Patents by Inventor David Locatelli

David Locatelli 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: 10717128
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal component using lost-wax casting is provided. The component is made of, for example, nickel alloy, with a columnar or monocrystalline structure with at least one cavity of elongate shape. The method includes creating a wax model of the component with a ceramic core corresponding to the cavity, creating a shell mold around the model, placing the mold in a furnace, with the base standing on the sole of the furnace, pouring molten alloy into the shell mold, solidifying the poured metal by gradual cooling from the sole in a direction of propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Yvan Rappart, Christelle Berthelemy, Benoît Georges Jocelyn Marie, David Locatelli, Sébastien Digard Brou De Cuissart
  • Patent number: 10328485
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of casting, and more particularly to a method of producing a ceramic core (1) for casting, said core (1) presenting a shape that includes at least a first lateral protuberance (11), and the method comprising at least a step of injecting a paste comprising a ceramic granulate and a polymer binder into a mold cavity In order to form a part (10) presenting a shape corresponding to the shape of the core (1) together with at least one additional lateral protuberance (15) adjacent to said first lateral protuberance (11), a step of firing the part (10), and a step of eliminating said additional lateral protuberance (15) from the part (10) after said firing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Claude Baldassari, David Locatelli, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Patent number: 10132171
    Abstract: A rotor disk blade for a turbine engine, the blade being made of composite material including fiber reinforcement obtained by multilayer weaving of yarns and densified by a matrix. The blade has a portion constituting an airfoil and a blade root forming a single piece, the blade root having two substantially plane opposite lateral flanks that are formed respectively extending the pressure side surface and the suction side surface of the airfoil. The blade root is clamped between two metal plates fastened against the lateral flanks of the blade root by a bolt and a nut passing through the plates and the blade root. The bolt has a head bearing against one of the two plates. The nut has a head bearing against the other plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: SAFRAN CERAMICS, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: David Locatelli, Clement Roussille, Ivan Herraiz
  • Publication number: 20170274445
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of casting, and more particularly to a method of producing a ceramic core (1) for casting, said core (1) presenting a shape that includes at least a first lateral protuberance (11), and the method comprising at least a step of injecting a paste comprising a ceramic granulate and a polymer binder into a mold cavity In order to form a part (10) presenting a shape corresponding to the shape of the core (1) together with at least one additional lateral protuberance (15) adjacent to said first lateral protuberance (11), a step of firing the part (10), and a step of eliminating said additional lateral protuberance (15) from the part (10) after said firing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice TRUELLE, Claude BALDASSARI, David LOCATELLI, Daniel QUACH, Jean-Louis Martial VERGER
  • Patent number: 9731350
    Abstract: A foundry method of casting monocrystalline metal parts, the method including at least casting a molten alloy into a cavity of a mold through at least one casting channel in the mold, subjecting the alloy to heat treatment, and removing the mold, and wherein the heat treatment is performed before an end of mold removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Celine Yanxi Chan, Benoit Georges Jocelyn Marie, David Locatelli
  • Publication number: 20160108744
    Abstract: A rotor disk blade for a turbine engine, the blade being made of composite material including fiber reinforcement obtained by multilayer weaving of yarns and densified by a matrix. The blade has a portion constituting an airfoil and a blade root forming a single piece, the blade root having two substantially plane opposite lateral flanks that are formed respectively extending the pressure side surface and the suction side surface of the airfoil. The blade root is clamped between two metal plates fastened against the lateral flanks of the blade root by a bolt and a nut passing through the plates and the blade root. The bolt has a head bearing against one of the two plates. The nut has a head bearing against the other plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicants: HERAKLES, SNECMA
    Inventors: David LOCATELLI, Clement ROUSSILLE, Ivan HERRAIZ
  • Publication number: 20150352634
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal component using the lost-wax casting method is provided. The component is made of nickel alloy, with a columnar or monocrystalline structure with at least one cavity of elongate shape. The method includes creating a wax model of the component with a ceramic core corresponding to said cavity, the ceramic core comprising a first land for holding at one longitudinal end and a second land for holding at the opposite end, creating a shell mold around the model, the mold comprising a base and the first land of the core being at the same end as the base, placing the mold in a furnace, with the base standing on the sole of the furnace, pouring the said molten alloy into the shell mold, solidifying the poured metal by gradual cooling from the sole in a direction of propagation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Yvan Rappart, Christelle Berthelemy, Benoît Georges Jocelyn Marie, David Locatelli, Sébastien Digard Brou De Cuissart
  • Publication number: 20140193291
    Abstract: A foundry method of casting monocrystalline metal parts, the method including at least casting a molten alloy into a cavity of a mold through at least one casting channel in the mold, subjecting the alloy to heat treatment, and removing the mold, and wherein the heat treatment is performed before an end of mold removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Celine Yanxi Chan, Benoit Georges Jocelyn Marie, David Locatelli
  • Patent number: 8387395
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber for a turbomachine is disclosed. The chamber includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a chamber end wall disposed between the inner and outer walls in the upstream region of the chamber. The chamber end wall presents an outer fastener rim and/or an inner fastener rim, and the outer and/or inner wall presents a respective upstream fastener rim. The chamber end wall and the outer and/or inner wall are fastened together via their fastener rims. Cooling channels are made between the fastener rims and open out to the inside of the combustion chamber. Advantageously, a spacer is placed between the fastener rims, and the channels are formed in the thickness or in the sides of the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrice Andre Commaret, Jean-Michel Serge Marcel Duret, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli
  • Patent number: 8037691
    Abstract: A deflector takes the form of a plate provided with a hole. The plate is a portion of a conical surface of revolution about a cone axis with a concave face and a convex face. The plate includes a contour with four sides. Two of these the sides are concentric circular arcs centered on the cone axis. The other two sides are segments of generatrices of the cone which connect the first sides. The invention is applicable to a deflector of a chamber endwall of a combustion chamber of a turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrice Andre Commaret, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli
  • Patent number: 8015707
    Abstract: A welded assembly of combustion chamber elements is disclosed. Two subassemblies of the combustion chamber are fabricated by butt-welding, and a first subassembly has an intermediate connection ring welded thereto suitable for performing final welding with the second subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: David Locatelli, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, Patrick Audin
  • Patent number: 7971439
    Abstract: An annular turbomachine combustion chamber comprising an inner wall, an outer wall, and a chamber end wall disposed between said inner and outer walls in the upstream region of said chamber, the chamber end wall presenting a central portion and an outer assembly flange, and the outer wall presenting an upstream assembly flange, the chamber end wall and the outer wall being assembled together by their assembly flanges, in which the free edge of said outer assembly flange is curved inwards. In addition, the outer face of the outer assembly flange presents a shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrice Andre Commaret, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli
  • Patent number: 7937951
    Abstract: A system for cooling the impeller of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine is disclosed. The compressor supplies an annular diffuser. The diffuser includes an end-piece that extends downstream and along the impeller of the compressor and is covered on the upstream side by an annular metal sheet. The sheet delimits, with the impeller of the compressor, a first annular passageway to carry away the air taken from the outlet of the compressor and, with the end-piece of the diffuser, a second annular passageway to carry away a portion of the air flow coming out of the diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger, David Locatelli, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Patent number: 7937944
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a combustion chamber wall in a turbomachine is disclosed. The system includes a centrifugal compressor, a diffuser, a combustion chamber, and an annular case arranged radially between the combustion chamber and a downstream end-piece of the diffuser. The annular case includes a radially external wall for the guidance of an air flow coming out of the diffuser, and a radially internal wall delimiting with the end-piece of the diffuser a channel for the air coming out of the diffuser to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Patrice Andre Commaret, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli
  • Patent number: 7854126
    Abstract: A one-piece combustion chamber having an end wall subdivided into sectors. The combustion chamber comprises a chamber end wall interconnecting the inner and outer walls, and it includes windows closed by removable walls, each carrying a plurality of injector systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli
  • Patent number: 7827798
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a combustion chamber wall in a turbomachine is disclosed. The system includes a diffuser mounted at the inlet of the combustion chamber, an annular end-piece that extends downstream to an injection device for injecting ventilation air, and an annular convecting metal sheet being arranged radially between the combustion chamber and the end-piece of the diffuser in order to delimit, with an internal wall of the chamber, an annular stream for the flow of air that is stable and without separation supplying holes in the chamber and the injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrice Andre Commaret, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli
  • Patent number: 7823392
    Abstract: An arrangement for a turbomachine combustion chamber is disclosed. The arrangement includes a chamber end wall pierced by at least one substantially circular opening, a deflector mounted from the downstream side of the chamber end wall in the opening by an annulus, an injector system associated with the opening and including an annular bowl that is flared downstream, passing through the opening, and a pinch ring that cooperates with the annulus to allow the injector system to shift off-center relative to the chamber end wall. The deflector includes an annular collar extending radially inwards. The bowl of the injector system includes at its downstream end an outwardly-open annular groove radially in alignment with the collar of the deflector in such a manner as to enable it to retract into said groove when the injector system shifts off-center relative to the chamber end wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: David Locatelli, Romain Nicolas Lunel, Thomas Olivier Marie Noel, Denis Jean Maurice Sandelis
  • Publication number: 20080155988
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber for a turbomachine, the chamber comprising an inner wall, an outer wall, and a chamber end wall disposed between said inner and outer walls in the upstream region of said chamber, the chamber end wall presenting an outer fastener rim and/or an inner fastener rim, and the outer and/or inner wall presenting a respective upstream fastener rim, the chamber end wall and the outer and/or inner wall being fastened together via their fastener rims, cooling channels being made between its fastener rims, said channels opening out to the inside of the combustion chamber. Advantageously, a spacer is placed between said fastener rims, and said channels are formed in the thickness or in the sides of the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrice Andre COMMARET, Jean-Michel Serge Marcel Duret, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli
  • Publication number: 20080141680
    Abstract: System for ventilating a combustion chamber wall A system for ventilating a combustion chamber wall in a turbomachine comprising a centrifugal compressor (10) supplying, via a diffuser (12), a combustion chamber (14), this system comprising an annular case (90) arranged radially between the combustion chamber and a downstream end-piece (26) of the diffuser and that comprises a radially external wall (92) for the guidance of an air flow coming out of the diffuser, and a radially internal wall (94) delimiting with the end-piece of the diffuser a channel (88) for the air coming out of the diffuser to pass through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Patrice Andre Commaret, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli
  • Publication number: 20080141674
    Abstract: The deflector (22) takes the form of a plate provided with a hole (40). This plate is a portion of a conical surface of revolution about a cone axis (300), comprises a concave face (62) and a convex face (64), and comprises a contour which possesses four sides (72, 74, 76, 78). Two of these sides (72, 76) are concentric circular arcs centered on said cone axis (300), and the other two sides (74, 78) are segments of generatrices of said cone which connect said first sides (72, 76). The invention is applicable to a deflector (22) of a chamber endwall (16) of a combustion chamber (10) of a turbine engine (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrice Andre Commaret, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli