Patents by Inventor Valerie Annie Gros

Valerie Annie Gros 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: 8348620
    Abstract: A device for axially retaining blades mounted on a turbomachine rotor disk is disclosed. The device includes a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange extending radially outwards, cooperating with a bearing face of the disk to define a groove that is open radially outwards. The device also includes a plurality of blades, each having a root mounted in a slot of the disk, each blade root having a respective radial bearing face that corresponds to the bearing face of the disk and that has at least one nib extending radially inwards thereover to define a notch that is open radially inwards, and a retaining ring that is mounted against the bearing faces of the disk and of the blade roots. The retaining ring is housed in the groove of the disk, is held outwardly in the notches of the blade roots, and is constituted by a plurality of angular segments placed end to end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Gerard Rene Dejaune, Valerie Annie Gros, Gael Loro, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 8092152
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling the slots of a turbomachine rotor disk, the device comprising a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange that extends upstream from a radially upstream face of the disk. The device also comprises a retaining annulus having a flange that is placed around the flange of the disk, co-operating therewith to provide a space forming a cooling air diffusion cavity, said cavity opening out into the bottom of each of the slots of the disk, and a plurality of air admission orifices opening out into the diffusion cavity at the upstream end thereof, the cavity having means at its downstream end for reducing the flow rate of air penetrating into the slots of the disk that are situated radially in register with air admission orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Gerard Rene Dejaune, Valerie Annie Gros, Gael Loro, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 8087879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling slots in a turbomachine rotor disk, comprising a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange. The device also comprises blades, each having its root mounted in a respective slot, a retaining annulus having one end mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk, and a flange disposed around the flange of the disk and co-operating therewith to define a space forming a cooling air diffusion cavity that opens out into the bottom of each of the slots, together with air admission orifices opening out into the diffusion cavity at the upstream end thereof, the end of the retaining annulus that is mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk including a plurality of openings that open out radially into the bottom of each of the slots in the disk, at the upstream ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Gerard Rene Dejaune, Valerie Annie Gros, Gael Loro, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7789619
    Abstract: A device for attaching ring sectors around a turbine rotor in a turbomachine is disclosed. Each of the ring sectors includes at its upstream end a circumferential rim being able to be held on an annular casing rail by an annular locking member, and at its downstream end a pressing part that can press axially against a fixed element of the turbine to prevent the upstream rim of the ring sector from disengaging from the locking member in the event of considerable wear of the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: SNECMA, SNECMA Services
    Inventors: Didier Noel Durand, Dominique Gehan, Valerie Annie Gros, Didier Sotto-Lamy
  • Publication number: 20090004006
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling the slots of a turbomachine rotor disk, the device comprising a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange that extends upstream from a radially upstream face of the disk. The device also comprises a retaining annulus having a flange that is placed around the flange of the disk, co-operating therewith to provide a space forming a cooling air diffusion cavity, said cavity opening out into the bottom of each of the slots of the disk, and a plurality of air admission orifices opening out into the diffusion cavity at the upstream end thereof, the cavity having means at its downstream end for reducing the flow rate of air penetrating into the slots of the disk that are situated radially in register with air admission orifices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Gerard Rene DEJAUNE, Valerie Annie GROS, Gael LORO, Jean-Luc SOUPIZON
  • Publication number: 20090004018
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for axially retaining blades mounted on a turbomachine rotor disk, the device comprising a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange extending radially outwards, cooperating with a bearing face of the disk to define a groove that is open radially outwards. The device also comprises a plurality of blades, each having a root mounted in a slot of the disk, each blade root having a respective radial bearing face that corresponds to the bearing face of the disk and that has at least one nib extending radially inwards thereover to define a notch that is open radially inwards, and a retaining ring that is mounted against the bearing faces of the disk and of the blade roots, said retaining ring being housed in the groove of the disk, being held outwardly in the notches of the blade roots, and being constituted by a plurality of angular segments placed end to end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Gerard Rene DEJAUNE, Valerie Annie Gros, Gael Loro, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20090004023
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling slots in a turbomachine rotor disk, comprising a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange. The device also comprises blades, each having its root mounted in a respective slot, a retaining annulus having one end mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk, and a flange disposed around the flange of the disk and co-operating therewith to define a space forming a cooling air diffusion cavity that opens out into the bottom of each of the slots, together with air admission orifices opening out into the diffusion cavity at the upstream end thereof, the end of the retaining annulus that is mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk including a plurality of openings that open out radially into the bottom of each of the slots in the disk, at the upstream ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Gerard Rene Dejaune, Valerie Annie Gros, Gael Loro, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20070231127
    Abstract: A device for attaching ring sectors (20) around a turbine rotor (18) in a turbomachine, each of the ring sectors comprising at its upstream end a circumferential rim (44) being able to be held on an annular casing rail (48) by an annular locking member (50), and at its downstream end a part (70) that can press axially against a fixed element (38) of the turbine to prevent the upstream rim (44) of the ring sector (20) from disengaging from the locking member (50) in the event of considerable wear of the rail (48).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicants: SNECMA, SNECMA SERVICES
    Inventors: Didier Noel DURAND, Dominique GEHAN, Valerie Annie GROS, Didier SOTTO-LAMY