: A device for controlling variable-pitch vanes in a turbomachine comprises links connecting the radial pivots of the vanes to radial fingers carried by semicircular elements and bridges of a control ring, the links being mounted in ball-and-socket manner on the radial fingers which are fixed to the control ring. This form of mounting enables all the vanes associated with the control ring to be set to the same angular pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Dominique Raulin, Fabrice Marois, Alain Chatel, Alain Bouron
  • Publication number: 20040208742
    Abstract: A device for controlling variable-pitch vanes in a turbomachine comprises links connecting the radial pivots of the vanes to radial fingers carried by semicircular elements and bridges of a control ring, the links being mounted in ball-and-socket manner on the radial fingers which are fixed to the control ring. This form of mounting enables all the vanes associated with the control ring to be set to the same angular pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Dominique Raulin, Fabrice Marois, Alain Chatel, Alain Bouron