Patents by Inventor Mario Cesar De Sousa

Mario Cesar De Sousa 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: 9091445
    Abstract: A turbine engine combustion chamber including at least one ignition sparkplug carried by an outer casing and extending through a guide mechanism carried by a wall forming a body of revolution of the chamber. The guide mechanism includes a tubular guide having the sparkplug passing axially therethrough, which guide is mounted with axial and transverse clearance on a chimney fastened to the wall of the chamber and opening out therein. The guide includes an annular collar engaged with clearance in an internal annular groove of the chimney. The annular collar is urged to press against a wall of the groove by a resilient member mounted in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Mario Cesar De Sousa, Nicolas Christian Raymond Leblond, Guillaume Sevi, Denis Jean Maurice Sandelis, Christophe Pieussergues
  • Patent number: 9080771
    Abstract: A combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine including a wall, a well secured to the wall, the well forming a recess for a spark plug leading into the combustion chamber, and a spark-plug guide mounted on the well to be transversally mobile relative to the axis of the well, the spark-plug guide including a cylindrical wall portion for guiding and supporting the spark plug and a seal ring mounted such as to engage slidably with a bearing surface of the well. In the combustion chamber the spark-plug guide includes a cooling chamber having openings for supplying cooling air to the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Mario Cesar De Sousa, Guillaume Sevi
  • Publication number: 20150152788
    Abstract: An assembly including an exhaust casing and an exhaust cone for a gas turbine engine, each including an axial annular flange, the two flanges being inserted into one another, one being radially external and the other radially internal, and held together by a mechanical attachment, and the assembly further including a guide by which, during operation of assembling the annular flanges to each other, the exhaust cone is in a predetermined angular position relative to the exhaust casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Mario Cesar De Sousa, Baghdad Achbari, Benoit Argemiro Matthieu Debray, Sylvain Pichon, Gregory Ghosarossian-Prillieux, Frederic Noel, Nicolas Pommier, Mathieu Ange Poisson
  • Publication number: 20150139785
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine bearing support (1) supporting at least one bearing and extending according to a longitudinal principal axis of the turbomachine and comprising: a truncated part (11) having a diameter increasing from upstream to downstream; a flange part (12) which extends from the truncated part (11) as far as the bearing (5, 6) to which it is fixed by an axial flange (121), and having at its downstream end a radial internal flange (17) fixed to an oil inlet cover defining with the bearing (5, 6) an oil inlet container (170); oiled air clearance ducts (71) projecting downstream relative to the flange part (12) and on the oil inlet container (170) and to the other side upstream of the flange part (12) directly radially externally relative to the axial flange (121).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frederic NOEL, Benoit Argemiro Matthieu DEBRAY, Mario Cesar DE SOUSA, Gregory GHOSAROSSIAN-PRILLIEUX, Nicolas POMMIER
  • Publication number: 20150082769
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine exhaust casing (1), characterised in that it comprises: a hub (2), an outer ring (3); a plurality of structural arms (10) arranged circumferentially between the hub (2) and the outer ring (3); a stiffener (11) extending along at least a portion of the inner circumference of the hub (2), the hub (2) comprising at least one discharge hole (15), and the stiffener (11) comprising at least one discharge slot (16), so as to enable the discharge of a fluid from the casing (1). The invention also relates to a turbine engine comprising such an exhaust casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frederic NOEL, Benoit Argemiro Matthieu DEBRAY, Mario Cesar DE SOUSA, Gregory GHOSAROSSIAN-PRILLIEUX
  • Publication number: 20140137568
    Abstract: A device for mounting a spark plug in a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine includes a chimney including a collar extending radially inwards, a washer fastened on an axial end of the chimney so as to project towards the inside of the chimney, and a bushing forming a spark plug guide and including an inner collar and an outer collar that are axially spaced apart from each other by a cylindrical portion. Each collar extends radially outwards. The bushing is floatingly mounted inside the chimney with its collars axially positioned between the collar of the chimney and the washer. The inner collar comes in operation to bear against the collar of the chimney. The outer collar presents an outside diameter (d1) greater than the inside diameter (d2) of the washer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Mario César De Sousa, Gilles Ulryck
  • Publication number: 20140053563
    Abstract: A method for assembling a nozzle and an exhaust case of a turbomachine is disclosed. The exhaust case includes a hub and an outer ferrule connected to each other by a plurality of arms. The nozzle is attached to the outer ferrule of the exhaust case substantially at the trailing edges of the arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Mario Cesar DE SOUSA, Baghdad Achbari, Luc Henri Claude Daguenet, Benoit Debray
  • Publication number: 20130299472
    Abstract: A method for perforating a wall, includes calculating mechanical stresses applied on the wall for a use of the wall. The method further includes perforating an orifice in a first determined zone of the wall, the perforation being made using a tool with a cross-section dependent on the mechanical stresses calculated in the first determined zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Mario César De Sousa, Fabrice Dominguez
  • Publication number: 20130152603
    Abstract: A combustion chamber in which the injection system is attached so as to prevent any axial motion of the injection system, the combustion chamber includes: a baffle including a tubular portion having a first upstream end surrounded by a first radially projecting collar; and an injection system including a bowl which includes a cylindrical portion inserted into the tubular portion, the cylindrical portion including a second upstream end surrounded by a second radially projecting collar, the second collar axially bearing against the first collar, wherein the combustion chamber includes a clamp which axially clamps the first and the second collars against one another, and a fastener which retains the clamp clamped on either side of the first and second collars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Brice Arnaud Demoulin, Mario César De Sousa, Guillaume Sevi
  • Publication number: 20130118177
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for a turbojet engine including a fixed part and a sliding lead-through, the fixed part and the sliding lead-through extending along a reference axis, the fixed part including a cavity that has a bottom and a closure cup, the sliding lead-through being provided with a sole plate contained inside the cavity. The injection system has increased resistance to wearing of the injector on which it is mounted. To achieve this it further includes a spring arranged in such a way as to apply to the sole plate a force capable of preventing the vibration-induced micro-movements of the sliding lead-through with respect to the fixed part in the absence of thermal expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Mario César De Sousa, Guillaume Sevi, Brice Arnaud Demoulin
  • Publication number: 20120255275
    Abstract: A turbine engine combustion chamber including at least one ignition sparkplug carried by an outer casing and extending through a guide mechanism carried by a wall forming a body of revolution of the chamber. The guide mechanism includes a tubular guide having the sparkplug passing axially therethrough, which guide is mounted with axial and transverse clearance on a chimney fastened to the wall of the chamber and opening out therein. The guide includes an annular collar engaged with clearance in an internal annular groove of the chimney. The annular collar is urged to press against a wall of the groove by a resilient member mounted in the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Mario Cesar De Sousa, Nicolas Christian Raymond Leblond, Guillaume Sevi, Denis Jean Maurice Sandelis, Christophe Pieussergues
  • Publication number: 20120227373
    Abstract: A combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine including a wall, a well secured to the wall, the well forming a recess for a spark plug leading into the combustion chamber, and a spark-plug guide mounted on the well to be transversally mobile relative to the axis of the well, the spark-plug guide including a cylindrical wall portion for guiding and supporting the spark plug and a seal ring mounted such as to engage slidably with a bearing surface of the well. In the combustion chamber the spark-plug guide includes a cooling chamber having openings for supplying cooling air to the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Mario Cesar De Sousa, Guillaume Sevi
  • Patent number: 8087252
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber for a turbomachine is disclosed. The combustion chamber includes radially internal and radially external cylindrical walls which are fixed by bolting at their upstream ends to an internal and an external annular flange of an annular chamber end wall, and an annular fairing extending in the upstream direction from the chamber end wall. The internal and external annular ends are fixed by bolting to the flanges of the chamber end wall in axial alignment with the annular ends of the walls of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Mario César De Sousa, Morgan Robin
  • Patent number: 7942005
    Abstract: A turbomachine combustion chamber has primary and dilution air inlet orifices formed by die stamping to have edges that project into the inside of the combustion chamber, and stress relaxation and/or reduction means in the edges or in the vicinity of the edges of said orifices, said means comprising, for each orifice, one, two, or three slots formed in the edge or around a fraction of the edge of said orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Florian Andre Francois Bessagnet, Patrice Andre Commaret, Mario Cesar De Sousa, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez
  • Patent number: 7861531
    Abstract: An annular fairing for covering the annular chamber end wall of a turbomachine combustion chamber, and in particular of an airplane turbojet. The fairing presents openings for passing fuel injectors that are supported by the chamber end wall. The fairing is subdivided into a plurality of adjacent sectors, each sector presenting inner and outer fastener edges capable of being fastened on either side of said chamber end wall. Each sector includes a lip on one of its side edges, which lip is connected to the remainder of the sector by a step, said lip being designed to over the side edge of the adjacent sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Mario Cesar De Sousa, Stephane Henri Guy Touchaud
  • Patent number: 7849696
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber comprising axial walls interconnected by a chamber end wall having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from that of the axial walls, the chamber end wall being provided with a plurality of inner and outer fastener tabs secured by fastener systems to the end portions of the axial walls. Each fastener system comprises a bolt, a nut tightened onto one of the ends of the bolt, and a slideway bushing disposed around the bolt between the nut and the end portion of the corresponding axial wall, a determined amount of radial clearance being provided between the nut and the end portion of the axial wall so as to enable the chamber end wall to expand radially freely in operation relative to the axial walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Mario Cesar De Sousa, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, Laurent Pierre Elysee Gaston Marnas
  • Patent number: 7788928
    Abstract: Annular combustion chamber of a turbomachine is provided. The combustion chamber includes an inner wall, an outer wall, a chamber bottom disposed between the walls in the upstream region of the chamber, and two attachment flanges disposed downstream of the chamber bottom and respectively enabling the walls to be attached to other parts of the turbomachine. Each wall is divided into several adjacent sectors and each sector is attached to the chamber bottom and to one of the attachment flanges. Advantageously, the adjacent sectors overlap at their lateral edges and there exists a degree of radial play between two adjacent sectors. In addition, the lateral edges of the sectors are inclined circumferentially relative to the principal axis of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Mario Cesar De Sousa, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, Thomas Olivier Marie Noel
  • Patent number: 7770398
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber of a turbomachine includes an inner wall, an outer wall and a bottom wall arranged between the inner and outer walls in the upstream region of the chamber, in which the bottom wall is divided into several adjacent sectors, each sector being attached to the inner and outer walls, these sectors presenting lateral edges such that the lateral edges of two adjacent sectors overlap. More precisely, each sector can include a lip extending along one of its lateral edges, this lip projecting relative to one of the faces of this sector and covering the lateral edge of the adjacent sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Mario Cesar De Sousa, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, Thomas Olivier Marie Noel
  • Patent number: 7757495
    Abstract: A turbine engine annular combustion chamber includes inner and outer longitudinal walls connected upstream by a transverse chamber bottom and including a single-piece cowling covering the chamber bottom. Each of the longitudinal walls is inserted between corresponding flanges of the chamber bottom and of the cowling. The longitudinal walls, the chamber bottom and the cowling are assembled together by a plurality of first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the chamber bottom alternating with a plurality of second fixings distinct from the first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the cowling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Florian Andre Francois Bessagnet, Mario Cesar De Sousa
  • Patent number: 7673457
    Abstract: A turbine engine annular combustion chamber, including longitudinal walls connected by a transverse chamber bottom and a single-piece cowling, the chamber bottom and the cowling each including an inner flange and an outer flange each with a plurality of holes made in it for the passage of fixing systems for fixing the cowling on the chamber bottom. Each fixing system has associated with it at least one tangential slot formed on the corresponding flange of the chamber bottom and/or on the corresponding flange of the cowling, each slot being formed in the immediate vicinity of the corresponding fixing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Florian Andre Francois Bessagnet, Mario Cesar De Sousa