Patents by Inventor Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt

Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt 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: 11925986
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a turbine engine blade (16) including an active-surface wall (17) and a passive-surface wall (18) separated from one another, this blade (16) including a tip that has a closing wall grouping together the active-surface (17) and passive-surface (18) walls in the region of this tip to define the bottom (23) of a bathtub tip shape located at the tip of the blade, the method comprising a moulding step implementing a core defining the bathtub tip shape. According to the invention, there is a step of adding metal to the bottom (23) of the bathtub tip by means of a Direct Laser Additive Manufacturing (CLAD) method, to deposit material onto the bottom of the bathtub tip to form therein an inner partition (28) supported by the bottom thereof (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt, Coralie Guerard, Patrick Emilien Paul Emile Huchin
  • Patent number: 11434769
    Abstract: A tubular ventilation sleeve for a turbomachine distributor, in particular for an aircraft, the sleeve having a generally elongate shape along an axis (A-A) and including a perforated tubular wall around said axis, one of the axial ends of the sleeve being open and the other being closed by a bottom wall, wherein it further includes support beams when the sleeve is made by additive manufacturing, the beams extending inside the sleeve between the tubular wall and the bottom wall and having a longitudinal cross-section with a generally triangular shape, two sides of which are respectively connected to the tubular wall and the bottom wall and the last side of which is free and extends inside the sleeve, perforations in the tubular wall being provided between the support beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Klein, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt, Thomas Joseph Lardellier, Guillaume Carrerot, Stephane Lavignotte
  • Publication number: 20220049610
    Abstract: A tubular ventilation sleeve for a turbomachine distributor, in particular for an aircraft, the sleeve having a generally elongate shape along an axis (A-A) and including a perforated tubular wall around said axis, one of the axial ends of the sleeve being open and the other being closed by a bottom wall, wherein it further includes support beams when the sleeve is made by additive manufacturing, the beams extending inside the sleeve between the tubular wall and the bottom wall and having a longitudinal cross-section with a generally triangular shape, two sides of which are respectively connected to the tubular wall and the bottom wall and the last side of which is free and extends inside the sleeve, perforations in the tubular wall being provided between the support beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Guillaume KLEIN, Matthieu Jean Luc VOLLEBREGT, Thomas Joseph LARDELLIER, Guillaume CARREROT, Stephane LAVIGNOTTE
  • Patent number: 11135686
    Abstract: A method is for positioning a hollow workpiece obtained by casting and that enables the workpiece obtained in this way to be machined in accurate manner. The workpiece is obtained by a casting method involving a mold and a sacrificial core inserted inside the mold and serving to form at least one cavity in the workpiece. The workpiece includes surfaces of a first type defined during casting by the surfaces of the mold, and surfaces of a second type defined during casting by the surfaces of the core. A frame of reference for positioning the workpiece is constructed that includes at least three reference points (P1-P3) belonging to surfaces of the second type of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt, Coralie Cinthia Guerard, Patrick Emilien Paul Emile Huchin, Joseph Toussaint Tami Lizuzu
  • Patent number: 10926444
    Abstract: An assembly for manufacturing a wax moulding of a turbine engine blade has a wax injection mould in which a core is able to be mounted in a predetermined moulding position, the core including a main element and at least a first secondary element each including at least one functional part and a non-functional part, wherein the non-functional part of the first secondary element includes a rod portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the blade and housed in a first slot of the non-functional part of the main member, the mould including a first internal boss clamping said rod portion at the bottom of the first slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: Safran, Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Marcel Auguste Hanny, Pascal Francis Patrick Gomez, Daniel Quach, Adrien Bernard Vincent Rollinger, Joseph Toussaint Tami Lizuzu, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt
  • Patent number: 10913105
    Abstract: A fabrication method for fabricating a pattern for lost pattern casting, comprising at least one insert (10), providing at least two pattern portions (12, 14), said at least two portions being made of a material that can be eliminated, and assembling said at least two pattern portions together around at least a portion of said at least one insert in sealed manner so as to make said pattern (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Pascal Gomez, Umberto Aprile, Philippe Chabaneix, Dominque Coyez, Chantal Sylvette Langlois, Daniel Quach, Isabelle Marie Monique Valente, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt
  • Patent number: 10864660
    Abstract: A core for the moulding of a turbine engine blade, this blade including a vane extending along a spanwise direction and ending in a top, this core including a first core element to delimit a first internal cavity and a second core element of which at least one portion delimits a second internal cavity. The second cavity is situated between the first cavity and the top of the blade along the spanwise direction, and the portion of the second core element delimiting the second cavity includes a through hole, which emerges in line with an end face of the first core element to constitute a de-dusting conduit of the first cavity, this conduit traversing the second cavity from end to end while emerging in the top of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt, Patrick Emilien Paul Emile Huchin
  • Patent number: 10689985
    Abstract: A turbine blade for a turbomachine such as a turboprop or a turbojet, the blade including a root, a vane carried by the root and extending in a spanwise direction, ending at a tip, the vane including a pressure-side wall and a suction-side wall spaced apart from each other, and at least one duct configured to collect cooling air at the root and to make same flow in the vane in order to cool same; holes and/or slots made in the walls of same in order to discharge the cooling air out of the vane; an upper inner cavity located at the tip of the vane in order to cool same; and wherein at least one of the ducts directly supplies the upper cavity with cooling air collected in the root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Charlotte Marie Dujol, Patrice Eneau, Sebastien Digard Brou De Cuissart, Matthieu Jean-Luc Vollebregt
  • Patent number: 10682687
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a core configured for the manufacturing of a turbine engine blade by lost-wax casting. The core includes a first convex curved outer face and a second concave curved outer face. The first and second faces have a plurality of recesses, each recess including a spherical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Coralie Cinthia Guerard, Vincent Marc Herb, Jun Ni, Joseph Toussaint Tami Lizuzu, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt
  • Patent number: 10618106
    Abstract: A core for casting a blade of a turbomachine, the core including a first part for defining a first cavity and a second part of which at least one portion defines a second cavity located between the first cavity and the tip of the blade. The portion of the second part includes a through-hole that ends opposite the first part so as to define, in the cast blade, an outer face of a duct for removing dust from the first cavity. An alumina pin which is secured to the end face of the first part extends into the through-hole to define the inner face of the duct. A centering sheath placed between the pin and the through-hole centers the pin in relation to the through-hole. The centering sheath is made of a material that is intended to dissolve before the blade is cast around the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrick Emilien Paul Emile Huchin, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt, Adrien Bernard Vincent Rollinger, Mirna Bechelany
  • Patent number: 10519980
    Abstract: A turbomachine component or collection of components includes a first blade and a second blade and a platform from which the blades extend. The platform, between the pressure face of the first blade and the suction face of the second blade, has a non-axisymmetric surface defining a plurality of fins of substantially triangular section extending downstream of a leading edge of each of the blades. Each fin is associated with a leading position and a trailing position on the surface, between which positions the fin extends, such that the leading position is situated at between 5% and 35% length relative to a chord of the blade extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the blade. The further a fin is from the suction face of the second blade, the further the leading position of the fin is axially from the leading edge of the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vianney Christophe Marie Maniere, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt, Gaetan Jean Marie Loupy, Paul Henri Joseph Mauclair
  • Patent number: 10493520
    Abstract: A moulding unit for producing a turbomachine blade blank. The moulding unit has an upstream portion and a downstream portion. According to the invention, the moulding unit comprises a raised portion designed to form a downstream opening which, at the level of the trailing edge, passes through at least one of the side edges of the basin-like portion at the blade tip. The raised portion rigidly secures the upstream portion to the downstream portion and comprises a strengthening protuberance extending in the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt, Charlotte Marie Dujol, Patrice Eneau, Coralie Geurard, Patrick Emilien Paul Emile Huchin
  • Patent number: 10486226
    Abstract: A core used in the manufacture, by lost-wax casting, of a turbomachine blade, includes a main element and at least one first secondary element, each including a functional part and a non-functional part. The non-functional part of the main element and the non-functional part of the at least one first secondary element are assembled and shaped so as to cooperate with each other by sliding in a longitudinal direction extending between the base and the top of a blade and by rotating around the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Daniel Quach, Pascal Francis Patrick Gomez, Coralie Cinthia Guerard, Jean-Claude Marcel Auguste Hanny, Patrick Emilien Paul Emile Huchin, Joseph Toussaint Tami Lizuzu, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt, Vincent Marc Herb, Laetitia Person
  • Publication number: 20190240725
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a core configured for the manufacturing of a turbine engine blade by lost-wax casting. The core includes a first convex curved outer face and a second concave curved outer face. The first and second faces have a plurality of recesses, each recess including a spherical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Coralie Cinthia Guerard, Vincent Marc Herb, Jun Ni, Joseph Toussaint Tami Lizuzu, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt
  • Patent number: 10344771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbomachine component (1) or collection of components comprising at least a first and a second blade (3I, 3E) and a platform (2) from which the blades (3I, 3E) extend, characterized in that the platform (2) has a non-axisymmetric surface (S) bounded by a first and a second end plane (PS, PR) and defined by at least two class C construction curves each one representing the value of a radius of said surface (S) as a function of a position between the pressure face of the first blade (3I) and the suction face of the second blade (3E) in a plane substantially parallel to the end planes (PS, PR), these including at least one upstream curve and one downstream curve; each construction curve being defined by at least one pressure face control end point and one suction face control end point such that: —the tangent to the downstream curve at the suction face control end point 20 is inclined by at most 5°; —any other tangent to a construction curve at a control end point is inclined
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Benjamin Lukowski, Esteban Bernardos-Chamagne, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt
  • Publication number: 20190099803
    Abstract: A core for casting a blade of a turbomachine, the core comprising a first part for defining a first cavity and a second part of which at least one portion defines a second cavity located between the first cavity and the tip of the blade. The portion of the second part includes a through-hole that ends opposite the first part so as to define, in the cast blade, an outer face of a duct for removing dust from the first cavity. An alumina pin which is secured to the end face of the first part extends into the through-hole to define the inner face of the duct. A centering sheath placed between the pin and the through-hole centers the pin in relation to the through-hole. The centering sheath is made of a material that is intended to dissolve before the blade is cast around the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Patrick Emilien Paul Emile HUCHIN, Matthieu Jean Luc VOLLEBREGT, Adrien Bernard Vincent ROLLINGER, Mirna BECHELANY
  • Patent number: 10216867
    Abstract: A method for modeling at least part of a non-axisymmetric surface (5) of one portion (2) of a part (1). The portion (2) is bounded by first and second extremal planes (PS, PR). The method includes processing data from a device (10), by: (a) modeling at least two basic non-axisymmetric surfaces (Sk, SI, SE) making up the surface, each of the basic surfaces (Sk, SI, SE) extending between both extremal planes (PS, PR) of the portion (S); (b) constructing at least one connection curve (CR) tangential to the first and second surfaces; (c) locally modifying the first and second basic surfaces (Sk, SI, SE) to keep to the connection curve (CR) near a discontinuity; and (d) restoring, at least part of the obtained surface (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Damien Joseph Cellier, Vincent Perrot, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt, Nicolas Jean Fernand Pignier
  • Publication number: 20180369969
    Abstract: A method is for positioning a hollow workpiece obtained by casting and that enables the workpiece obtained in this way to be machined in accurate manner. The workpiece is obtained by a casting method involving a mold and a sacrificial core inserted inside the mold and serving to form at least one cavity in the workpiece. The workpiece includes surfaces of a first type defined during casting by the surfaces of the mold, and surfaces of a second type defined during casting by the surfaces of the core. A frame of reference for positioning the workpiece is constructed that includes at least three reference points (P1-P3) belonging to surfaces of the second type of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Jean Luc VOLLEBREGT, Coralie Cinthia GUERARD, Patrick Emilien Paul Emile HUCHIN, Joseph Toussaint TAMI LIZUZU
  • Publication number: 20180318913
    Abstract: A moulding unit for producing a turbomachine blade blank. The moulding unit has an upstream portion and a downstream portion. According to the invention, the moulding unit comprises a raised portion designed to form a downstream opening which, at the level of the trailing edge, passes through at least one of the side edges of the basin-like portion at the blade tip. The raised portion rigidly secures the upstream portion to the downstream portion and comprises a strengthening protuberance extending in the transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt, Charlotte Marie Dujol, Patrice Eneau, Coralie Geurard, Patrick Emilien Paul Emile Huchin
  • Publication number: 20180311876
    Abstract: An assembly for manufacturing a wax moulding of a turbine engine blade has a wax injection mould in which a core is able to be mounted in a predetermined moulding position, the core including a main element and at least a first secondary element each including at least one functional part and a non-functional part, wherein the non-functional part of the first secondary element includes a rod portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the blade and housed in a first slot of the non-functional part of the main member, the mould including a first internal boss clamping said rod portion at the bottom of the first slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicants: Safran Aircraft Engines, Safran
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Marcel Auguste Hanny, Pascal Francis Patrick Gomez, Daniel Quach, Adrien Bernard Vincent Rollinger, Joseph Toussaint Tami Lizuzu, Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt