Patents by Inventor Lionel Renault

Lionel Renault 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: 11333025
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade formed of a hollow airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge opposed to each other and connected by an intrados wall and an extrados wall each extending along a radial axis of the blade, between a blade root and a blade tip, and including a cooling circuit supplied with air and delivering air jets ensuring through multiple perforations of the cooling circuit an impingement cooling of the inner surface of the airfoil, the cooling circuit includes superimposed cooling channels over the height of the blade, each integrated into the inner surface of the airfoil while matching its contour, the multiple perforations being drilled in the cooling channels terminating in a purge cavity of the airfoil are able to ensure a purge of the air having impinged the inner surface of the airfoil after its passage through the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Baptiste Hallouin, Jean-Maurice Casaux-Bic, Alexandre Montpellaz, Lionel Renault
  • Publication number: 20210087938
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade formed of a hollow airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge opposed to each other and connected by an intrados wall and an extrados wall each extending along a radial axis of the blade, between a blade root and a blade tip, and including a cooling circuit supplied with air and delivering air jets ensuring through multiple perforations of the cooling circuit an impingement cooling of the inner surface of the airfoil, the cooling circuit includes superimposed cooling channels over the height of the blade, each integrated into the inner surface of the airfoil while matching its contour, the multiple perforations being drilled in the cooling channels terminating in a purge cavity of the airfoil are able to ensure a purge of the air having impinged the inner surface of the airfoil after its passage through the perforations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Baptiste HALLOUIN, Jean-Maurice CASAUX-BIC, Alexandre MONTPELLAZ, Lionel RENAULT
  • Patent number: 10677670
    Abstract: The invention relates to a twisting torque sensor, comprising a transmission shaft (12) subjected to the torque to be measured, a reference shaft (14), and a device for measuring an angular deformation representing the torque to be measured between the two shafts. The torque sensor is characterised in that the transmission shaft (12) comprises a bore (24) extending from one end of the transmission shaft (12), referred to as input (28) of the shaft, to an opposite end, and in that the torque sensor comprises an enclosure (22) for confining the temperature of the two shafts, and a fluid circulation circuit including a portion made up of said bore (24), an injector (32) for injecting the fluid into the bore (24) at said input (28) of the shaft, and a fluid temperature sensor (34) in the fluid circulation circuit, the measured temperature being intended for correcting the torque measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventor: Lionel Renault
  • Publication number: 20190025142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a twisting torque sensor, comprising a transmission shaft (12) subjected to the torque to be measured, a reference shaft (14), and a device for measuring an angular deformation representing the torque to be measured between the two shafts. The torque sensor is characterised in that the transmission shaft (12) comprises a bore (24) extending from one end of the transmission shaft (12), referred to as input (28) of the shaft, to an opposite end, and in that the torque sensor comprises an enclosure (22) for confining the temperature of the two shafts, and a fluid circulation circuit including a portion made up of said bore (24), an injector (32) for injecting the fluid into the bore (24) at said input (28) of the shaft, and a fluid temperature sensor (34) in the fluid circulation circuit, the measured temperature being intended for correcting the torque measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventor: Lionel RENAULT
  • Patent number: 9920999
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat-exchanger for an air-conditioning circuit that includes a first pipe (110) defining a path for a flow of fluid, the first pipe being spirally wound about a so-called exchanger axis (A). According to the invention, the heat exchanger (9) further includes at least one second pipe (120a, 120b) defining a path for a flow of a second fluid, said second pipe being provided against a surface of the first pipe (110) and spirally wound together with said first pipe (110) about said axis (A). The invention can be used in air-conditioning circuits operating with a super-critical coolant, in particular carbon dioxide (CO2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Aurélie Bellenfant, Jimmy Lemee, Lionel Renault, Frédéric Bernard
  • Patent number: 9561949
    Abstract: A filler device for a fluid tank, including: a filler duct; a first stopper, for preventing overfilling of the tank, and a second stopper for preventing fluid from leaving the tank in unwanted manner; a first float mechanically connected to the first stopper such that, on being placed in a predetermined position, the first float closes the first stopper; and a holder system for holding the second stopper, which system, when fluid leaves the tank, closes the second stopper, and when fluid enters into the tank, opens the second stopper. In an operating position of the device, and under effect of a heavy element, the holder system acts continuously on the second stopper, tending to maintain the second stopper permanently in its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Yannick Cazaux, Sebastien Brotier, Armand Bueno, Lionel Renault
  • Publication number: 20150203343
    Abstract: A filler device for a fluid tank, including: a filler duct; a first stopper, for preventing overfilling of the tank, and a second stopper for preventing fluid from leaving the tank in unwanted manner; a first float mechanically connected to the first stopper such that, on being placed in a predetermined position, the first float closes the first stopper; and a holder system for holding the second stopper, which system, when fluid leaves the tank, closes the second stopper, and when fluid enters into the tank, opens the second stopper. In an operating position of the device, and under effect of a heavy element, the holder system acts continuously on the second stopper, tending to maintain the second stopper permanently in its closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Yannick Cazaux, Sebastien Brotier, Armand Bueno, Lionel Renault
  • Publication number: 20110083468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat-exchanger for an air-conditioning circuit that includes a first pipe (110) defining a path for a flow of fluid, the first pipe being spirally wound about a so-called exchanger axis (A). According to the invention, the heat exchanger (9) further includes at least one second pipe (120a, 120b) defining a path for a flow of a second fluid, said second pipe being provided against a surface of the first pipe (110)and spirally wound together with said first pipe (110) about said axis (A). The invention can be used in air-conditioning circuits operating with a super-critical coolant, in particular carbon dioxide (CO2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Aurelie Bellenfant, Jimmy Lemee, Lionel Renault, Frederic Bernard