Patents Assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
  • Patent number: 11952925
    Abstract: A centrifugal degasser of an air-oil mixture of a turbine engine includes a hollow shaft extending along an X axis and a pinion for rotating the hollow shaft, and an annular chamber for centrifugal separation of the mixture. The chamber is arranged around the hollow shaft and forms a fluid passage area, an inlet of which is oriented axially for feeding the chamber with the mixture, and a first outlet of which is oriented radially inwards for the outlet of the de-oiled air separated from said mixture. The chamber also includes at least one second oil outlet oriented radially outwards and configured for discharging the oil separated from said mixture to the outside of the degasser. The chamber and the pinion form a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nifenecker, Frédéric Bonnet, Pierre Gaymu, Rémi Lanquetin, Benjamin Fulleringer
  • Patent number: 11938431
    Abstract: A component for a centrifugal deaerator for removing gas from a turbomachine air/oil mixture includes a structural part configured to delimit a duct for the flow of the air/oil mixture, and includes a circumferential enclosure for the centrifugal separation of the air/oil mixture, an axial inlet for the air/oil mixture, radial oil outlets, and an outlet for oil-free air. The component includes at least one cellular structure configured to filter the oil while allowing the air to pass and occupying at least a space in the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nifenecker, Benjamin Fulleringer, Cédric Lempegnat, Samuel Jousselin, Pierre Gaymu, Cédric Georget, Rémi Lanquetin, Philippe Olharan
  • Publication number: 20240092497
    Abstract: Propulsion system (2) for a helicopter (1) comprising a main engine (9), a main rotor (3), a main gearbox (4) including an output mechanically connected to the main rotor (3), a reduction gearbox (13) mechanically coupled between the main engine (9) and a first input of the main gearbox (4), and an assistance device (10). The assistance device (10) comprises a first electric machine mechanically coupled to the reduction gearbox (13) and configured to operate as an electric generator to take off energy produced by the main engine (9), and a second electric machine mechanically coupled to a second input of the main gearbox (4), 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 (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Romain Jean Gilbert THIRIET, Fabien MERCIER-CALVAIRAC, Stéphane Albert André DOUILLARD
  • Patent number: 11932410
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a rotor and a nacelle fairing that extends around the rotor in relation to an axis. The nacelle fairing includes an upstream portion forming an inlet section of the nacelle fairing as well as a downstream portion, a downstream end of which forms an outlet section of the nacelle fairing. The downstream portion includes radially inner and outer walls, both of which are made of a deformable shape memory material. The wall has independently actuatable piston actuator mechanisms, each actuator mechanism being actuatable independently of the others and being designed to cooperate with means built into an inner surface of the wall to deform the wall in a radial direction in relation to the axis under the effect of a predetermined displacement command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Robert Guy Besse, Ye-Bonne Karina Maldonado
  • Patent number: 11925888
    Abstract: A component for a centrifugal degasser for an air/oil mixture of a turbomachine is disclosed. The degasser rotates about an axis of symmetry, forming an annular chamber for centrifugal separation of the mixture. The chamber forms a fluid passage duct, one inlet of which is oriented axially for supplying the chamber with the mixture, and a first outlet of which is oriented radially inwards for discharging the deoiled air separated from the mixture. The chamber also includes at least one second oil outlet oriented radially outwards and intended to discharge the oil separated from the mixture to the outside of the degasser. The chamber has longitudinal walls passing radially therethrough, at least one of the surfaces of the longitudinal walls having surface structures and/or corrugations arranged to form obstacles to a flow of the mixture along the surface of the longitudinal walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Georges Nifenecker, Benjamin Nicolas Fulleringer, Nicolas Maurice Marcel Herran
  • Patent number: 11920483
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for monitoring the operating state of a system for positioning variable-geometry members (18) of a turbomachine (10), the members (18) being configured to travel over an operating area comprising a first position P1 and a second position P2, the method comprising the steps of: —(E23) determining a first pivoting speed V1 from the first position P1 to the second position P2; —(E25) determining a second pivoting speed from the second position P2 to the first position P1; and—(E26) determining an anomaly in the operation of the system for positioning the members (18) if the first speed V1 is lower than a first determined speed threshold and/or if the second speed V2 is lower than a second determined speed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Julien Gallot, Philippe Jean René Marie Benezech, Jean-Luc Charles Gilbert Frealle, Luc Jacques Pierre Reberga, Pascal Rizzo
  • Patent number: 11923736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric machine for an aircraft, comprising a stator and a rotor that is rotationally mobile with respect to the stator, the rotor or the stator comprising a plurality of permanent magnets, the machine comprising a device for demagnetising a permanent magnet, suitable for achieving a temporary increase in the temperature of the permanent magnet, in order to limit, during the temporary increase in temperature, an exciting magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnet. The present invention furthermore relates to an assembly comprising an assembly comprising such an electric machine and a hot-fluid source suitable for delivering hot fluid to the demagnetising device of the electric machine. The hot-fluid source may be a gas stream of a turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Camel Serghine, Thomas Klonowski, Loïs Pierre Denis Vive
  • Patent number: 11905893
    Abstract: A method for controlling a non-propulsive power generation turbine engine configured to supply power to a plurality of propulsion rotors of an aircraft, each propulsion rotor being connected to a power distribution module through at least one power supply bus, the turbine engine supplying each power supply bus via the power distribution module at a supply rate, the control method comprising a step of determining the power requirement of each power supply bus depending on the power requirement of each propulsion rotor, a step of determining the basic power requirement of each power supply bus, a step of determining the overall power requirement based on all the basic power requirements of the power supply buses and a step of determining an anticipation parameter based on the overall power requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Stéphane Meyer Beddok, Vincent Poumarede
  • Patent number: 11892166
    Abstract: A fuel injector for an aircraft turbine engine includes a tubular body having an axis of elongation. A first longitudinal end configured to be Supplied with fuel and a second longitudinal end configured to elect a jet of fuel. The body further includes an integrated purge-air circuit that has an internal cavity which is connected to air inlet orifices situated on the body and to at least one air outlet situated at said second end. Aire-flow disruptors are provided, projecting into said cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Thomas Jean Olivier Lederlin, Denis Luc Alain Chanteloup, Simon Arthur Meilleurat
  • Patent number: 11891907
    Abstract: A turbogenerator (1) for an aircraft (2) comprising: a turboshaft engine (3); an electric generator (4) comprising a rotor (5) driven mechanically by the turboshaft engine (3) and a stator (6) supported by a housing (7) of the electric generator (4); characterized in that the turbogenerator (1) comprises a static separator (8) for separating an air/oil mixture coming from the turboshaft engine (3), the static separator (8) being positioned around the housing (7) of the electric generator (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES, SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Camel Serghine, Denis Antoine Julien Real
  • Patent number: 11878390
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cold expansion device (36) for work hardening a through bore (34) in a turbine engine part (32), comprising at least one chuck (38) supporting a burnisher (40) and a means (41) for pushing the chuck (38) in an axial direction, and is characterised in that it comprises at least: —a tubular guide (42) configured to guide the burnisher (40) to the bore (34), —a first magnetic attachment means (51) arranged at a free end (44) of the chuck (38), —the burnisher (40), comprising a work surface (46) and an end (48) comprising second magnetic attachment means (49) complementary to the first magnetic attachment means (51), and in that the axial pushing means (41) is configured to push the burnisher through the bore (34) until it emerges from stud bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Cyril Roger Vernault, Quentin Robert Marcel Bonnardel, Fabrice Crabos
  • Patent number: 11876415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric machine for an aircraft, comprising a stator and a rotor that is rotationally mobile with respect to the stator, the rotor or the stator comprising a plurality of permanent magnets, the machine comprising a device for demagnetising a permanent magnet, suitable for achieving a temporary increase in the temperature of the permanent magnet, in order to limit, during the temporary increase in temperature, an exciting magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnet. The present invention furthermore relates to an assembly comprising an assembly comprising such an electric machine and a hot-fluid source suitable for delivering hot fluid to the demagnetising device of the electric machine. The hot-fluid source may be a gas stream of a turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Camel Serghine, Thomas Klonowski, Loïs Pierre Denis Vive
  • Patent number: 11867401
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pre-vaporizing pipe (5) for a combustion chamber of a turbomachine, comprising a generally elongate main body (50), comprising a first end portion (51) delimiting an inlet duct (52) in which a fuel injector is to be mounted, the body (50) having an external surface (500) having a first length (L1) that extends from the portion (51) to at least one first fuel outlet end piece (53), and a second length (L2) that extends the first length (L1) from the end piece (53) and that extends from the end piece (53) to a second fuel outlet end piece (54). According to the invention, inside the body (50) there is a first channel (55) connecting the duct (52) to the end piece (53) and a second channel (56) which is distinct from the first channel (55) and which connects the duct (52) to the end piece (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Roland Guy Savary, Claude Marie Michel Berat, Olivier Lamaison, Yvan Ludovic Lameignere, Hubert Pascal Verdier, Chritophe Nicolas Henri Viguier
  • Publication number: 20230417156
    Abstract: Device (30) for controlling an airflow guiding system (20), comprising at least one actuator (31) configured to translate a control rod (32) between a first and a second end position of a nominal operating range in which at least one vane (21a) of the airflow guiding system (20) can be moved between a first and a second angle, the control rod (32) being connected to the vane (21a) by a control lever (33) comprising a first control rod (36) and a second control rod (37) which are hinged together. The actuator (31) is configured to bring the control rod (32) into a safety position located beyond the second end position of the nominal operating range and to orient the vane (21a) at a safe pitch angle between the first angle and the second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Anthony Alain Imbourg, Pierre Chabanne, Thibaut Maxime Javoy
  • Patent number: 11855549
    Abstract: Method for monitoring the distribution of power in a hybrid propulsion system comprising one or more electrical sources delivering an AC voltage, each of which is associated with an AC-to-DC controlled rectifier and one or more batteries, wherein, the AC-to-DC controlled rectifier and the battery each being connected directly to an HVDC bus supplying one or more electrical loads with power, the monitoring of the distribution of power is performed through the individual AC-to-DC controlled rectifier by a feedback loop to a power setpoint (Pref) on the basis of a measured power of the battery (Pbat) and a feedback loop to a voltage setpoint (Vref) on the basis of a measured voltage of the HVDC bus (VHVDC), either one of these two feedback loops delivering an RMS current setpoint Idref and Iqref for a feedback loop on the basis of a current (Igen) of the electrical source delivering an AC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Garance Vinson, Florent Rougier, Stéphane Meyer Beddok
  • Patent number: 11852023
    Abstract: A method for quickly stopping the propulsion rotor of a helicopter after landing, comprising, following a request for quickly stopping the engine by a helicopter pilot, the following steps managed by the control unit of the turbomachine: Detecting the absence of the thermal stabilization phase of the gas generator of at least one turbomachine, controlling an extinction of the combustion chamber of the gas generator of at least one turbomachine, maintaining the rotation of the gas generator of which the combustion chamber is extinguished by means of said at least one electrical machine to ventilate the gas generator and stopping the main rotor of the helicopter by means of a mechanical brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Olivier Bedrine, Jean Michel Frédéric Louis Bazet, David Cazaux
  • Patent number: 11852033
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor blade (10) for a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft, comprising an airfoil (12) comprising a pressure face (15) and a suction face (17) extending from a leading edge (14) to a trailing edge (16), the airfoil (12) comprising an axis of elongation extending substantially along the leading (14) and trailing (16) edges, the airfoil (12) comprising a radially firmer end for connection to a rotor and a free radially outer end. According to the invention, the airfoil (10) further comprises at least one series of fins (24) situated on said free end, each of these fins (24) comprising a pressure face (26) situated on the suction face (17) side of the airfoil (12), and a suction face (28) situated on the pressure face (15) side of the airfoil (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Youssef Bouchia, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski
  • Patent number: 11846198
    Abstract: A turbomachine, particularly for a rotary-wing aircraft, including a gas generator provided with a rotary shaft, a first reversible electric machine, a power turbine rotationally driven by a stream of gas generated by the gas generator, at least one accessory from among an oil pump and a fuel pump, an accessory gearbox comprising a gear train configured to drive said at least one accessory, and a second electric machine. The second electric machine is reversible, said first electric machine is mechanically coupled to the gas generator, the accessory gearbox and the second electric machine are mechanically coupled to the power turbine, and the turbomachine is devoid of any kinematic coupling between the gear train of the accessory gearbox and the shaft of the gas generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Loïs Pierre Denis Vive, Olivier Bedrine, Thomas Drouin
  • Patent number: 11846206
    Abstract: A turbine vane of a turbine engine is described. The turbine vane includes a blade and a root. The root includes a stilt having lateral flanks with a curvilinear profile. The stilt includes a frangible zone suitable for undergoing a breakage of the stilt if radial forces higher than a threshold are exerted on the vane, in particular centrifugal forces during an overspeed state of the turbine. The frangible zone includes at least one oblong frangibility recess formed on at least one of the lateral flanks of the stilt, the oblong recess extending in an axial direction of the stilt along a longitudinal axis parallel to or included in a minimum cross-sectional plane which contains a minimum cross-section of the stilt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventor: Matthieu Claude Jean Denaux
  • Patent number: 11841140
    Abstract: A pre-vaporisation tube for a turbine engine combustion chamber includes a main body ROOM defining a first inner duct configured to have an injector mounted therein. The tube includes a first end attached to a wall of the chamber, and at least two end pieces are arranged at a second end of the body and define second inner ducts. The end pieces include first portions and second portions, respectively. The second portions each include two coaxial cylindrical walls which are inner and outer coaxial cylindrical walls, respectively, and which define an annular cavity therebetween. The inner wall defines an inner passage and has first openings for fluid communication between the passage and the annular cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Thomas Jean Olivier Lederlin, Christophe Laurent, Guillaume Gerard Joel Mauries