Patents Assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
  • Publication number: 20230383658
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for a turbine engine blade, the assembly comprising a fastener (9) defining a well (10) for receiving a blade root (7), and a clamping device (32) for clamping the blade root (7) against the fastener (9) when the blade root (7) is received in the well (10), wherein the clamping device (32) comprises: at least one clamping member (34; 36) suitable for bearing simultaneously on the blade root (7) and on the fastener (9) in the well (10) so as to exert a clamping force on the blade root (7), the clamping member (34; 36) defining a threaded hole, and a resilient layer (44) arranged to bear in the well on the blade root, a rod (38) comprising a thread engaging with the threaded hole so that a rotation of the rod (38) with respect to the clamping member causes a variation in the clamping force exerted by the clamping member on the root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Christophe Paul JACQUEMARD, Vincent JOUDON
  • Patent number: 11826968
    Abstract: Methods for producing an annular casing for an aircraft turbine engine are provided. The annular casing includes an annular body made from a composite material based on a first resin, and a fire-resistant outer layer which covers an external annular surface of the body and which is made from a composite material based on a self-extinguishing second resin. The method includes preparing a strip of a glass fabric preimpregnated with said second resin, this strip including woven fibres oriented in directions that are perpendicular to one another and inclined by an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the axis of elongation of the strip, and applying the strip to the external surface of the body so as to cover the entirety of this surface in a single pass of the strip around the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Maxime Marie Désiré Blaise, Hubert Jean Marie Fabre
  • Patent number: 11826939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a resin injection regulator for a resin injection circuit in a mould for producing a composite part, in particular a turbine engine composite part, characterised in that it comprises at least one vessel which is connected to said circuit and inside of which a movable wall means can be moved in a sealed manner, said movable wall means defining in said vessel a first cavity which forms a container for accumulation of resin and is designed to be connected to at least one part of said circuit, and a second cavity which is designed to be connected to a source of pressurised fluid, said movable wall means being designed to be urged by the pressurised fluid with which the second cavity is supplied in order to exert a pressure on the resin contained in the first cavity by isolating said resin from said fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Marc-Emmanuel Jean François Techer, Nicolas Cambyse Ashtari, Raoul Jaussaud, Benoit Bazin, Thierry Chauvin, Olivier Foussard, Nate Gravelle, Adrien Touze
  • Patent number: 11828231
    Abstract: An auxiliary tank for an aircraft turbine engine has a curved general shape, and includes a cylindrical or frustoconical radially outer wall and three cylindrical or frustoconical radially inner walls arranged facing the radially outer wall, the three radially inner walls having a middle wall and two side walls arranged to either side of the middle wall. The inner volume of the tank forms a U-shape, the branches of which are formed by lateral volume portions between the side walls and the radially outer wall, and the base of which is formed by a middle volume portion between the middle wall and the radially outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Paul Jacquemard, Didier Gabriel Bertrand Desombre
  • Patent number: 11826819
    Abstract: A process manufactures a metal part for a turbomachine that includes first and second metal materials with different chemical compositions. The process includes the steps of obtaining an element of which at least a first metallic part is made of the first metallic material and placing the element in a first mold and pouring wax into the mold to at least partially cover the element. The first mold has an impression corresponding to at least part of an external surface of the metal part. The process further includes obtaining an assembly by removing the first mold and making a shell mold with a first ceramic around the assembly. The process also includes removing the wax from the shell mold and pouring the second metal material into the shell mold in place of the wax, and removing any ceramics present in the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cédric Pierre Jacques Colas, François Pichot, Hugo Sistach, Josserand Jacques André Bassery
  • Patent number: 11828191
    Abstract: A turbomachine assembly includes a casing, first and second rotors, and a damper. The first rotor includes a disk and blades and is movable in rotation relative to the casing. The second rotor is movable relative to the casing around a longitudinal axis. The damper damps a movement of the first rotor relative to the second rotor. The damper includes first to third parts. The first part bears on the first rotor in a first area extending over a first angular sector around the longitudinal axis and applies a first centrifugal force on the first rotor. The second part bears on the first rotor in a second area that is smaller than the first angular sector and extends over a second angular sector around the longitudinal axis. The third part bears on the second rotor and applies a second centrifugal force on the second rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Philippe Gérard Edmond Joly, Romain Nicolas Lagarde, Jean-Marc Claude Perrollaz, Laurent Jablonski, François Jean Comin, Edouard Antoine Dominique Marie De Jaeghere, Charles Jean-Pierre Douguet
  • Patent number: 11828183
    Abstract: Disclosed is a turbomachine (10) with counter-rotating turbine for an aircraft, comprising: —a high-pressure body, —a low-pressure counter-rotating turbine (22), —a planetary-type mechanical epicyclic reduction gear (42), —a guide bearings (56-62) for the turbine shafts (36, 38), characterised in that said reduction gear (42) and certain of the bearings (60, 62) are housed in a lubrication chamber (86) supplied with oil and comprising dynamic seals (86a-86d), and in that the turbomachine comprises circuits (C1, C2) for pressurising these seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Fabien Roger Gaston Caty, Amelie Argie Antoinette Chassagne
  • Patent number: 11828194
    Abstract: A nozzle blade for a turbine engine includes a blade body in which at least one through-cavity is provided extending between an inner end of the blade and an outer end of the blade and housing, respectively, a first and a second liner, the first liner extending along a trailing edge of the blade, the second liner extending along a leading edge of the blade, wherein each of the first and second liners includes an intertwining system suitable for linking the first liner to the second liner, independently of the blade body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Jonathan Yvetot
  • Patent number: 11828184
    Abstract: A composite platform for an aircraft turbine engine fan includes a wall of elongate shape that is configured to extend between two fan blades. The wall has an aerodynamic external face and an internal face on which is disposed a fixing tab configured to be fixed to a fan disc. A method for manufacturing the composite platform includes the steps of: a) producing a preform by three-dimensionally weaving of fibers, b) unbinding some of the fibers of the preform to detach at least one longitudinal layer of fibers from the rest of the preform, c) inserting a metal reinforcement between this layer and the rest of the preform, and d) injecting a resin into the preform so as to form said wall and secure the reinforcement to this wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matteo Minervino, François Charleux, Didier Fromonteil
  • Publication number: 20230374940
    Abstract: A turbojet engine, having a primary duct and a secondary duct surrounding the primary duct, a row of guide vanes extending in the secondary duct downstream of a fan, at least one servo extending in the secondary duct downstream of the guide vanes and housed in a profiled casing, and at least one air sampling scoop located in the region of the casing and equipped with a control valve. Where at least one guide vane located in the vicinity of the casing has a variable geometry zone, the geometry of which can be adjusted during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent Marie Jacques Rémi DE CARNÉ-CARNAVALET, Guillaume Olivier Vartan MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20230372988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modelling the behaviour of a circular rolling mill (1) intended for rolling a cylindrical component on the basis of a setpoint, the circular rolling mill comprising at least one tapered roller (3) configured to effect a translational movement in a first direction (Y), and a mandrel (2), configured to effect a translational movement in a second direction (X), the setpoint comprising a setpoint for the rate of increase of an outside diameter of said cylindrical component as a function of said external diameter, and a setpoint for the height of the cylindrical component in the first direction as a function of a thickness of the cylindrical component in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Edouard Frédéric Christian Claude MARCHAL, Julien Jean Edmond SCHWARTZ, Patrice Andre Modeste LASNE
  • Patent number: 11821333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blower vane of a turbomachine, comprising a structure made of composite material which comprises a fibrous reinforcement and a matrix in which the fibrous reinforcement is embedded. The vane comprises a first rigidification insert which extends in a first direction and at least one second insert which is connected to the first in a second direction which is non-collinear with the first direction, the first insert projecting from the vane in order to be connected to a disc of a turbomachine element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément Pierre Postec, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Vincent Joudon
  • Patent number: 11821360
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft propulsion system (100) intended for being built into the rear of an aircraft fuselage, the propulsion system comprising at least two gas generators (102a, 102b) supplying a power turbine (104) having two counter-rotating turbine rotors (104a, 104b) for driving two fans (112a, 12b), and separate air inlets (106a, 106b) for supplying each gas generator, characterised in that it comprises an electrical drive device (140) configured to rotate at least one of the turbine rotors, at least one electrical generator (142a, 142b) configured to transform part of the energy of the flow from the gas generators into electrical power and an electric motor (146) supplied by said electrical generator and capable of rotating at least one of the turbine rotors, said electrical generator being installed on one of said gas generators, and in that said turbine rotor is capable of being rotated simultaneously by a flow from said gas generators and by the electrical drive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Jerome Jean Tantot, Francois Gallet
  • Publication number: 20230366325
    Abstract: A turbomachine module having a longitudinal axis, having a shroudless propeller which is rotated about the longitudinal axis by a drive shaft, which is connected at least to a compressor rotor, and at least one distributor comprising a plurality of stator vanes which extend along a radial axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis Z from a fixed casing, the distributor being arranged downstream of the propeller. The fixed casing can be an inter-compressor casing which is arranged downstream of a low-pressure compressor, along the longitudinal axis, the inter-compressor casing having a ring which has a longitudinal axis and which is provided with sleeves intended to support the stator vanes, the inter-compressor casing and the ring being monobloc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Olivier BELMONTE
  • Publication number: 20230366772
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for assessing the service life (DDV) of a turbine engine part, comprising the following steps: S1: determining average damage to the part over time (E_moy(t)) from stresses applied to the part on the basis of wear of the part (?(u)) and a law of variation in the wear of the part over time (u(t)); S3: determining cumulative damage (E_cum) to the part corresponding to damage on breaking (E_rupt) of the part, the cumulative damage (E_cum) corresponding to the integral of the average damage over time (E_moy(t)) between an initial time (t_0) and an end time (t_rupt): E_cum=E_rupt=Formula (1); and S4: inferring the service life (DDV) of the part, the service life (DDV) corresponding to the end time (t_rupt).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Aniss Chafik KESSACI, Jean Arthur Sébastien NAY
  • Publication number: 20230369838
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine with a main axis includes: an arm that is radial with respect to the main axis, extending through an air flow duct; a support wall belonging to the radial arm and which has two openings; a plurality of electric harnesses extending partially through the radial arm and for which a section of each harness is secured to the support wall of the arm; and two mounting blocks, in which each mounting block is associated with a group of sections of harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrice GASPAR, Samy Alexandre HOBALLAH, Cyrille François Antoine MATHIAS, Khy TAN, Edouard THEBAUD
  • Patent number: 11814967
    Abstract: A turbine for a turbomachine has a first rotor and a second rotor configured to pivot about an axis in two opposite directions of rotation. The first rotor includes a radially outer drum from which blades extend radially inwards. The turbine has cooling means attached relative to the outer drum. The cooling means include a support plate with at least one first orifice and a calibration plate that is attached to the support plate and located radially inside the support plate. The calibration plate has at least one second calibration orifice facing the outer drum to allow the passage of cooling air radially from the outside to the inside through the first and second orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Ulysse Jacques Bernard Danteny, Laurent Cédric Zamai
  • Patent number: 11814990
    Abstract: A turbine comprises a casing, an outer metal shroud, an inner metal shroud and an annular distributor having a plurality of CMC ring sectors, each sector comprising a mast, an inner platform, an outer platform and at least one blade having a hollow profile that defines an inner housing, the inner and outer platforms each having an opening communicating with said inner housing, and the mast passing through said openings and the inner housing and being secured to said casing and connected to said annular sector. Each blade comprises at least one first radial shoulder projecting axially towards the inside of the blade, and each mast comprises at least one second shoulder projecting axially towards the outside of the mast configured to radially cooperate with a first shoulder and radially press the blade against the mast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul Tableau, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Matthieu Arnaud Gimat, Gilles Gérard Claude Lepretre
  • Patent number: 11815028
    Abstract: Turbines for an aircraft include a supply device of compressed air configured to supply compressed air to the aircraft, a cooling system of the compressed air supplied to the aircraft, having a scoop configured to collect cooling air in a flow duct of a secondary flow, and a management system configured to be supplied with the cooling air collected from the flow duct and configured to control radial clearances between a turbine casing and turbine rotor vanes tips. The management system is supplied with cooling air by the scoop of the cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent Marie Jacques Rémi De Carné-Carnavalet, Guillaume Jean Pierre Lahaye
  • Patent number: 11814987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a straightening assembly (28) comprising two radially inner and outer coaxial shells (34) between which extend vanes (36) made of composite material, fixed to a first end portion on the radially inner shell and to a second end portion on the radially outer shell, characterized in that: for each vane (36), in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the radially inner and outer shells (34), a straight line passing through a junction between said first and second end portions and the useful part forms an angle ? with a radius of the radially inner shell, passing through the junction between said first end portion and the useful part of said vane (36), such that 0°<??30°; the radially inner shell has a diameter ranging from 1,000 mm to 1,600 mm; and in that the radially outer shell has a diameter ranging from 2,000 to 2,800 mm; the number of vanes (36) ranges from twenty-five to forty-five.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cédric Zaccardi, Kaëlig Merwen Orieux, William Henri Joseph Riera