Patents by Inventor Fabien Lescher

Fabien Lescher 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: 10578031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a malfunction in a first turboshaft engine, referred to as an inoperative engine (4), of a twin-engine helicopter, and for controlling a second turboshaft engine, referred to as a healthy engine (5), each engine (4, 5) comprising protective stops regulated by a regulation device which define a maximum power regime, characterised in that it comprises: a step (10) of detecting an indication of failure of said inoperative engine (4); a step (11) of modifying said protective stops of said healthy engine (5) into protective stops which correspond to a maximum power single-engine regime, in the case of the detected indication of failure; a step (12) of confirming a failure of said inoperative engine (4); a step (13) of controlling an increase in the flow rate of fuel supply of said healthy engine (5), in the event of a confirmed failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Fabien Lescher, Jean Philippe Jacques Marin, Philippe Etchepare
  • Patent number: 10190438
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor, a combustion chamber, first and second turbines downstream from the combustion chamber, a first rotary shaft constrained to rotate at least with the compressor and the first turbine, a second rotary shaft constrained to rotate with the second turbine, the second rotary shaft nevertheless being free to rotate relative to the first rotary shaft, and a regulator for controlling the feed of fuel to the combustion chamber. The regulator cuts off the feed of fuel to the combustion chamber if the speed of rotation of the second rotary shaft exceeds a maximum threshold that varies as a function of at least one indicative physical parameter associated with mechanical power being extracted from the combustion gas by the second turbine. A method of regulating the turbine engine is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Stephen Langford, Fabien Lescher
  • Publication number: 20170101938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a malfunction in a first turboshaft engine, referred to as an inoperative engine (4), of a twin-engine helicopter, and for controlling a second turboshaft engine, referred to as a healthy engine (5), each engine (4, 5) comprising protective stops regulated by a regulation device which define a maximum power regime, characterised in that it comprises: a step (10) of detecting an indication of failure of said inoperative engine (4); a step (11) of modifying said protective stops of said healthy engine (5) into protective stops which correspond to a maximum power single-engine regime, in the case of the detected indication of failure; a step (12) of confirming a failure of said inoperative engine (4); a step (13) of controlling an increase in the flow rate of fuel supply of said healthy engine (5), in the event of a confirmed failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Fabien LESCHER, Jean Philippe Jacques MARIN, Philippe ETCHEPARE
  • Publication number: 20160298486
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor, a combustion chamber, first and second turbines downstream from the combustion chamber, a first rotary shaft constrained to rotate at least with the compressor and the first turbine, a second rotary shaft constrained to rotate with the second turbine, the second rotary shaft nevertheless being free to rotate relative to the first rotary shaft, and a regulator for controlling the feed of fuel to the combustion chamber. The regulator cuts off the feed of fuel to the combustion chamber if the speed of rotation of the second rotary shaft exceeds a maximum threshold that varies as a function of at least one indicative physical parameter associated with mechanical power being extracted from the combustion gas by the second turbine. A method of regulating the turbine engine is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Langford, Fabien Lescher