Patents by Inventor Alexandre COUILLEAUX

Alexandre COUILLEAUX 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: 11326515
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement, in a pod of an aircraft propulsion assembly, for drawing in air and trapping foreign bodies. Said arrangement includes a main air inlet duct (11) separating into, on one hand, a channel (13) for leading air to a compressor and, on the other hand, a bypass channel (12) capable of trapping foreign bodies (5) that enter said main duct (11). Said arrangement comprises a heat exchanger (6) that extends along a section of the bypass channel (12). Said heat exchanger (6) carries out surface heat exchange along said section and is coupled with an external oil system in order to cool the oil thereof by heat exchange with the air (4) flowing in the bypass channel (12). Said bypass channel (12) has an air outlet (12a) acting as a means for discharging the foreign bodies (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Pouyau, Alexandre Couilleaux, Nicolas Sirvin
  • Patent number: 10167814
    Abstract: A turbine engine nozzle having confluent streams, the nozzle including a core cowl arranged around an annular central body and co-operating therewith to define a core annular channel for passing a flow of a core stream, the core stream on entry into the nozzle possessing an azimuth component driving residual gyratory movement of the core stream in two opposite gyratory flow directions corresponding to two operating speeds of the engine, the core cowl having an annular upstream portion that is extended downstream by an annular terminal portion having longitudinal cuts forming a plurality of flaps that overlap radially in pairs via their respective side edges in such a manner that, for each flap, one of the two side edges of the flap is positioned internally relative to the corresponding side edge of one of the adjacent flaps, while the other side edge of the flap is positioned externally relative to the corresponding side edge of the other adjacent flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Romain Ferrier, Alexandre Couilleaux, Jackie Raymond Julien Prouteau, Nicolas Sirvin
  • Publication number: 20170335766
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement, in a pod of an aircraft propulsion assembly, for drawing in air and trapping foreign bodies. Said arrangement includes a main air inlet duct (11) separating into, on one hand, a channel (13) for leading air to a compressor and, on the other hand, a bypass channel (12) capable of trapping foreign bodies (5) that enter said main duct (11). Said arrangement comprises a heat exchanger (6) that extends along a section of the bypass channel (12). Said heat exchanger (6) carries out surface heat exchange along said section and is coupled with an external oil system in order to cool the oil thereof by heat exchange with the air (4) flowing in the bypass channel (12). Said bypass channel (12) has an air outlet (12a) acting as a means for discharging the foreign bodies (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Guillaume POUYAU, Alexandre COUILLEAUX, Nicolas SIRVIN
  • Publication number: 20160237949
    Abstract: A turbine engine nozzle having confluent streams, the nozzle including a core cowl arranged around an annular central body and co-operating therewith to define a core annular channel for passing a flow of a core stream, the core stream on entry into the nozzle possessing an azimuth component driving residual gyratory movement of the core stream in two opposite gyratory flow directions corresponding to two operating speeds of the engine, the core cowl having an annular upstream portion that is extended downstream by an annular terminal portion having longitudinal cuts forming a plurality of flaps that overlap radially in pairs via their respective side edges in such a manner that, for each flap, one of the two side edges of the flap is positioned internally relative to the corresponding side edge of one of the adjacent flaps, while the other side edge of the flap is positioned externally relative to the corresponding side edge of the other adjacent flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Romain FERRIER, Alexandre COUILLEAUX, Jackie Raymond Julien PROUTEAU, Nicolas SIRVIN