Patents by Inventor Pierre-Luc Regaud

Pierre-Luc Regaud 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: 8701822
    Abstract: A noise-attenuating covering configured for example for a pipe for guiding gases along a gas path. The covering includes a wall defining the gas path and at least one resonance cavity, the wall being pierced with holes for fluid communication between the gas path and the resonance cavity to attenuate noise. The holes have substantially identical diameters and, since the pipe is arranged to guide the gases in the downstream direction, a number of the openings per wall surface unit decreases continuously along the gas path in the downstream direction, such as to confer on the wall substantially constant acoustic resistance along the gas path, for which the noise attenuation is optimized along the gas path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Eric Jean-Louis Bouty, Pierre-Luc Regaud, Antoine Yvan Alexandre Vallon
  • Publication number: 20130000770
    Abstract: A noise-attenuating covering configured for example for a pipe for guiding gases along a gas path. The covering includes a wall defining the gas path and at least one resonance cavity, the wall being pierced with holes for fluid communication between the gas path and the resonance cavity to attenuate noise. The holes have substantially identical diameters and, since the pipe is arranged to guide the gases in the downstream direction, a number of the openings per wall surface unit decreases continuously along the gas path in the downstream direction, such as to confer on the wall substantially constant acoustic resistance along the gas path, for which the noise attenuation is optimized along the gas path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Eric Jean-Louis Bouty, Pierre-Luc Regaud, Antoine Yvan Alexandre Vallon
  • Publication number: 20130000748
    Abstract: A device for ejecting gas from a gas turbine engine, which includes: an outer wall and an inner wall defining a gas flow path therebetween, the inner wall forming a central body defining an inner cavity, the outer wall being perforated and communicating with at least one outer resonance cavity for attenuating noise in a first range of sound frequencies; and a mechanism for placing the outer and inner cavities in fluid communication, extending through the gas flow path, the inner cavity thus forming a resonance cavity for attenuating the noise in a second range of sound frequencies. The device can, for example, be used to attenuate two ranges of sound frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Eric Jean-Louis Bouty, Pierre-Luc Regaud, Antoine Yvan Alexandre Vallon
  • Publication number: 20120055169
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine, in which gases flow upstream to downstream, including a combustion chamber, a high-pressure turbine placed downstream from the combustion chamber, arranged so as to receive combustion gases from the combustion chamber, a free turbine, and an exhaust-gas guide cone attached to the free turbine downstream from the free turbine, the turbine engine emitting sound waves during operation. The guide cone includes a sound suppressor, for example with a Helmholtz resonator structure, with a resonant cavity and a resonator neck in communication with an opening, arranged so as to suppress the sound waves emitted by the turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Eric Jean-Louis Bouty, Pierre-Luc Regaud, Antoine Vallon