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).
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Patent number: 10677095Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Jérémy Vielcanet, Caroline Frantz, David Simon
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Patent number: 10273826Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Jérémy Vielcanet, Caroline Frantz, Antoine Laigle
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Patent number: 10018519Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Sébastien Gameiro, Caroline Frantz, Sophie Lauranne Mottet
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Patent number: 9951651Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Caroline Frantz, Dominik Igel, Nadege Hugon, Augustin Curlier
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Publication number: 20170198605Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Jérémy VIELCANET, Caroline FRANTZ, David SIMON
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Patent number: 9663218Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Caroline Frantz, Regis Michel Paul Deldalle
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Publication number: 20160290162Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: SnecmaInventors: Jérémy Vielcanet, Caroline Frantz, Antoine Laigle
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Patent number: 9200525Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Pascal Marly, Denis Louis Bocquet, Caroline Frantz, Gilles Le Gouellec
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Publication number: 20150147178Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Caroline Frantz, Dominik Igel, Nadege Hugon, Augustin Curlier
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Publication number: 20140193261Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Caroline Frantz, Regis Michel, Paul Deldalle
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Publication number: 20140177670Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Sébastien Gameiro, Caroline Frantz, Sophie Lauranne Mottet