Patents by Inventor Stéphane Prunera-Usach

Stéphane Prunera-Usach 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: 11506199
    Abstract: A pump assembly comprising a casing having a first pump chamber defining a first flow path and a second pump chamber or more defining a second flow path. A first pump stage includes a first shaft mounted to the casing for rotation about a rotation axis, a first pair of intermeshing gears disposed in the first flow path of the first pump chamber, the first pair of intermeshing gears interfacing each other in operative engagement, one intermeshing gear of the first pump stage mounted on the first shaft. A second pump stage includes a second shaft mounted to the casing for rotation about a rotation axis different than the rotation axis of the first shaft, a second pair of intermeshing gears disposed in the second flow path of the at least second pump chamber, the second pair of intermeshing gears interfacing each other in operative engagement, one intermeshing gear of the second pump stage mounted on the second shaft. A transmission drivingly engages the first shaft to the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Claude Laperriere, Stephane Prunera-Usach
  • Publication number: 20210246898
    Abstract: A pump assembly comprising a casing having a first pump chamber defining a first flow path and a second pump chamber or more defining a second flow path. A first pump stage includes a first shaft mounted to the casing for rotation about a rotation axis, a first pair of intermeshing gears disposed in the first flow path of the first pump chamber, the first pair of intermeshing gears interfacing each other in operative engagement, one intermeshing gear of the first pump stage mounted on the first shaft. A second pump stage includes a second shaft mounted to the casing for rotation about a rotation axis different than the rotation axis of the first shaft, a second pair of intermeshing gears disposed in the second flow path of the at least second pump chamber, the second pair of intermeshing gears interfacing each other in operative engagement, one intermeshing gear of the second pump stage mounted on the second shaft. A transmission drivingly engages the first shaft to the second shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Claude LAPERRIERE, Stephane PRUNERA-USACH
  • Patent number: 10830248
    Abstract: An air-flow circuit for air flow through a bearing enclosure of a turbine engine, the air-flow circuit including a supply system arranged such as to supply the air into the bearing enclosure; a discharge system arranged such as to discharge at least some of the air from the bearing enclosure; an oil-removal system connected to the discharge system, the oil-removal system being capable of reducing the amount of lubricant contained in the air coming from the discharge system; and a compressor arranged between the discharge system and the oil-removal system, the compressor being capable of increasing the air pressure at the intake of the oil-removal system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Lionel Bauduin, Maxence Guillemont, Julien Viel, Stéphane Prunera-Usach
  • Patent number: 10731747
    Abstract: A gear device with a housing and a structural component rotatably mounted at the housing by a bearing that delimits a housing interior space. The gear device has a hydraulic fluid supply line for supplying hydraulic fluid into the interior space. A gap provides sealing between the housing and structural component. The gap is arranged radially between the housing and a further rotatable structural component or between a further housing and the structural component. A further bearing rotatably mounts the further structural component in the area of the housing or rotatably mounts the structural component at the further housing. An appliance couples the further structural component to the structural component or couples the housing to the further housing, and facilitates a relative movement between the further structural component and the structural component or between the housing and the further housing in the axial and/or radial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Stephan Uhkoetter, Stephane Prunera-Usach
  • Patent number: 10415691
    Abstract: A device lubricates elements of an accessory drive system of an aircraft. The device includes a pinion having a pinion shank that is hollow and that has an axis of rotation, a shaft arranged inside the pinion shank and extending along the axis of rotation, a space between the shaft and the pinion shank allowing displacement of oil, an oil reservoir arranged facing the space, at a first end of the pinion shank, and an oil outlet duct arranged facing the space, at a second end of the pinion shank. The pinion shank and the shaft together form a pump and cooperate to drive the oil from the reservoir toward the oil outlet duct thanks to the rotation of the pinion shank around the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Boris Morelli, Stephane Prunera-Usach
  • Patent number: 10392978
    Abstract: A device for filtering a flow of gas conveying liquid or solid particles in a flow channel. According to the invention, the particles are imparted a speed that is high enough to project same by inertia into the opening of a recovery channel formed inside the flow channel, while the gas from the flow bypasses said opening due to a specific configuration of the flow conditions of a perfect fluid in the flow channel and in the collection channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Transmission Systems
    Inventors: Lionel Bauduin, Maxence Guillemont, Julien Viel, Stéphane Prunera-Usach
  • Patent number: 10352250
    Abstract: An equipment support including at least one attachment including an output shaft, an input gear wheel, the input gear wheel being both rotated by the motor shaft at a main speed and also connected to the output shaft of the attachment in order to rotate it at a determined output speed, an input shaft, rotated by the input gear wheel at a determined input speed, and a reducer with magnetic gears, arranged between the input shaft and the output shaft, such that the input speed is different from the output speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Maxence Guillemont, Stephane Prunera-Usach, Julien Viel, Antoine Barbe
  • Patent number: 10323576
    Abstract: An aircraft drive chain including a plurality of main gears engaging with each other, a first main gear including a wall defining an inner space, an outer set of gear teeth being placed on an outer surface of the wall, the outer set of gear teeth engaging with at least one second main gear, a gear system being built into the inner space, the first main gear and the gear system being jointly configured so as to form a gearbox or reducer and ensure mechanical power transfer between a drive member and a slave member, the gear system being mounted onto the wall with a decoupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Stephane Prunera-Usach, Guillaume Beck, Jordane Peltier
  • Patent number: 10247107
    Abstract: An accessory gearbox capable of driving the accessory devices of a gas turbine engine, such as an aircraft engine. Said accessory gearbox includes a housing and a plurality of gear wheels having axes that are parallel to one another inside the housing. The housing includes a means for attaching the accessory devices to the wall of the housing and driving them, via the gear wheels, through openings in the wall of the housing. The gear wheels are supported in the housing by rolling-element bearings. Each rolling element includes a first ring that is stationary relative to the housing, and a movable ring, secured to the gear wheel, wherein at least one of said gear wheels is supported by a single rolling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Boris Morelli, Stéphane Prunera-Usach, Julien Viel
  • Patent number: 10233998
    Abstract: An aircraft drive chain including a plurality of main pinions meshing with each other, a first main pinion including a wall delimiting an inner volume, external teeth being provided on an outer surface of the wall, the external teeth meshing with at least one second main pinion, a gear system being incorporated in the inner volume, the first main pinion and the gear system being jointly configured to form a multiplier or reducer and to ensure a mechanical energy transfer between a driving member and a slave member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Stephane Prunera-Usach, Guillaume Beck, Jordane Peltier
  • Patent number: 10190505
    Abstract: A gearbox to be attached to a turbine engine to drive at least one apparatus annexed to the turbine engine, the gearbox including a housing; a power take-off member capable of engaging with a radial shaft of the turbine engine; at least one kinematic chain located inside the housing and capable of transmitting the rotational movement of the power take-off member to at least one rotatable shaft of an apparatus. The kinematic chain includes a first end and a second end. The power take-off member is linked to the kinematic chain by a gear having convergent axes and located between the first end and the second end of the kinematic chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Julien Viel, Stéphane Prunera-Usach, Bernard Brandt, Samuel Raymond Germain Becquerelle
  • Publication number: 20180306308
    Abstract: A gear device with a housing and a structural component rotatably mounted at the housing by a bearing that delimits a housing interior space. The gear device has a hydraulic fluid supply line for supplying hydraulic fluid into the interior space. A gap provides sealing between the housing and structural component. The gap is arranged radially between the housing and a further rotatable structural component or between a further housing and the structural component. A further bearing rotatably mounts the further structural component in the area of the housing or rotatably mounts the structural component at the further housing. An appliance couples the further structural component to the structural component or couples the housing to the further housing, and facilitates a relative movement between the further structural component and the structural component or between the housing and the further housing in the axial and/or radial directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Stephan UHKOETTER, Stephane PRUNERA-USACH
  • Publication number: 20180266540
    Abstract: A device lubricates elements of an accessory drive system of an aircraft. The device includes a pinion having a pinion shank that is hollow and that has an axis of rotation, a shaft arranged inside the pinion shank and extending along the axis of rotation, a space between the shaft and the pinion shank allowing displacement of oil, an oil reservoir arranged facing the space, at a first end of the pinion shank, and an oil outlet duct arranged facing the space, at a second end of the pinion shank. The pinion shank and the shaft together form a pump and cooperate to drive the oil from the reservoir toward the oil outlet duct thanks to the rotation of the pinion shank around the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Boris MORELLI, Stephane PRUNERA-USACH
  • Patent number: 10077715
    Abstract: An accessory gearbox for turbomachine equipment comprising a casing (30) and two gear lines (40a, 40b) arranged in a “V” shape, the casing (30) comprising two arms (30a, 30b) in both of which one of the two gear lines (40a, 40b) is arranged, with a lubricant tank (35) being arranged between the two gear lines (40a, 40b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Julien Viel, Jordane Peltier, Stéphane Prunera-Usach
  • Patent number: 10018087
    Abstract: The invention relates to an accessory gearbox (10) for a turbomachine, said gearbox being equipped with an air/oil separator (12) and comprising a casing (24) in which intermeshing pinions are mounted, one (18) of which is solidly connected to a coaxial shank (22) for driving at least one membrane filter (35) of the separator, characterized in that the membrane filter is mounted directly on a web of the pinion (18) inside the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Stephane Prunera-Usach, Boris Morelli, Jordane Peltier
  • Patent number: 9803556
    Abstract: A gearbox to be mounted on a turbomachine and driven by a radial drive shaft of the latter. The gearbox has a three-dimensional or sinuous shape, which can house a large quantity of equipment to be driven, without occupying a large amount of space in any dimension, since the gearbox remains close to the turbomachine and the equipment can be distributed over a large surface. The drive train of gears successively extends into several non-parallel planes and comprises an axial branch on the turbomachine and a branch forming an arc of circle around the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: SNECMA, HISPANO SUIZA
    Inventors: Jordane Peltier, Frantz Armange, Lambert Olivier Marie Demoulin, Alain Pierre Garassino, Nuria Llamas Castro, Stephane Prunera-Usach, Bellal Waissi
  • Publication number: 20170306854
    Abstract: An equipment support including at least one attachment including an output shaft, an input gear wheel, the input gear wheel being both rotated by the motor shaft at a main speed and also connected to the output shaft of the attachment in order to rotate it at a determined output speed, an input shaft, rotated by the input gear wheel at a determined input speed, and a reducer with magnetic gears, arranged between the input shaft and the output shaft, such that the input speed is different from the output speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Maxence GUILLEMONT, Stephane PRUNERA-USACH, Julien VIEL, Antonie BARBE
  • Publication number: 20170191485
    Abstract: An air-flow circuit for air flow through a bearing enclosure of a turbine engine, the air-flow circuit including a supply system arranged such as to supply the air into the bearing enclosure; a discharge system arranged such as to discharge at least some of the air from the bearing enclosure; an oil-removal system connected to the discharge system, the oil-removal system being capable of reducing the amount of lubricant contained in the air coming from the discharge system; and a compressor arranged between the discharge system and the oil-removal system, the compressor being capable of increasing the air pressure at the intake of the oil-removal system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Lionel BAUDUIN, Maxence GUILLEMONT, Julien VIEL, Stéphane PRUNERA-USACH
  • Publication number: 20170122214
    Abstract: An accessory gearbox capable of driving the accessory devices of a gas turbine engine, such as an aircraft engine. Said accessory gearbox includes a housing and a plurality of gear wheels having axes that are parallel to one another inside the housing. The housing includes a means for attaching the accessory devices to the wall of the housing and driving them, via the gear wheels, through openings in the wall of the housing. The gear wheels are supported in the housing by rolling-element bearings. Each rolling element includes a first ring that is stationary relative to the housing, and a movable ring, secured to the gear wheel, wherein at least one of said gear wheels is supported by a single rolling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Boris Morelli, Stéphane Prunera-Usach, Julien Viel
  • Publication number: 20170030233
    Abstract: A device for filtering a flow of gas conveying liquid or solid particles in a flow channel. According to the invention, the particles are imparted a speed that is high enough to project same by inertia into the opening of a recovery channel formed inside the flow channel, while the gas from the flow bypasses said opening due to a specific configuration of the flow conditions of a perfect fluid in the flow channel and in the collection channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Safran Transmission Systems
    Inventors: Lionel Bauduin, Maxence Guillemont, Julien Viel, Stéphane Prunera-Usach