Patents by Inventor Grégory Lafarge

Grégory Lafarge 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: 6830427
    Abstract: A high-pressure turbine nozzle-vane band for a gas turbine engine. The band includes an inside surface supporting at least one guide vane having a trailing edge that is directed towards a downstream end of the band, and an outside surface, opposite the inside surface, from which a flange extends radially, defining firstly, upstream from the flange, a passage for cooling-air, and secondly, downstream from the flange, a cavity. The inside surface of the band is provided, between the trailing edge of the guide vane and the downstream end of the band, with a coating forming a thermal barrier enabling a temperature gradient generated in the band by the air spinning in the cavity to be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Grégory Lafarge, Christophe Texier
  • Publication number: 20030143064
    Abstract: A high-pressure turbine nozzle-vane band for a gas turbine engine, the band comprising an inside surface supporting at least one guide vane having a trailing edge that is directed towards a downstream end of the band, and an outside surface, opposite the inside surface, from which a flange extends radially, defining firstly, upstream from the flange, a passage for cooling-air, and secondly, downstream from the flange, a cavity, the inside surface of the band being provided, between the trailing edge of the guide vane and the downstream end of the band, with a coating forming a thermal barrier enabling a temperature gradient generated in the band by the air spinning in said cavity to be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Gregory Lafarge, Christophe Texier