Patents Assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
  • Patent number: 11913385
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes a drive shaft that rotates about an axis, a fan, a fan shaft that drives the fan about the axis, a reduction mechanism coupling the drive and fan shafts, a compression section driven by the drive shaft, and an inlet channel that extends between the fan and the compression section. The inlet channel includes inner and outer ferrules delimiting an air inlet flow path, the inner ferrule having a minimum radius. The reduction mechanism includes two reduction stages including two or more planet gears circumferentially distributed around the axis, each planet gear including a first portion meshed with the drive shaft and a second portion meshed with the fan shaft and being mounted fixed with respect to the inner ferrule and having a maximum radius greater than the minimum radius such that the air inlet flow path extends partly between the two or more planet gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Caroline Marie Frantz, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Matthieu Bruno François Foglia, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11913404
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air outlet of a nacelle for an aircraft turbojet engine, the nacelle forming a solid of revolution about a longitudinal axis, the air outlet having a straightening device having a plurality of flaps mounted circumferentially and protruding, each flap being mounted pivoting around a pivot axis, forming, with respect to the longitudinal axis, an angle of convergence in a radial plane, between a closed position, in which each flap extends along the pivot axis in the aerodynamic prolongation of the trailing edge in order to support a thrust phase and a deployed position, in which each flap extends in a deployed plane forming an angle of deployment with respect to the closed position about the pivot axis, so as to support a reverse thrust phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Philippe Gérard Chanez, Daniel-Ciprian Mincu
  • Patent number: 11913405
    Abstract: An airflow profile structure having a leading and/or trailing edge profiled with a serrated profile having a succession of teeth and depressions. Along the leading and/or trailing edge, from a first location to a second location, the teeth of the serrated profile are individually inclined towards the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Fernando Gea Aguilera, Matthieu Fiack, Mathieu Simon Paul Gruber
  • Patent number: 11913350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbine injector comprising an annular ring extending around a longitudinal axis and having a radially outer edge and a radially inner edge. The crown has a plurality of channels for fluidly connecting the radially outer edge to the radially inner edge, each channel extending in a radial plane of the ring and having an inlet opening near the outer edge and an outlet opening near the radially inner edge, the orientation of each channel varying progressively according to a tangential component between the inlet section of the inlet opening and the outlet section of the outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jérôme Claude George Lemonnier, Franck Davy Boisnault, Nicolas Li Yen Kuhn, Antoine Bruno Van Noort
  • Patent number: 11913354
    Abstract: The invention relates to a movable turbomachine blade comprising at least one cooling circuit comprising at least one cavity extending radially between the root and the tip, at least one air intake opening at a radial end of the cavity, a plurality of first discharge slots arranged to open out along the trailing edge between the root and the tip, and a plurality of second discharge slots separate from the first discharge slots and arranged along the trailing edge between the root and the tip, the second discharge slots being offset axially upstream relative to the first discharge slots and each of the first discharge slots being radially offset relative to each of the second discharge slots, with no overlap between the first and second discharge slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrice Eneau, Michel Slusarz
  • Patent number: 11913086
    Abstract: A method for relieving residual stresses in a part includes increasing the rotation speed, which includes measuring, at a first given instant, values representative of the rotation speed and the radial enlargement; measuring, at a second given instant after the first instant, values representative of the rotation speed and the radial enlargement; determining a leading coefficient of a first affine function from the preceding values; determining a target radial enlargement value as a function of a value representative of the rotation speed, in the form of a second affine function, the origin of which is the value of a desired final residual enlargement and the leading coefficient of which is the leading coefficient of the first affine function; stopping the increase in rotation speed of the part from the moment that the actual enlargement of the rotating part corresponds to the target relative radial enlargement value that has been determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Elliott Archibald Breittmayer, David Gardy, Jocelyn Bastide
  • Publication number: 20240059396
    Abstract: Propulsion assembly for an aircraft comprising a turbomachine having at least one rotating part rotating about an axis of rotation, an attachment strut, and a structural element carrying the turbomachine via the attachment strut, the rotating part being disposed upstream of the structural element and of the attachment strut such that an air jet emerging from the rotating part, in the wake of thereof, impacts the structural element and the attachment strut, a leading edge of the structural element and/or of said attachment strut locally comprising at least one acoustic attenuation device disposed at least partly in the wake of the rotating part, the acoustic attenuation device being a local modification of the structure and/or of the profile of the leading edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Fernando GEA AGUILERA, Adrien Clément Marcel DUBOIS, Jean-Michel Daniel Paul BOITEUX, Ludovic Mathieu René WIART
  • Patent number: 11905846
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a turbomachine hub, intended to be mounted so as to be able to rotate about a longitudinal axis (X) of the turbomachine, the hub comprising a main body (1) arranged around the longitudinal axis (X), an outer surface of which has a plurality of recesses; a plurality of platforms (3) comprising an outer surface delimited by a circular outer edge of radius r, each platform (3) being arranged in a corresponding recess of the plurality of recesses of the main body (1), and intended to receive a variable pitch blade (2), the pitch of which is variable according to a pitch change axis (Z), the platform (3) being centred and able to rotate about the pitch change axis (Z); characterised in that, for each platform, at least one part of the outer surface of the platform (3) and the main body (1) of the hub comprises a curvature defined by a same sphere portion of radius R and centre C, the at least one part being situated at the outer edge of the platform (3), in a junction zone between th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Anthony Binder, Eva Julie Lebeault, Laurent Soulat
  • Patent number: 11905885
    Abstract: A fuel supply circuit including a supply duct in which a first flow (Fl) is able to circulate, at least one supply pump for circulating the fuel from a tank to a metering unit, and a recirculation duct for a second flow upstream of the pump, wherein the ducts (20, 60) discharge in different directions upstream of the pump; the circuit includes a dispensing device including an internal flow duct for the first flow (Fl), an external flow channel for the second flow and at least one passage orifice for the second flow, which communicates fluidically with the channel; and the at least one orifice (810) and the duct are coaxial and respectively discharge upstream of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Kevin Didier Pierre Le Normand, Frederic Brettes, Loic Pora
  • Patent number: 11904420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a turbomachine compressor blade, comprising the following steps:—installing primary pins (26) comprising a material other than a titanium-based alloy in primary bores (20) of a core, the primary bores forming at least one polygon, and installing a secondary pin made of titanium-based alloy in a secondary bore of the core; —producing a stack (2) of a suction-face sheet (4), a core (14) and a pressure-face sheet (6); —compacting the stack; —removing the primary pins (26) from the primary bores (20); —removing the secondary pin from the secondary bore; and—taking the core (14) away from the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jérôme Salmon, Alexandre Gimel, Christophe Gleize, Axel Pereira, Jean François Richard
  • Patent number: 11905889
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a single ducted fan including a first shaft rotated by a second shaft via a speed reduction gearset, the second shaft being rotated by a third shaft of a turbine, the first shaft being guided in rotation with respect to a fixed structure via a first bearing and a second bearing placed upstream of the speed reduction gearset. The second shaft is guided in rotation with respect to the first shaft via a rolling bearing placed upstream of the speed reduction gearset, the rolling bearing comprising an outer ring housed in the first shaft, an inner ring connected to the second shaft and rolling elements arranged between the inner and outer rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Marion Jeanne Pierrette Verdier, Yanis Benslama, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Serge René Morreale
  • Patent number: 11905839
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an aircraft turbine engine housing, the housing (23) comprising: —an annular shell (29) with axis A; —an annular element (24; 253, 254) attached to the inside of the shell (29), the annular element comprising a body (25) made of NIDA-type cellular material and comprising a downstream portion (252) covered with an abradable material (26), and an upstream portion (251) without abradable material, the body (25) extending in a continuous manner from the upstream portion (251) to the downstream portion (252), the method comprising: —manufacturing the annular element in the form of a continuous annular body, —cutting the annular body into segments (253, 254), —attaching the segments to the shell, and —depositing the abradable material (26) onto the inside surface (25a) of the downstream portion (252).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Thomas Dupays, Clement Bourolleau, Coline Poulenc, Anwer Siraj
  • Patent number: 11905883
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel supply circuit (1) for a combustion chamber (2) of a turbomachine (10), comprising: —a fuel supply pump (3) configured to provide a fuel flow at a predetermined flow rate, —a plurality of fuel injectors (4), and —a ramp (5) for connecting the pump (3) to the injectors (4), said circuit further comprising a device for the heat treatment of the fuel (6), having a chamber (60) connected to a fuel inlet (61) linked to the pump (3) and to a fuel outlet (62) linked to the ramp (5), wherein heating elements (60) are located in said chamber and are configured to heat the fuel flow to a predetermined temperature so as to cause coking of the fuel within the chamber (60) of the device (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Nicolas Marie Keruzore
  • Publication number: 20240052788
    Abstract: Assembly for an aircraft turbine engine, comprising an intermediate casing hub, an accessory gearbox, and a transfer case including a power transmission shaft configured to transmit mechanical power, taken off an engine shaft of the turbine engine, to at least one accessory mounted on the accessory gearbox, in which the transfer case comprises a structural element surrounding the power transmission shaft and rigidly attaching the accessory gearbox to the intermediate casing hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Bruno Albert BEUTIN, Anthony Pierre Guy DELAFORGE, Zoltan ZSIGA
  • Publication number: 20240054631
    Abstract: Method for processing a plurality of X-ray tomography volume images each associated with a part, the plurality of volume images comprising a reference volume image, including: a step of correlating volume images to obtain a displacement field between each image and the reference image, to obtain a plurality of displacement fields minimizing the difference between the volume images, a processing by a dimensionality reduction method of the plurality of the image displacement fields to express them according to eigenmodes, and a statistical analysis of the fields expressed according to the eigenmodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: SAFRAN, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE PARIS- SACLAY, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Julien Paul SCHNEIDER-DIE-GROSS, Clément JAILIN, Arturo MENDOZA QUISPE, Stéphane ROUX
  • Publication number: 20240052789
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine module, including an accessory gearbox, a transfer shaft, and a drive shaft rotatably connected with one another by a power transmission device. The power transmission device can be housed in a gearbox and the module can further include an electric machine rotatably connected to the transfer shaft. The electric machine can be interposed between the transmission housing and at least one part the transfer shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric DAUTREPPE, Jean-Pierre Elie GALIVEL
  • Patent number: 11898466
    Abstract: A method for coating a turbomachine guide vane including a root and a tip, an extrados face and an intrados face connected to one another by a leading edge and a trailing edge, the method including completely covering one of the faces of the vane with a polymer coating of thickness (e1) provided with grooves, removing the grooves from a part of the polymer coating in such a way that the polymer coating includes a grooved zone and a non-grooved zone, coating the non-grooved zone with a coat of paint of thickness (e3) such that the thickness of the coat of paint superimposed on the non-grooved zone is substantially equal to the thickness (e1) of the grooved zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Célia Iglesias Cano, Vincent Marie Jacques Rémi De Carné-Carnavalet, Antoine Hubert Marie Jean Masson
  • Patent number: 11897816
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a part made of a ceramic matrix composite material, includes coating an outer surface of a porous preform with a layer of a fugitive material to form a model of the part to be obtained, the fugitive material being wax or resin, the fugitive material layer in the model not exceeding the highest peak of surface undulations of the preform, and ceramic and/or carbon particles being present in the porosity of the preform, coating the model formed with a ceramic powder composition, heat treating the coated model to remove the fugitive material and form a ceramic shell mold by sintering of the ceramic powder composition, introducing a molten composition including silicon into the shell mold to obtain the part in the shell mold, the molten composition infiltrating the porosity of the preform to form the ceramic matrix, and separating the shell mold from the part obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN CERAMICS, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michaël Podgorski, Bruno Jacques Gérard Dambrine, Emilie Chantal Gisèle Mendez, Wen Zhang, Yvan Rappart, Charles Leleu
  • Patent number: 11898517
    Abstract: A turbofan engine including an exhaust casing traversed by a primary flow and surrounded by a secondary flow and an outlet cone carried by this exhaust casing, the exhaust casing and the outlet cone together defining an internal space. The exhaust casing includes a hollow radial arm traversing the primary flow in order to convey part of the secondary flow so as to form a cooling flow for supplying the internal space, and the outlet cone is terminated by an opening for discharging the cooling flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Claude Robert Belmon, Cédric Zaccardi
  • Publication number: 20240044289
    Abstract: An auxiliary tank for an aircraft turbine engine is provided, and in conjunction with a pump and associated auxiliary lubrication circuit, supplies oil to a reducer when, for example, a phase of free rotation of the fan is detected. Thus, the reducer is always lubricated, even during the phases of free rotation of the fan, thus ensuring a longer life of the reducer gears. The auxiliary tank is arranged with respect to the reducer so that oil is recovered from the reducer at least in part by the auxiliary tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Paul Jacquemard, Didier Gabriel Bertrand Desombre