Patents by Inventor Jean-Louis Martial Verger

Jean-Louis Martial Verger 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: 10328485
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of casting, and more particularly to a method of producing a ceramic core (1) for casting, said core (1) presenting a shape that includes at least a first lateral protuberance (11), and the method comprising at least a step of injecting a paste comprising a ceramic granulate and a polymer binder into a mold cavity In order to form a part (10) presenting a shape corresponding to the shape of the core (1) together with at least one additional lateral protuberance (15) adjacent to said first lateral protuberance (11), a step of firing the part (10), and a step of eliminating said additional lateral protuberance (15) from the part (10) after said firing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Claude Baldassari, David Locatelli, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Publication number: 20170274445
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of casting, and more particularly to a method of producing a ceramic core (1) for casting, said core (1) presenting a shape that includes at least a first lateral protuberance (11), and the method comprising at least a step of injecting a paste comprising a ceramic granulate and a polymer binder into a mold cavity In order to form a part (10) presenting a shape corresponding to the shape of the core (1) together with at least one additional lateral protuberance (15) adjacent to said first lateral protuberance (11), a step of firing the part (10), and a step of eliminating said additional lateral protuberance (15) from the part (10) after said firing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice TRUELLE, Claude BALDASSARI, David LOCATELLI, Daniel QUACH, Jean-Louis Martial VERGER
  • Patent number: 9505052
    Abstract: A tooling for fabricating a foundry core, for making a circuit for cooling a blade of a turbine engine, the tooling including: a mold for injecting a paste and including imprints for a first portion and a second portion of the core; a mechanism bearing against and/or engaging end portions of a ceramic rod that interconnects the portions of the core and that passes through the imprint for the first portion of the core; and a support mechanism in the imprint for the first portion of the core to support a substantially middle portion of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Christian Bariaud, Philippe Bouthemy, Patrick Pourfilet, Jean-Louis Martial Verger, Alain Grandin, Daniel Quach
  • Publication number: 20150122445
    Abstract: A tooling for fabricating a foundry core, for making a circuit for cooling a blade of a turbine engine, the tooling including: a mold for injecting a paste and including imprints for a first portion and for at least one other portion of the core; a mechanism bearing against and/or engaging end portions of at least one ceramic rod that interconnects the portions of the core and that passes through the imprint for the first portion of the core; and a support mechanism in the imprint for the first portion of the core to support a substantially middle portion of the or each rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Christian Bariaud, Philippe Bouthemy, Patrick Pourfilet, Jean-Louis Martial Verger, Alain Grandin, Daniel Quach
  • Patent number: 8763678
    Abstract: A mold for producing a part, such as a turbomachine blade model, by injecting wax into a cavity, the cavity including at least two cavity elements, each of which is supported in a cavity block. The two cavity blocks are mobile relative to one another between a closed position for injecting the wax and an open position for removing the part following the injection of the wax. The two cavity blocks are mobile in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Daniel Quach, Yvon Marie-Joseph Louesdon, Patrick Pourfilet, Jean-Louis Martial Verger, Patrick Wehrer
  • Patent number: 8747099
    Abstract: A tooling for injection-molding a part, the tooling including two cavity blocks each including a cavity formed therein of a shape corresponding to a shape of a part that is to be molded once the cavity blocks have been superposed, at least one of the cavity blocks including an ejection mechanism ejecting the molded part and including at least one ejector movable between a molding position and an ejection position. The ejector is guided to move between its two positions along a curved path, or a circular arc, of shape that corresponds to a shape of a portion of the mold part to be extracted from the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Bouthemy, Serge Dillenseger, Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Patent number: 8708029
    Abstract: An injection mold producing a model of a turbine engine blade, including: a top surface that folds onto a bottom surface, both surfaces including long rods for supporting a core generating cooling cavities inside the blade, wherein the long rods of the bottom surface are configured to contact a first surface of the airfoil at bearing points, and the long rods of the top surface are configured to contact a second surface of the airfoil at clamping points; at least one short rod extending from one of the surfaces of the mold and pointing towards a false point located on one of the surfaces of the airfoil, the length of the short rod being shorter than the distance between the surface of the mold and the surface of the blade at the false point, and the difference between the length and the distance being equal to tolerance in relation to positioning of the false point in event of deformation of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Publication number: 20130174998
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection mold for producing a model of a turbine engine blade, comprising a top surface that folds onto a bottom surface, both surfaces having long rods for supporting a core (2) for generating cooling cavities inside the blade, wherein said long rods of the bottom surface are to contact a first surface (12) of the airfoil at bearing points (A51 to A53), and said long rods of the top surface are to contact a second surface of said airfoil at clamping points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Publication number: 20130174997
    Abstract: A mold for producing a part, such as a turbomachine blade model, by injecting wax into a cavity, the cavity including at least two cavity elements, each of which is supported in a cavity block. The two cavity blocks are mobile relative to one another between a closed position for injecting the wax and an open position for removing the part following the injection of the wax. The two cavity blocks are mobile in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Daniel Quach, Yvon Marie-Joseph Louesdon, Patrick Pourfilet, Jean-Louis Martial Verger, Patrick Wehrer
  • Publication number: 20130040015
    Abstract: A tooling for injection-molding a part, the tooling including two cavity blocks each including a cavity formed therein of a shape corresponding to a shape of a part that is to be molded once the cavity blocks have been superposed, at least one of the cavity blocks including an ejection mechanism ejecting the molded part and including at least one ejector movable between a molding position and an ejection position. The ejector is guided to move between its two positions along a curved path, or a circular arc, of shape that corresponds to a shape of a portion of the mold part to be extracted from the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Bouthemy, Serge Dillenseger, Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Patent number: 7931459
    Abstract: A tool for manufacturing a casting core, for a turbomachine blade with a leading edge and a trailing edge, the core includes a thick part on the leading edge side and a thin part on the trailing edge side is disclosed. The tool includes first and second dies of the core that are moveable in a direction with respect to each other between a molding position and a demolding position, sub-components that are moveable relative to the dies, and mechanical ejectors that are provided on the first and second dies. The parts of the dies corresponding to the thin part of the core do not include a movable sub-component. The thin part of the core is demolded along the main direction of opening of the first and second dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Yvon Louesdon, Serge Prigent, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Patent number: 7779889
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing at least one single-crystal seed that can be used as a starter seed in the manufacture of a single-crystal high-pressure turbine nozzle, with at least one vane between two platforms, by metal casting, is disclosed. The process includes producing a wax pattern that includes a pattern for the nozzle, a pattern for the starter seed, and a pattern for a crude seed; forming a ceramic shell mold from the wax pattern; incorporating a starter seed into the mold; pouring metal into the mold; directionally solidifying the metal in the mold from the starter seed; and separating the crude seed from the nozzle. The starter seed and the crude seed each include a flat face for localizing the crystalline orientations. The crude seed has the same crystallographic structure as the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Umberto Aprile, Jean-Claude Jacques Giral, Bernard Louis Lallement, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Publication number: 20080251979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tool for manufacturing a casting core, for a turbomachine blade with a leading edge and a trailing edge, the core (10) comprising a thick part on the leading edge side and a thin part (10A1) on the trailing edge side, comprising first and second dies (530, 540) of the core that can move in a direction (F?1 and F?2 respectively) one with respect to the other between a molding position and a demolding position, where appropriate with sub-components that can move relative to the dies, wherein the parts of the dies corresponding to said thin part of the core do not include a movable sub-component, mechanical ejectors (570) being provided on one or other of the dies, in such a way that the thin part (10A1) of the core is demolded along the main direction of opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Yvon Louesdon, Serge Prigent, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Publication number: 20080169076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing at least one single-crystal seed that can be used as a starter seed in the manufacture of a single-crystal high-pressure turbine nozzle, with at least one vane between two platforms, by metal casting, wherein: a wax pattern is produced which comprises: a first element forming the pattern for the nozzle, a second element forming the pattern for the starter seed, including a flat face for localizing the crystalline orientations, and at least a third element incorporating a pattern for the crude seed with a flat face for localizing the crystalline orientations; a ceramic shell mold is formed from said wax pattern and a starter seed, including said flat face for localizing the crystalline orientations, is incorporated into the mold; a metal is poured into the mold; the metal undergoes directional solidification in the mold from the starter seed, so that the crude seed obtained has the same crystallographic structure as the part; and the crude seed o
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Umberto APRILE, Jean-Claude Jacques Giral, Bernard Louis Lallement, Jean-Louis Martial Verger