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: 20190277156
    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: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10316857
    Abstract: A fan of a turbine engine, the fan including a fan disk provided with blades on its periphery, the blades being pivotally mounted on the disk around a pivoting axis and having a center of gravity, and a pitch change mechanism for the blades, each blade being configured so that its center of gravity is positioned on or at a small distance from a fictitious plane which passes through the pivoting axis of the blade and which is perpendicular to the axis of revolution of the fan when the blade is in a minimum drag position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Publication number: 20190153958
    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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20190101081
    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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Nils Edouard Romain BORDONI, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Sebastien Christophe CHALAUD, Guillaume Patrice KUBBIAK, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20190085724
    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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20190003395
    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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Publication number: 20180372001
    Abstract: A multi-flow turbojet engine generally includes an upstream ducted fan driven by a gas generator, the gas generator having a first and a second compressor, which are coaxial, an inlet case forming a support for the rotors of the upstream ducted fan and of the first compressor, an inter-compressor case downstream of the inlet casing and forming a support for the rotors of the second compressor, attachment means for thrust take-up rods, which attachment means are arranged on the inter-compressor case. The turbojet engine includes at least one axial stress transmission rod for connecting the inlet case to the inter-compressor case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: 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: 10138755
    Abstract: A device for deicing a separator nose of an aviation turbine engine, and including a separator nose for positioning downstream from a fan of the engine to separate annular channels for passing a primary stream and a secondary stream coming from the engine, and a casing fastened to the separator nose so as to extend it downstream, the casing having an inner shroud defining the outside of the primary stream flow passage, and including at least one air duct incorporated in the inner shroud so as to be formed integrally therewith, the air duct opening out downstream to an air feed and opening out upstream into the inside of the separator nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Benoit Jean Henri Gomanne, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
  • Publication number: 20180334915
    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: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: 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: 9803743
    Abstract: A rotary assembly comprising a transmission member and an oil distribution system enabling oil to be supplied to the transmission member in order to lubricate it. According to the invention, the oil distribution system comprises at least one oil transfer chamber provided with at least one feed orifice configured to receive oil from outside the rotary assembly; the transmission member includes at least one rotary portion provided with at least one oil reception chamber; at least one link duct provides fluid flow connection between the oil transfer chamber and the oil reception chamber; the oil distribution system is driven by said rotary portion of the transmission member to rotate together with it; and the rotary assembly is configured in such a manner as to accommodate a given amount of axial and/or radial relative movement between said rotary portion of the transmission member and the oil distribution system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Kévin Lemarchand
  • Patent number: 9796264
    Abstract: A turbojet engine including an intermediate casing including radial arms and a driveshaft for a gearbox for auxiliary machines of the turbojet engine, the driveshaft mounted in a radial arm, the radial arm including an intermediate bearing supporting the driveshaft, the intermediate bearing including plural rolling bearings supporting the driveshaft, the driveshaft including a first shaft element connected at one end to a mechanism providing mechanical transmission to an engine shaft of the turbojet engine, and a second shaft element connected at one end to a mechanism providing mechanical transmission to the box. The first shaft element and the second shaft element are linked by a connection including plural splines. A single plane transversely passes through the plural splines and the plural rolling bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Regis Eugene Henri Servant
  • Patent number: 9784130
    Abstract: A turbine engine in which an air flow circulates from upstream to downstream, or for an aircraft, including a rotary shaft extending axially and a de-oiling tube mounted to be rigidly connected to and on the inside of the shaft by an upstream fixing mechanism including: a first inner dog clutch extending on an inside from the shaft, a second dog clutch extending on an outside from the de-oiling tube, which is longitudinally aligned with the first dog clutch and positioned downstream of the first dog clutch, and an anti-rotation longitudinal locking latch extending between the rotary shaft and the de-oiling tube to prohibit rotation of the second dog clutch of the de-oiling tube relative to the first dog clutch of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventor: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
  • Publication number: 20170191495
    Abstract: A fan of a turbine engine, the fan including a fan disk provided with blades on its periphery, the blades being pivotally mounted on the disk around a pivoting axis and having a center of gravity, and a pitch change mechanism for the blades, each blade being configured so that its center of gravity is positioned on or at a small distance from a fictitious plane which passes through the pivoting axis of the blade and which is perpendicular to the axis of revolution of the fan when the blade is in a minimum drag position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: 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: 9689314
    Abstract: A turbomachine intermediate casing including an internal hub designed to accept a turbomachine compressor shaft, an outer shell ring, and a plurality of radial arms connecting the hub and the shell ring, one of the arms including an internal housing of radial shaft for driving auxiliary machines, the casing further includes a bevel gearbox for the radial shaft arranged in the outer shell ring, the gearbox being formed as one with the outer shell ring, and the bevel gearbox includes a housing for gears between a radial shaft and an accessories gearbox, the housing including an opening opening to the periphery of the outer shell ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
  • Publication number: 20170009776
    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: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Benoît Jean Henri Gomanne, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Thomas Chauveau, Bellal Waissi
  • Publication number: 20160298639
    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: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Publication number: 20160215871
    Abstract: A rotary assembly comprising a transmission member and an oil distribution system enabling oil to be supplied to the transmission member in order to lubricate it. According to the invention, the oil distribution system comprises at least one oil transfer chamber provided with at least one feed orifice configured to receive oil from outside the rotary assembly; the transmission member includes at least one rotary portion provided with at least one oil reception chamber; at least one link duct provides fluid flow connection between the oil transfer chamber and the oil reception chamber; the oil distribution system is driven by said rotary portion of the transmission member to rotate together with it; and the rotary assembly is configured in such a manner as to accommodate a given amount of axial and/or radial relative movement between said rotary portion of the transmission member and the oil distribution system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Kévin LEMARCHAND
  • Publication number: 20160169024
    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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Jean-Philippe Beaujard, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Publication number: 20160138476
    Abstract: A turbomachine intermediate casing including an internal hub designed to accept a turbomachine compressor shaft, an outer shell ring, and a plurality of radial arms connecting the hub and the shell ring, one of the arms including an internal housing of radial shaft for driving auxiliary machines, the casing further includes a bevel gearbox for the radial shaft arranged in the outer shell ring, the gearbox being formed as one with the outer shell ring, and the bevel gearbox includes a housing for gears between a radial shaft and an accessories gearbox, said the housing including an opening opening to the periphery of the outer shell ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Kevin Morgane LEMARCHAND, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT
  • Patent number: 9322293
    Abstract: A venting pipe used to guide a gas stream in a turbojet including at least one hollow rotary shaft inside which the pipe is mounted, the pipe extending generally along an axis. The pipe includes at least two pipe segments configured to be aligned longitudinally and assembled to one another while retaining a degree of freedom in relative translation thereof, at least one of the segments including a deformable mechanism configured to deform radially as the pipe segments are tightened against one another in the shaft of the turbojet, to bear on the shaft. The pipe structure facilitates mounting of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Philippe Pierre Vincent Bouiller