Patents by Inventor Hugo BINETTE

Hugo BINETTE 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).

  • TOOL FOR SHAPING ABRADABLE LINERS OF GAS TURBINE ENGINES
    Publication number: 20210138604
    Abstract: A tool for shaping an abradable liner of a turbofan engine is disclosed. The turbofan engine includes a shaft to support a fan rotatable about a rotation axis. The abradable liner is configured to surround the fan and has an axial length in the direction of the rotation axis. The tool includes a support configured to be mounted to the shaft and rotatable about the rotation axis. The shaping head is mounted to the support for rotation about the rotation axis and configured to shape the abradable liner by removing material from the abradable liner. A radial position of the shaping head is adjustable relative to the rotation axis. The shaping head may sized to extend substantially across the axial length of the abradable liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Hugo BINETTE, Sébastien DUMONT, Lauraleigh NONIS, Ehsan FARVARDIN, Bernadette MASON
  • Method of immobilizing low pressure spool and locking tool therefore
    Patent number: 9234441
    Abstract: A method of immobilizing a low pressure spool assembly including maintaining a body of the locking tool in the annular gas path, attaching a securing portion of the body across an aperture defined through an annular wall delimiting the gas path; positioning a stop connected to the body of the locking tool into a rotary path of a given one of the sets of blades of the low pressure spool assembly; and rotating the high pressure spool assembly thereby biasing a blade of the given set of blades of the low pressure spool assembly against the stop, thereby immobilizing the low pressure spool assembly. A locking tool and a method of performing engine maintenance are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Richard Root, Hugo Binette
  • METHOD OF IMMOBILIZING LOW PRESSURE SPOOL AND LOCKING TOOL THEREFORE
    Publication number: 20140255147
    Abstract: A method of immobilizing a low pressure spool assembly including maintaining a body of the locking tool in the annular gas path, attaching a securing portion of the body across an aperture defined through an annular wall delimiting the gas path; positioning a stop connected to the body of the locking tool into a rotary path of a given one of the sets of blades of the low pressure spool assembly; and rotating the high pressure spool assembly thereby biasing a blade of the given set of blades of the low pressure spool assembly against the stop, thereby immobilizing the low pressure spool assembly. A locking tool and a method of performing engine maintenance are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Richard ROOT, Hugo BINETTE