Patents by Inventor Patrick Pourfilet

Patrick Pourfilet 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: 10471500
    Abstract: A stack molding pattern and a shell for manufacturing aircraft turbine engine blades via lost wax casting. The stack molding shell includes a plurality of shell blade elements, each intended for producing a blade, wire elements being arranged within the shell blade elements; and a metal feeder including a plurality of metal outlets, each one radially open towards one of the shell blade elements and connected with the second end portion of the element. The shell includes a protective screen, associated with each second end portion and intended to protect a sensitive portion of the wire elements against the direct impact of a flow of metal from the feeder. The sensitive portion is located in the second end portion, downstream from the protective screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Roland Tran, Eric Eberschveiler, Anthony Le Fay, Patrick Pourfilet, Yvan Rappart, Monique Tirel
  • Publication number: 20170239712
    Abstract: A stack molding pattern and a shell for manufacturing aircraft turbine engine blades via lost wax casting. The stack molding shell includes a plurality of shell blade elements, each intended for producing a blade, wire elements being arranged within the shell blade elements; and a metal feeder including a plurality of metal outlets, each one radially open towards one of the shell blade elements and connected with the second end portion of the element. The shell includes a protective screen, associated with each second end portion and intended to protect a sensitive portion of the wire elements against the direct impact of a flow of metal from the feeder. The sensitive portion is located in the second end portion, downstream from the protective screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Roland TRAN, Eric EBERSCHVEILER, Anthony LE FAY, Patrick POURFILET, Yvan RAPPART, Monique TIREL
  • Patent number: 9505052
    Abstract: A tooling for fabricating a foundry core, for making a circuit for cooling a blade of a turbine engine, the tooling including: a mold for injecting a paste and including imprints for a first portion and a second portion of the core; a mechanism bearing against and/or engaging end portions of a ceramic rod that interconnects the portions of the core and that passes through the imprint for the first portion of the core; and a support mechanism in the imprint for the first portion of the core to support a substantially middle portion of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Christian Bariaud, Philippe Bouthemy, Patrick Pourfilet, Jean-Louis Martial Verger, Alain Grandin, Daniel Quach
  • Publication number: 20150122445
    Abstract: A tooling for fabricating a foundry core, for making a circuit for cooling a blade of a turbine engine, the tooling including: a mold for injecting a paste and including imprints for a first portion and for at least one other portion of the core; a mechanism bearing against and/or engaging end portions of at least one ceramic rod that interconnects the portions of the core and that passes through the imprint for the first portion of the core; and a support mechanism in the imprint for the first portion of the core to support a substantially middle portion of the or each rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Christian Bariaud, Philippe Bouthemy, Patrick Pourfilet, Jean-Louis Martial Verger, Alain Grandin, Daniel Quach
  • Patent number: 8951038
    Abstract: A tooling for injection-molding a part, the tooling including two cavity blocks each including a cavity formed therein of a shape corresponding to a shape of a part that is to be molded once the cavity blocks have been superposed. At least one of the cavity blocks includes a mechanism for positioning a core, which mechanism includes at least one bearing surface for bearing against the core and at least one presser screw screwed into a threaded passage of the cavity block for purpose of holding the core in position against the bearing surface. The tooling further includes a force-limiter limiting force applied to the core by the presser screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Bouthemy, Serge Dillenseger, Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach
  • Patent number: 8763678
    Abstract: A mold for producing a part, such as a turbomachine blade model, by injecting wax into a cavity, the cavity including at least two cavity elements, each of which is supported in a cavity block. The two cavity blocks are mobile relative to one another between a closed position for injecting the wax and an open position for removing the part following the injection of the wax. The two cavity blocks are mobile in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Daniel Quach, Yvon Marie-Joseph Louesdon, Patrick Pourfilet, Jean-Louis Martial Verger, Patrick Wehrer
  • Patent number: 8747099
    Abstract: A tooling for injection-molding a part, the tooling including two cavity blocks each including a cavity formed therein of a shape corresponding to a shape of a part that is to be molded once the cavity blocks have been superposed, at least one of the cavity blocks including an ejection mechanism ejecting the molded part and including at least one ejector movable between a molding position and an ejection position. The ejector is guided to move between its two positions along a curved path, or a circular arc, of shape that corresponds to a shape of a portion of the mold part to be extracted from the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Bouthemy, Serge Dillenseger, Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Patent number: 8708029
    Abstract: An injection mold producing a model of a turbine engine blade, including: a top surface that folds onto a bottom surface, both surfaces including long rods for supporting a core generating cooling cavities inside the blade, wherein the long rods of the bottom surface are configured to contact a first surface of the airfoil at bearing points, and the long rods of the top surface are configured to contact a second surface of the airfoil at clamping points; at least one short rod extending from one of the surfaces of the mold and pointing towards a false point located on one of the surfaces of the airfoil, the length of the short rod being shorter than the distance between the surface of the mold and the surface of the blade at the false point, and the difference between the length and the distance being equal to tolerance in relation to positioning of the false point in event of deformation of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Publication number: 20130174997
    Abstract: A mold for producing a part, such as a turbomachine blade model, by injecting wax into a cavity, the cavity including at least two cavity elements, each of which is supported in a cavity block. The two cavity blocks are mobile relative to one another between a closed position for injecting the wax and an open position for removing the part following the injection of the wax. The two cavity blocks are mobile in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Daniel Quach, Yvon Marie-Joseph Louesdon, Patrick Pourfilet, Jean-Louis Martial Verger, Patrick Wehrer
  • Publication number: 20130174998
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection mold for producing a model of a turbine engine blade, comprising a top surface that folds onto a bottom surface, both surfaces having long rods for supporting a core (2) for generating cooling cavities inside the blade, wherein said long rods of the bottom surface are to contact a first surface (12) of the airfoil at bearing points (A51 to A53), and said long rods of the top surface are to contact a second surface of said airfoil at clamping points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Publication number: 20130078335
    Abstract: A tooling for injection-molding a part, the tooling including two cavity blocks each including a cavity formed therein of a shape corresponding to a shape of a part that is to be molded once the cavity blocks have been superposed. At least one of the cavity blocks includes a mechanism for positioning a core, which mechanism includes at least one bearing surface for bearing against the core and at least one presser screw screwed into a threaded passage of the cavity block for purpose of holding the core in position against the bearing surface. The tooling further includes a force-limiter limiting force applied to the core by the presser screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Philippe Bouthemy, Serge Dillenseger, Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach
  • Publication number: 20130040015
    Abstract: A tooling for injection-molding a part, the tooling including two cavity blocks each including a cavity formed therein of a shape corresponding to a shape of a part that is to be molded once the cavity blocks have been superposed, at least one of the cavity blocks including an ejection mechanism ejecting the molded part and including at least one ejector movable between a molding position and an ejection position. The ejector is guided to move between its two positions along a curved path, or a circular arc, of shape that corresponds to a shape of a portion of the mold part to be extracted from the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Bouthemy, Serge Dillenseger, Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger