Patents by Inventor Xavier Jean-Michel Andre Guyonnet

Xavier Jean-Michel Andre Guyonnet 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: 6289670
    Abstract: An integrated exhaust nozzle and thrust reverser for a turbojet engine is provided. The exhaust nozzle comprises an exhaust duct situated within a fairing (9), a set of hot flaps (14) at a downstream end of the duct, a set of cold flaps (16) at a downsteam end of the fairing (9), and a thrust reverser (30). The thrust reverser comprises two eyelids (31, 32) which are movable between a thrust reversal position wherein they project into the duct and a forward-thrust position. In a takeoff mode, the eyelids (32, 33) are moved away from each other by one or more actuators (50) acting on arms (33, 34) pivotably connected to the eyelids (31, 32). Movement of the eyelids (31, 32) from the reverse-thrust position to the forward-thrust position, or vice-versa, is implemented by control actuators (35, 36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Charier, Xavier Jean-Michel André Guyonnet, Gilles Louis Rollin
  • Patent number: 6185926
    Abstract: An exhaust assembly for a jet powerplant of a supersonic airplane comprising a rear structure fitted with a thrust reverser. The rear structure includes a primary multi-flap nozzle of variable cross-section situated downstream of a primary duct, a secondary multi-flap nozzle of variable cross-section situated downstream of a secondary duct enclosing the primary duct and a fairing enclosing the secondary duct and fitted with a throat downstream of an exhaust orifice of the secondary nozzle, the throat being followed by a diverging portion. The thrust reverser comprises two eyelids affixed in a pivotable manner to the fairing, one on each side to of an axial plane of symmetry. The eyelids are movable between an active, thrust-reversal position wherein the eyelids project transversely into a gas jet downstream of the fairing to deflect the gas jet in a forward direction for thrust-reversal and an inactive, forward-thrust position wherein the eyelids are situated in an extension of the fairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Michel David Ah-fa, Xavier Jean-Michel André Guyonnet, Gérard Ernest André Jourdain
  • Patent number: 6098401
    Abstract: An afterburn device for a turbojet engine comprises a flame arrester formed by a plurality of radial arms distributed evenly around the rotational axis of the engine at the upstream end of the afterburn chamber. Each arm consists of a fixed rear part, and a front part which is separable from the rear part in a circumferential direction along a median joint plane, the front parts being carried on a ring which is rotatably mounted on the outer casing of the engine. Drive means is provided for rotating the ring between a first position for dry operation, and a second position for afterburn operation. In the first position the front and rear parts of the arms are aligned and joined to provide the arms with a streamlined, low-drag, zero angle of incidence profile suitable for dry operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "Snecma"
    Inventors: Philippe Louis Andre Alassoeur, Xavier Jean Michel Andre Guyonnet, Pascal Michel Daniel Le Jeune
  • Patent number: 5822975
    Abstract: A bypass engine including a fan which has its blades disposed in both the imary gas flow path and the secondary gas flow path of the engine is provided with an annular intermediate gas flow path in the space between the primary and secondary flow paths, and gas take-off means is connected to a compressor of the engine and arranged to direct a flow of gas longitudinally along the intermediate flow path to prevent leakage of hot gas to the secondary flow path via the gaps existing between the platforms of the fan blades and the adjacent annular members of the primary and secondary flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Societe National D'Etude Et De Auction De Moteurs d'Aviation "Snecma"
    Inventors: Xavier Jean-Michel Andre Guyonnet, Pascal Claude Wurniesky