Patents by Inventor Laurent CHAPILLON

Laurent CHAPILLON 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: 10578117
    Abstract: A rotor assembly is presented for a turbine engine with gas bearings including a solid permanent magnet with no central bore. The rotor assembly also includes a first shaft having at least one bearing intended for engaging with a support bearing to form a gas bearing and ensure rotational guidance of the first shaft as well as a thrust disk. The solid permanent magnet is press-fitted inside a band made of a nonmagnetic material, the band is integral with the first shaft in an extension thereof, and a second shaft has at least one bearing intended for engaging with a support bearing to form a second gas bearing and ensure rotational guidance of the second shaft, coaxially with the first shaft such that the first shaft, the band, and the second shaft form an integral assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Barthes, Laurent Chapillon
  • Publication number: 20180062467
    Abstract: This rotor assembly for a turbine engine includes: a solid permanent magnet (6) press-fitted inside a band (4) made of a non-magnetic material, a first shaft (2) having at least one bearing (12) intended for engaging with a support bearing so as to form a gas bearing and ensure rotational guidance of the first shaft (2), the band (4) forming an integral assembly with the first shaft (2) in the extension thereof, and a second shaft (8) having at least one bearing (14) intended for engaging with a support bearing so as to form a gas bearing and ensure rotational guidance of the second shaft (8) extending from the band (4) opposite the first shaft (2), coaxially with the first shaft (2) such that the first shaft (2), the band (4), and the second shaft (8) form an integral assembly. Turbine engine with such rotor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume BARTHES, Laurent CHAPILLON