Patents by Inventor Stephane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard

Stephane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard 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: 11879347
    Abstract: A turbomachine turbine casing that extend around an axis and includes an annular wall and a cooling device. The annular wall is provided with a casing hook which extends in radial protrusion from an inside of the annular wall. The casing hook allows a mounting, on the turbomachine turbine casing, of ring segments disposed circumferentially end to end around the axis. The cooling device includes a collector duct intended to convey cooling air, the collector duct extending circumferentially around the annular wall. The collector duct has a cooling air inlet and a cooling air outlet. The collector duct and the annular wall have a common portion, which delimits the collector duct and from which the corresponding casing hook extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Benoit Guillaume Silet, Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Fabien Stéphane Garnier, Thibaud Louis Zaia
  • Patent number: 11753958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for cooling, using air jets, an external casing of a turbomachine, comprising a housing for supplying air to cooling tubes of said casing, the housing being provided with an attachment device on the external casing. According to the invention, said attachment device comprises two upstream ball joint retention devices which each connect the housing to the external casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas Morliere, Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Nicolas Jean-Marc Marcel Beauquin
  • Patent number: 11555405
    Abstract: A device for holding (101) at least one cooling tube (120) of a turbomachine casing (10) cooling system (100), the holding device including a fixing frame (104), a holding member (160) being configured to hold two cooling tubes (120), and a connection assembly (140) between the holding member (160) and a fixing frame (104), extending on either side of the frame, the connection assembly (160) comprising a connection part (150) extending through an opening (108) of the fixing frame from an outer portion (141) to the inner portion (142) of the connection assembly, the inner portion (142) being disposed between two cooling tubes (120) and secured to the holding member (160) while the outer portion (141) comprises a resilient return member (170) urged in compression towards the fixing frame by the connection part (150).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas Morliere, Nicolas Jean-Marc Marcel Beauquin, Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Gaëlle Inès Méganne Moreaux
  • Publication number: 20220389874
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for a turbine engine, comprising a radially inner shaft (3) and a radially outer shaft (7), said shafts (7, 8) being coaxial and extending along an axis (X), means (11, 15) for coupling said inner and outer shafts (7, 8) in rotation, means (22) for axially holding the inner shaft (8) relative to the outer shaft (7), means for centring the inner shaft (8) relative to the outer shaft (7), characterised in that the centring means comprise a shim (14) for radial centring and for axial positioning, this shim being frustoconical and interposed between a frustoconical centring surface (13) of the inner shaft (8) and a corresponding frustoconical centring surface (10) of the outer shaft (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Jean Laurent SULTANA, Stéphane Pierre Guillaume BLANCHARD, Antoine Hervé DOS SANTOS
  • Publication number: 20220290579
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (25) for a turbomachine turbine comprising a casing (18) including an annular wall (26) extending about an axis, and means of cooling the casing (18), the said means of cooling comprising a collector housing (22) and at least one tube (23) extending circumferentially around the annular wall (26) of the casing (18) and connected to the housing (22), with the tube (23) comprising cooling-air ejection orifices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas MORLIERE, Stéphane Pierre Guillaume BLANCHARD, Nicolas Jean-Marc Marcel BEAUQUIN, Alain Dominique GENDRAUD, Olivier RENON
  • Publication number: 20220228504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for cooling, using air jets, an external casing of a turbomachine, comprising a housing for supplying air to cooling tubes of said casing, the housing being provided with an attachment device on the external casing. According to the invention, said attachment device comprises two upstream ball joint retention devices which each connect the housing to the external casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas MORLIERE, Stéphane Pierre Guillaume BLANCHARD, Nicolas Jean-Marc Marcel BEAUQUIN
  • Patent number: 11378014
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a low-pressure shaft that drives a fan shaft in rotation by a coupling assembly including a first shaft on which are formed plural first axial grooves, a second shaft on which are formed plural second axial grooves, and a coupling device including rolling elements and an annular cage positioned between the first shaft and the second shaft. The rolling elements are positioned between one of the first axial grooves and one of the second axial grooves to couple in rotation the first and the second shaft. Each first and second groove has a first and a second substantially planar surface inclined with respect to one another and extending along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Helene Myriam Condat, Nicolas Xavier Trappier, Laurent Paul François Perrot
  • Patent number: 11299989
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (1) for a turbine of a turbomachine, comprising: a first rotor disk (20a), a second rotor disk (20b), a part forming a mobile ring (28), comprising a system for preventing rotation of the mobile ring (28) relative to the rotor disks (20a, 20b), said system comprising: a rotor disk securing flange (222) having a plurality of teeth (224) that are distributed circumferentially about the turbomachine longitudinal axis (X-X), and a mobile ring securing flange (282) having a plurality of lugs (284) that are distributed circumferentially about the turbomachine longitudinal axis (X-X), the engagement of the rotor disk securing flange (222) with the mobile ring securing flange (282) ensuring, by means of the teeth (224) and the lugs (284), that the mobile ring (28) does not rotate relative to the rotor disks (20a, 20b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Nicolas Xavier Trappier, Quentin De Richaud
  • Publication number: 20210189972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine comprising a low-pressure shaft (27) configured to drive a fan shaft (32) in rotation by means of a coupling assembly comprising a first shaft (1) on which are formed a plurality of first axial grooves (7), a second shaft (2) on which are formed a plurality of second axial grooves (12), and a coupling device (4) including a plurality of rolling elements (13) and an annular cage (14) positioned between the first shaft (1) and the second shaft (2), the rolling elements (13) being positioned between one of the first axial grooves (7) and one of the second axial grooves (12) to couple in rotation the first and the second shaft (1, 2), each first and second groove (7, 12) having a first (16) and a second (17) substantially planar surface inclined with respect to one another and extending along the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Stéphane Pierre Guillaume BLANCHARD, Helene Myriam CONDAT, Nicolas Xavier TRAPPIER, Laurent Paul François PERROT
  • Publication number: 20210054743
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (1) for a turbine of a turbomachine, comprising: a first rotor disk (20a), a second rotor disk (20b), a part forming a mobile ring (28), comprising a system for preventing rotation of the mobile ring (28) relative to the rotor disks (20a, 20b), said system comprising: a rotor disk securing flange (222) having a plurality of teeth (224) that are distributed circumferentially about the turbomachine longitudinal axis (X-X), and a mobile ring securing flange (282) having a plurality of lugs (284) that are distributed circumferentially about the turbomachine longitudinal axis (X-X), the engagement of the rotor disk securing flange (222) with the mobile ring securing flange (282) ensuring, by means of the teeth (224) and the lugs (284), that the mobile ring (28) does not rotate relative to the rotor disks (20a, 20b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Stéphane Pierre Guillaume BLANCHARD, Nicolas Xavier TRAPPIER, Quentin DE RICHAUD
  • Patent number: 10920609
    Abstract: A turbine assembly for a turbine engine, includes a rotor disk having a plurality of CMC material blades, a stationary nozzle made of CMC material having a plurality of vanes with outer platforms forming a nozzle ring, a turbine ring made as a single piece of CMC material, and a casing of material presenting a coefficient of thermal expansion that is strictly greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the ceramic matrix composite material forming the blades of the rotor disk, the nozzle, and the turbine ring, the casing extending around the nozzle ring and the turbine ring, at least the nozzle ring or the turbine ring being connected to the casing via at least one sliding connection having a degree of freedom to move radially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Hélène Myriam Condat, Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Sylvain Yves Jean Duval
  • Patent number: 10767505
    Abstract: A tubular shaft (8) of a turbomachine, including at the inner periphery of same, a bath (11), substantially perpendicular to splines (9), the bath (11) includes cavities (17) distributed over a circumference centred on an axis of rotation (LL) of the shaft (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Youki Olivier Ito-Lardeau, Pierrick Raphael Americo Bauduin, Stephane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Bertrand Guillaume Robin Pellaton
  • Publication number: 20200182058
    Abstract: A device for holding (101) at least one cooling tube (120) of a turbomachine casing (10) cooling system (100), the holding device including a fixing frame (104), a holding member (160) being configured to hold two cooling tubes (120), and a connection assembly (140) between the holding member (160) and a fixing frame (104), extending on either side of the frame, the connection assembly (160) comprising a connection part (150) extending through an opening (108) of the fixing frame from an outer portion (141) to the inner portion (142) of the connection assembly, the inner portion (142) being disposed between two cooling tubes (120) and secured to the holding member (160) while the outer portion (141) comprises a resilient return member (170) urged in compression towards the fixing frame by the connection part (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas MORLIERE, Nicolas Jean-Marc Marcel BEAUQUIN, Stéphane Pierre Guillaume BLANCHARD, Gaëlle Inès Méganne MOREAUX
  • Patent number: 10598031
    Abstract: A turbine rotor is fitted to a turbomachine and includes disks each containing a coupling portion with recesses each holding a root of a blade, and coupled to one another by a first annular ferrule attached to one of them close to the recesses, and second rotationally coupled ferrules, which are respectively coupled radially to the disks, which each consists of at least two semi-annular sectors, and which form with the associated disk a space which communicates with the recesses of the coupling portion of this latter disk. In addition, each first ferrule includes through-holes enabling air to enter this space, and then the recesses, intended to cool the coupling portion which couples its disk and the blade roots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCTAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Joao Antonio Amorim, Maxime Aurélien Rotenberg, Nicolas Xavier Trappier
  • Patent number: 10385706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary assembly for a turbomachine, comprising: a disk (16) having an external periphery exhibiting an alternation of slots (22) and of teeth (20), vanes (14) extending radially from the disk (16), the roots (24) of which are engaged axially and retained radially in the slots (22) of the disk, upstream and/or downstream of the disk, an annular sealing flange (52) of cavities (36) formed radially between, respectively, the roots of the vanes and the bottoms of the slots of the disk, said flange comprising an external part (56) arranged axially facing the upstream and/or downstream ends, respectively, of the teeth of the disk and of the roots of the vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Youki Olivier Ito-Lardeau
  • Patent number: 10301972
    Abstract: A turbine comprising an intermediate casing axially inserted between an upstream high pressure turbine casing and a downstream low pressure turbine casing and comprising an outer annular shroud from which an annular flange radially extends, characterized in that the downstream end of the high pressure turbine casing and the upstream end of the low pressure turbine casing are attached on the radial annular flange of the intermediate casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Hélène Myriam Condat
  • Publication number: 20180306057
    Abstract: A turbine assembly for a turbine engine, includes a rotor disk having a plurality of CMC material blades, a stationary nozzle made of CMC material having a plurality of vanes with outer platforms forming a nozzle ring, a turbine ring made as a single piece of CMC material, and a casing of material presenting a coefficient of thermal expansion that is strictly greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the ceramic matrix composite material forming the blades of the rotor disk, the nozzle, and the turbine ring, the casing extending around the nozzle ring and the turbine ring, at least the nozzle ring or the turbine ring being connected to the casing via at least one sliding connection having a degree of freedom to move radially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Hélène Myriam CONDAT, Stéphane Pierre Guillaume BLANCHARD, Sylvain Yves Jean DUVAL
  • Publication number: 20180066540
    Abstract: A turbine comprising an intermediate casing axially inserted between an upstream high pressure turbine casing and a downstream low pressure turbine casing and comprising an outer annular shroud from which an annular flange radially extends, characterized in that the downstream end of the high pressure turbine casing and the upstream end of the low pressure turbine casing are attached on the radial annular flange of the intermediate casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Hélène Myriam Condat
  • Publication number: 20180066528
    Abstract: A turbine rotor is fitted to a turbomachine and includes disks each containing a coupling portion with recesses each holding a root of a blade, and coupled to one another by a first annular ferrule attached to one of them close to the recesses, and second rotationally coupled ferrules, which are respectively coupled radially to the disks, which each consists of at least two semi-annular sectors, and which form with the associated disk a space which communicates with the recesses of the coupling portion of this latter disk. In addition, each first ferrule includes through-holes enabling air to enter this space, and then the recesses, intended to cool the coupling portion which couples its disk and the blade roots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Stéphane Pierre Guillaume BLANCHARD, Joao Antonio AMORIM, Maxime Aurélien ROTENBERG, Nicolas Xavier TRAPPIER
  • Patent number: 9784114
    Abstract: A rotating assembly for a turbomachine, including a disc having an external periphery with alternating recesses and teeth, blades extending radially from the disc and the feet of which are axially engaged and radially retained in the recesses of the disc, platforms extending on the circumference from the blades and being arranged end to end on the circumference, with respect to each other, axial sealing device upstream and/or downstream of an annular zone extending radially from the platforms up to the disc. The sealing device radially includes an internal annular portion and an external annular portion structurally distinct from each other, and the external annular portion of which is elastically constrained radially inwards by the internal annular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Stephane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Youki Olivier Ito-Lardeau