Patents by Inventor Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot
Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot 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: 9500135Abstract: A fuel feed circuit for an aeroengine, the circuit including a high-pressure pumping system for delivering fuel at high pressure to combustion chamber injectors, the high-pressure pumping system including first and second positive displacement gear pumps driven simultaneously by the engine. A hydraulic switch member is interposed between respective outlets of the pumps, which makes it possible, in one state, to combine outlet flows from the two pumps to deliver fuel at high pressure to the combustion chamber injectors, and in another state, to discharge some or all of outlet flow from the first pump to a low-pressure feed line, an electrical control member serving to cause the hydraulic switch member to pass from one state to the other.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Nicolas Alain Bader, Regis Michel Paul Deldalle, Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot, Nicolas Potel
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Patent number: 9222418Abstract: A fuel feed circuit for an aeroengine, the circuit including a high-pressure pumping system including first and second positive displacement pumps, a hydraulic actuator, and a fuel metering unit. As a function of a position of a slide of the actuator, a feed orifice of the actuator may be connected to a high-pressure delivery orifice connected to an outlet of the second pump, or to a low-pressure delivery orifice connected to a low-pressure feed line. The fuel metering unit includes through sections, one of these through sections being connected to an outlet of the high-pressure pumping system and the other through section being connected to an outlet of the high-pressure pumping system and leading to a high-pressure pilot chamber of the hydraulic actuator.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Nicolas Alain Bader, Frederic Brettes, Bastien Dore, Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot
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Patent number: 9091217Abstract: High-pressure fuel is supplied at a controlled rate to a combustion chamber via a position-controlled valve and a variable-restriction stop-and-pressurizing cut-off valve. A value representative of the real mass flow rate of fuel as delivered is calculated by a calculation unit on the basis of information representative of the pressure difference between the inlet and the outlet of the cut-off valve and of the flow section through the cut-off valve, e.g. as represented by the position X of the slide of the cut-off valve. The position-controlled valve has a variable position that is controlled by the calculation unit as a function of the difference between the calculated value representative of the real mass flow rate and a value representative of a desired mass flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot, Celine Marie Anne Issert, Pascal Laurent Marly
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Publication number: 20120266600Abstract: A fuel feed circuit for an aeroengine, the circuit including a high-pressure pumping system including first and second positive displacement pumps, a hydraulic actuator, and a fuel metering unit. As a function of a position of a slide of the actuator, a feed orifice of the actuator may be connected to a high-pressure delivery orifice connected to an outlet of the second pump, or to a low-pressure delivery orifice connected to a low-pressure feed line. The fuel metering unit includes through sections, one of these through sections being connected to an outlet of the high-pressure pumping system and the other through section being connected to an outlet of the high-pressure pumping system and leading to a high-pressure pilot chamber of the hydraulic actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Nicolas Alain Bader, Frederic Brettes, Bastien Dore, Laurent Gilbert, Yves Hodinot
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Publication number: 20120260658Abstract: A fuel feed circuit for an aeroengine, the circuit including a high-pressure pumping system for delivering fuel at high pressure to combustion chamber injectors, the high-pressure pumping system including first and second positive displacement gear pumps driven simultaneously by the engine. A hydraulic switch member is interposed between respective outlets of the pumps, which makes it possible, in one state, to combine outlet flows from the two pumps to deliver fuel at high pressure to the combustion chamber injectors, and in another state, to discharge some or all of outlet flow from the first pump to a low-pressure feed line, an electrical control member serving to cause the hydraulic switch member to pass from one state to the other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Nicolas Alain Bader, Regis Michel Paul Deldalle, Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot, Nicolas Potel
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Patent number: 8156742Abstract: A fuel-injection device in a turbomachine is disclosed. The device includes a high-pressure pump supplying a flow control valve, whose outlet is connected via a pressurization and cut-off valve to a fuel-injector feed pipe. The valve is connected to the inlet and to the outlet of the pump in order to define two fuel pressurization thresholds, one of which is used to start-up and restart the turbomachine and the other is used for operating the turbomachine from an idle speed and for commanding an equipment with variable geometry.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Frédéric Brettes, Jean Charles Cappellari, Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot, Sandrine Huet
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Publication number: 20120042657Abstract: High-pressure fuel is supplied at a controlled rate to a combustion chamber via a position-controlled valve and a variable-restriction stop-and-pressurizing cut-off valve. A value representative of the real mass flow rate of fuel as delivered is calculated by a calculation unit on the basis of information representative of the pressure difference between the inlet and the outlet of the cut-off valve and of the flow section through the cut-off valve, e.g. as represented by the position X of the slide of the cut-off valve. The position-controlled valve has a variable position that is controlled by the calculation unit as a function of the difference between the calculated value representative of the real mass flow rate and a value representative of a desired mass flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot, Celine Marie Anne Issert, Pascal Laurent
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Patent number: 8081080Abstract: This invention relates to a control installation (1) of a turbo-machine, comprising: a regulation device (2), a unit (4) located remotely from the device (2) by which it is controlled, a verification system (6) of the unit, comprising: an emitting/receiving antenna (8) connected to the device (2), a passive radiofrequency identification chip (12) mounted on the unit and incorporating information concerning this unit, wherein the chip (12) is designed to emit to the antenna (8) a radiofrequency signal comprising the information, in response to a radiofrequency signal sent by the antenna (8) to verify the unit, The installation is such that the antenna (8) is mounted on the unit (4).Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Hispano SuizaInventors: Olivier Marie Henriot, Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot, Bertrand Lacombe, Marc Raes
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Publication number: 20110169640Abstract: This invention relates to a control installation (1) of a turbo-machine, comprising: a regulation device (2), a unit (4) located remotely from the device (2) by which it is controlled, a verification system (6) of the unit, comprising: an emitting/receiving antenna (8) connected to the device (2), a passive radiofrequency identification chip (12) mounted on the unit and incorporating information concerning this unit, wherein the chip (12) is designed to emit to the antenna (8) a radiofrequency signal comprising the information, in response to a radiofrequency signal sent by the antenna (8) to verify the unit, The installation is such that the antenna (8) is mounted on the unit (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2008Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: HISPANO SUIZAInventors: Olivier Marie HENRIOT, Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot, Bertrand Lacombe, Marc Raes
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Publication number: 20080178596Abstract: A fuel-injection device in a turbomachine, comprising a high-pressure pump (10) supplying a flow control valve (16), whose outlet is connected via a pressurization and cut-off valve (20) to a fuel-injector (18) feed pipe (22), the valve (20) being connected to the inlet and to the outlet of the pump (10) in order to define two fuel pressurization thresholds, one being used to start-up and restart the turbomachine, and the other being used for operating the turbomachine as from an idle speed and for commanding an equipment with variable geometry (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: HISPANO-SUIZAInventors: Frederic BRETTES, Jean Charles Cappellari, Laurent Gilbert Yves Hodinot, Sandrine Huet