Patents by Inventor Francois Xavier, Marie FAUPIN

Francois Xavier, Marie FAUPIN 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: 10145262
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a degree of clogging of the starting injectors of a turbine engine, which includes: a combustion chamber into which at least one starting injector supplied with fuel leads, the starting injectors being suitable for initiating the combustion in the chamber by igniting the fuel; and a turbine rotated by the gases resulting from the combustion of the fuel in the chamber, the method including the steps involving: the measurement, during a phase of starting the turbine engine, of the temperature of the exhaust gases at the outlet of the turbine; and the determination, from the changes over time in the temperature thus measured, of a degree of clogging of the starting injectors. A system for monitoring a degree of clogging capable of implementing the method, and a turbine engine including such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Nadir Christian Debbouz, Philippe Patrick Marc De Barbeyrac, Florian Arnaud Jonathan Enguehard, Francois Xavier Marie Faupin, Fabien Lamazere
  • Patent number: 10107133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (1000) for monitoring a degree of coking at dynamic seals of a turbine engine comprising: a gas generator including a rotary shaft and an injection wheel mounted on the shaft; a fuel injection manifold designed to convey fuel to the injection wheel; and dynamic seals designed to provide a seal between the injection wheel and the fuel injection manifold. The method is characterised in that it comprises steps consisting in: measuring (1100) the rotation speed of the gas generator shaft during a turbine engine autorotation phase, and determining (1200) a degree of coking at the dynamic seals, based on changes in the measured rotation speed over time. The invention also relates to a turbine engine equipped with a monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Nadir Christian Debbouz, Francois Xavier Marie Faupin, Fabien Lamazere
  • Patent number: 9945246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (1000) for monitoring a degree of coking at the dynamic seals of a turbine engine comprising: a gas generator, comprising a rotary shaft and an injection wheel mounted on said shaft, an injection manifold, dynamic seals for ensuring a seal between the injection wheel and the injection manifold, and a starter, the method comprising the steps: measuring (1500), during a phase for initiating rotation of the shaft of the gas generator by the starter, a current flowing through the starter and a voltage on the terminals of the starter, determining (1600), from the measured current and voltage, a degree of coking at the dynamic seals. The invention also relates to a turbine engine comprising a system for monitoring a degree of coking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Nadir Christian Debbouz, Francois Xavier Marie Faupin, Fabien Lamazere
  • Publication number: 20160230589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (1000) for monitoring a degree of coking at the dynamic seals of a turbine engine comprising: a gas generator, comprising a rotary shaft and an injection wheel mounted on said shaft, an injection manifold, dynamic seals for ensuring a seal between the injection wheel and the injection manifold, and a starter, the method comprising the steps: measuring (1500), during a phase for initiating rotation of the shaft of the gas generator by the starter, a current flowing through the starter and a voltage on the terminals of the starter, determining (1600), from the measured current and voltage, a degree of coking at the dynamic seals. The invention also relates to a turbine engine comprising a system for monitoring a degree of coking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Nadir Christian Debbouz, Francois Xavier Marie Faupin, Fabien Lamazere
  • Publication number: 20160222819
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (1000) for monitoring a degree of coking at dynamic seals of a turbine engine comprising: a gas generator including a rotary shaft and an injection wheel mounted on the shaft; a fuel injection manifold designed to convey fuel to the injection wheel; and dynamic seals designed to provide a seal between the injection wheel and the fuel injection manifold. The method is characterised in that it comprises steps consisting in: measuring (1100) the rotation speed of the gas generator shaft during a turbine engine autorotation phase, and determining (1200) a degree of coking at the dynamic seals, based on changes in the measured rotation speed over time. The invention also relates to a turbine engine equipped with a monitoring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Nadir Christian Debbouz, Francois Xavier Marie Faupin, Fabien Lamazere
  • Publication number: 20150377059
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a degree of clogging of the starting injectors of a turbine engine, which includes: a combustion chamber into which at least one starting injector supplied with fuel leads, the starting injectors being suitable for initiating the combustion in the chamber by igniting the fuel; and a turbine rotated by the gases resulting from the combustion of the fuel in the chamber, the method including the steps involving: the measurement, during a phase of starting the turbine engine, of the temperature of the exhaust gases at the outlet of the turbine; and the determination, from the changes over time in the temperature thus measured, of a degree of clogging of the starting injectors. A system for monitoring a degree of clogging capable of implementing the method, and a turbine engine including such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Nadir Christian DEBBOUZ, Philippe Patrick, Marc DE BARBEYRAC, Florian Arnaud, Jonathan ENGUEHARD, Francois Xavier, Marie FAUPIN, Fabien LAMAZERE