Patents by Inventor Alain Garassino

Alain Garassino 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: 6666014
    Abstract: A fuel injection system in a turbomachine, the system comprising a high pressure pump for pressurizing the fuel coming from a fuel tank to a high pressure P1, a plurality of fuel injectors disposed in a combustion chamber of the turbomachine, and a metering unit interposed between said high pressure pump and said plurality of injectors to control the rate at which fuel flows into the injectors from the high pressure pump, wherein said metering unit comprises a pressurization valve piloted to occupy two pressure levels by means of a metering valve fed with fuel from said high pressure pump. A solenoid stop valve for acting on the pressurization valve is also provided to interrupt the feed of fuel to the injectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Claude Maillard, David Maillard, Alain Garassino
  • Patent number: 6578353
    Abstract: In a turbomachine whose speed of rotation is controlled by means of a throttle control lever acting via an electronic control circuit, a system is provided to provide protection against excess speed, the system comprising means for limiting the fuel feed of the turbomachine to a predetermined fixed flow rate Wps when the speed of rotation exceeds an authorized maximum speed, means for maintaining said fuel feed at said predetermined fixed flow rate while the speed of rotation drops below the authorized maximum speed, and means for reducing said fuel speed to a flow rate Wr corresponding to an idling speed when the throttle control lever issues an idling control to the turbomachine via the electronic control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: David Maillard, Alain Garassino, Claude Maillard, Caroline Dessenne, Isabelle Vegiotti
  • Publication number: 20020078678
    Abstract: A fuel injection system in a turbomachine, the system comprising a high pressure pump for pressurizing the fuel coming from a fuel tank to a high pressure P1, a plurality of fuel injectors disposed in a combustion chamber of the turbomachine, and a metering unit interposed between said high pressure pump and said plurality of injectors to control the rate at which fuel flows into the injectors from the high pressure pump, wherein said metering unit comprises a pressurization valve piloted to occupy two pressure levels by means of a metering valve fed with fuel from said high pressure pump. A solenoid stop valve for acting on the pressurization valve is also provided to interrupt the feed of fuel to the injectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Claude Maillard, David Maillard, Alain Garassino
  • Publication number: 20020078693
    Abstract: In a turbomachine whose speed of rotation is controlled by means of a throttle control lever acting via an electronic control circuit, a system is provided to provide protection against excess speed, the system comprising means for limiting the fuel feed of the turbomachine to a predetermined fixed flow rate Wps when the speed of rotation exceeds an authorized maximum speed, means for maintaining said fuel feed at said predetermined fixed flow rate while the speed of rotation drops below the authorized maximum speed, and means for reducing said fuel speed to a flow rate Wr corresponding to an idling speed when the throttle control lever issues an idling control to the turbomachine via the electronic control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: David Maillard, Alain Garassino, Claude Maillard, Caroline Dessenne, Isabelle Vegiotti