Patents by Inventor Romain Nicolas Lunel

Romain Nicolas Lunel 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).

  • Publication number: 20200333008
    Abstract: The provision of air passage holes through a wall of a gas turbomachine combustion chamber. Multi-perforations are virtually positioned and distributed, even in a first safety zone without air passage openings. Multi-perforations with a virtual inlet or outlet in this first security zone are virtually removed. According to certain criteria, at least some of said removed multi-perforations are then virtually reintegrated, and, from then on a perimeter passing through the virtual inlets and outlets of all the multi-perforations present is defined, in the direction of a primary or dilution hole to be installed, a modified safety zone is defined, then, respecting around said hole and with the freedom to reposition it within this limit, the shape of this hole is redefined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: François Pierre Ribassin, Patrice André Commaret, Romain Nicolas Lunel, Christophe Pieussergues
  • Patent number: 10760436
    Abstract: An annular turbine engine combustion chamber wall including air admission orifices to create zones of steep temperature gradient, and cooling orifices to enable the air flowing on the cold side to penetrate to the hot side in order to form a film of cooling air along the annular wall, the annular wall being further includes, in the zones of steep temperature gradient, multi-perforation holes having respective bends of an angle ? greater than 90°, the angle ? being measured between an inlet axis Ae and an outlet axis As of the multi-perforation hole, the outlet axis of the multi-perforation hole being inclined at an angle ?3 relative to the normal N to the annular wall through which the multi-perforation holes with bends are formed, in a “gyration” direction that is at most perpendicular to the axial flow direction D of the combustion gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrice Andre Commaret, Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Patent number: 10684018
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber with an axis of revolution of a turbine engine delimited by coaxial inner and outer annular walls joined upstream by a substantially transverse bottom of the chamber, the chamber further comprising at least one annular deflector placed in the chamber and substantially parallel to the bottom of the chamber the bottom of the chamber having orifices designed to be passed through by the impact cooling air of the deflector and coming from upstream. The deflector is attached to the inner and outer walls in a sealed manner, and the cooling air of the deflector is discharged from the chamber through exhaust holes formed in the inner and outer walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrice André Commaret, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Publication number: 20200032749
    Abstract: The fuel injection conduits in a multipoint device surrounding a so-called pilot central injection device include tubes of circumferential orientation. By separating the injection conduits from each other, it is possible to attribute to them different head losses which compensate the differences in length that the fuel has to travel: a uniform flow of fuel may be hoped for, for each of the injection holes. The tubes are individual but joined to form a crown that is unitary or composed of two almost symmetrical unitary portions, which lends itself well to manufacture by addition of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sébastien Alain Christophe BOURGOIS, Romain Nicolas LUNEL, Haris MUSAEFENDIC
  • Publication number: 20200033007
    Abstract: An air intake swirler for a turbomachine injection system includes an upstream wall and a downstream wall, both of revolution about an axis of the air intake swirler, and fins distributed about the axis and connecting the upstream wall to the downstream wall so as to delimit, between the upstream wall and the downstream wall, air inlet channels each having an inlet and an outlet. The swirler includes two aerodynamic deflectors that respectively extend the downstream walls radially outward and that have a concavity oriented upstream. The aerodynamic deflectors extend radially facing the respective inlets of the air inlet channels and thus make it possible to limit the loss of pressure of the air supplied to the air inlet channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas LUNEL, Guillaume Aurélien GODEL, Haris MUSAEFENDIC, Christophe PIEUSSERGUES, François RIBASSIN
  • Publication number: 20190383489
    Abstract: The invention concerns a turbo engine comprising a combustion chamber (110) arranged inside the outer housing (112) and comprising an internal revolution wall (118) and an external revolution wall (116). First stop parts (54) and second stop parts (56) fixed respectively to the outer housing and to the combustion chamber are provided, the first and second stop parts being adapted to come to a substantially axial stop two by two by forming stop pairs (58).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas LUNEL, Damien BONNEFOI, Christophe PIEUSSERGUES, Luc NAMER, Dominique RAULIN, Dan Ranjiv JOORY, Benjamin Frantz Karl VILLENAVE
  • Publication number: 20190376689
    Abstract: A combustion chamber for a turbomachine having a bottom wall, at least one mixing bowl for promoting the mixing of air and fuel, mounted in an opening in the bottom wall, at least one annular baffle mounted axially downstream of the bottom wall, with respect to the direction of the gas flow within the combustion chamber, around the opening. The baffle is produced in one piece with the mixing bowl so as to form a one-piece assembly that has at least one channel for the flow of cooling air. The channel has an air inlet located upstream of the bottom wall and an air outlet located downstream of the bottom wall. The air outlet is located radially opposite the baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Yvan Yoann Guezel, François Xavier Chapelle, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Publication number: 20190368740
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber of a turbomachine is described. The combustion chamber has an axis of revolution and is delimited by coaxial internal and external annular walls joined upstream by a bottom of chamber substantially transverse to the walls. In some embodiments, the chamber includes at least one annular deflector placed in the chamber and substantially parallel to the bottom of chamber. The bottom of chamber may have openings adapted to be traversed by air for cooling the deflector. In some embodiments, the bottom of chamber and the deflector include mounting openings for mounting an annular row of injection devices for injecting a mixture of air and fuel into the chamber. At least a portion of the air for cooling the deflector is conveyed into the chamber through holes in the injection devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrice André Commaret, Haris Musaefendic, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Patent number: 10488049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion chamber for a turbomachine, such as an aircraft turbojet engine or turboprop engine, comprising an internal annular shroud and an external annular shroud which at their upstream ends are connected by an annular chamber end wall (48), said chamber comprising deflectors (50) mounted upstream of the annular chamber end wall (48). Injectors (19) are mounted in sleeves (44) at least one of which comprises a radially annular flange (66) which is designed to slide radially between the chamber end wall (48) and the deflector (50) and which is blocked axially between the chamber end wall (48) and the deflector (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas Lunel, Thomas Olivier Marie Noel, Matthieu François Rullaud
  • Patent number: 10443850
    Abstract: A combustion chamber for a turbomachine that includes a chamber end wall and a plurality of air and fuel injection systems distributed circumferentially about an axis of the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber includes, associated with each injection system, a guide device for guiding an airflow including at least one wall mounted on the injection system and projecting in the upstream direction, one wall acting as an obstacle to a circumferential flow of air around the axis. The one wall of the guide device for guiding the airflow has a shape substantially defining a quarter of a spheroid the interior volume of which forms a guide scoop for guiding the airflow feeding the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sebastien Alain Christophe Bourgois, Romain Nicolas Lunel, Clement Bernard, Frederic Dos Santos, Sebastien Loval
  • Patent number: 10190946
    Abstract: A measuring comb for temperature and/or pressure and/or chemical composition of the gases flowing at the outlet of a turbine engine flow path, in which the flow path extends around an axis of revolution of the flow path, is provided. The measuring comb includes: a comb body with an elongated shape, intended to face the outlet of the flow path, the comb body including at least one measuring opening arranged along an axis, the measuring opening being configured to tap gases flowing at the outlet of the flow path; and an adjusting system configured to adjust an angle between the axis of the at least one measuring opening and the axis of revolution, so as to allow orientation of the at least one measuring opening in the flow direction of the gases at the outlet of the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFTS ENGINES
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas Lunel, Laurent Bernard Cameriano, Jeremy Giordan, Denis Jean Maurice Sandelis, Aurelien Lionel Tedesco
  • Patent number: 10180256
    Abstract: A combustion chamber for a turbine engine, including an annular end wall provided with injection systems each centered on a respective axis and each having an upstream end forming a bushing for receiving a head of a fuel injector, and an annular shroud covering the end wall and including injector ports respectively arranged facing the injection systems, wherein the annular shroud includes air intake ports separate from the injector ports, and the bushing of each injection system crosses the corresponding injector port and includes at its upstream end a collar having a free end remote from the axis of the injection system by a first distance greater than a second distance separating a rim of the injector port from the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Francois Rullaud, Romain Nicolas Lunel, Thomas Olivier Marie Noel
  • Patent number: 10151485
    Abstract: A turbine engine having an annular combustion chamber formed by two coaxial annular shrouds, an inner shroud and an outer shroud relative to the axis of the turbine engine, which shrouds are arranged one inside the other and are connected together at their upstream ends by an annular chamber end wall that is fastened to an outer casing surrounding the outer annular shroud, the downstream ends of the inner and outer annular shrouds being connected to flanges fastened to an inner casing and to the outer casing, respectively. The upstream end of at least one of the inner and outer shrouds is centered by bearing radially against the annular chamber end wall and co-operates therewith in leaktight axial sliding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas Lunel, Denis Jean Maurice Sandelis
  • Publication number: 20180266690
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber with an axis of revolution of a turbine engine delimited by coaxial inner and outer annular walls joined upstream by a substantially transverse bottom of the chamber, the chamber further comprising at least one annular deflector placed in the chamber and substantially parallel to the bottom of the chamber the bottom of the chamber having orifices designed to be passed through by the impact cooling air of the deflector and coming from upstream. The deflector is attached to the inner and outer walls in a sealed manner, and the cooling air of the deflector is discharged from the chamber through exhaust holes formed in the inner and outer walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrice André Commaret, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Publication number: 20180209649
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine combustion chamber including: an outer annular housing; a flame tube (20) connected to the outer housing, said flame tube (20) including an inner annular wall (20b) and an outer annular wall (20a) that define a first radial inlet portion of the flame tube and a second axial outlet portion of the flame tube, the flame tube also including a chamber base (30) located at the inlet of the flame tube (20); and a fuel injection system (40?) configured to inject fuel into the flame tube via the inlet of the flame tube. The injection system includes an injector axis (AA?), parallel to the first portion, and an air manifold (40?d) configured to move air towards twists in the injection system (40?). The twists are arranged around an implantation axis parallel to the injector axis. The air manifold includes a circular portion around the injector axis. The circular portion, from which extends an opening, forms an air inlet of the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Guillaume Aurelien GODEL, Alain Rene CAYRE, Romain Nicolas LUNEL, Haris MUSAEFENDUC
  • Patent number: 9989256
    Abstract: An injection system for a turbine engine combustion chamber is provided. The injection system includes a first annular deflector surrounded by the bowl of the injection system and extending in the downstream direction from the downstream transverse surface that delimits the downstream side of the swirler. The first deflector has a free downstream end offset in the upstream direction from a downstream end of the bowl, so as to guide an air film output from the first orifices formed through the bowl. The internal radius of the cross section of the first annular deflector increases from the downstream transverse surface as far as the downstream end of the first annular deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Denis Jean Maurice Sandelis, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Publication number: 20180142563
    Abstract: An annular turbine engine combustion chamber wall including air admission orifices to create zones of steep temperature gradient, and cooling orifices to enable the air flowing on the cold side to penetrate to the hot side in order to form a film of cooling air along the annular wall, the annular wall being further includes, in the zones of steep temperature gradient, multi-perforation holes having respective bends of an angle ? greater than 90°, the angle ? being measured between an inlet axis Ae and an outlet axis As of the multi-perforation hole, the outlet axis of the multi-perforation hole being inclined at an angle ?3 relative to the normal N to the annular wall through which the multi-perforation holes with bends are formed, in a “gyration” direction that is at most perpendicular to the axial flow direction D of the combustion gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrice Andre COMMARET, Jacques Marcel Arthur BUNEL, Romain Nicolas LUNEL
  • Publication number: 20180051881
    Abstract: A combustion chamber for a turbomachine that includes a chamber end wall and a plurality of air and fuel injection systems distributed circumferentially about an axis of the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber includes, associated with each injection system, a guide device for guiding an airflow including at least one wall mounted on the injection system and projecting in the upstream direction, one wall acting as an obstacle to a circumferential flow of air around the axis. The one wall of the guide device for guiding the airflow has a shape substantially defining a quarter of a spheroid the interior volume of which forms a guide scoop for guiding the airflow feeding the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sebastien Alain Christophe BOURGOIS, Romain Nicolas LUNEL, Clement BERNARD, Frederic DOS SANTOS, Sebastien LOVAL
  • Publication number: 20170299192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion chamber for a turbomachine, such as an aircraft turbojet engine or turboprop engine, comprising an internal annular shroud and an external annular shroud which at their upstream ends are connected by an annular chamber end wall (48), said chamber comprising deflectors (50) mounted upstream of the annular chamber end wall (48). Injectors (19) are mounted in sleeves (44) at least one of which comprises a radially annular flange (66) which is designed to slide radially between the chamber end wall (48) and the deflector (50) and which is blocked axially between the chamber end wall (48) and the deflector (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas Lunel, Thomas Olivier Marie Noel, Matthieu François Rullaud
  • Patent number: 9726033
    Abstract: A rotor wheel for a turbine engine, such as an airplane turboprop or turbojet, the rotor wheel including a rotor disk including teeth at its outer periphery defining slots for axially mounting and radially retaining blade roots. An annular lip includes an annular rim extending axially downstream from and radially towards an inside of a radial retaining mechanism formed to project axially from an upstream face of the disk, and a sealing mechanism is arranged radially inside the annular lip and upstream ends of platforms of the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Dominique Gendraud, Fabrice Marcel Noel Garin, Romain Nicolas Lunel