Patents by Inventor Nicolas Pierre LANFANT
Nicolas Pierre LANFANT 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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Patent number: 11919260Abstract: A process for shaping, by compaction, a fibrous structure obtained by three-dimensional or multilayer weaving between a plurality of layers of warp yarns and a plurality of layers of weft yarns. The yarns of each plurality of layers of warp yarns and layers of weft yarns are coated with a sizing composition. The shaping includes a pre-compaction stage followed by a stage of final compaction of the fibrous structure. During pre-compaction and final compaction, the fibrous structure is at a temperature greater than or equal to the softening temperature of the sizing composition. The process further includes the cooling of the fibrous preform obtained after final compaction of the fibrous structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Christophe Ravey, Olivier Foussard, Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Didier Payen, Adrien Touze, Romain Venat
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Patent number: 11897170Abstract: A mould for obtaining an element is provided. The mould includes an outer face and a plurality of parallel ribs and/or grooves formed on the outer face. One of the walls of the mould includes ribs and/or grooves of which at least a portion of the ribs and/or grooves can be retracted, at least temporarily, such that at least a portion of the surface of the wall is smooth.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Emilie Goncalves, Robin Mandel
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Publication number: 20240042671Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing a complex acoustic multi-element panel for an acoustic attenuation structure, the method including supplying a thermoplastic resin film at the entry of a stamping system including at least one pair of complementary cylinders, a heating of the thermoplastic resin film upstream of the entry of the stamping system, and a passage of the thermoplastic resin film between the at least one pair of complementary cylinders, the pair of complementary cylinders including a male cylinder with teeth radially protruding from the cylinder and a female cylinder with cavities on its radial surface, the cavities of the female cylinder being of shapes complementary to the shapes of the teeth of the male cylinder and a separation of the stamped film at the exit of the stamping system using a separator disposed at the exit of the stamping system between the stamped film and the female cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Hugues Laurent ALGLAVE, Patrick DUNLEAVY
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Publication number: 20230364868Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite material part having a cellular structure that includes at least one cell delimited by walls. The method includes supplying at least a first core, providing a web of a first fibrous reinforcement comprising a plurality of long discontinuous fibers randomly distributed in a plane, and producing at least one strip of the first fibrous reinforcement. The method further includes producing a second fibrous reinforcement in the shape of a sock, inserting the first core into the sock, draping the strip around the sock containing the first core, placing the sock containing the first core and the wrapped strip in a mold, and thermocompression.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: SAFRANInventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Patrick DUNLEAVY
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Publication number: 20230131268Abstract: A method for manufacturing an acoustic attenuation structure including a complex acoustic multi-element panel extending along a horizontal and a vertical direction and an acoustic skin covering one of horizontal faces of the complex acoustic multi-element panel, the complex acoustic multi-element panel including complex acoustic elements each having a shape gradually narrowing between a base and a tip and partitions surrounding each complex acoustic element to form a plurality of acoustic cells, the partitions extending along the vertical direction from the base of the complex acoustic elements, the complex acoustic multi-element panel being produced by injection of a filled or unfilled thermoplastic or thermosetting material. The complex acoustic multi-element panel and the plurality of partitions are produced as a single part by injection of a filled or unfilled thermoplastic or thermosetting material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Hugues Laurent ALGLAVE, Patrick DUNLEAVY, Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Cédric Pierre Michel THOMAS
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Publication number: 20230036890Abstract: A process for manufacturing a blade made of composite material for a turbomachine. The blade includes an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side which extend from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the airfoil. The blade further includes a metal sheath that extends along the leading edge of the airfoil. The process includes the steps of: placing a preform, produced by three-dimensionally weaving fibers, in a mold, the sheath being positioned on an edge of the preform intended to form the leading edge of the airfoil; and injecting polymerizable resin into the mold to impregnate the preform so as to form the airfoil after solidifying. At least one double-sided adhesive film may be inserted between the sheath and the edge of the preform prior to injection of the resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: SAFRANInventors: Adrien Touze, Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Romain Picon, Loïc Sorgnard
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Publication number: 20230027311Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a grid made of composite material for straightening an air flow for an aircraft turbine engine. The described method is based on the use of longitudinal members (301) which have recesses (303) to allow the penetration of connecting elements (304) into said recesses during the manufacture of the grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Maximilien Eddie FARRANDS, Pierre Francois Robin GERAUD-GROSHENY
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Publication number: 20220402218Abstract: A process for manufacturing a blade made of composite material for a turbomachine is provided. The blade includes an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side which extend from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the airfoil. The blade further includes a metal sheath that extends along the leading edge of the airfoil. The process includes the steps of: a) placing a preform, made by three-dimensionally weaving fibers, in a mold, a polymerizable adhesive being inserted between the sheath and the edge of the preform; and b) injecting polymerizable resin into the mold to impregnate the preform so as to form the airfoil after solidifying, wherein the resin is injected within a time interval during which the adhesive reaches a freezing point.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: SAFRANInventors: Adrien Touze, Magali Mélanie Coulaud, Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Matthieu Stackler
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Publication number: 20210323250Abstract: A process for shaping, by compaction, a fibrous structure obtained by three-dimensional or multilayer weaving between a plurality of layers of warp yarns and a plurality of layers of weft yarns. The yarns of each plurality of layers of warp yarns and layers of weft yarns are coated with a sizing composition. The shaping includes a pre-compaction stage followed by a stage of final compaction of the fibrous structure. During pre-compaction and final compaction, the fibrous structure is at a temperature greater than or equal to the softening temperature of the sizing composition. The process further includes the cooling of the fibrous preform obtained after final compaction of the fibrous structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Christophe RAVEY, Olivier FOUSSARD, Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Didier PAYEN, Adrien TOUZE, Romain VENAT
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Patent number: 11148787Abstract: The invention concerns an aircraft propulsion system comprising at least one member (1, 3, 4, 8) in contact with a turbulent flow of a stream (F), characterised in that said member is covered, at least partially, by a piezoelectric structure (S) such as a piezoelectric film, said structure (S) comprising a grooved structure (5, 6, 7, 9) comprising a series of grooves, in contact with the flow of the stream, the grooves extending in the direction of flow of the stream, the grooved structure comprising at least one geometric parameter (h, s, w) configured to adapt depending on at least one parameter of the flow of the stream and/or an operating point of the propulsion system and/or an engine speed of the propulsion system.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Emilie Goncalves, Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Robin Mandel
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Patent number: 11141938Abstract: The invention concerns a method for manufacturing a turbomachine flow straightener made from composite material having a blade extended by at least one attachment end, comprising the operations of: forming a fibrous blank from a three-dimensional fabric comprising warp threads oriented in a direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the blade to be manufactured; dividing at least one end of the fibrous blank by separating in order to constitute at least two sets of integrated layers; shifting at least one set of integrated layers in a planar configuration such that the warp threads are inclined in this set of integrated layers relative to the orientation of the warp threads in the fibrous blank portion of the blade.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe, Pierre Faivre D'Arcier
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Patent number: 11135747Abstract: A method for making an aerodynamic element, particularly for an aircraft, including an external face and a plurality of parallel ribs and/or grooves formed on the external face, the method including making the element and its ribs and/or its grooves simultaneously with a mold, including a step to supply a film made of a deformable material that includes ribs and/or grooves complementary to the ribs and/or grooves of the element, a step to position the film on a wall of the mold, a step in which the element is molded, a step in which the element is separated from the mold simultaneously with the film, and a step in which the film is separated from the element.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Emilie Goncalves
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Patent number: 11111798Abstract: A blade of a turbomachine includes a blade body of composite material having a fiber reinforcement having a three-dimensional weave and densified by a matrix, the reinforcement having a first part extended by a second, end, part including two segments separated from each other; and an insert having a pi-shaped section, the insert having a platform part and two longitudinal flanges separated from each other, the platform part including a housing delimited by a bottom wall and a rim, the bottom wall including an opening communicating with the space between the two flanges, the first part of the fiber reinforcement being clamped between the two flanges of the insert, the segments of the second part of the fiber reinforcement being folded against the bottom wall of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Pierre Jean Faivre D'Arcier
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Publication number: 20200108569Abstract: The invention concerns a method for manufacturing a turbomachine flow straightener made from composite material having a blade extended by at least one attachment end, comprising the operations of: forming a fibrous blank from a three-dimensional fabric comprising warp threads oriented in a direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the blade to be manufactured; dividing at least one end of the fibrous blank by separating in order to constitute at least two sets of integrated layers; shifting at least one set of integrated layers in a planar configuration such that the warp threads are inclined in this set of integrated layers relative to the orientation of the warp threads in the fibrous blank portion of the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Pierre FAIVRE D'ARCIER
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Patent number: 10532521Abstract: A method of fabricating a composite material part having a body secured to at least one platform present at one end of the body, the method including using the fiber blank to form a preform for the part that is to be made by folding out segments of the second and third portions that are not interlinked with the first portion on opposite sides of the first portion, by shaping the folded-out segments of the second and third portions to form preform portions for a platform of the part to be fabricated, and by folding down the segment of the first portion in order to fill in the groove present in the gap between the second and third portions; and densifying the preform with a matrix in order to obtain a part made of composite material having at least one integrated platform.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Sébastien Pautard
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Publication number: 20200003061Abstract: A blade of a turbomachine includes a blade body of composite material having a fiber reinforcement having a three-dimensional weave and densified by a matrix, the reinforcement having a first part extended by a second, end, part including two segments separated from each other; and an insert having a pi-shaped section, the insert having a platform part and two longitudinal flanges separated from each other, the platform part including a housing delimited by a bottom wall and a rim, the bottom wall including an opening communicating with the space between the two flanges, the first part of the fiber reinforcement being clamped between the two flanges of the insert, the segments of the second part of the fiber reinforcement being folded against the bottom wall of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Pierre Jean FAIVRE D'ARCIER
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Publication number: 20190202090Abstract: A mould for obtaining an element is provided. The mould includes an outer face and a plurality of parallel ribs and/or grooves formed on the outer face. One of the walls of the mould includes ribs and/or grooves of which at least a portion of the ribs and/or grooves can be retracted, at least temporarily, such that at least a portion of the surface of the wall is smooth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: SAFRANInventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Emilie GONCALVES, Robin MANDEL
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Publication number: 20190152585Abstract: The invention concerns an aircraft propulsion system comprising at least one member (1, 3, 4, 8) in contact with a turbulent flow of a stream (F), characterised in that said member is covered, at least partially, by a piezoelectric structure (S) such as a piezoelectric film, said structure (S) comprising a grooved structure (5, 6, 7, 9) comprising a series of grooves, in contact with the flow of the stream, the grooves extending in the direction of flow of the stream, the grooved structure comprising at least one geometric parameter (h, s, w) configured to adapt depending on at least one parameter of the flow of the stream and/or an operating point of the propulsion system and/or an engine speed of the propulsion system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: SAFRANInventors: Emilie GONCALVES, Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Robin MANDEL
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Publication number: 20190126532Abstract: Method for forming a riblet on a component and riblet mould. This invention relates to a method for forming a riblet (3) on a component (1), characterised in that it comprises steps of: printing (106) the riblet on the component (1), comprising applying a film (1) comprising a riblet imprint (6) on the component (1), and peeling (108) the film (4) so as to separate the riblet imprint (6) from the component (1), after printing (106). This invention also relates to a riblet mould (3), the mould comprising a film (4) in which a riblet imprint (6) is formed, the film (4) being adapted to be separated from a component (1) on which a riblet (3) has been printed by means of the riblet mould (3), by peeling the film (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: SAFRANInventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Florence CASTAGNET, Thierry CHAUVIN, Emilie GONCALVES, Nicola PICCIRELLI, Loïc SORGNARD
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Publication number: 20180319101Abstract: A method of fabricating a composite material part having a body secured to at least one platform present at one end of the body, the method including using the fiber blank to form a preform for the part that is to be made by folding out segments of the second and third portions that are not interlinked with the first portion on opposite sides of the first portion, by shaping the folded-out segments of the second and third portions to form preform portions for a platform of the part to be fabricated, and by folding down the segment of the first portion in order to fill in the groove present in the gap between the second and third portions; and densifying the preform with a matrix in order to obtain a part made of composite material having at least one integrated platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Sébastien PAUTARD