Patents by Inventor Laurent Collongeat

Laurent Collongeat 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: 10190592
    Abstract: A turbopump includes a turbine fed with hot gas, a pump driven by the turbine and fed with liquid fluid, and a hot gas exhaust pipe situated downstream from the turbine. The turbopump includes a bleed-and-injection circuit including a bleeder for bleeding the liquid fluid at the outlet from the pump, a heater for heating the liquid fluid as bled off in this way so as to transform it into gaseous fluid, and an injector for injecting the gaseous fluid into an interface region of the turbopump situated between the pump and the turbine, so as to optimize the flow and temperature conditions of the fluid entering into the turbine cavity in order to eliminate the vibratory phenomena that result from interaction between the fluid and the turbine disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: ARIANEGROUP SAS
    Inventors: Dominique Le Louedec, Guillaume Chemla, Philippe Even, Frederick Millon, Laurent Collongeat
  • Publication number: 20160169240
    Abstract: A turbopump includes a turbine fed with hot gas, a pump driven by the turbine and fed with liquid fluid, and a hot gas exhaust pipe situated downstream from the turbine. The turbopump includes a bleed-and-injection circuit including a bleeder for bleeding the liquid fluid at the outlet from the pump, a heater for heating the liquid fluid as bled off in this way so as to transform it into gaseous fluid, and an injector for injecting the gaseous fluid into an interface region of the turbopump situated between the pump and the turbine, so as to optimize the flow and temperature conditions of the fluid entering into the turbine cavity in order to eliminate the vibratory phenomena that result from interaction between the fluid and the turbine disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Dominique LE LOUEDEC, Guillaume CHEMLA, Philippe EVEN, Frederick MILLON, Laurent COLLONGEAT
  • Patent number: 8540432
    Abstract: In a disengageable axial abutment for a rotary machine fitted with fluid bearings, an outer ring (103) comprises first and second outer half-rings (103A, 103B) centered in the casing (111) by a flexible suspension system, with the outer half-rings (103A, 103B) being held in the axial direction between a static abutment member (113) and a pre-loading system (104) exerting a predetermined axial force such that, so long as the axial load exerted on the axial abutment via a synchronization cone (108) is greater than a given threshold, each rolling element (101) presents a single line (121) of two points of contact (121A, 121B) with an inner ring (102) and with the first outer half-ring (103A) respectively, and the inner ring (102) is driven in rotation by the synchronization cone (108), whereas, when the axial load exerted on the axial bearing becomes smaller, a gap (115) is created between the outer half-rings (103A, 103B) and a second line (123) of two additional points of contact (123A, 123B) is created betwee
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Charles Marciquet, Laurent Collongeat, Philippe Bourdin, Patrice Fonteyn
  • Publication number: 20120020604
    Abstract: In a disengageable axial abutment for a rotary machine fitted with fluid bearings, an outer ring (103) comprises first and second outer half-rings (103A, 103B) centered in the casing (111) by a flexible suspension system, with the outer half-rings (103A, 103B) being held in the axial direction between a static abutment member (113) and a pre-loading system (104) exerting a predetermined axial force such that, so long as the axial load exerted on the axial abutment via a synchronization cone (108) is greater than a given threshold, each rolling element (101) presents a single line (121) of two points of contact (121A, 121B) with an inner ring (102) and with the first outer half-ring (103A) respectively, and the inner ring (102) is driven in rotation by the synchronization cone (108), whereas, when the axial load exerted on the axial bearing becomes smaller, a gap (115) is created between the outer half-rings (103A, 103B) and a second line (123) of two additional points of contact (123A, 123B) is created betwee
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Charles Marciquet, Laurent Collongeat, Philippe Bourdin, Patrice Fonteyn