Patents by Inventor Caroline Frantz

Caroline Frantz 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: 10677095
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lubrication device for a turbine engine, comprising an oil intake pipe (23) provided with a pump (24) for supplying oil and control means (25) located downstream from the supply pump (24), a supply pipe (26) intended for supplying oil to a member to be lubricated and a recirculation pipe (27), the control means (25) making it possible to direct all or part of the flow of oil from the intake pipe (23) towards the supply pipe (26) and/or towards the recirculation pipe (27), the pump (24) being driven by at least one rotary member of an accessory gearbox of the turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Jérémy Vielcanet, Caroline Frantz, David Simon
  • Patent number: 10273826
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lubrication device for a turbine engine, comprising an oil intake pipe (23) provided with a pump (24) for supplying oil and control means (30) located downstream from the supply pump (24), a supply pipe (26) intended for supplying oil to a member to be lubricated and a recirculation pipe (27) connected upstream from the supply pump (24), the control means (30) making it possible to direct all or part of the flow of oil from the intake pipe (23) towards the supply pipe (26) and/or towards the recirculation pipe (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jérémy Vielcanet, Caroline Frantz, Antoine Laigle
  • Patent number: 10018519
    Abstract: A method for estimating the temperature of the fuel entering a turbomachine injector, the turbomachine including engine spaces and an oil/fuel exchanger upstream of the injector, the engine spaces and the oil/fuel exchanger having oil passing through them, the oil/fuel exchanger having an efficiency, the engine spaces including a high-pressure spool, the method including (a) measuring the temperature of the oil entering the engine spaces; (b) measuring the rotational speed of the high-pressure spool; (c) calculating the temperature of the fuel leaving the oil/fuel exchanger using the temperature of the oil entering the engine spaces and the rotational speed of the high-pressure spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sébastien Gameiro, Caroline Frantz, Sophie Lauranne Mottet
  • Patent number: 9951651
    Abstract: A bearing, such as a rolling bearing, is mounted on a support mobile in translation and includes a lubrication mechanism. The lubrication mechanism includes at least one pipe delivering a lubricant, linked to a lubricant supply source, and at least partially engaging in the support mobile in translation to deliver the lubricant from the mobile support along an internal channel to the bearing, passing through an inner ring of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Caroline Frantz, Dominik Igel, Nadege Hugon, Augustin Curlier
  • Publication number: 20170198605
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lubrication device for a turbine engine, comprising an oil intake pipe (23) provided with a pump (24) for supplying oil and control means (25) located downstream from the supply pump (24), a supply pipe (26) intended for supplying oil to a member to be lubricated and a recirculation pipe (27), the control means (25) making it possible to direct all or part of the flow of oil from the intake pipe (23) towards the supply pipe (26) and/or towards the recirculation pipe (27), the pump (24) being driven by at least one rotary member of an accessory gearbox of the turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Jérémy VIELCANET, Caroline FRANTZ, David SIMON
  • Patent number: 9663218
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for controlling orientation of fan blades in a turbine engine including at least one set of adjustable pitch fan blades actuated by actuators that are connected to a hydraulic pump, and a small pitch protection valve controlled by an associated solenoid valve to make it possible on the ground, when the orientation of the blades is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the turbine engine, to pass from a first operating zone in which a speed of pitch variation of the blades is low to a second operating zone in which a speed of pitch variation is considerably higher, wherein operating pressure of the hydraulic pump is controlled by the solenoid valve controlling the small pitch protection valve to define two outlet levels corresponding to the two operating zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Caroline Frantz, Regis Michel Paul Deldalle
  • Publication number: 20160290162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lubrication device for a turbine engine, comprising an oil intake pipe (23) provided with a pump (24) for supplying oil and control means (30) located downstream from the supply pump (24), a supply pipe (26) intended for supplying oil to a member to be lubricated and a recirculation pipe (27) connected upstream from the supply pump (24), the control means (30) making it possible to direct all or part of the flow of oil from the intake pipe (23) towards the supply pipe (26) and/or towards the recirculation pipe (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Snecma
    Inventors: Jérémy Vielcanet, Caroline Frantz, Antoine Laigle
  • Patent number: 9200525
    Abstract: Turbomachine blade incidence control system including a fluidic cylinder with a first and a second chamber and having a pressurized fluid network adapted to selectively supply pressurized fluid to the first and/or the second chamber, the fluid network having one fluid routing device having a first normal position and a second protection position. The fluidic cylinder includes a fluid inlet positioned to be in fluid communication with the first chamber when the fluidic cylinder is in the blocked position, the routing device being adapted to set up a fluid communication between the inlet and the second chamber when it is in the protection position and to inhibit the fluid supply to the inlet when it is in the normal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Pascal Marly, Denis Louis Bocquet, Caroline Frantz, Gilles Le Gouellec
  • Publication number: 20150147178
    Abstract: A bearing, such as a rolling bearing, is mounted on a support mobile in translation and includes a lubrication mechanism. The lubrication mechanism includes at least one pipe delivering a lubricant, linked to a lubricant supply source, and at least partially engaging in the support mobile in translation to deliver the lubricant from the mobile support along an internal channel to the bearing, passing through an inner ring of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Caroline Frantz, Dominik Igel, Nadege Hugon, Augustin Curlier
  • Publication number: 20140193261
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for controlling orientation of fan blades in a turbine engine including at least one set of adjustable pitch fan blades actuated by actuators that are connected to a hydraulic pump, and a small pitch protection valve controlled by an associated solenoid valve to make it possible on the ground, when the orientation of the blades is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the turbine engine, to pass from a first operating zone in which a speed of pitch variation of the blades is low to a second operating zone in which a speed of pitch variation is considerably higher, wherein operating pressure of the hydraulic pump is controlled by the solenoid valve controlling the small pitch protection valve to define two outlet levels corresponding to the two operating zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Caroline Frantz, Regis Michel, Paul Deldalle
  • Publication number: 20140177670
    Abstract: A method for estimating the temperature of the fuel entering a turbomachine injector, the turbomachine including engine spaces and an oil/fuel exchanger upstream of the injector, the engine spaces and the oil/fuel exchanger having oil passing through them, the oil/fuel exchanger having an efficiency, the engine spaces including a high-pressure spool, the method including (a) measuring the temperature of the oil entering the engine spaces; (b) measuring the rotational speed of the high-pressure spool; (c) calculating the temperature of the fuel leaving the oil/fuel exchanger using the temperature of the oil entering the engine spaces and the rotational speed of the high-pressure spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sébastien Gameiro, Caroline Frantz, Sophie Lauranne Mottet