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).
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DEVICE FOR LIMITING OVERSPEEDING OF A TURBINE SHAFT OF A TURBOMACHINE, AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD
Publication number: 20190277156Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Nathalie Nowakowski -
Patent number: 10316857Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
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Publication number: 20190153958Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Guillaume Patrice KUBIAK, Nils Edouard Romain BORDONI, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Benoit Jean Henri GOMANNE, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Nicolas Xavier TRAPPIER
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Publication number: 20190101081Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Nils Edouard Romain BORDONI, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Sebastien Christophe CHALAUD, Guillaume Patrice KUBBIAK, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI
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Publication number: 20190085724Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Nils Edouard Romain BORDONI, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Jeremy DIEVART, Guillaume Patrice KUBIAK, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI
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Publication number: 20190003395Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
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Publication number: 20180372001Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
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Patent number: 10138755Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Benoit Jean Henri Gomanne, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
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Publication number: 20180334915Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
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Patent number: 9803743Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Kévin Lemarchand
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Patent number: 9796264Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Regis Eugene Henri Servant
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Patent number: 9784130Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventor: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
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Publication number: 20170191495Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nils Edouard Romain BORDONI, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Guillaume Patrice KUBIAK, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI
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Patent number: 9689314Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
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Publication number: 20170009776Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Benoît Jean Henri Gomanne, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Thomas Chauveau, Bellal Waissi
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Publication number: 20160298639Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Nathalie Nowakowski
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Publication number: 20160215871Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Kévin LEMARCHAND
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Publication number: 20160169024Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Antoine Jean-Philippe Beaujard, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Nathalie Nowakowski
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Publication number: 20160138476Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Kevin Morgane LEMARCHAND, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT
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Patent number: 9322293Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Philippe Pierre Vincent Bouiller