Patents by Inventor Didier Guerche

Didier Guerche 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).

  • Publication number: 20150027653
    Abstract: A shell mold for manufacturing aircraft turbomachine bladed elements using a lost wax molding technique, including: shell mold bladed elements including a blade portion located between a first end part delimiting an impression of a platform and a second end part delimiting an impression of another platform, with the blade portion including a trailing edge zone; a metal feeder having a central axis around which the bladed elements are distributed; and one or a plurality of screens that form heat accumulators arranged in a shell mold interior space, across from inwardly directed trailing edge zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Didier Guerche, Thibault Dalon
  • Patent number: 7562691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic core used in the manufacture, by lost wax casting, of a turbomachine blade with cooling cavities and a squealer, comprising at least one main core, wherein the main core (10) comprises an element (10B) shaped so as to constitute the squealer and an element (10SB) shaped so as to constitute at least one cavity beneath the squealer, the two elements leaving between them a space (13) shaped so as to constitute, at least in part, the bottom wall of the squealer. In particular, the elements (10B and 10SB) are joined together by ceramic rods (TG).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Didier Guerche, Jean-Claude Hanny, Serge Prigent
  • Patent number: 7533714
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a ceramic foundry core having at least one thin region with a thickness “e”, in particular in of a turbomachine blade trailing edge, including the forming in a mold of a mixture including a ceramic particle filler and an organic binder, the extraction of the core from the mold, the binder removal and consolidation heat treatment of the core. The process is one in which a core is formed in the mold, the region of this core being thickened relative to the thickness “e” by an overthickness E and in which the overthickness is machined after the core has been extracted from the mold and before or after the heat treatment operation. In particular, the machining is carried out mechanically by milling, either with removal of chips on the cores before firing, or by abrasion on the fired cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Didier Guerche, Serge Prigent, Patrick Wehrer
  • Publication number: 20070261811
    Abstract: The invention relates a process for manufacturing a ceramic foundry core having at least one thin region with a thickness “e”, in particular in of a turbomachine blade trailing edge, comprising the forming in a mold of a mixture comprising a ceramic particle filler and an organic binder, the extraction of the core from the mold, the binder removal and consolidation heat treatment of the core. The process is one in which a core is formed in said mold, said region of this core being thickened relative to the thickness “e” by an overthickness E and in which said overthickness is machined after the core has been extracted from the mold and before or after the heat treatment operation. In particular, the machining is carried out mechanically by milling, either with removal of chips on the cores before firing, or by abrasion on the fired cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Didier Guerche, Serge Prigent, Patrick Wehrer
  • Publication number: 20070235160
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a part includes the steps of forming a core in a ceramic material, inserting the core into in a wax mould, placing an element on the core thereby forming a spacer between the core and an internal wall of the wax mould, forming a wax model of the part with the core by injecting wax into the mould, forming a shell mould in ceramic material from the wax model, removing the wax, and pouring casting metal into the shell mould, wherein the element is of elongated form and placed on the core in a laying position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Didier Guerche, Jacky Tabardin
  • Patent number: 7275585
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a part includes the steps of forming a core in a ceramic material, inserting the core into in a wax mold, placing an element on the core thereby forming a spacer between the core and an internal wall of the wax mold, forming a wax model of the part with the core by injecting wax into the mold, forming a shell mold in ceramic material from the wax model, removing the wax, and pouring casting metal into the shell mold, wherein the element is of elongated form and placed on the core in a laying position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Didier Guerche, Jacky Pierre Tabardin
  • Publication number: 20070025851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic core used in the manufacture, by lost wax casting, of a turbomachine blade with cooling cavities and a squealer, comprising at least one main core, wherein the main core (10) comprises an element (10B) shaped so as to constitute the squealer and an element (10SB) shaped so as to constitute at least one cavity beneath the squealer, the two elements leaving between them a space (13) shaped so as to constitute, at least in part, the bottom wall of the squealer. In particular, the elements (10B and 10SB) are joined together by ceramic rods (TG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Didier Guerche, Jean-Claude Hanny, Serge Prigent