Patents by Inventor Kevin Morgane LEMARCHAND
Kevin Morgane LEMARCHAND 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).
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Patent number: 11891967Abstract: A turbofan includes a fan, a casing positioned downstream of the fan and separating a primary flowpath from a secondary flowpath, a compressor, a combustion chamber and a turbine being arranged in the primary flowpath, the turbofan having a differential transmission coupled to the turbine, and a power supply device configured to provide additional power to the one provided by the turbine to drive the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Henri Yesilcimen, Caroline Marie Frantz, Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot, Nathalie Nowakowski, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Kévin Morgane Lemarchand, Jonathan Evert Vlastuin
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Patent number: 11506066Abstract: A fan module with variable pitch blades for a longitudinal axis propulsion assembly. The module includes a rotor through which a rotor shaft runs along the longitudinal axis X and carries the blades of the fan. A system for changing the pitch of the blades includes a mechanism connected to the blades of the fan and a controller acting on the mechanism. The controller has a fixed body and a movable body translatable along the longitudinal axis X relative to the fixed body, and a load transfer bearing arranged between the mechanism and the controller. The fan module includes a power shaft driving the rotor shaft via an epicyclic train speed reducer, the speed reducer including a sun gear connected to the power shaft and a satellite carrier including a fixed annular ferrule secured to a fixed casing. The fixed body of the controller is mounted on the annular ferrule.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Gilles Alain Marie Charier
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Patent number: 11421603Abstract: Turbojet engine includes a fan, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine configured to rotatably drive the fan via a first reduction gear and the compressor via a second reduction gear, in which an outlet of the first reduction gear is rotatably coupled to an inlet of the second reduction gear by a reduction shaft, the reduction shaft being supported by a bearing arranged between the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nathalie Nowakowski, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Kévin Morgane Lemarchand, Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot, Jonathan Evert Vlastuin, Henri Yesilcimen
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Patent number: 11377958Abstract: A flow-straightener vane of a bypass turbomachine includes a plurality of vane sections stacked radially with respect to a longitudinal axis (X) along a stacking line (L) between a root end and a tip end. Each vane section has a pressure-face surface and a suction-face surface extending axially between an upstream leading edge and a downstream trailing edge. Between the leading and trailing edges of each vane section there is formed a profile chord (CA) the length of which is substantially constant between the tip end and the root end, and the stacking line (L) exhibits a curvature in a plane passing more or less through the axis (X) and through the stacking line (L), situated in the vicinity of the tip end and oriented from downstream towards upstream.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Norman Bruno André Jodet, Guillaume Martin, Laurent Soulat
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Patent number: 11268450Abstract: A turbomachine comprising a ducted fan, a low-pressure turbine shaft and a reduction gearbox housed in a casing between the fan and the low-pressure turbine shaft, the fan rotor supplying airflow to a primary stream and a secondary stream and comprising a hub of diameter D1, wherein—the diameter D3 of the fan rotor is greater than 82 inches (2.08 metres), —the pressure ratio of the fan is between 1.10 and 1.35, the turbomachine comprises a low-pressure compressor separate from the fan, the reduction gearbox being interposed between the fan rotor and a turbine shaft of the low-pressure compressor, and wherein the reduction gearbox casing has an outside diameter D2 greater than the diameter D1 of the hub, the pitch diameter D4 of the reduction gearbox ring being between 0.15 and 0.35 times the fan rotor diameter.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Nathalie Nowakowski, Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot, Matthieu Pierre Michel Dubosc, Dominique Gerhardt Mayhew
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Patent number: 11174781Abstract: The present invention relates to a powerplant of an aircraft including at least one twin-spool gas generator of longitudinal axis (XX), at least one main fan arranged upstream of the gas generator on the longitudinal axis (XX) and driven in rotation by the gas generator, the main fan being shrouded with a main fan housing; and at least one auxiliary fan with axis (XY, XY?) offset relative to the longitudinal axis (XX) and driven by the gas generator, the auxiliary fan being shrouded with an auxiliary fan housing, the gas generator including at least one low-pressure compressor and a low-pressure turbine connected by a low-pressure shaft, the low-pressure turbine driving in rotation the main fan and the auxiliary fan via at least one power transmission system including a differential gear system incorporating a bevel gear.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Laurent Soulat, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier, Nathalie Nowakowski, Augustin Marc Michel Curlier, Adrien Pierre Jean Pertat, Pierre-Alain Jean Philippe Reigner
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Publication number: 20210348566Abstract: Turbojet engine includes a fan, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine configured to rotatably drive the fan via a first reduction gear and the compressor via a second reduction gear, in which an outlet of the first reduction gear is rotatably coupled to an inlet of the second reduction gear by a reduction shaft, the reduction shaft being supported by a bearing arranged between the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Kévin Morgane LEMARCHAND, Nicolas Jérôme Jean TANTOT, Jonathan Evert VLASTUIN, Henri YESILCIMEN
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Publication number: 20210317800Abstract: A turbofan includes a fan, a casing positioned downstream of the fan and separating a primary flowpath from a secondary flowpath, a compressor, a combustion chamber and a turbine being arranged in the primary flowpath, the turbofan having a differential transmission coupled to the turbine, and a power supply device configured to provide additional power to the one provided by the turbine to drive the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Henri YESILCIMEN, Caroline Marie FRANTZ, Nicolas Jérôme Jean TANTOT, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Kévin Morgane LEMARCHAND, Jonathan Evert VLASTUIN
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Patent number: 11059597Abstract: An aircraft including a fuselage, a lateral support wing (1) and a propulsion assembly (100) mounted under the wing. The wing includes at least two structural spars (11ba, 11bf) extending from the fuselage toward the tip of the wing, one of these (11ba) being upstream and the other (11bf) downstream. The propulsion assembly includes a gas generator (106) and at least two offset fans (102, 104) arranged on either side of the axis of the gas generator. The offset fans (102, 104) are attached directly to one of the spars (11ba, 11bf) and the gas generator (106) is attached directly to the two spars. The leading edge of the wing forms a given sweep of angle (?) with the axis of the fuselage. The two offset fans (102, 104) are axially offset from one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Bruno Albert Beutin, Nicolas Maurice Herve Aussedat, Nicolas Alain Bader, Philippe Gerard Chanez, Gilles Alain Charier, Mathieu Lallia, Lionel Jean Leon Lefranc, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Herve Jean Albert Mouton, Nicolas Joseph Sirvin, Ludovic Michael Laurent Toupet, Christian Sylvain Vessot, Nathalie Nowakowski
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Patent number: 11047252Abstract: Aircraft turbine engine comprising a low-pressure spool that comprises a low-pressure shaft (24), means (44) for taking off power from said low-pressure shaft, and a fan (28) that is driven by said low-pressure shaft by means of a reduction gear (32), said reduction gear comprising at least one first element (50) that is connected to said low-pressure shaft for conjoint rotation, at least one second element (56) that is connected to said fan for conjoint rotation, and at least one third element (52) that is connected to a stator casing of the turbine engine, characterised in that said at least one third element is connected to said stator casing by disengageable connection means (60), and comprising at least one member that can move from a first position in which said at least one third element is fixedly connected to said stator casing into a second position in which said at least one third element is separated from said stator casing and is free to rotate about said longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nils Bordoni, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand
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Patent number: 11015521Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly comprising at least a main turbine mounted along a longitudinal axis, at least one main fan arranged upstream of the main turbine along the longitudinal axis and driven in rotation by the said main turbine, the said main fan being ducted by a main fan casing, an auxiliary turbine mounted along the longitudinal axis, the auxiliary turbine being independent of the main turbine, an auxiliary fan of axis offset with respect to the longitudinal axis and driven by the auxiliary turbine, the auxiliary fan being ducted by an auxiliary fan casing, the main casing being separate and distinct from the auxiliary casing so as respectively to generate a main secondary flow and an auxiliary secondary flow which remain independent of one another until they are discharged into the atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Augustin Marc Michel Curlier, Adrien Pierre Jean Pertat, Pierre-Alain Jean Philippe Reigner, Laurent Soulat, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier, Nathalie Nowakowski
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Patent number: 10899432Abstract: Fan module with variable-pitch blades for a propulsion system that includes: a rotor supporting the blades, and including an internal shaft and an external shroud, defining between them a space; a pitch control device (22) of the blades that includes a load transfer bearing; a feathering device of the blades; said feathering device includes at least one lever that is articulated around a fixed axis (A) in relation to the rotor, where said lever features a first end located outside said space and a second end located inside said space, and where a flyweight is fastened to the first end and the second end is coupled to said bearing.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand
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Patent number: 10883447Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly including a bypass turbojet having a stationary inter-compressor casing positioned upstream from a space between passages, a nacelle including at its downstream end an inner wall that defines the outside of the space between passages and the inside of the bypass stream flow passage, and an outer wall arranged around the inner wall and that defines the outside of the bypass stream flow passage, at least a portion of the inner wall being suitable for moving between a maintenance position and a working position, and a thrust-reverser including a downstream element of the outer wall that is movable in translation between a retracted position and a thrust-reversal position in which it allows bypass stream deflector elements to be deployed in a radial direction, the deployment of the stream deflector elements being controlled by guide rods.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN NACELLESInventors: Carmen Gina Ancuta, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Olivier Kerbler, Melody Seriset
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Patent number: 10850859Abstract: An aircraft includes a wing having a first upstream spar and a second downstream spar extending in the direction of the span of said wing, and at least one propulsion unit supported by the wing. The propulsion unit includes a turboprop engine and a propeller. The propeller includes an external annular casing fixed to a suction surface of the wing, and at least to the first upstream spar via at least one first and second fastener.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier, Nathalie Nowakowski
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Publication number: 20200355085Abstract: A flow-straightener vane of a bypass turbomachine includes a plurality of vane sections stacked radially with respect to a longitudinal axis (X) along a stacking line (L) between a root end and a tip end. Each vane section has a pressure-face surface and a suction-face surface extending axially between an upstream leading edge and a downstream trailing edge. Between the leading and trailing edges of each vane section there is formed a profile chord (CA) the length of which is substantially constant between the tip end and the root end, and the stacking line (L) exhibits a curvature in a plane passing more or less through the axis (X) and through the stacking line (L), situated in the vicinity of the tip end and oriented from downstream towards upstream.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Norman Bruno André Jodet, Guillaume Martin, Laurent Soulat
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Patent number: 10787969Abstract: A front part of an aircraft turbomachine of the bypass type including a single fan, a gas generator positioned downstream of the fan, a reducer interposed between the gas generator and the fan, a flow splitter and a structure with structural outlet guide vanes. The vanes each have a root arranged upstream of the flow splitter and the reducer is also arranged at least half upstream of the flow splitter.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Guillaume Olivier Vartan Martin
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Patent number: 10760486Abstract: The invention relates to an aviation turbine engine fan module including a de-icing system (10) for de-icing an inlet cone (1) and comprising a sheath (30) placed inside an inside space defined upstream by the inlet cone, said sheath comprising a first duct (38) having at least one hot air admission orifice (42), said first duct being configured to convey hot air from a bearing enclosure (22) of the engine towards a wall of the inlet cone in order to heat it from the inside, the sheath further comprising a second duct (40) having at least one outlet situated downstream from the admission orifice of the first duct, said second duct being configured to discharge air from the first duct towards the downstream end of the engine. The invention also provides a method of de-icing a turbine engine inlet cone.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Nils Bordoni, Guillaume Kubiak
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Patent number: 10676204Abstract: A variable-orientation stator vane of a turbine engine, comprising a wall that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge forming a chord line. The chord line increases from a root end towards a tip end of said vane. This vane is fitted pivotably in a turbine engine casing so as to divert a flow of cold air circulating in an annular duct thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Guillaume Olivier Vartan Martin
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Publication number: 20200131917Abstract: A fan module with variable pitch blades for a longitudinal axis propulsion assembly. The module includes a rotor through which a rotor shaft runs along the longitudinal axis X and carries the blades of the fan. A system for changing the pitch of the blades includes a mechanism connected to the blades of the fan and a controller acting on the mechanism. The controller has a fixed body and a movable body translatable along the longitudinal axis X relative to the fixed body, and a load transfer bearing arranged between the mechanism and the controller. The fan module includes a power shaft driving the rotor shaft via an epicyclic train speed reducer, the speed reducer including a sun gear connected to the power shaft and a satellite carrier including a fixed annular ferrule secured to a fixed casing. The fixed body of the controller is mounted on the annular ferrule.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Kevin Morgane LEMARCHAND, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER
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Publication number: 20200080496Abstract: A turbomachine comprising a ducted fan, a low-pressure turbine shaft and a reduction gearbox housed in a casing between the fan and the low-pressure turbine shaft, the fan rotor supplying airflow to a primary stream and a secondary stream and comprising a hub of diameter D1, wherein—the diameter D3 of the fan rotor is greater than 82 inches (2.08 metres),—the pressure ratio of the fan is between 1.10 and 1.35, the turbomachine comprises a low-pressure compressor separate from the fan, the reduction gearbox being interposed between the fan rotor and a turbine shaft of the low-pressure compressor, and wherein the reduction gearbox casing has an outside diameter D2 greater than the diameter D1 of the hub, the pitch diameter D4 of the reduction gearbox ring being between 0.15 and 0.35 times the fan rotor diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Kevin Morgane LEMARCHAND, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI, Nicolas Jérôme Jean TANTOT, Matthieu Pierre Michel DUBOSC, Dominique Gerhardt MAYHEW