Patents Assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
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Patent number: 12291976Abstract: A rotor wheel for an aircraft turbine engine has a disc with a main axis and cells at its outer periphery. The cells extend along the axis, and each has a bottom and two side flanks. Vanes are mounted in the cells of the disc, each vane including a blade connected by a platform to a root mounted in one of the cells. Each root includes, at its radially inner end, a lobe with a first axial end having a circumferential notch and a second axial end having a radially inward facing stop configured to axially bear on a first face of the disc. An annular ring engages the notches of the vanes and is axially clamped against a second face of the disc. Each lobe has a radially inward facing projecting bulb configured to radially bear on the surface of the bottom of the corresponding cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Jean-Luc Breining, Denis Daniel Jean Boisseleau, Thomas Gabriel Elie Gatteau, Yvan Ludovic Lameignere
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Patent number: 12286926Abstract: Aircraft turbomachine including a centrifugal compressor, a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber being supplied by the compressor via a diffuser and via a straightener, and a heat exchanger, the exchanger including a first circuit, supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit, which are connected by volutes on the one hand to an outlet of the diffuser and on the other hand to an inlet of the straightener, the volutes having reversed winding directions such that their connection ports to the exchanger are independent of one another and are substantially diametrically opposed, and such that the minimum cross section of each duct is situated at a larger cross section of the other duct.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Bernard Claude Pons, Alphonse Puerto, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski, Lois Pierre Denis Vive
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Patent number: 12264637Abstract: The invention relates to a propulsion system (1, 1) for an aircraft, comprising a rotor (2) and a nacelle failing (3) that extends around said rotor in relation to an axis (X) and includes an upstream portion (10) forming an inlet section (BA) of the nacelle fairing (3) as well as a downstream portion (20), a downstream end (21) of which forms an outlet section (BF) of the nacelle fairing (3); and characterized in that the downstream portion (20) has a radially inner wall (20a) and a radially outer wall (20b), both of which are made of a deformable shape memory material, and in that the downstream end (21) includes pneumatic or hydraulic actuators (23, 23?) extending in different consecutive angular sectors about said axis (X), each actuator being independently actuatable and being configured to deform, in a direction that extends radially in relation to said axis (X) and is centered angularly in relation to its angular sector, under the effect of a predetermined control pressure.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Jean-Louis Robert Guy Besse, Ye-Bonne Karina Maldonado
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Patent number: 12264628Abstract: A liquid fuel supply system for an aircraft engine includes a fuel tank, a suction duct connected to the fuel tank and located higher than the fuel tank, an electric pump, a supply pump that is mechanically driven by an accessory gear box and an outlet of the supply pump being connected to a fuel supply circuit of the engine, and an air expulsion drain. The electric pump is in communication with the suction duct independently of the supply pump, the electric pump is in communication with the air expulsion drain, and the supply pump is in communication with the suction duct independently of the electric pump.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Philippe Jean René Marie Benezech, Alexis Thomas Valentin Longin, Pierre Anthony Sicaire, Gabriel Darrieumerlou
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Patent number: 12252261Abstract: A hybrid propulsion unit for an aircraft with multi-rotor rotary wings includes an electrical generator driven by an internal combustion engine, a rectifier configured to convert an AC current sent by the electrical generator into DC current, a DC-AC converter, an electrical network connecting the rectifier to the converter and including a high-voltage DC current bus, electric motors powered by propeller converters coupled to the electric motors, electrical energy storage connected to the electrical network, the electrical storage including at least one primary storage element and at least one secondary storage element.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Thomas Klonowski, Thomas Bruno Barraco
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Publication number: 20250059918Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine has a gas generator that includes, along a longitudinal axis (X), at least one compressor, a combustion chamber, and at least one turbine. The turbomachine further includes at least one duct for supplying liquid to at least one member chosen from an oil jet and a fuel injector. The duct (20) has rectilinear portions and bent portions and includes at least one region in which the liquid is liable to coke. The turbomachine also includes at least one turbulence element in the at least one region in the duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Benjamin Nicolas FULLERINGER, Alexandre DEBAT, Pierre-Marie FONTS, Olivier ROBERT
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Publication number: 20250034680Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal powder for a powder bed additive manufacturing process, the metal powder comprising a nickel-based alloy comprising at least 0.05% carbon, at least 14.25% cobalt, at least 14% chromium, at least 4% aluminium, at least 3.9% molybdenum, at least 3% titanium, at most 0.5% iron, at least 0.012% boron, at most 0.060% zirconium, at most 0.150% manganese, at most 0.2% silicon, at most 0.1% copper, at most 0.5 ppm bismuth, at most 5 ppm silver, at most 5 ppm lead, at most 25 ppm sulphur, at most 200 ppm oxygen, and at most 60 ppm nitrogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Hugo Jean-Louis SISTACH, Stéphane LAVIGNOTTE, Cédric Pierre Jacques COLAS, Romaric Jean-Marie PIETTE
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Patent number: 12208912Abstract: Propulsion system for a helicopter comprising a main engine, a main rotor, a main gearbox including an output mechanically connected to the main rotor, a reduction gearbox mechanically coupled between the main engine and a first input of the main gearbox, and an assistance device. The assistance device comprises a first electric machine mechanically coupled to the reduction gearbox and configured to operate as an electric generator to take off energy produced by the main engine, and a second electric machine mechanically coupled to a second input of the main gearbox, the second electric machine being supplied with electrical power by the first electric machine and configured to operate as an electric motor to deliver additional mechanical power to the main gearbox.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Romain Jean Gilbert Thiriet, Fabien Mercier-Calvairac, Stéphane Albert André Douillard
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Patent number: 12208911Abstract: A propulsion unit having a propeller for an aircraft including a nacelle; a propeller mounted in the nacelle so as to be capable of rotating about a longitudinal axis of rotation, the propeller having blades mounted by a root so as to be capable of pivoting between a deployed position, in which they extend radially relative to the axis of rotation, and a folded position, in which they are longitudinally received against the nacelle; drive means that rotate the propeller; indexing means for stopping the propeller in at least one indexed angular position (? i) relative to the nacelle; the propulsion unit wherein the indexing means consist of a stepping electric motor including a rotor that is coupled to the propeller.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Jean-Louis Robert Guy Besse, Camel Serghine
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Patent number: 12208576Abstract: A process for three-dimensional printing of a workpiece (10), comprising a succession of steps for producing a layer (18) of the workpiece (10) by means of a nozzle (28) which has an output cross-section along a path (32) of the nozzle (28), wherein, during at least one step for producing a layer (18), use is made of at least one nozzle (28), an output portion (42) of which has an output cross-section which is variable between a first maximum cross-section and a second minimum cross-section, and wherein the cross-section of at least one part of an output portion (42) of the nozzle is varied along at least one portion (32a, 32b) of the path (32).Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventor: Laurent Chares
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Publication number: 20250027426Abstract: A device for controlling an airflow guiding system comprising: at least one vane movable in rotation about an axis of rotation between a first angle and a second angle, an actuator comprising a body inside which a piston is mounted in translation secured to an actuation rod, and a control rod comprising a downstream end connected to the axis of the vane, the actuator being configured to drive the control rod in movement between a first end position and a second end position of a nominal operating range and, in the event of breakdown of said device, to perform an over-stroke of the actuation rod into a safety position. The device comprises a drive mechanism linking an upstream end of the actuation rod to an upstream end of the control rod, opposite to the downstream end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Thibaut Maxime Javoy, Christophe Boris Baucheff
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Patent number: 12203417Abstract: Disclosed is a turbomachine, comprising a gas generator (13) equipped with a first shaft (18), at least one reversible electrical machine (11), a free turbine (12) provided with a second shaft (17) and caused to rotate by a gas flow generated by the gas generator (13), an accessory gear box (14) and at least one accessory (15, 16). Said at least one electrical machine (11) is mechanically coupled to said second mechanical shaft (17) via the accessory gear box (14) during all phases of operation of the turbomachine (10), the accessory gear box (14) is coupled to the at least one accessory (15, 16) and the turbomachine (10) further comprises a single mechanical coupling means (20) for mechanically coupling said first mechanical shaft (18) to the accessory gear box (14) in a first configuration and mechanically uncoupling said first mechanical shaft (18) from the accessory gear box (14) in a second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Loïs Pierre Denis Vive, Thomas Drouin, Olivier Bedrine
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Patent number: 12168520Abstract: A system (11) for balancing at least one parameter to be balanced of an electric motor of a propulsion system (1), in particular of an aircraft, includes at least two electric motors (3, 4) and a propulsion member (2) driven in rotation by said electric motors. The balancing system is configured to calculate a correction of the speed setpoint (Corr_Cons_VI, Corr_Cons_V2) as a function of a correction factor (F1, F2) of the speed setpoint depending on a parameter (P1, P2) of the associated electric motor that is intended to be balanced and on a speed setpoint (Cons_VH) of the propulsion member (2).Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: David Lemay, Jean-Philippe Jacques Marin
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Publication number: 20240413722Abstract: A rotor of an aircraft electric motor includes a shaft made of a first material, and a conductive assembly made of a second material different from the first material. The shaft includes a shoulder portion, the shoulder portion includes longitudinal notches. The notches include two contiguous notches radially superimposed in the shoulder portion, a first opening on a radially outer face of the shoulder portion, and a second opening connecting the two contiguous notches. The conductive assembly is a one-piece structure including a conductive bar that is positioned in one notch of the notches, and a skin that is fixed on the shoulder portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Camel SERGHINE, Thomas KLONOWSKI
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Publication number: 20240372448Abstract: A rotor of an aircraft electric motor includes a shaft made of a first material, and a skin made of a second material different from the first material. The skin includes two half-shells welded together, each half-shell of the two half-shells including a chamfer, and the chamfers assembling the two half-shells together. The shaft includes a shoulder portion the skin being fixed on the shoulder portion. The rotor further includes an interpenetration layer of the first material and of the second material, the interpenetration layer including an alloy of the first material and an alloy of the second material, the interpenetration layer being between the shaft and the skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Camel SERGHINE, Thomas KLONOWSKI
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Publication number: 20240353250Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor (1) for determining a liquid level (NE) for an aircraft tank (100), the determining sensor (1) comprising a closure device (2) for closing a port (101) of the tank (100) and a measuring device (3), removably mounted on the closure device (2), comprising a liquid line (20) configured to convey liquid from the port (100) of the tank (100), and a member (21) for automatically sealing the liquid line (20) if the measuring device (3) is not mounted on the closure device (2), the measuring device (3) comprising at least one pressure measuring member (30) configured to measure a pressure difference between the liquid pressure (P1) in the liquid line (20) and a reference pressure (P2) in order to deduce the liquid level (NE) thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Antoine Pascal MOUTAUX, Olivier ROBERT
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Patent number: 12116904Abstract: Disclosed is a movable vane (1) for a wheel (2) of an aircraft turbine engine, the vane (1) comprising a blade (4) delimited by an outer heel (8) comprising a first seal (14), the vane (1) comprising an internal circuit (16) suitable for receiving a first minor gas flow (f1), this circuit (16) comprising a supply cavity (17) opening at the root (9) via at least one inlet opening (18), characterised in that the circuit (16) comprises at least two channels (19) connected with the supply cavity (17) and each opening on an outer surface of the first seal (14) via a discharge opening such that a gas jet (J) of the first minor gas flow (f1) is capable of being discharged from each discharge opening, each channel (19) being oriented such that the corresponding gas jet (J) is capable of being projected towards a second minor gas flow (f2) escaping between the heel (8) and a directly adjacent member (22).Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Bertrand Guillaume Robin Pellaton, Lucas Benassis
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Publication number: 20240336367Abstract: A turboprop includes a propeller, a propeller shaft carrying the propeller, the propeller being a variable-pitch propeller having a propeller pitch, a rotating electric machine having at least a first configuration in which it is mechanically coupled to the propeller shaft and at least one oil pump configured to supply a hydraulic circuit for adjusting the pitch of the propeller. The oil pump is configured to be electrically operated. An aircraft can include such a turboprop and methods can control such a turboprop and such an aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Lucie Stéphanie APOSTIN, Didier Claude CHARTRAIN, Jean-Michel PRESSE
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Patent number: 12110128Abstract: A device for a hybrid aircraft including a turboshaft engine having a gas generator, a free turbine, and a main rotor. The device includes a first reversible electric machine coupled to a shaft of the free turbine by way of a first free wheel, and to the main rotor. The device further includes a second reversible electric machine coupled to a shaft of the gas generator by way of a second free wheel, and coupled to the main rotor by way of a third free wheel. The second free wheel activates when the second electric machine rotates in a first direction of rotation, and the third free wheel activates when the second electric machine rotates in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Benjamin Nicolas Fulleringer, Antoine Pascal Moutaux, Romain Jean Gilbert Thiriet
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Publication number: 20240328617Abstract: A longitudinal-axis (X) dihydrogen injection device is configured to be mounted on an annular bottom of an annular combustion chamber of a turbomachine. The injection device includes an inner channel for dihydrogen circulation and an outer annular channel for circulation of a mixture of at least air. The inner channel and the outer annular channel are coaxial. An inner swirler is housed in the inner channel and an outer swirler is housed in the outer annular channel. A downstream end of the inner channel is arranged upstream, at a distance r, from a downstream end of the outer annular channel. With this dihydrogen combustion, polluting carbon emissions such as carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons or even fine and smoke particles can be eliminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES, UNIVERSITE TOULOUSE III - PAUL SABATIERInventors: Stéphane Raphaël Yves RICHARD, Christophe Nicolas Henri VIGUIER, Sylvain MARRAGOU, Thierry SCHULLER