Patents by Inventor Fabien Menou

Fabien Menou 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: 11577849
    Abstract: A nacelle having a fan casing, a cowl that movable between an advanced position and a retracted position that opens an opening between a bypass duct and the outside, deflectors secured to the mobile cowl, wherein, in the advanced position, they are around the fan casing and wherein, in the retracted position, they are across the opening, and a fan ramp with a mounting base and flaps that are able to rotate on the mounting base between a stowed position and a deployed position. For each flap, the fan ramp has a return element that urges the flap) into the deployed position, and the deflectors have a stop in contact with the flap when the mobile cowl passes from the retracted position to the advanced position. Thus, in the advanced position, the flaps are folded back and their bulk is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Fabien Menou, Julie Cazalis
  • Patent number: 11492999
    Abstract: A bypass turbofan engine comprising a nacelle surrounding a flow path for a secondary flow and comprising a fixed structure, a mobile assembly with a slide capable of translational movement on the fixed structure and bearing a mobile cowl and a frame capable of translational movement on the fixed structure and bearing deflectors. The mobile assembly is able to move between a forward position and a retreated position making it possible to open a passage between the flow path and the outside through the deflectors. A differentiation mechanism ensures a length of travel of the slide that is different from the length of travel of the frame, and actuators providing a translational travel of the slide. Fitting a differentiation mechanism means that the length of travel of the deflectors with respect to the length of travel of the mobile cowl can be regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Fabien Menou, Stéphanie Fesquet
  • Patent number: 11486335
    Abstract: A turbofan engine having a duct for a bypass flow and blades. Each blade is mobile between a stowed position and a deployed position. Each blade includes a rigid core a second, free end, and a sheath into which the core and the second end slide. Each sheath includes a first part which surrounds at least one part of the core and the second end, and an aileron which extends beyond the core facing the first part of the adjacent blade. The sheath is made of a flexible material such that the bypass flow causes the sheath to come into contact with the first part of the adjacent blade. A turbofan engine of this kind makes it possible to create blades whose production costs are low but whose aerodynamic behavior is effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Fabien Menou, Laurent Cazeaux, Thierry Gaches
  • Patent number: 11359542
    Abstract: An engine including a motor and a nacelle and a duct between the nacelle and the motor. The nacelle includes a fixed structure, a mobile assembly that is mobile between an advanced position and a retracted position to define a window between the duct and the outside, and a plurality of blades that are mobile in rotation between a stowed position and a deployed position, each one extending on either side of its axis of rotation with a first arm and a second arm. In the stowed position, the first arm is outside the duct and the second arm is inside the nacelle, and where, in the deployed position, the first arm is across the duct and the second arm projects out of the nacelle. With such blades, the flow of air is optimally directed towards the front without it being necessary to provide cascades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Gardes, Fabien Menou, Pascal Gougeon, Simon Vanderbauwede
  • Publication number: 20220136459
    Abstract: A turbofan engine having a duct for a bypass flow and blades. Each blade is mobile between a stowed position and a deployed position. Each blade includes a rigid core a second, free end, and a sheath into which the core and the second end slide. Each sheath includes a first part which surrounds at least one part of the core and the second end, and an aileron which extends beyond the core facing the first part of the adjacent blade. The sheath is made of a flexible material such that the bypass flow causes the sheath to come into contact with the first part of the adjacent blade. A turbofan engine of this kind makes it possible to create blades whose production costs are low but whose aerodynamic behavior is effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Fabien MENOU, Laurent CAZEAUX, Thierry GACHES
  • Publication number: 20210301762
    Abstract: A bypass turbofan engine comprising a nacelle surrounding a flow path for a secondary flow and comprising a fixed structure, a mobile assembly with a slide capable of translational movement on the fixed structure and bearing a mobile cowl and a frame capable of translational movement on the fixed structure and bearing deflectors. The mobile assembly is able to move between a forward position and a retreated position making it possible to open a passage between the flow path and the outside through the deflectors. A differentiation mechanism ensures a length of travel of the slide that is different from the length of travel of the frame, and actuators providing a translational travel of the slide. Fitting a differentiation mechanism means that the length of travel of the deflectors with respect to the length of travel of the mobile cowl can be regulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Fabien MENOU, Stéphanie FESQUET
  • Publication number: 20210284350
    Abstract: A nacelle having a fan casing, a cowl that movable between an advanced position and a retracted position that opens an opening between a bypass duct and the outside, deflectors secured to the mobile cowl, wherein, in the advanced position, they are around the fan casing and wherein, in the retracted position, they are across the opening, and a fan ramp with a mounting base and flaps that are able to rotate on the mounting base between a stowed position and a deployed position. For each flap, the fan ramp has a return element that urges the flap) into the deployed position, and the deflectors have a stop in contact with the flap when the mobile cowl passes from the retracted position to the advanced position. Thus, in the advanced position, the flaps are folded back and their bulk is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Fabien MENOU, Julie CAZALIS
  • Publication number: 20210285372
    Abstract: An engine including a motor and a nacelle and a duct between the nacelle and the motor. The nacelle includes a fixed structure, a mobile assembly that is mobile between an advanced position and a retracted position to define a window between the duct and the outside, and a plurality of blades that are mobile in rotation between a stowed position and a deployed position, each one extending on either side of its axis of rotation with a first arm and a second arm. In the stowed position, the first arm is outside the duct and the second arm is inside the nacelle, and where, in the deployed position, the first arm is across the duct and the second arm projects out of the nacelle. With such blades, the flow of air is optimally directed towards the front without it being necessary to provide cascades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Pascal GARDES, Fabien MENOU, Pascal GOUGEON, Simon VANDERBAUWEDE
  • Patent number: 11105297
    Abstract: A turbofan having a nacelle comprising a slider translatable between an advanced position and a retracted position to open a window between a duct and the exterior, a plurality of blades, each one rotatable on the slider between a stowed position and a deployed position, and a maneuvering system that moves each blade and comprises, for each blade, a shaft rotatable on the slider and on which the blade is fixed, and a toothed sector fixed to the shaft, and a toothed arc rotatable on the slider about a longitudinal axis, where the teeth of the toothed arc mesh with the teeth of each toothed sector, a cam, as one with the toothed arc, and a groove, as one with a fixed structure, which receives the cam and where, when the slider moves, the cam follows the groove and rotates the toothed arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Gardes, Guillaume Seguin, Laurent Tizac, Fabien Menou, Frédéric Ridray, Benoit Orteu, Romain Cusset
  • Publication number: 20200256282
    Abstract: A turbojet comprising a nacelle with a fixed cowl, a fan duct and a thrust reverser comprising a cowl movable between a stowed and a deployed position where the movable cowl is remote from the fixed cowl, at least one blocking flap movable between the closed position and a fixed position where the flap at least partially blocks the fan duct, and also a drive mechanism for moving the movable cowl and the blocking flap. The drive mechanism comprises a roller slide comprising a rail and a roller rotatable in the rail, a connecting rod with a first end movable on the roller and a second end movable on the blocking flap. The rail comprises a bearing surface extending parallel to a turbojet longitudinal axis to support the connecting rod during movement of the movable cowl from the stowed position to an intermediate position between the stowed and deployed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Fabien MENOU, Laurent CAZEAUX, Benoit ORTEU
  • Publication number: 20200240359
    Abstract: A turbofan having a nacelle comprising a slider translatable between an advanced position and a retracted position to open a window between a duct and the exterior, a plurality of blades, each one rotatable on the slider between a stowed position and a deployed position, and a maneuvering system that moves each blade and comprises, for each blade, a shaft rotatable on the slider and on which the blade is fixed, and a toothed sector fixed to the shaft, and a toothed arc rotatable on the slider about a longitudinal axis, where the teeth of the toothed arc mesh with the teeth of each toothed sector, a cam, as one with the toothed arc, and a groove, as one with a fixed structure, which receives the cam and where, when the slider moves, the cam follows the groove and rotates the toothed arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Pascal GARDES, Guillaume SEGUIN, Laurent TIZAC, Fabien MENOU, Frédéric RIDRAY, Benoit ORTEU, Romain CUSSET
  • Publication number: 20100133376
    Abstract: A mounting pylon for an aircraft engine. The pylon includes a rigid structure forming a box including an inclined lower spar and an upper spar, and an engine mounting system mounted fixedly on the structure and including a forward attachment including an attachment body including a horizontal securing surface lying flat against a horizontal securing surface of the rigid structure. The horizontal securing surface of the rigid structure is defined by a tapered shim mounted on the inclined lower spar, externally relative to the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Airbus Operations
    Inventors: Laurent Foyer, Fabien Menou, Stephane Combes