Patents by Inventor Patrice Laborde

Patrice Laborde 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: 10087838
    Abstract: A device and a method of temporarily increasing power of at least a first turbine engine is disclosed. The device includes a coolant liquid tank and a first injection circuit connected to the tank and leading to at least one injection nozzle suitable for being installed upstream from at least one compressor stage of the first turbine engine. This first injection circuit includes at least a first flow valve configured to open when a pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold compared with a downstream pressure from at least one compressor stage of a second turbine engine so as to enable the coolant liquid to flow towards the injection nozzle of the first injection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Bertrand Moine, Sophie Humbert, Patrice Laborde, Laurent Minel, Remy Princivalle
  • Publication number: 20150315965
    Abstract: A device and a method of temporarily increasing power of at least a first turbine engine is disclosed. The device includes a coolant liquid tank and a first injection circuit connected to the tank and leading to at least one injection nozzle suitable for being installed upstream from at least one compressor stage of the first turbine engine. This first injection circuit includes at least a first flow valve configured to open when a pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold compared with a downstream pressure from at least one compressor stage of a second turbine engine so as to enable the coolant liquid to flow towards the injection nozzle of the first injection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Bertrand MOINE, Sophie HUMBERT, Patrice LABORDE, Laurent MINEL, Remy PRINCIVALLE
  • Patent number: 8721261
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor for a turbine engine, including a cover with an upstream end and a downstream end; a casing presenting an upstream edge and a downstream edge; and a bladed impeller mounted to rotate in the casing. The cover covers the blades of the impeller to define an outside surface of a gas-flow passage extending between the upstream and downstream edges of the casing, while being fastened to the upstream edge of the casing via its upstream end while its downstream end remains free. The cover further includes an abutment limiting axial movement of its downstream end relative to the downstream edge of the casing while the compressor is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Philippe Denis Joubert, Patrice Laborde, Yann Mouze, Philippe Perot
  • Publication number: 20110076141
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor for a turbine engine, including a cover with an upstream end and a downstream end; a casing presenting an upstream edge and a downstream edge; and a bladed impeller mounted to rotate in the casing. The cover covers the blades of the impeller to define an outside surface of a gas-flow passage extending between the upstream and downstream edges of the casing, while being fastened to the upstream edge of the casing via its upstream end while its downstream end remains free. The cover further includes an abutment limiting axial movement of its downstream end relative to the downstream edge of the casing while the compressor is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Philippe Denis Joubert, Patrice Laborde, Yann Mouze, Philippe Perot
  • Patent number: 6263663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber comprising at least a zone (11) referred to as pilot combustion zone into which at least a first pilot fuel injection means (3) and an associated first oxidizer injection means (4) open; a main combustion zone (12) into which at least a second main fuel injection means (7) and an associated second oxidizer injection means (8) open, all of it being maintained under a pressure P1 inside an enclosure (14). According to the invention, said chamber further comprises a mechanical means (15-19) for controlling the second flow of oxidizer, which reacts to the pressure difference between the inside (P1) and the atmospheric pressure (Po) outside enclosure (14), said pressure difference being directly linked with the engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignees: Institut Francais du Petrole, Turbomeca
    Inventors: Guy Grienche, Gérard Schott, Jean-Hervé Le Gal, Gérard Martin, Patrice Laborde, Raphaël Spagna