Patents by Inventor Michel Gilbert Roland Brault

Michel Gilbert Roland Brault 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).

  • Publication number: 20210164350
    Abstract: A shaft assembly (22, 32) for an aircraft turbine engine (1), comprising a first outer shaft (32) and a second inner shaft (22), the first outer shaft being intended to be engaged axially on the second shaft and comprising inner longitudinal splines (34) for coupling with outer longitudinal splines (24) of the second shaft, characterised in that, when the first and second shafts are in the coupling position, the inner and outer splines are engaged in one another and cooperate with each other in an axial coupling area (Z), the inner and outer teeth being situated outside this coupling area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Guillaume Patrice KUBIAK
  • Patent number: 10975725
    Abstract: A turbofan including a low-pressure shaft; a high-pressure shaft; a fan shaft; a reducing mechanism that couples the low-pressure shaft to the fan shaft; and a maximum of six chambers that accommodate the bearings of the low-pressure shaft, the bearings of the high-pressure shaft and the bearings of the fan as well as the reducing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Jeremy Dievart, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10968770
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan driven by a fan shaft and retractable axial retainer of the shaft mounted on a stator element and movable between a first operational position and a second non-operational position. The retractable axial retainer may include a fluid supply configured for supplying at least one cavity with fluid. In some examples, the retractable axial retainer is mounted movably or slidingly so as to generate movement of the retractable axial retainer between the operation and non-operational positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri
  • Publication number: 20210087977
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine with a reduction gear has a first shaft and a second shaft having one same axis of rotation, the second shaft being rotationally driven by the first shaft via the reduction gear, the first shaft having elastically deformable means having bellows section(s) and being connected to the reduction gear by a connecting system likewise having elastically deformable means involving a hairpin or bellows section(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Alexandre Jean-Marie Tan-Kim, Nicolas Auguste Marcel Pommier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
  • Publication number: 20210087947
    Abstract: Dynamic sealing device for an aircraft turbomachine, comprising two rotors (3, 8) which are configured to rotate about the one same axis (A) and different speeds, the said rotors extending at least in part around one another and dynamic sealing means (14) being mounted between the said rotors, characterized in that:—the said sealing means comprise annular rings (38) extending about the said axis, these rings being mounted with the ability to slide on a first (3) of the said rotors, in a radial direction with respect to the said axis, and being able to bear radially via their external periphery against a second (8) of the said rotors which at least partially surrounds the said first rotor, and in that it further comprises:—oil discharge means comprising an annular cavity (44) formed in the said second rotor, the said annular cavity opening radially towards the inside in the vicinity of the said sealing means and being in fluidic communication with oil passage ports (45) formed in the bottom of the cavity and p
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI
  • Publication number: 20210071546
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine has a longitudinal axis A and includes a reduction gear, at least one turbine shaft, an upstream end of which is connected to an input shaft of a reduction gear, a fan, one shaft of which is connected to an output shaft of the reduction gear, and dynamic sealing means between said reduction gear input shaft and the fan shaft. The sealing means includes an annular cowling, the axial cross-section of which is substantially U-shaped An outer annular leg of the annular cowling is fastened to the fan shaft, and an inner annular leg supports at least one annular sealing joint that cooperates with the reduction gear input shaft. The cowling is elastically deformable in the radial direction in relation to the axis A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri
  • Patent number: 10907486
    Abstract: A turbomachine module includes a rotor supporting variable pitch blades, and an inner annular shaft, a blade pitch control device, a device for feathering at least one blade comprising at least one gas generator placed between a body and a movable member. The control device and the feathering device are situated radially between the shaft and the blades, the movable member is coupled with the at least one blade and capable, under the action of the gas generated and/or released by the generator, of being moved into a reference position wherein it entails a feathered position to the at least one blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10859000
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for rotating a fan (2) of a turbojet engine (1) about a first rotation axis ?, including a reduction gear (3) made up of a planetary gearset placed at the centre of the fan (2), which includes: a central sun gear (31); an outer planet gear (33) attached to the fan (2); at least one satellite gear (32) arranged between the central sun gear (31) and the outer planet gear (33) in order to transmit a rotary movement between the central sun gear (31) and the outer planet gear (33); characterised in that the outer planet gear (33) includes an inner portion (33a) which meshes with the satellite gear (32), as well as an outer portion (33b) to which blades (21) of the fan (2) are directly attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Benoit Jean Henri Gomanne, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nicolas Xavier Trappier
  • Patent number: 10837317
    Abstract: A bypass turbojet engine including a low pressure shaft supported by at least two low pressure bearings, a high pressure shaft supported by at least two high pressure bearings, a fan shaft supported by at least two fan bearings, a reduction system coupling the low pressure shaft, with the fan shaft, enclosures housing the low pressure bearings, the high pressure bearings, the fan bearings and the reduction system, and a lubrication assembly including a closed oil circuit configured to supply oil to the enclosures in order to cool the bearings and the reduction system and at most five recovery pumps configured to recover oil from the enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Sebastien Christophe Chalaud, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10830066
    Abstract: A fan of a turbine engine includes a disc provided with blades at the periphery thereof, the blades being mounted so as to pivot on the disc about a pivot axis, and a mechanism for changing the pitch of the blades. The mechanism is configured to adjust an angular position of each blade around the pivot axis. The angular position is in an angular setting range no greater than 20°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Sebastien Emile Philippe Tajan
  • Patent number: 10815892
    Abstract: A multiflow turbojet engine generally includes an upstream fan driven by a gas generator having first and second coaxial compressors, an intake case forming a mounting for the rotors of the upstream fan and the first compressor, an inter-compressor case downstream from the intake case and forming a mounting for the rotors of the second compressor, and attachment means for thrust take-up control rods arranged in the inter-compressor case. The turbojet engine also includes a structural force shroud connecting the intake case to the inter-compressor case, of the and a floating first compressor case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10787969
    Abstract: A front part of an aircraft turbomachine of the bypass type including a single fan, a gas generator positioned downstream of the fan, a reducer interposed between the gas generator and the fan, a flow splitter and a structure with structural outlet guide vanes. The vanes each have a root arranged upstream of the flow splitter and the reducer is also arranged at least half upstream of the flow splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Guillaume Olivier Vartan Martin
  • Patent number: 10781714
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a device for limiting overspeeding of a turbine shaft of a turbomachine, comprising structure for destroying the rotor blades of at least one turbine stage. The structure includes a casing and at least one projectile configured for projecting into the path of the rotor blades of the stage in order for the stage in question to be destroyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Publication number: 20200095890
    Abstract: A turbine engine comprising a fan comprising a first shaft driven in rotation via a reduction gear, the first shaft being guided in rotation with respect to a support of a fixed structure via an upstream bearing and a downstream bearing, the downstream bearing guiding in rotation the first shaft with respect to a downstream branch of the support, the first shaft and the support together defining an enclosure, the reduction gear comprising a ring gear fixed to the structure via a shell, the turbine engine comprising lubricator composed of at least one pipe for conveying a liquid lubricant, wherein the pipe is located in the enclosure, the pipe passing through an orifice made in the shell and an opening made in the downstream branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Xavier Jean Yves Alain Agneray, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
  • Publication number: 20200095876
    Abstract: A fan of a turbine engine includes a disc provided with blades at the periphery thereof, the blades being mounted so as to pivot on the disc about a pivot axis, and a mechanism for changing the pitch of the blades. The mechanism is configured to adjust an angular position of each blade around the pivot axis. The angular position is in an angular setting range no greater than 20°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Nils Edouard Romain BORDONI, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Guillaume Patrice KUBIAK, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri PATSOURIS, Sebastien Emile Philippe TAJAN
  • Publication number: 20200072053
    Abstract: A turbomachine having a fan shaft supported by a first bearing positioned downstream of the fan, the first bearing including an outer ring attached to an annular support secured to the stator. The turbomachine includes at least one gas feed duct leading into an enclosure positioned against the disc, the gas feed duct being adapted to be fed at a second end with pressurized gas taken from an airstream of a high-pressure compressor of the turbomachine, so that the gas applies an axial force towards upstream on the disc during some operating phases of the turbomachine. The turbomachine further includes a ferrule imperviously sealing the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Amelie Argie Antoinette CHASSAGNE, Didier Jean-Louis YVON
  • Publication number: 20200018181
    Abstract: A turbomachine (10) comprising a fan (12) shaft driven by a turbine shaft (16) by intermediary of a rotational speed reduction device (20), said turbomachine comprising decoupling means (28) interposed between the reduction device (20) and the fan shaft (18), which decoupling means are able to decouple the reduction device (20) and the fan shaft (18), characterized in that the reduction device (20) is coupled to the fan shaft via the intermediary of a coupling (17) having trapezoidal teeth of the curvic type which comprises said decoupling means (28), said decoupling means (28) being configured to decouple the reduction device (20) and the fan shaft (18) in response to a predetermined resistive torque (CD), referred to as the decoupling torque, being exceeded, which torque acts between the fan shaft (18) and the reduction device (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Didier Jean-Louis YVON
  • Patent number: 10458422
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes two rotary shafts and a lubrication unit. The lubrication unit has at least one pump which a casing inside of which a rotor is mounted and driven by one of the rotary shafts. The pump casing is rotated by the other rotary shaft such that the actuation of the pump depends on the difference between rotational speeds of the shafts. The shafts are a drive shaft and a fan shaft, respectively, wherein the fan shaft is driven by the drive shaft by means of a reduction gear which is lubricated by the lubrication unit. The reduction gear is annular and the pump passes axially therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Benoît Jean Henri Gomanne, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Thomas Chauveau, Bellal Waissi
  • Patent number: 10450884
    Abstract: A turbine engine impeller comprises a disc bearing vanes and an annular plate. The roots of the vanes are fitted in grooves and the root of each vane is connected to a blade by an integrated platform. The platforms of said vanes cooperate to form a radially inner wall of a duct for a flow passing through the blades. The annular plate comprises a transverse annular portion forming an axial stop of the roots of the vanes. The integrated platform of each vane has no spoiler and stops axially to the right of transverse faces of the root. The transverse annular portion of said annular plate bears, between the integrated platforms and the disc, an annular spoiler configured to extend in an axial space between the impeller and an adjacent module of the turbine engine so that said annular plate bears annular knife-edge seals of a labyrinth sealing joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Antoine Jean-Philippe Beaujard, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10422341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbofan engine comprising a fan driven, via a fan shaft supported by at least two first bearings, by a turbine shaft supported by at least one second bearing comprising a stationary ring and a movable ring, said turbine shaft driving said fan shaft through a device for reducing the speed of rotation, said device for reducing the speed of rotation and said first and second bearings being housed in a lubrication enclosure in which the shell comprises stationary portions and movable portions connected to one another by sealing means, said reducing device comprising an inducer shaped so as to receive the torque transmitted by said turbine shaft via driving means connected to said movable ring, wherein the lubrication enclosure forms a coaxial ring with the turbine shaft and said driving means comprise a girth gear which is part of the movable sealing walls of the shell of the lubrication enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Nathalie Nowakowski