Patents by Inventor Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI

Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI 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: 11873729
    Abstract: A turbofan engine has a primary duct, in which there flows a primary flow at a primary pressure and a secondary duct, which radially surrounds the primary duct and in which there flows a secondary flow at a secondary pressure. The primary duct includes at least one compressor configured to compress the primary flow, a turbine driving the compressor in rotation and a combustion chamber designed to receive, at an inlet, the primary air flow compressed by the compressor. The turbomachine further includes a cooling circuit extending between the compressor and the turbine. The cooling circuit has an air flow rate regulating device arranged upstream of the turbine and having at least one valve that is configured to move between an open position and a closed position, located between the compressor and the combustion chamber in the primary duct and the pressure (PS) in the secondary duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Thaïs Savanah Liliane Marie Smeets, Didier Jean-Louis Yvon, Frédéric François Jean-Yves Patard
  • Patent number: 11808212
    Abstract: A drive shaft of an aircraft turbine engine includes a first portion and a second portion, and connecting means connecting the first and second portions and being configured to transmit a torque from the second portion to the first portion. The connecting means has at least one bellows with a first section having a diameter greater than the diameters of the first and second portions and second sections flanking the first section. The first section includes at least one fusible section with at least one through-hole and being configured to break when the value of a torque applied to the first portion exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier
  • Patent number: 11719329
    Abstract: A reducing assembly includes a planet carrier that is flexible and fixed, borne by a casing which surrounds it by two distinct connections with this casing, with a device for applying a torsional prestress to the planet carrier between these two connections. Prestressing the flexible planet carrier makes it possible to limit its level of mechanical stress when it is in service, in order to simplify its design and dimensioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 11661970
    Abstract: A shaft assembly (22, 32) for an aircraft turbine engine (1), comprising a first outer shaft (32) and a second inner shaft (22), the first outer shaft being intended to be engaged axially on the second shaft and comprising inner longitudinal splines (34) for coupling with outer longitudinal splines (24) of the second shaft, characterised in that, when the first and second shafts are in the coupling position, the inner and outer splines are engaged in one another and cooperate with each other in an axial coupling area (Z), the inner and outer teeth being situated outside this coupling area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak
  • Publication number: 20230107761
    Abstract: A turbofan engine has a primary duct , in which there flows a primary flow at a primary pressure and a secondary duct, which radially surrounds the primary duct and in which there flows a secondary flow at a secondary pressure. The primary duct includes at least one compressor configured to compress the primary flow , a turbine driving the compressor in rotation and a combustion chamber designed to receive, at an inlet, the primary air flow compressed by the compressor The turbomachine further includes a cooling circuit extending between the compressor and the turbine.The cooling circuit has an air flow rate regulating device arranged upstream of the turbine and having at least one valve that is configured to move between an open position and a closed position, located between the compressor and the combustion chamber in the primary duct and the pressure (PS) in the secondary duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Thaïs Savanah Liliane Marie SMEETS, Didier Jean-Louis YVON, Frédéric François Jean-Yves PATARD
  • Patent number: 11506130
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine with a reduction gear has a first shaft and a second shaft having one same axis of rotation, the second shaft being rotationally driven by the first shaft via the reduction gear, the first shaft having elastically deformable means having bellows section(s) and being connected to the reduction gear by a connecting system likewise having elastically deformable means involving a hairpin or bellows section(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Alexandre Jean-Marie Tan-Kim, Nicolas Auguste Marcel Pommier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
  • Patent number: 11371384
    Abstract: A turbine engine including a fan shaft driven by a turbine shaft with a rotational speed reduction device. A decoupling element is interposed between the reduction device and the fan shaft which operates to decouple the reduction device and the fan shaft. The reduction device is coupled to the fan shaft by a coupling having trapezoidal teeth of the curvic type which are used during the said decoupling operation. The decoupling element is configured to decouple the reduction device and the fan shaft in response to a predetermined resistive torque, referred to as the decoupling torque, which acts between the fan shaft and the reduction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Didier Jean-Louis Yvon
  • Patent number: 11352906
    Abstract: Dynamic sealing device for an aircraft turbomachine, comprising two rotors (3, 8) which are configured to rotate about the one same axis (A) and different speeds, the said rotors extending at least in part around one another and dynamic sealing means (14) being mounted between the said rotors, characterized in that: —the said sealing means comprise annular rings (38) extending about the said axis, these rings being mounted with the ability to slide on a first (3) of the said rotors, in a radial direction with respect to the said axis, and being able to bear radially via their external periphery against a second (8) of the said rotors which at least partially surrounds the said first rotor, and in that it further comprises: —oil discharge means comprising an annular cavity (44) formed in the said second rotor, the said annular cavity opening radially towards the inside in the vicinity of the said sealing means and being in fluidic communication with oil passage ports (45) formed in the bottom of the cavity and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Arnaud Nicolas Negri
  • Publication number: 20220154815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reducing assembly (26) comprising a planet carrier (27) that is flexible and fixed, borne by a casing (32) which surrounds it by means of two distinct connections with this casing (32), with means (44) for applying a torsional prestress to the planet carrier (27) between these two connections. Prestressing the flexible planet carrier (27) makes it possible to limit its level of mechanical stress when it is in service, in order to simplify its design and dimensioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri PATSOURIS
  • Publication number: 20220145805
    Abstract: A drive shaft of an aircraft turbine engine includes a first portion and a second portion, and connecting means connecting the first and second portions and being configured to transmit a torque from the second portion to the first portion. The connecting means has at least one bellows with a first section having a diameter greater than the diameters of the first and second portions and second sections flanking the first section. The first section includes at least one fusible section with at least one through-hole and being configured to break when the value of a torque applied to the first portion exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER
  • Patent number: 11230978
    Abstract: Aircraft turbine engine, including at least one first compressor, an annular combustion chamber and at least one first turbine, which define a first flow duct for a primary flow. Between the combustion chamber and the first turbine is a device for discharging at least part of the primary flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Rolland Brault, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Nathalie Nowakowski, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier
  • Patent number: 11220929
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine has a longitudinal axis A and includes a reduction gear, at least one turbine shaft, an upstream end of which is connected to an input shaft of a reduction gear, a fan, one shaft of which is connected to an output shaft of the reduction gear, and dynamic sealing means between said reduction gear input shaft and the fan shaft. The sealing means includes an annular cowling, the axial cross-section of which is substantially U-shaped An outer annular leg of the annular cowling is fastened to the fan shaft, and an inner annular leg supports at least one annular sealing joint that cooperates with the reduction gear input shaft. The cowling is elastically deformable in the radial direction in relation to the axis A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri
  • Patent number: 11156108
    Abstract: A vane (1) for a turbomachine rotor having a first blade (2) and a second blade (3). A platform (4) forms an angular wall sector in an axial direction (X), with the two blades (2, 3) connected to the platform (4). Two individual supports (12, 13), extend from the platform (4), and bear an attachment member (16, 17) at an end opposite the platform (4). The attachment member extends parallel to the axial direction (X) and has at least one surface (S1, S2) facing the platform (4) with a constant cross-sectional profile perpendicular to the axial direction (X) to form a bearing surface for retaining the vane (1) in a radial direction (R) oriented from the platform to the blades (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Arnaud Nicolas Negri
  • Patent number: 11125318
    Abstract: The invention concerns a power transmission system of a turbomachine, comprising: a speed reducer (12) comprising a sun gear (15) rotationally secured to a power shaft (5) with a longitudinal axis, an outer ring gear (18) rotating a rotor shaft along the longitudinal axis, and a planet carrier (17), and a device (40) for recovering oil ejected by centrifugal effect and comprising an annular gutter (41) for recovering the ejected oil, the gutter being attached to a fixed annular housing (26) and having a recovery chamber (42) and a first wall portion (43) disposed at least partially facing oil ejection means (30) of the speed reducer for directing the oil to the recovery chamber. According to the invention, the recovery chamber is provided with an inlet opening (45) directed radially outwardly and defined in a plane radially lower than a plane where an outlet port (33) of the ejection means is defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Fabrice Joel Luc Chevillot, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 11053852
    Abstract: A multi-flow turbojet engine generally includes an upstream ducted fan driven by a gas generator, the gas generator having a first and a second compressor, which are coaxial, an inlet case forming a support for the rotors of the upstream ducted fan and of the first compressor, an inter-compressor case downstream of the inlet casing and forming a support for the rotors of the second compressor, attachment means for thrust take-up rods, which attachment means are arranged on the inter-compressor case. The turbojet engine includes at least one axial stress transmission rod for connecting the inlet case to the inter-compressor case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Publication number: 20210164350
    Abstract: A shaft assembly (22, 32) for an aircraft turbine engine (1), comprising a first outer shaft (32) and a second inner shaft (22), the first outer shaft being intended to be engaged axially on the second shaft and comprising inner longitudinal splines (34) for coupling with outer longitudinal splines (24) of the second shaft, characterised in that, when the first and second shafts are in the coupling position, the inner and outer splines are engaged in one another and cooperate with each other in an axial coupling area (Z), the inner and outer teeth being situated outside this coupling area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Guillaume Patrice KUBIAK
  • Patent number: 10975725
    Abstract: A turbofan including a low-pressure shaft; a high-pressure shaft; a fan shaft; a reducing mechanism that couples the low-pressure shaft to the fan shaft; and a maximum of six chambers that accommodate the bearings of the low-pressure shaft, the bearings of the high-pressure shaft and the bearings of the fan as well as the reducing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Jeremy Dievart, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10968770
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan driven by a fan shaft and retractable axial retainer of the shaft mounted on a stator element and movable between a first operational position and a second non-operational position. The retractable axial retainer may include a fluid supply configured for supplying at least one cavity with fluid. In some examples, the retractable axial retainer is mounted movably or slidingly so as to generate movement of the retractable axial retainer between the operation and non-operational positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri
  • Publication number: 20210087947
    Abstract: Dynamic sealing device for an aircraft turbomachine, comprising two rotors (3, 8) which are configured to rotate about the one same axis (A) and different speeds, the said rotors extending at least in part around one another and dynamic sealing means (14) being mounted between the said rotors, characterized in that:—the said sealing means comprise annular rings (38) extending about the said axis, these rings being mounted with the ability to slide on a first (3) of the said rotors, in a radial direction with respect to the said axis, and being able to bear radially via their external periphery against a second (8) of the said rotors which at least partially surrounds the said first rotor, and in that it further comprises:—oil discharge means comprising an annular cavity (44) formed in the said second rotor, the said annular cavity opening radially towards the inside in the vicinity of the said sealing means and being in fluidic communication with oil passage ports (45) formed in the bottom of the cavity and p
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI
  • Publication number: 20210087977
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine with a reduction gear has a first shaft and a second shaft having one same axis of rotation, the second shaft being rotationally driven by the first shaft via the reduction gear, the first shaft having elastically deformable means having bellows section(s) and being connected to the reduction gear by a connecting system likewise having elastically deformable means involving a hairpin or bellows section(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Alexandre Jean-Marie Tan-Kim, Nicolas Auguste Marcel Pommier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault