Patents by Inventor Patrick Gilbert Petit

Patrick Gilbert Petit 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).

  • Method and tooling for assembling a guide vane stage
    Patent number: 9605563
    Abstract: A method and tooling for assembling a guide vane stage that includes an inner shroud and an outer shroud that are coaxial and interconnected by radial airfoils, the method including holding plates pressed against an outer surface of the inner shroud so that the plates cover gaps formed between openings in the inner shroud and the airfoils at least in part and in a manner that is leaktight, and applying a sealing resin to the inner surface of the inner shroud so that the resin fills the gaps and so that radially inner ends of the airfoils are embedded in the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Romain Rene Marcel Chardonnet, Patrick Gilbert Petit, Alain Martinez
  • METHOD AND TOOLING FOR ASSEMBLING A GUIDE VANE STAGE
    Publication number: 20150052750
    Abstract: A method and tooling for assembling a guide vane stage that includes an inner shroud and an outer shroud that are coaxial and interconnected by radial airfoils, the method including holding plates pressed against an outer surface of the inner shroud so that the plates cover gaps formed between openings in the inner shroud and the airfoils at least in part and in a manner that is leaktight, and applying a sealing resin to the inner surface of the inner shroud so that the resin fills the gaps and so that radially inner ends of the airfoils are embedded in the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Romain Rene Marcel Chardonnet, Patrick Gilbert Petit, Alain Martinez