Patents by Inventor Loïc Fabien François VILLARD

Loïc Fabien François VILLARD 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: 11441442
    Abstract: A sealing device between a rotor part and a stator part, including at least one abradable coating cooperating with at least two upstream and downstream labyrinth seal lips. Axially upstream of the labyrinth seal lips, the sealing device includes a circumferential wall that radially extends beyond the upstream free axial sealing surface of the coating to create, at the free end of the upstream labyrinth seal lip, a separation of the circulating gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Baptiste Marie Aubin Pierre Jouy, Josselin Luc Florent Sicard, Mathieu Charles Jean Verdiere, Loïc Fabien François Villard
  • Patent number: 11162366
    Abstract: A rotor disc for a turbomachine, the disc extending circumferentially around an axis and including a plurality of cells configured to receive blade roots and each cell including an upstream radial wall configured to axially block the blade root in the cell, each cell being connected to an upstream surface of the disc by a ventilation channel of the cell, the ventilation channel including an inlet orifice which opens onto the upstream surface of the disc and an outlet orifice which opens into the cell. An assembly of such a disc, of a plurality of blades and of a downstream retaining ring and a turbomachine including such an assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Laurent Cédric Zamai, Benoit Guilhem Bruno Jeannin, Loïc Fabien François Villard
  • Patent number: 11149577
    Abstract: A device for controlling the clearance between a rotor and a stator surrounding same, which is carried out by modifying the delivery flow carried in a rotor recess in order to provide a bleed flow that prevents the gases from the flow section from penetrating into the recess. A valve can partially close the delivery circuit, thus reducing the cooling of the rotor structure and allowing the expansion thereof and the reduction of the clearance with the stator, for certain operating speeds including cruise operating speeds. In addition, the delivery air is heated more at a lower flow rate, especially if it is made to follow a bypass provided with meanders in the hottest portions of the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Baptiste Marie Aubin Pierre Jouy, Laurent Claude Descamps, Bertrand Guillaume Robin Pellaton, Loic Fabien Francois Villard
  • Publication number: 20200263548
    Abstract: A rotor disc for a turbomachine, the disc extending circumferentially around an axis and including a plurality of cells configured to receive blade roots and each cell including an upstream radial wall configured to axially block the blade root in the cell, each cell being connected to an upstream surface of the disc by a ventilation channel of the cell, the ventilation channel including an inlet orifice which opens onto the upstream surface of the disc and an outlet orifice which opens into the cell. An assembly of such a disc, of a plurality of blades and of a downstream retaining ring and a turbomachine including such an assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Laurent Cédric ZAMAI, Benoit Guilhem Bruno JEANNIN, Loïc Fabien François VILLARD
  • Publication number: 20200240281
    Abstract: A device for controlling the clearance between a rotor and a stator surrounding same, which is carried out by modifying the delivery flow carried in a rotor recess in order to provide a bleed flow that prevents the gases from the flow section from penetrating into the recess. A valve can partially close the delivery circuit, thus reducing the cooling of the rotor structure and allowing the expansion thereof and the reduction of the clearance with the stator, for certain operating speeds including cruise operating speeds. In addition, the delivery air is heated more at a lower flow rate, especially if it is made to follow a bypass provided with meanders in the hottest portions of the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Baptiste Marie Aubin Pierre JOUY, Laurent Claude DESCAMPS, Bertrand Guillaume Robin PELLATON, Loic Fabien Francois VILLARD
  • Publication number: 20200095882
    Abstract: This concerns a sealing device between a rotor part and a stator part, comprising at least one abradable coating (46) cooperating with at least two upstream and downstream labyrinth seal lips. Axially upstream of the labyrinth seal lips, the sealing device comprises a circumferential wall (54) that radially extends beyond the upstream free axial sealing surface (48a) of the coating (46) to create, at the free end of the upstream labyrinth seal lip, a separation of the circulating gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Baptiste Marie Aubin Pierre JOUY, Josselin Luc Florent SICARD, Mathieu Charles Jean VERDIERE, Loïc Fabien François VILLARD