Patents Assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
  • 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: 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11813745
    Abstract: Mobile robot for inspecting a turbomachine comprising at least a measuring device and a body including an assembly of at least three rigid segments each having two opposite longitudinal ends, the longitudinal ends of each segment being equipped with a hinge including a ball joint, each ball joint comprising a motorized wheel mounted therearound, the measuring device being mounted on a ball joint located at one end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Thomas Jean Michel Lepage
  • 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: 11815027
    Abstract: The invention relates to a firewall (112) for a turbomachine (100) auxiliary arm (106). This firewall (112), which has one or more through openings (180) in a thickness direction (Z) of the firewall (112), comprises a fixed portion (120) and a first removable portion (130) extending, in a width direction (Y), orthogonal to said thickness direction (Z), from at least one adjacent opening among the through openings (180), to a first outer edge (190) of the firewall (112). To open this firewall (112) in order to allow access to one or more ducts and/or electrical cables (111) received in the through openings (180), the first removable portion (130) can be dismantled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Romain Harold Patrice Pou, Frédéric Dautreppe, Bertrand Romain Adrien Dufour, Frédéric Jacques Eugène Goupil
  • 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: 11815034
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for supplying fuel to a turbomachine. In some embodiments, the system includes a pump, a hydromechanical group, a drive device positioned to drive the pump, and a branch comprising actuators for controlling variable geometry. In some embodiments, the system regulates a fuel flow rate based at least in part on a flow rate set point value. In some embodiments, the system may include a flow rate sensor. A flow rate loop may be arranged to determine a pressure set point value at the outlet of the pump according to the flow rate set point value and a measurement supplied by the flow rate sensor. In some embodiments, a pressure sensor may be positioned in the fuel circuit at the outlet of the pump. In further embodiments, a pressure loop may control the speed of the drive device based at least on a difference between a pressure measurement supplied by the pressure sensor and the pressure set point value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Huguette De Wergifosse, Loïc Pora, Eric De Wergifosse
  • 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: 11814982
    Abstract: A rotor vane for an aircraft turbine engine includes a blade extending between an inner platform and an outer platform which carries at least one projecting lip. The blade has a lower surface and an upper surface, and the outer platform includes, on the side of the lower and upper surfaces, lateral edges configured to cooperate in a form-fitting manner with complementary lateral edges of adjacent vanes. Each of the lateral edges has an anti-wear coating, and one of the lateral edges forms a hollow tip (P) with a bowl configured to receive the coating and further including a first concave cylindrical surface portion, the geometric dimensions of which are optimized to limit the risk of cracks appearing when the coating is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Mallat-Desmortiers, Peter Shamma Jeanty, Eric Jacques Delcoigne, Edouard Emmanuel Garreau, Thomas Tsassis, Samuel Laurent Noël Mathieu Juge, Lucas Geoffrey Desbois
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230361699
    Abstract: An actuating device of a pump of a fuel pumping system of an engine, including a motor, a generator, an inverter, a switching member and a control member, the motor including a first rotor coupled to the pump and a first stator including at least one input stator winding, the generator including a second rotor coupled to a drive shaft of the engine, and a second stator including at least one output stator winding, the control member being configured to control the switching member in order to selectively connect each input stator winding: to a corresponding output stator winding if a speed of the engine is higher than or equal to a predetermined speed; to a corresponding output of the inverter, otherwise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Huguette DE WERGIFOSSE, Clément DUPAYS
  • Publication number: 20230358143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fan blade of a turbomachine comprising a structure made of composite material comprising a fibrous reinforcement obtained by three-dimensional weaving of strands and a matrix in which the fibrous reinforcement is embedded, which comprises a first portion forming the suction-side wall and a second portion forming the pressure-side wall, the strands of the fibrous reinforcement comprising first strands comprising carbon or aramid fibres, the Young's modulus of which is greater than 250 GPa, and second strands produced from a viscoelastic material and having a Young's modulus less than 10 GPa, the first portion comprises uniquely first strands whereas the second portion comprises second strands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Clément Pierre POSTEC, Thomas Alain DE GAILLARD, Guillaume Pascal Jean-Charles GONDRE, Pierre-Antoine Gérard Joseph BARBIER
  • Patent number: 11808160
    Abstract: A sub-assembly of a turbine engine including a shaft, a bearing for guiding an axial end of the shaft, a nut which is screw-connected to the end of the shaft and a member for blocking the rotation of the nut in relation to the end of the shaft, wherein the member for blocking the nut includes a first section bearing a plurality of flexible tabs, one end of each tab of which cooperates with a radially inner annular wall of the end of the shaft and includes a second section which cooperates with the nut, characterised in that the second section of the blocking member is screw-connected to the nut and the features of the thread between the blocking member and the nut are different from the features of the thread between the nut and the end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas Lagarde, Marie-Charline Stéphanie Charbonnier, Jean-Marc Claude Perrollaz, Lilian Yann Dumas
  • Patent number: 11808212
    Abstract: A drive shaft of an aircraft turbine engine includes a first portion and a second portion, and connecting means connecting the first and second portions and being configured to transmit a torque from the second portion to the first portion. The connecting means has at least one bellows with a first section having a diameter greater than the diameters of the first and second portions and second sections flanking the first section. The first section includes at least one fusible section with at least one through-hole and being configured to break when the value of a torque applied to the first portion exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier
  • Patent number: 11808172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine vane including a blade extending along a radial axis and a first cooling circuit arranged inside the blade, the first cooling circuit including a first cavity and a second cavity disposed downstream of the first cavity in a direction of circulation of a coolant in the blade, the first and second cavities radially extending inside the blade and being at least partly separated by a first radial partition having a radially internal free end, which at least partly demarcates a first coolant passage connecting the first and second cavities. According to the invention, the radially internal free end is enlarged by having a general transverse section substantially in the form of a keyhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: Safran, Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romaine Pierre Cariou, Vianney Simon, Myriam Pelleterat De Borde, Adrien Bernard Vincent Rollinger