Patents by Inventor Guillaume Bodard

Guillaume Bodard 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: 11149685
    Abstract: An assembly for the rear of a bypass turbomachine (10) comprises a primary nozzle (11) comprising a trailing edge defining a primary flow path portion and a secondary nozzle (110) defining a secondary flow path portion, defined about a longitudinal axis (X), said secondary nozzle being configured to eject a mixture of the flows coming from a secondary flow path (Vs) and from a primary flow path (Vp) of the turbomachine (10), the secondary nozzle being of convergent-divergent shape with a throat (112) corresponding to a minimum cross section of the nozzle (110), the secondary nozzle (110) comprising, at the throat (112), a periodic succession of lobes (116, 118) which are situated along the internal circumference of the secondary nozzle (110). The assembly also comprises a lobed mixer (130) at the downstream end of the primary nozzle (11), this having an alternation of hot lobes (134) extending inside the secondary flow path and of cold lobes (132) extending inside the primary flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jérémy Paul Francisco Gonzalez, Guillaume Bodard, Norman Bruno André Jodet, Jacky Novi Mardjono
  • Patent number: 10995702
    Abstract: An assembly for a rear of a dual-flow turbomachine having a longitudinal axis includes a secondary nozzle and a heating system. The secondary nozzle is defined about the longitudinal axis and ejects a mixture of the flows coming from a secondary vein and a primary vein of the turbomachine. The secondary nozzle is of a convergent-divergent form with a neck corresponding to a minimal cross-cross-section of the secondary nozzle. The heating system is located on a portion of the internal circumference of the secondary nozzle longitudinally in the region of the neck or upstream from the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Bodard, Jeremy Paul Francisco Gonzalez, Norman Bruno Andre Jodet
  • Publication number: 20200378339
    Abstract: The invention proposes an assembly for a rear of a dual-flow turbomachine (10) having a longitudinal axis (X), comprising: a secondary nozzle (110) defined about the longitudinal axis (X), said secondary nozzle being configured to eject a mixture of the flows coming from a secondary vein (Vs) and a primary vein (Vp) of the turbomachine (10), the secondary nozzle being of convergent-divergent form with a neck (112) corresponding to a minimal cross-cross-section of the secondary nozzle (110), a heating system located on at least one portion of the internal circumference of the secondary nozzle longitudinally in the region of the neck and/or upstream from the neck (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume BODARD, Jeremy Paul Francisco GONZALEZ, Norman Bruno Andre JODET
  • Publication number: 20200173396
    Abstract: An assembly for the rear of a bypass turbomachine (10) comprises a primary nozzle (11) comprising a trailing edge defining a primary flow path portion and a secondary nozzle (110) defining a secondary flow path portion, defined about a longitudinal axis (X), said secondary nozzle being configured to eject a mixture of the flows coming from a secondary flow path (Vs) and from a primary flow path (Vp) of the turbomachine (10), the secondary nozzle being of convergent-divergent shape with a throat (112) corresponding to a minimum cross section of the nozzle (110), the secondary nozzle (110) comprising, at the throat (112), a periodic succession of lobes (116, 118) which are situated along the internal circumference of the secondary nozzle (110). The assembly also comprises a lobed mixer (130) at the downstream end of the primary nozzle (11), this having an alternation of hot lobes (134) extending inside the secondary flow path and of cold lobes (132) extending inside the primary flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jérémy Paul Francisco GONZALEZ, Guillaume BODARD, Norman Bruno Andre JODET, Jacky Novi MARDJONO
  • Publication number: 20190078534
    Abstract: The invention proposes an assembly for a rear of a dual-flow turbomachine (10) having a longitudinal axis (X), comprising: a secondary nozzle (110) defined about the longitudinal axis (X), said secondary nozzle being configured to eject a mixture of the flows coming from a secondary vein (Vs) and a primary vein (Vp) of the turbomachine (10), the secondary nozzle being of convergent-divergent form with a neck (112) corresponding to a minimal cross-cross-section of the secondary nozzle (110), a heating system located on at least one portion of the internal circumference of the secondary nozzle longitudinally in the region of the neck and/or upstream from the neck (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume BODARD, Jeremy Paul Francisco GONZALEZ, Norman Bruno Andre JODET
  • Patent number: 9938901
    Abstract: A pylon for attaching a turbine engine, the pylon configured to connect the engine to a structural element of an aircraft. The pylon includes a streamlined profile defined by two opposite lateral faces and defined longitudinally between a leading edge and a trailing edge. On each of its lateral faces the pylon includes a series of deflectors that are transversely spaced apart from one another and that define between them convergent and curved channels configured to accelerate air streams flowing within the channels on aircraft takeoff or in flight to deflect the air streams towards a jet of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Guillaume Bodard, Cyprien Henry, Norman Jodet, Alexandre Alfred Gaston Vuillemin
  • Patent number: 9617954
    Abstract: The invention relates to a primary cowl for a turbofan comprising a primary body generating a primary stream to be ejected through a primary nozzle, and a secondary body generating a secondary stream to be ejected through a secondary nozzle, the primary cowl being shaped so as to be positioned downstream from the primary body and to define, on the inside of the turbofan, the path followed by the primary stream downstream from the primary nozzle and, on the outside, the path followed by the secondary stream downstream from the secondary nozzle. The primary cowl comprises a coupling to a system for supplying a pressurized gas and at least one perforation for injecting the pressurized gas, through the perforation, into the secondary stream. The primary cowl preferably comprises a ring which has perforations and which is rotated about the axis of rotation of the turbofan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alexandre Alfred Gaston Vuillemin, Guillaume Bodard, Sebastien Jean-Paul Aeberli
  • Patent number: 9422887
    Abstract: A gas exhaust nozzle for aircraft propulsion includes at least a downstream part with a trailing edge of chevron type formed of chevrons distributed along the periphery of the nozzle. Each chevron extends downstream between an upstream transverse plane and a downstream transverse plane with free edges oriented in two converging downstream directions and defining the trailing edge. The chevrons generate vortices at the boundary of the jet emitted by the nozzle. The gas exhaust nozzle includes a device to inject auxiliary gas jets upstream of the free edges of the chevrons in the main jet through orifices placed upstream of the upstream plane in such a way as to discharge upstream of the upstream plane of the chevrons to generate the vortices upstream of the free edges of the chevrons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Guillaume Bodard, Alexandre Alfred Gaston Vuillemin
  • Publication number: 20160215727
    Abstract: The invention concerns an afterbody for a mixed-flow turbojet engine having a central axis (LL), comprising a lobed mixer (6), having alternating hot lobes (12) projecting into the secondary flow (F2) and cold lobes (13) penetrating into the primary flow (F1), and a nozzle (1) comprising, on the trailing edge (14) of same, longitudinal indentations (15) defining a crown of noise-reducing chevrons (7), characterised in that, at a predefined abscissa (X5) on the central axis (LL) downstream from the lobed mixer (6), the inner wall (2) of the nozzle (1) has a neck where the surface area of the transverse passage section of a flow into the nozzle passes through a minimum, and in that, downstream from this predefined abscissa (X5), the radius of the inner wall (2) of the nozzle (1) varies between the indentations (15) and the chevrons (7) so as to produce, in the flow, in the vicinity of said crown of chevrons (7), azimuth fluctuations of the Mach number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan LANGRIDGE, Guillaume BODARD, Irwin KERNEMP, Maxime KOENIG, Julien SZYDLOWSKI
  • Patent number: 9249755
    Abstract: According to the invention, the method for defining the shape of a convergent-divergent nozzle of longitudinal axis L-L comprising a convergent part connected, at a throat, to a divergent part the downstream free end of which comprises scallops delimiting noise-reducing chevrons distributed in the circumferential direction, comprises defining beforehand the divergent part of the nozzle using a divergent first portion, a divergent second portion and a convergent portion, attributing an initial value to dimensional parameters defining the chevrons and the three portions, calculating performance criteria and checking that the calculated performance criteria satisfy predefined performance conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Julien Szydlowski, Guillaume Bodard, Matthieu Leyko, Jonathan Langridge
  • Patent number: 8881502
    Abstract: A mixer for a confluent-flow nozzle of a turbine engine is provided. The mixer includes: an annular cap designed to be centered on a longitudinal axis of the nozzle and having a stationary upstream portion and a downstream portion that is movable in rotation about the longitudinal axis relative to the stationary portion, the movable portion of the cap terminating at its downstream end in inner lobes alternating circumferentially with outer lobes; and a mechanism which imparts reciprocating rotary motion to the movable portion of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Norman Jodet, Guillaume Bodard, Cyprien Georges Eric Henry, Maxime Koenig
  • Publication number: 20140290270
    Abstract: A pylon for attaching a turbine engine, the pylon configured to connect the engine to a structural element of an aircraft. The pylon includes a streamlined profile defined by two opposite lateral faces and defined longitudinally between a leading edge and a trailing edge. On each of its lateral faces the pylon includes a series of deflectors that are transversely spaced apart from one another and that define between them convergent and curved channels configured to accelerate air streams flowing within the channels on aircraft takeoff or in flight to deflect the air streams towards a jet of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Guillaume Bodard, Cyprien Henry, Norman Jodet, Alexandre Alfred, Gaston Vuillemin
  • Publication number: 20140245715
    Abstract: The invention relates to a primary cowl for a turbofan comprising a primary body generating a primary stream to be ejected through a primary nozzle, and a secondary body generating a secondary stream to be ejected through a secondary nozzle, the primary cowl being shaped so as to be positioned downstream from the primary body and to define, on the inside of the turbofan, the path followed by the primary stream downstream from the primary nozzle and, on the outside, the path followed by the secondary stream downstream from the secondary nozzle. The primary cowl comprises a coupling to a system for supplying a pressurised gas and at least one perforation for injecting the pressurised gas, through the perforation, into the secondary stream. The primary cowl preferably comprises a ring which has perforations and which is rotated about the axis of rotation of the turbofan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alexandre Alfred Gaston Vuillemin, Guillaume Bodard, Sebastien Jean-Paul Aeberli
  • Publication number: 20140090359
    Abstract: The invention provides a mixer for a confluent-flow nozzle of a turbine engine, the mixer comprising an annular cap designed to be centered on a longitudinal axis of the nozzle and having a stationary upstream portion and a downstream portion that is movable in rotation about the longitudinal axis relative to the stationary portion, the movable portion of the cap terminating at its downstream end in inner lobes alternating circumferentially with outer lobes, and means for imparting reciprocating rotary motion to the movable portion of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Norman JODET, Guillaume BODARD, Cyprien Georges Eric HENRY, Maxime KOENIG
  • Publication number: 20130055718
    Abstract: A gas exhaust nozzle for aircraft propulsion includes at least a downstream part with a trailing edge of chevron type formed of chevrons distributed along the periphery of the nozzle. Each chevron extends downstream between an upstream transverse plane and a downstream transverse plane with free edges oriented in two converging downstream directions and defining the trailing edge. The chevrons generate vortices at the boundary of the jet emitted by the nozzle. The gas exhaust nozzle includes a device to inject auxiliary gas jets upstream of the free edges of the chevrons in the main jet through orifices placed upstream of the upstream plane in such a way as to discharge upstream of the upstream plane of the chevrons to generate the vortices upstream of the free edges of the chevrons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Guillaume Bodard, Alexandre Alfred Gaston Vuillemin
  • Publication number: 20120192543
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust nozzle for a bypass airplane turbojet comprising an annular central body, an annular primary cover surrounding the central body to define a hot stream flow channel, and an annular secondary cover surrounding the primary cover to define a cold stream flow channel, each of the central body and the secondary cover comprising a stationary portion and a movable portion connected to a downstream end of the stationary portion, the movable portion of the central body being suitable for being retracted longitudinally upstream relative to the stationary portion, and the movable portion of the secondary cover being suitable for being deployed longitudinally downstream relative to the stationary portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sébastien Jean-Paul Aeberli, Guillaume Bodard, Alexandre Alfred Gaston Vuillemin